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November 2019
Open Show San Diego #14
Join us for an exciting evening of live presentations and lively conversations at Open Show #14. Open Show features a curated line-up of five local visual storytellers - from photographers to filmmakers - to share their work. The evening's format encourages attendees to mingle with the artists and ask questions throughout. Oh, and raffle prizes! What's not to love? The artists for Open Show #14 on November 14 are announced! Be sure to stop by that evening to learn more about…
Find out more »San Diego Asian Film Festival Presents: Heavy Craving
The 20th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival presents: Heavy Craving (2019) Ying-juan, an aspiring chef who cooks for children at her mother’s daycare center, is given a gift from her mother for her 30th birthday: membership to a weight loss program. “You’re so out of shape,” her mother argues, “who would want you to plan the menu?” Facing continual challenges because of her weight, from being called “Ms. Dinosaur” to local boys throwing eggs at her, Ying-juan reluctantly gives…
Find out more »San Diego Asian Film Festival Presents: Geographies of Kinship
The 20th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival presents: Geographies of Kinship (2019) Amidst the buzz around South Korea’s miracle recovery as one of the Asian tiger economies and its hosting of the 1988 Olympics, a newspaper published a headline that read “Babies for Sale: Koreans Make Them, Americans Buy Them.” It’s only a cursory glance into the decades-long phenomena that saw a post-war fledgling nation filled with war orphans transform into an economic powerhouse and the largest adoption “sending country”…
Find out more »San Diego Asian Film Festival Presents: Saving Face
The 20th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival presents: Saving Face (2004) Saving Face is the unlikely Chinese American, lesbian rom-com crossover success no one saw coming. In 2004, any one of these bullet points might have spelled disaster. And yet somehow, Alice Wu’s first film survived intact–from a script written while a software engineer, to landing Will Smith as a producer, refusing Hollywood pressure for white leads, playing Sundance, and receiving distribution, an embrace by Best Lesbian Films lists, and a…
Find out more »December 2019
SD Italian Film Festival Presents: La Befana Vien di Notte
The San Diego Italian Film Festival presents: La Befana Vien di Notte Directed by Michele Soavi | 98 minutes During the day, Paola is an ordinary primary school teacher, but at night, she turns into… the Christmas Witch (la Befana), a magical creature who brings gifts to good children. One night, Paola disappears, kidnapped by Mr. Johnny, a cruel toy maker whose childhood was ruined by the witch and is now seeking revenge. A group of six brave students who…
Find out more »February 2020
Open Show San Diego #15
Join us for an exciting evening of live presentations and lively conversations at Open Show #15. Open Show features a curated line-up of five local visual storytellers - from photographers to filmmakers - to share their work. The evening's format encourages attendees to mingle with the artists and ask questions throughout. Oh, and raffle prizes! What's not to love? Are you (or someone you know) interested in showing work? Check out the Open Show San Diego website for more info!
Find out more »May 2020
Open Show San Diego #16
Join us for an exciting evening of live presentations and lively conversations at Open Show #16. Open Show features a curated line-up of five local visual storytellers - from photographers to filmmakers - to share their work. The evening's format encourages attendees to mingle with the artists and ask questions throughout. Oh, and raffle prizes! What's not to love? Are you (or someone you know) interested in showing work? Check out the Open Show San Diego website for more info!
Find out more »August 2020
Open Show San Diego #17
Join us for an exciting evening of live presentations and lively conversations at Open Show #17. Open Show features a curated line-up of five local visual storytellers - from photographers to filmmakers - to share their work. The evening's format encourages attendees to mingle with the artists and ask questions throughout. Oh, and raffle prizes! What's not to love? Are you (or someone you know) interested in showing work? Check out the Open Show San Diego website for more info!
Find out more »November 2020
Open Show San Diego #18
Join us for an exciting evening of live presentations and lively conversations at Open Show #18. Open Show features a curated line-up of five local visual storytellers - from photographers to filmmakers - to share their work. The evening's format encourages attendees to mingle with the artists and ask questions throughout. Oh, and raffle prizes! What's not to love? Are you (or someone you know) interested in showing work? Check out the Open Show San Diego website for more info!
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