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SUMMARY:Far North
DESCRIPTION:FAR NORTH is a dark and tragic epic thriller about the battle
  for survival. Revenge\, jealousy and\ncourage are played out against th
 e harsh beauty of the desolate Arctic tundra. SAIVA\, a woman living\nun
 der a curse\, and ANJA\, her adopted daughter\, live in a remote land fa
 r from civilization where she\nbelieves they will be safe.\n Saiva is th
 e sole survivor of an indigenous tribe of reindeer herders slaughtered b
 y a troop of marauding\nsoldiers. After the massacre\, Saiva leads the m
 en to their death on a glacier avenging Ivar\, the\nonly man she ever lo
 ved.\n They struggle to survive\, living off the scarce prey they can ki
 ll. One day a figure appears on the\nhorizon and collapses. Despite her 
 fears and doubts Saiva takes him in and nurses him back from the\nbrink 
 of death. Loki the fugitive\, recovers and settles in with the two women
  as the snow arrives and\nthe long winter nights close in. Saiva and Anj
 a compete for his attention. As the passion between\nLoki and Anja deepe
 ns\, they tell Saiva the heartbreaking news that they intend to leave he
 r to start a\nnew life together. She is devastated. As the sea begins to
  freeze over\, Loki and Anja prepare for the\nlong journey South to Loki
 ’s village. Saiva retreats into a tense silence. At the moment the lover
 s are\nabout to leave\, she acts with terrifying and horrific consequenc
 es.
CATEGORIES:Feature
LOCATION:The Bridge: Cinema de Lux
URL:http://phillyasian.bside.com/2008/films/farnorth_phillyasian2008
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SUMMARY:Half-Life (Sponsored Screening)
DESCRIPTION:Official Selection Sundance Film Festival\n Winner of the Gra
 nd Jury Prize in Gen Art New York \n Winner of the Jury Prize for Emergi
 ng Director at the Asian American International Film Festival  \n\nIn Di
 ablo Valley\, California a complacent community struggles to adapt to a 
 changing \nworld where global chaos looms and threatens to alter life as
  they know it. As troubling \nworldwide disasters accelerate and reach i
 nto a complacent community\, a brother and \nsister grapple with being a
 bandoned by their father and the powerful presence of their \nmother's n
 ew boyfriend. The siblings are forced to take control of the chaos aroun
 d \nthem and reinvent everyone's lives.
CATEGORIES:Feature
LOCATION:Asian Arts Initiative
URL:http://phillyasian.bside.com/2008/films/halflife_phillyasian2008
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SUMMARY:Shorts Program 1 - "The Facets of Struggle"
DESCRIPTION:*Several of the directors are scheduled to attend  \n\nEveryd
 ay we face struggles\, from tiny little anthill ones to large steep moun
 tain ones.  Yet each of these challenges shapes our very being\, no matt
 er how small they may be.  Examine the conflict and "beauty" the filmmak
 ers present as they take you on a journey of one character pitted agains
 t a story's "beast."
CATEGORIES:Shorts
LOCATION:Asian Arts Initiative
URL:http://phillyasian.bside.com/2008/films/shortsprogram1thefacetsofstru
 ggle_phillyasian2008
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SUMMARY:Santa Mesa
DESCRIPTION:SANTA MESA is a story that portrays the courage of a young bo
 y who is forced to come to terms with the death of his mother. At 12 yea
 rs old\, Hector must move to Manila to live with his grandmother Lita. L
 eft to his own devices\, Hector falls in with a street gang before an ol
 d photographer takes him under his wing. Haunted by memories of his moth
 er\, Hector photographs a woman named Rosa until their seemingly disconn
 ected lives collide.
CATEGORIES:Feature
LOCATION:Asian Arts Initiative
URL:http://phillyasian.bside.com/2008/films/santamesa_phillyasian2008
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SUMMARY:Pretty To Think So
DESCRIPTION:*Director scheduled to attend.  \n\nLife is unexpectedly on t
 he upswing when Hanna\, an investment banker recently laid-off during th
 e Internet bust of 2000\, falls in love with Jiwon\, a brash and success
 ful attorney. Her world begins to crumble\, however\, when she discovers
  that one of Jiwon?s clients is her childhood friend\, Alex\, and she mu
 st choose between Jiwon and Alex\, with whom she shares a deep\, tragic 
 connection.
CATEGORIES:Feature
LOCATION:Asian Arts Initiative
URL:http://phillyasian.bside.com/2008/films/prettytothinkso_phillyasian20
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SUMMARY:Panel - Breaking into the Industry & Breaking Stereotypes from an
  Asian American Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Panel - Breaking into the Industry & Breaking Stereotypes fro
 m an Asian American Perspective
CATEGORIES:Panel
LOCATION:Asian Arts Initiative
URL:http://phillyasian.bside.com/2008/films/panelbreakingintotheindustryb
 reakingstereotypesfromanasianamericanperspective_phillyasian2008
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SUMMARY:72 Hour Shootout
DESCRIPTION:72 HOUR SHOOTOUT is a nationwide competition where filmmaking
  teams have 72 hours to write\, shoot\, edit and produce short digital f
 ilms up to five minutes on a surprise theme. The goal is to create oppor
 tunities for Asian Americans to demonstrate their talent\, gain exposure
  in the entertainment industry and impact the visibility of Asian Americ
 an stories and characters in film and television.\n  \n 72 Hour Shootout
  website   \nFilms include:\n \n●No Holding Back \n● Drain \n● Color TV 
 \n● Suspense’s How to Jedi Mind Trick the Bitches \n● Say Goodbye \n● Fi
 rst Goodbye Cleaning Agency \n● Killer Headline \n● A First Goodbye \n● 
 Say Goodbye \n● Miles Apart  
CATEGORIES:Shorts
LOCATION:Asian Arts Initiative
URL:http://phillyasian.bside.com/2008/films/72hourshootout_phillyasian200
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SUMMARY:Shiro's Head
DESCRIPTION:A modern part of a forgotten history\, 'Shiro's Head' takes u
 s to the Pacific island of Guam\, USA where outcast Vince Flores (Don Mu
 na) struggles to come to terms with his family's history of secrets and 
 a dark past of his own. Shunned from his family for the death of his fat
 her\, his attempt to reconcile causes his family's past to catch up to h
 im for the last time.\n\nShiro's Head is the feature film debut produced
 \, written and directed by brothers Don and Kel Muna. Their screenplay i
 s adapted from their original short story entitled 'The Legend of Shiro'
 . Shot entirely on location in Guam\, USA\, the island naturally sets th
 e framework for circumstances of life in a small town.
CATEGORIES:Feature
LOCATION:Asian Arts Initiative
URL:http://phillyasian.bside.com/2008/films/shiroshead_phillyasian2008
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SUMMARY:Planet B-Boy
DESCRIPTION:*Director scheduled to attend  \n\nAn exciting showcase of so
 me of the most insane dance performances and unforgettable power moves\,
  PLANET B-BOY depicts the global resurgence of breakdancing and the pers
 onal stories of those bustin’ the moves. The film follows a dancer in La
 s Vegas looking for his big break\, a Korean son who seeks his father’s 
 approval and a twelve-year-old boy in France confronting his family’s ra
 cism. From the outskirts of Paris to the suburbs of Seoul\, the film ser
 ves as a reminder of hip-hop's influence on different and diverse cultur
 es.  \n\nForgotten by the mainstream and written off as an embarrassing 
 80s fad\, breakdancing had a long climb back to being accepted by the ma
 sses\, but on the streets and in underground clubs from Tokyo to the USA
  it never died\, bubbling under the surface with a huge cult following a
 nd exploding each year in international competition. This is PLANET B-BO
 Y.\n  \nFollowing four crews of ‘B-Boys’ from different nations as they 
 prepare to battle it out at the 2005 world championships\, this frenetic
  documentary shows off the dizzying spectacle of the art form\, showcasi
 ng the skill and acrobatics of break dancing’s idiosyncratic characters 
 – such as ‘Laser’\, a Korean B-Boy who has spent a good three to four ye
 ars spinning on his head.
CATEGORIES:Documentary
LOCATION:Asian Arts Initiative
URL:http://phillyasian.bside.com/2008/films/planetbboy_phillyasian2008
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SUMMARY:The Sensei
DESCRIPTION:During the dawn of the AIDS panic in the 1980's\, young McCla
 in is a gay teen that is constantly bullied in his hometown in Colorado.
  \n\nAn Amerasian woman\, Karen Nakano-O'Neil\, returns home to reconnec
 t with her family-owners of a successful martial arts business. \n\nWhen
  three teens hospitalize McClain after a near-fatal beating and are then
  released on bail\, Annie\, McClain's outraged mother\, asks Karen to te
 ach McClain the martial ways. \n\nFearful of small town retaliation and 
 her family's disapproval\, Karen agrees to secretly teach McClain\, trai
 ning him at night to protect them both. \n\nBut when McClain intercedes 
 to protect a friend from being bullied\, the teacher-student relationshi
 p becomes the town scandal\, as Karen and her family must ride the wave 
 of hatred and tolerance.
CATEGORIES:Feature
LOCATION:Asian Arts Initiative
URL:http://phillyasian.bside.com/2008/films/thesensei_phillyasian2008
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SUMMARY:Shorts Program 2 - "The Other 4 Letter Word"
DESCRIPTION:*Several of the directors are scheduled  \n\nShorts Program -
  LOVE.  It's an extremely dangerous word.  At one moment it can conjure 
 up the best and the worst emotions at the same time.  Yet it's also one 
 of the most intriguing forces affecting our lives.  What so many fail to
  capture with words\, love and its many forms will be illuminated by fil
 mmakers as they show you the intricacy of this special 4 letter word.
CATEGORIES:Shorts
LOCATION:Asian Arts Initiative
URL:http://phillyasian.bside.com/2008/films/shortsprogram2theother4letter
 word_phillyasian2008
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SUMMARY:Kissing Cousins
DESCRIPTION:Amir works as a 'relationship termination specialist.' Transl
 ation: professional heartbreaker. His best friends are convinced he is i
 ncapable of having a relationship because of his job. All that changes w
 hen his attractive cousin comes to town and masquerades as his girlfrien
 d. Complications and hilarity ensue.
CATEGORIES:Feature
LOCATION:Asian Arts Initiative
URL:http://phillyasian.bside.com/2008/films/kissingcousins_phillyasian200
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