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26, BEST KOREAN GIRL
Director: Paula Kim | S. Korea | 9 min. | 2009
A young Korean woman deals with the pressure from her mother to find a suitable mate.

AND THEREAFTER
Director: Hosup Lee | U.S. | 90 min. | 2005
A documentary following the life of a Korean woman who came to the USA when she married a GI after the Korean War. Best Documentary Winner of SDAFF 05.

A SONG FOR OURSELVES
Director: Tadashi Nakamura | USA | 34 min. | 2008
A touching portrait about the life and legacy of revolutionary Japanese American folk singer, Chris Iijima. SDAFF 2009 Honorable Jury Award.

BIRTHDAY BOY
Director: SeJong Park | S. Korea | 10 min. | 2004
An animated film set during the Korean war, a little boy plays in his village, thinking of his father, a soldier. When a surprise package arrives at his home, it changes his life forever. Winner of Best Animated Short of SDAFF 04.

DEFACE
Director: John Arlotto | North Korea | 19 min. | 2007
After losing his family to starvation, a North Korean man risks his life to rebel against the oppressive government by vandalizing their propaganda billboards.

ETERNAL GAZE
Director: Sam Chen | USA | 15 min. | 2003
An award-winning animation about the life of sculptor Alberto Giacometti. Best Animated Short Winner of Siggraph 2003.

HOW TO MAKE KIMCHI ACCORDING TO MY KUN-UMMA
Director: Samuel Kiehoon Lee | Canada | 18 min. | 2003
A lesson to make the Korean staple, Kimchi, turns into a humorous look at a big aunt trying to give her nephew advice about life. Winner of Best Short Documentary of SDAFF 03.

INTERPRETATION
Director: Lin Oeding | USA | 8 min. | 2009
A romantic couple encounters a trio of philosophical thugs. Some adult language and violence.

LEAD ROLE: FATHER
Director: PJ Raval | USA | 15 min. | 2004
When a writer/director Joseph Chu puts out an open casting call for his new film based on his family, he never expects his own father to audition for the lead role.

MY BEIJING BIRTHDAY
Director: Howie Snyder | USA, China | 52 min. | 2008
The humorous and heart-felt look at the rapidly changing lives of a group of children in Beijing through the eyes of Howie Snyder, a masterful Mandarin speaker from New York, who enrolls in a traditional Chinese stand-up comedy school.

POSTCARD
Director: Josh Kim | S. Korea | 15 min. | 2007
A mysterious postcard stirs passions at a post office in Korea.

REEL VOICES
Directors: Guadalupe Sandoval, Holly Cramer, Laura ChauDavis, Jarrod Finley, Joseph Severs, Junia Zhang, Staci Gaines | USA | 55 min. | 2009
A fresh, raw look at compelling stories of 7 local high school filmmakers.

SANGAM
Director: Prashant Bhargava | India/USA | 28 min. | 2004
On a New York subway, a recent immigrant and a disillusioned Indian American grapple with currents that bind and divide them.

SEIBUTSU (STILL: LIFE)
Director: Joe Turner Lin | USA | 22 min. | 2005
For Tokio, the daytime is to sleep. At night, he works the graveyard shift at a high-speed photomat with a girl named Jennie. SDAFF 05 Grand Jury Winner

SOPHIE
Director: Helen Lee | USA | 30 min. | 2002
A somber, disquieting portrait of a Korean American family through the eyes of a hopeful 11-year-old girl who plans the escape from her abusive, alcoholic father. Best Narrative Short Winner of SDAFF 02.

THE TRAINEE
Director: Craig Rosenthal | Singapore | 8 min,. | 2007
A trainee robber holds up a late night convenience store with hilarious consequences.

VISION TEST
Director: Wes Kim | USA | 6 min. | 2002
Who would you feel most comfortable with as CEO of a Fortune 500 company? What begins as a routine eye exam turns into an examination of people's subconscious attitudes towards race, gender and power.

WEEKEND (CHU MAR)
Director: Paula Kim | S. Korea | 9 min. | 2009
When you're single and live in the big city teeming with cute couples, your weekends may be depressing...or not.

YELLOW BROTHERHOOD
Director: Tadashi Nakamura | USA | 18 min. | 2003
A short personal documentary about a friendship and finding community through a self-help group turned basketball team that began in the 1960s.