Shorts Programs

How To Be Good

86 mins

Why do we fight or run away from those we are supposed to love the most? Can't we all just get along? These stories reveal that we are never too young or too old to feel lost, angry, or powerless against the trials of family and close kinship. But where there is despair and spite, there is also the possibility of hope and reconciliation. —Thien Nguyen-Trung

Sun 3/18 12:15 PM - AMC 1000 Van Ness
Wed 3/21 7:00 PM - AMC 1000 Van Ness

Love's Labor & Other Complications

108 mins

The search for love can be both exhilarating and debilitating. We hurt from it. We heal with it. We swear we're over it. This collection of insightful, funny and emotional films touches upon the joys, complexities and sorrows that looking for love can bring. —Michella Rivera-Gravage

Sun 3/18 2:30 PM - AMC 1000 Van Ness
Sat 3/24 4:30 PM - Camera 12 Cinemas

Music Video Asia 2007

85 mins

The choicest cuts from the past year, a crazy, fun, outlandish mélange of the best music videos out there from your friendly neighborhood Asian and Asian American bands. —Chi-hui Yang

Tue 3/20 9:30 PM - AMC 1000 Van Ness

The End of the World As We Know It

92 mins

Ninjas and pandas and celery, oh my! What has the world come to? The world no longer exists as we know it. If this is the future, then let's laugh together one last time. —John Fong

Sat 3/17 9:45 PM - AMC 1000 Van Ness
Tue 3/20 9:30 PM - Opera Plaza Cinema

The World, Complicated

92 mins

One of life's hidden secrets is that as years go by and eyes widen, things become neither easier nor more difficult, just more complex. The real world intervenes and asks us to make sense of things which don't work according to our own master plans. This brilliant collection reveals life's greater truths through poignant moments of awakening, reconciliation and surrender. —Chi-hui Yang

Fri 3/16 4:15 PM - AMC 1000 Van Ness
Mon 3/19 9:00 PM - AMC 1000 Van Ness

Third I South Asian Shorts 2007

104 mins

A compelling and inspiring array of South Asian short films from India, the United Kingdom and the United States. —Ivan Jaigirdar

Sun 3/18 5:00 PM - AMC 1000 Van Ness
Sun 3/25 2:15 PM - Camera 12 Cinemas

Throwing Away the Maps

100 mins

Despite the usefulness of maps and trusted routes, there comes a time when it is necessary to wander off the beaten path. Following the steps of perceived outsiders, these arresting films reveal through ambling and exploration, divergence and isolation. —Michella Rivera-Gravage

Sun 3/18 9:45 PM - AMC 1000 Van Ness
Thu 3/22 7:00 PM - Opera Plaza Cinema