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October 14, 2008
A San Diego Asian Film
Foundation Publication
ALL ADMISSIONS NOW JUST $5! YouTube Superstar Christine "Happy Slip" Gambito
Appears LIVE
In-Person Tomorrow, Oct. 15, 8pm!
Christine
Gambito's appearance last night was a certified HIT and audience
pleaser at San Diego Asian Film Festival, running now through October
16 at UltraStar Mission Valley! Christine drew a
full house,
showed choice video clips, was interviewed by SDAFF Executive Director
Lee Ann Kim, answered audience questions, and graciously
signed for a long line of fans.
Miss
it? YOU DIDN'T!
Christine also appears live at 8 p.m., tomorrow,
Wednesday, October 15 at UltraStar Chula Vista at the
Philippine
Cinema Showcase!
And Philippine Cinema Showcase will reprise the BEST of SDAFF's
Philippine programs, bringing shorts program "Manila
& Beyond"; and acclaimed features Santa Mesa
(which won SDAFF's Best Narrative Feature Award!)
directed by Ron
Morales; and Foster
Child and Tirador,
both directed by Dante
"Brillante" Mendoza, starting Friday, October 17.
We hope
you enjoy this issue of the Philippine Cinema Showcase
Enewsletter. Please feel free to forward to your friends so
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San
Diego Asian Film Festival is
the premiere event of the San
Diego Asian Film Foundation (SDAFF), a
nonprofit organization dedicated to upholding and sharing the diverse
legacy of Asian Pacific Islanders through the media arts. Thousands of
patrons will experience films from around the world and connect with
the artists who created them. In addition, SDAFF offers a quarterly
film series, a membership program, and documentary training for local
high school students. Please visit www.sdaff.org
for more information
and the latest festival upsdates!
Internet
phenomenon Christine Gambito's hilarious "Happy Slip" videos--she's a
one-woman creator, cast, and crew--have made her a new-media darling,
and hers one of the most-subscribed sites on YouTube.com. She
will present her shorts along with her "Experience Philippines"
travelogues.
Plays October
15 @ 8:00pm.
Tickets
(may be purchased online at www.ultrastarmovies.com):ALL TICKETS NOW $5!
The Philippine Cinema Showcase plays at
The Goldilocks Theater at UltraStar Chula Vista, 555
Broadway, Chula Vista, CA, 619-338-4214.
SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
REPRISE SHOW! Four short films reveal the connection
between the Philippines and the U.S.: An Immigrant
Girl's Journey, dir. Lonny Stevens; Celebration,
dir. Rochelle Lozada; Legend,
dir. Mark Villegas; and Little
Manila: Filipinos in California's Heartland, prod. Marissa
Aroy.
Plays October
17 thru 19 @ 11:00 am, 5:00pm.
Tickets
(may be purchased online at www.ultrastarmovies.com):ALL
TICKETS NOW $5!
STARRING
Cherry Pie Picache, Eugene Domingo, Jiro Manio, Kier Segundo, Alwyn
Uytincgo, Dan Alvaro.
98
minutes; rated PG-13.
SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
REPRISE SHOW! Internationally acclaimed since
its premiere at Cannes: the last day in the life of a foster child in
the care of his foster family before he's finally adopted bares strong
emotional bonds, and the state of Philippine foster care.
Plays October
17 thru 19 @ 12:45pm.
Tickets
(may be purchased online at www.ultrastarmovies.com):
ALL TICKETS NOW $5!
STARRING
Jacob Kiron Shalov, Angie Ferro, Jaime Tirelli, Lynn Sherman, Maria
Lopez, Pierro Rodriguez, Melissa Leo, Sly Vargas, Billy Balais, Mosib
Limbao.
82
minutes; rated PG-13.
SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
REPRISE SHOW! When his mother dies, Hector
arrives in Manila to live with his grandmother. He falls in
with a street gang before he is befriended by a photographer.
Haunted by memories of his mother, Hector photographs an anonymous
woman and these seemingly disconnected lives collide.
Plays October
17 thru 19 @ 3:00, 9:00pm.
Tickets
(may be purchased online at www.ultrastarmovies.com):ALL
TICKETS NOW $5!
STARRING
Jiro Manio, Coco Martin, Kristofer King, Nathan Lopez, Harold Montano,
Nico Taverna, Angela Ruiz, Benjie Filomeno, Arman Reyes; with the
special participation of Julio Diaz, Simon Ibarra and Jaclyn Jose.
86
minutes; rated PG-13.
SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
REPRISE SHOW! Set in Manila slums
against the backdrop of corrupt electioneering politicians and
religious fervor, the crime-ridden life of the Philippines' poorest is
lad bare in Mendoza's internationally acclaimed, spare, unflinching
fashion.
Plays October
17 thru 19 @ 6:45pm.
Tickets
(may be purchased online at www.ultrastarmovies.com):ALL
TICKETS NOW $5!
Questionnaires are being sent to candidates in San Diego County races
on issues which concern our API community. Questionnaires are posted on
the Alliance website as they
are received.
Visit the website often to learn
about candidates and issues in the candidates' own words. VOTE November
4th!.
October
9 through 16: San Diego’s largest Pan Asian cultural
event, the ninth edition of San Diego Asian Film Festival looks to
welcome more than 20,000 attendees who will experience over 130 short
and feature films from a record 17 countries including the Canada,
Cambodia, China, Hong Kong , Japan, South Africa, South Korea,
Singapore, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Peru, the Philippines, Thailand,
Vietnam, and the U.S!
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