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2017 Volunteer Staff

Welcome to DisOrient

Festival Founder

Programming and PR

Events

Jason Mak

Anselmo Villanueva

Susan Hirata

Arun Toke

Executive Director

Bee Vrzak

Green Room

Anselmo Villanueva

Fran Roy

Rachelle Gaches – Chair

Jason Mak

JIMILA

Associate Director

Jeff Johnston

Jeanie Mah

Pamela M. Quan

Jennifer Afton

Mike Takahashi

Kelli Urabe

Spring Atman

Resource Development

Mark Young

Bee Vrzak

Marv Leake

Hospitality

JIMILA

Pam Berrian

Belle Caracol – Chair

Mike Takahashi

Pamela M. Quan

Pamela Quan

Pam Berrian

Ron Miyaguchi

Susan Hirata

Pamela M. Quan

Spring Atman

Rachelle Gaches

Susan Hirata

Design

Spring Atman

Widya Mak

Kelli Urabe

Susan Hirata

Winter Young

Bee Vrzak

Zan

Lori Rarey

Volunteers

Susan Hirata

Sandra Lozano - Co-Chair

Website

Widya Mak - Co-Chair

Lori Rarey

Eunji Park

Karsyn Lenn

Trish Quan

Dear Friends, We are thrilled to be back for the 12th annual DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon! Like the main character, Kim Tran, in “Never Forget,” we explore a sense of community and belonging at DisOrient to which we’ve become accustomed. It’s here that we gather – staff, volunteers, artists, filmmakers, audience, and sponsors – to develop an awareness about social justice that will help make the world a better place. People often ask, “What can I do? I’m only one person.” I would say that we have brilliant examples of the power of one in Regge Life, Director of “Cocktail Party,” Pale’ Eric Forbes from “I Am Chamorro,” Prime from “Mele Murals,” Min Yasui in “Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice,” the Massive Monkees, Director Leon Lee of “Avenues of Escape,” and Athena Askliapidis from “Mixed Match.” These and many others are just a few actual people who have made the conscious choice to help others with their individual actions. Every single film in the DisOrient 2017 program reflects something creative, courageous, inspirational, and special. It is an honor for me, the DisOrient staff, and the board members of the Chinese American Benevolent Association to provide a forum to share such a broad spectrum of Pacific Islander and Asian American voices. I can’t wait to watch these amazing films with you. Let the celebration begin! Warmest Regards,

Pamela M. Quan Pamela M. Quan DisOrient Asian American Film Festival Associate Director

Technical Crew

Dexter Mestaz

Jeff Johnston

Cindy Peterson

Marv Leake

FESTIVAL TIPS! • • Started in 2006 by artists, educators, and activists, DisOrient is a grassroots and volunteerrun film festival committed to presenting honest portrayals of the diversity of the Asian and Pacific Islander American experience. When selecting new and exciting films for our festival, we use the W.E.B. DuBois standard of “for us, by us, or about us”. DisOrient is a program of the Chinese American Benevolent Association (CABA), a 501(c) (3) non-profit cultural arts organization that also runs a youth group (Chinese Lion Dance Troupe & Asian Fusion Fan Dance Group), which is comprised of middle school, high school, and college age students. CABA also offers college scholarships for local Asian American youth and aspiring filmmakers.

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Arrive early! Get your tickets early (either online or stop by the Bijou earlier in the day), as many programs may sell out. Plan out your screening schedule in advance to avoid time conflicts as many films will never show in our area ever again. Stay seated until the end of the credits and applaud when appropriate to honor the filmmakers and artists who may be in attendance. Stay after the Q&A session to meet the filmmakers in person. Donate to DisOrient so we can do it again for next year!

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OPENING NIGHT FILM

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CLOSING NIGHT FILM

Friday, April 21, 2017 • 6:30pm - 11:30pm • ADMISSION: $12 • ADMISSION to just the Reception (at the door): $15

Sunday, April 23, 2017 • 6:30pm - 11:30pm • ADMISSION: $12

Join us at the Bijou Art Cinemas at 6:30pm on 492 E 13th Avenue to watch our opening night film Never Forget. After the screenings, head on over to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the University of Oregon campus (1430 Johnson Lane) to our Opening Reception. The night will be filled with guest speakers, live performances from Alex Dang, Lenora Lee, CABA Lion Dancers, Patrick Feng, Jazz Trio with Michael Anderson, Theo Halpert, and Dorian Crow, food and drinks. “Our Immigrants” by Melissa Nolledo will be on exhibit. Our emcee of the night will be Brady Wakayama from KEZI. The Opening Night Reception is presented by the University of Oregon Division of Equity and Inclusion.

It’s our last night of DisOrient 2017! Watch our closing night film, Mele Murals at the Bijou Art Cinemas on 492 E 13th Avenue at 6:30pm. Then later, come celebrate the end to another successful festival with us at LZ Chinese Dish at 1099 Chambers Street! We will be giving out awards for Best Short Narrative, Best Short Documentary, Best Feature Doc, Best Feature Narrative, and the film that will recieve the 2017 Jason D. Mak Award for Social Justice.

*Admission to Oepning Reception is by VIP Pass or Opening Night Film ticket stub. We are also selling tickets at the door for the reception for $15 General Admission beginning at 9:15pm.

OUR EMCEE:

Brady Wakayama KEZI News Reporter Brady Wakayama joined the KEZI 9 News team in September of 2016 as a news reporter. Brady was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. He graduated from Washington State University in May, 2016, majoring in Broadcast Journalism and minoring in Sports Management. During Brady’s time at WSU, he anchored, reported, and produced for Pullman’s main nightly newscast, Murrow News 8. In college, Brady also interned for the nationally award-winning radio station KIRO Radio 97.3 FM in Seattle. Brady is proud to be a COUG, and is also a proud member of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA). In 2016, Brady was the inaugural national recipient of the AAJA Sports Task Force Al Young Sports Journalism Scholarship.

LIVE PERFORMANCE

Alex Dang Alex Dang is the only member in history to be on the Portland Poetry Slam nationals team four years in a row. A TedX speaker, his work has been viewed on Youtube over 2 million times and has been shared by Upworthy, Huffington Post, and more. On any given day you can find him eating a burger or on a stage doing poems.

LIVE PERFORMANCE

Lenora Lee Lenora Lee has been a dancer, choreographer, and artistic director in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. She has been an Artist Fellow at the de Young Museum, a Djerassi Resident Artist, and a Visiting Scholar at New York University through the Asian/Pacific/American Institute. She is currently an Artist in Residence at Dance Mission Theater. The mission of Lenora Lee Dance (LLD) is to create and present largescale multimedia performance works integrating dance, music, video projection, and text that connect various styles of movement and music to culture, history, and human rights issues.

Proud Community Supporters

Japanese American Association of Lane County

6:30pm - 8:48pm

ADMISSION: $12

CELEBRATING

DIVERSITY FACILITATING

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EQUITY & INCLUSIVENESS

FRIDAY, APRIL 21st

OPENING NIGHT

INSPIRING

POSITIVE CHANGE The Division of Equity & Inclusion comprises of five units:

Office of the Vice President for Equity & Inclusion | Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence Center on Diversity & Community | Multicultural Center | Many Nations Longhouse

For more information, visit inclusion.uoregon.edu

Never Forget Feature Narrative • Vietnamese 88 min • Vietnam, Australia • 2016 Director: Jon Bling

10 years after she left Vietnam, Kim must return to grieve her father’s death. Plucked from her independent, urban life in Australia, she is annoyed when her brother sends a family friend to escort her back to their village. Out of place and out of sorts, Kim is forced to rediscover what she left behind. Mostly shot in Vietnam, this film is a beautiful reflection on what it means to belong.

*Q&A with Director Jon Bling

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Avenues of Escape 10:00am - 11:21am

Cocktail Party 3:18pm - 5:16pm

ADMISSION: $6

Feature Doc • Chinese • 66 min • Canada • 2016

Feature Narrative • English • 103 min • USA • 2016

Director: Leon Lee

Director: Regge Life

*Q&A with Director Leon Lee

Blasian Narratives 11:41am - 12:47pm

ADMISSION: $6

Feature Narrative • English • 51 min • USA • 2017 Director: Jivan Atman To be multiracial is complicated, but to be simultaneously Black and Asian is to exist at the poles of the racial spectrum. It is the struggle to present the world with a genuine whole, rather than one of two halves. Through multiple performances, this “Docu-Theatre” piece explores that complexity.

Written, produced and directed by Regge Life When the daughter of a Japanese businessman in Okinawa charges that a U.S. serviceman assaulted her, the serviceman claims the encounter was entirely consensual. The ensuing civil and military investigations bring to light persistent resentment going back many years on both sides about the human toll of accommodating long term military occupation. About the Director: Known for his award winning documentary work in Japan, COCKTAIL PARTY is Regge Life’s first narrative feature. He received his M.F.A. in directing film and theater from New York University; and is the recipient of 3 CINE Golden Eagles, an NEA/Bunka-cho Creative Artist fellowship under the mentorship of Yamada Yoji, a Fulbright Journalist scholar, a Japan Foundation Fellow and a Sony Innovator. He wrote and produced REUNION starring Denzel Washington and produced NATIVE SON, the life and work of Richard Wright, for Discovery Networks. His most recent documentaries are LIVE YOUR DREAM: The Taylor Anderson Story, chronicling the lives of two Americans who lost their lives in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and REASON TO HOPE, about the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Film Information: Length: 110 minutes Language: English and Japanese with English subtitles Country: USA Credits: Writer, Producer, Director: Regge Life Editor: Michelle Tsaltas Cinematographers: Harlan Bosmajian, Jordan Hall Composer: Marc Aramian Contact Information: Regge Life, Lifecycle Productions Inc. New York [email protected] (01)518-392-5604

5:36pm - 6:47pm

ADMISSION: $9

Feature Documentary • English • 56 min • Canada • 2016 Director: Alejandro Yoshizawa

Vampariah 9:48pm - 11:26pm

ADMISSION: $7

ADMISSION: $9


Feature Doc • English • 96 min • Canada • 2016

Director: Matthew Abaya

Director: Jeff Chiba Stearns

Mahal is a kickass hunter of Aswang, vampires of Filipino folklore. Vampariah is a thoughtful horror story that stays true to its roots. This is tale with a twist that raises issues of justice, gender and identity as well as pre-contact loss of tradition.

We all have mixed ancestry, but for blood cancer patients whose multiple race or ethnic family background is in the recent past, finding a compatible blood marrow donor is critical—and currently still very difficult.

*Q&A with Mixed Marrow Founder Athena Asklipiadis

*Q&A with Director Matthew Abaya & Visual Effects Designer Julius Sanchez

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All Our Father’s Relations

*Q&A with Director Alejandro Yoshizawa

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*Q&A with Director Regge Life & Actors Tatsuo Ichikawa & Jan Mizushima

Three siblings, born of a Chinese father and a Musqueam mother, relate the difficulties of growing up in two ancient clashing cultures. The film also documents the Grants’ journey to their father’s ancestral village in Guangdong to reconnect with their Chinese family.

*Q&A with Director Jivan Atman

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Eager to reset the Marine base on a course of goodwill with the people of Okinawa, newly-arrived Col. Porter sets up the first cocktail party of his tenure. But delicate relations are jeopardized when word gets out that a local woman has been assaulted by a Marine. Old wounds are opened and justice and peace are tenuous.

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Falun Gong followers base their lives and spiritual practices upon Buddhist moral teachings. Because of their philosophy, independence and numbers, the Chinese government considers them threatening and open to persecution. This film documents the desperate lengths three Falun Gong women will go to for their freedom.

1:07pm - 2:58pm

ADMISSION: $7

SATURDAY, APRIL 22nd


COCKTAIL PARTY

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Shannon Gee • Short Documentary English • 29 min • USA • 2016

SHORTS: The Truth Hurts

5:54pm - 7:27pm

The Ethnic Strategy

Cactus

Fractured

Trickle Down

Cavities

Chloe Hung • Short Narrative • English • 9 min • USA • 2016

Wilder Herms • Short Narrative • English • 5 min • USA • 2016

Maritte Lee Go • Short Narrative • English • 15 min • USA • 2016

Jimmy Duong • Short Narrative • English • 15 min • USA • 2016

Michael Chan • Short Narrative • English • 25 min • USA • 2016

It’s tough for an Asian artist to get by without exploiting her ethnicity, especially when the rent is due. Maybe selling out is inevitable. Or maybe not. A short comedy film about art, race, and good business.

Stunning martial arts choreography in the midst of desert landscape serves this short story of Sha Mo Hua as she makes her choice. Does she just wait to escape slave traders, or should she seize the moment?

An Asian American farmer and expectant father feels powerless as environmental contamination threatens his livelihood and the health of his family.

A thought-provoking film very apropos to today’s climate of hostility and online incitement to hate. When an ethnic group is targeted for robbery and murder, how does one family respond?

Sixteen year old Winston Cheng is left completely on his own and resorts to taking shortcuts to survive. Then, his mother suddenly reappears in his life. Can he trust her this time?

*Q&A with Director Jimmy Duong & Producer Mack Wei

*Q&A with Director Shannon

*Q&A with Director Michael Chan

Gee & Photographer Ian Devier

Toenail Jing Yi Shao • Short Narrative • English • 18 min • USA • 2016 Life changes and comes full circle when Frank’s wise, aging father faces a medical crisis. Roles are reversed and Frank, the dutiful but ambitious son, learns what truly matters.

Q&A will take place after all the films have finished screening.

Coming Full Circle: The Journey of a Transgendered Korean Adoptee Larry Tung • Short Documentary • English • 24 min • South Korea, USA • 2015 What is it like to “go back” to a country you never knew? Adopted as a 7-month old baby boy by white American parents, Pauline Park embarks on a journey back to Korea, over 50 years later, as a transgender activist, exploring themes of identity, belonging, destiny and fate.

Year of the Dragon Quinn Russell Brown • Short Narrative • English • 4 min • USA • 2016 To the world, Bruce Lee is a star, an icon, a legend, whose stature has only grown since his death. It is easy to forget, then, that before his rise to stardom Lee was held back by a Hollywood unwilling to cast an Asian hero. Poet Troy Osaki recounts this story in passionate spoken word from Seattle’s historic Chinatown.

*Q&A with Director Quinn Russell Brown

Dhalang

3 Chords and The Truth

MIKI

Inaya Yusuf • Experimental Short • Indonesian • 4 min • USA • 2016

Angelo Santos • Short Narrative • English • 7 min • USA • 2016

Weiko Lin • Short Narrative • English • 25 min • USA • 2017

Lyrical exploration of Indonesian social and cultural identity.

A Country singer uses his real life to write his next great song as his record label is about to drop him.

An alcoholic comic discovers that he must deliver his Buddhist mother’s prayer bracelet to his old high school girlfriend, as was his deceased mother’s only wish. He’s uneasy to reunite with his first love.

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Follow this Seattle breakdance crew from their humble beginnings, to their historic win in 2012, and now the present where they give back to their community through their dance studio: The Beacon.

Massive Monkees: The Beacon

3:45pm - 5:34pm

ADMISSION: $6/$3



SHORTS: Conquer the World

ADMISSION: FREE

*Q&A with Director Weiko Lin

3 Minutes


Julia Chang • Short Narrative • English • 5 min • USA • 2016 Speed dating without filters.

*Q&A with Director Julia Chang


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7:45pm - 9:33pm

ADMISSION: $9

SUNDAY, APRIL 23rd

I Am Chamorro 11:00am - 12:47pm

ADMISSION: $6

Feature Doc • English • 107 min • Guam, USA • 2015 Director: John “Mo” Burnham This film is a comprehensive history of the Chamorro people. With no written records, Chamorro history is held and preserved in its archeology, people, culture and language. Featuring research by Pale’ Eric Forbes.

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*Q&A with Executive Producer Joanne TaborModic, Producers Rich Modic & Rex Agagas, & Lead Pale’ Eric Forbes

Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui’s Fight for Justice 1:22pm - 2:56pm

ADMISSION: $7

Feature Documentary • English • 57 min • USA • 2016

Resistance at Tule Lake Feature Documentary • English 78 min • USA • 2016 Director: Konrad Aderer

How do you respond when your government turns against you? For the 110,000+ persons of Japanese descent interned during WWII, this question became an immediate reality. Though most viewed internment as a hardship to be endured, many also resisted by protesting and organizing within the camps. For the most vocal of these protesters, Tule Lake was eventually designated as a segregation camp, a place to separate out the most troublesome internees. This documentary tells their stories of resistance and struggle.

Director: Holly Yasui Minoru Yasui, the first Japanese American to pass the Oregon State Bar, challenged the legality of unjust actions by the U.S. Government against Japanese Americans in the 1940’s. Spending nine months in solitary confinement, the U.S. Supreme Court eventually ruled against him.

*Q&A with Director Konrad Aderer

*Q&A with Directors Holly Yasui & Will Doolittle Presented by

PRECEDED BY:

The Orange Story Short Narrative • English • 16 min • USA • 2016 Director: Erika Street A historical film interspersed with archival sound, images, and film. Koji, an elderly Japanese-American shopkeeper, is forced to sell his store when he and other people of Japanese ancestry are interned during World War II.


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3:16pm - 5:41pm

3:45pm - 5:32pm

ADMISSION: $9

Feature Narrative • Japanese • 135 min • Japan • 2016 Director: Yoshinari Nishikori

“LIGHT” (With Live Performance) 6:01pm - 7:30pm

ADMISSION: $9


Float

The Bird Who Could Fly

Seppuku

Tristan Seniuk • Short Narrative • English • 24 min • USA • 2016

Raphael Sbarge • Short Narrative • English • 19 min • USA • 2016

Float is a day in the life film of Rocky Mang, a young Cambodian hustler in mid-90s Seattle. Behind the blustery facade is a sensitive young man who loves his family, wants his place in the world and maybe, just maybe, finds love.

“There are moments that happen in your life with a whisper…and you may not realize that nothing will ever be the same”. A young Korean American attorney struggles to keep his family connected, in the face of his brothers’ bad choices and his mother’s religious extremism.

Daryn Wakasa • Short Narrative • English • 24 min • Hong Kong, USA • 2016

*Q&A with Director Tristan Seniuk, Co-Director Voleak Sip, Lead Actor Tony Teav, & Actor Keanna Mendoza

Introduction of dance by Lenora Lee, accompanied by Tatsu Aoki on bass.


Lenora Lee and Tatsu Aoki present a special performance of dance accompanied by bass as a prelude to the screening. LenoraLee dancer Wei-Shan Lai by Keira Heu-Jwyn Chang Presented by

Dance, memory, music, and poetry collide in a visual and aural landscape. A meditation on women being propelled into the unknown by courage to risk everything for freedom.

*Q&A with Director/Composer Tatsu Aoki and Choreographer/Producer Lenora Lee

Little spirit Bettari leads Mari, an Olympic hopeful, through a mystical portal to…a desert camp? Mari must break free from the traumatic legacy of this camp in this JapaneseAmerican cinematic folk tale.

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A cinematically stunning film set in feudal Japan, Tatara Samurai is a coming of age story of Gosuke, groomed to become the next Murage (Master Blacksmith) of Tatara Village, famous for its steel. Having survived vicious raids on his village, Gosuke is drawn instead to become a samurai, but he must discover honor and compassion on his own terms. “Drawing the sword means death…are you prepared?”

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SUNDAY, APRIL 23rd

SHORTS: The Way We Were

Tatara Samurai

ADMISSION: $6/$3

I Won’t Miss You Bernard Badion • Short Narrative • English • 20 min • USA • 2016 17 yr. old Janey’s best friend dies in a car crash, and when he suddenly begins to appear in her room, their awkward, undeclared feelings begin to surface. Taking a comedic approach to a tragic subject, this film explores both a personal and universal story.

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5:47pm - 7:27pm

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Nathan Adolphson • Short Narrative • English • 15 min • USA • 2016

Jason Poon • Short Narrative • English • 19 min • USA • 2016

Jeffrey Gee Chin • Short Narrative • English • 15 min • USA • 2016

Is there redemption at the end of this story? Maybe, maybe not. Or maybe it’s just a tale of lending a hand. One Good Turn is an unusual (as in set in bright sunshine) film noir.

Sometimes we wish we could chuck our jobs and everyday lives and travel to someplace wonderful. Aimee travels to a city she’s never been to, Taipei. The photos she takes connects her with the people she meets, who help her find fresh meaning in her life.

Known as the Ellis Island of the West, Angel Island was the gateway, and prison, for approximately one million immigrants from Asia. In the modern day, a young man visits the island buildings in search of a mythical treasure.

7:53pm - 9:28pm

ADMISSION: $12

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One Good Turn

CLOSING FILM

SUNDAY, APRIL 23rd

SUNDAY, APRIL 23rd

SHORTS: Coming Out

ADMISSION: $6/$3

*Q&A with Director Jason Poon


The Baby Lu’au

Song on Canvas

Jana Park Moore • Short Narrative • English • 16 min • USA • 2016

Keo Woolford • Short Narrative • English • 15 min • USA • 2016

Relatives can be the worst, but you gotta stick with them anyway. An ambitious lawyer comes home to Oahu to visit her estranged family, with tumultuous results. A dark comedy about the inevitable craziness of family relationships.

“Never forget how to...dream for your life.” Thomas’ deceased mother visits him and guides him back to a dream he’d long given up on, resulting in his renewed creativity and an homage to her dreams.

Mele Murals Feature Documentary • English 65 min • USA • 2016 Director: Tadashi Nakamura *Q&A with Hawaiian Muralist Prime

Mele, hula, and graffiti? In this documentary film, graffiti (also known as “writing”) meets traditional Hawaiian art and culture. Two veteran graffiti artists return to their roots by teaching writing techniques in local Hawaiian schools. As artists, children, teachers, and spiritual leaders collaborate to paint murals, they not only preserve ancient traditions, but also add new ones to a living Hawaiian culture. This film explores finding Hawaiian identity and spirituality in the modern age, and the art that transmits it across generations.

JOIN US!

Closing Reception/Awards Ceremony Come celebrate the end to another successful festival with us at LZ Chinese Dish at 1099 Chambers Street from 10:00pm - 11:30pm! Join us for great food, and find out if your favorite films have won an award at DisOrient.

*Q&A with Lead Actor Julia Fae


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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Diamond Sponsors Joy and Mark Gall

Gardner and Pandora Kimm

Mark Young & Susan Hirata

Platinum Sponsors Golden Reel Sponsors Michael Samano & Rosa Chavez Jiannbin Shiao & Nancy Toth Jason & Widya Mak

Mike & Eve Takahashi Steve and Jeanie Mah

Silver Screen Sponsors Glenn May and Helen Liu The Atman Family Mitzi Loftus

Gold Sponsors

Howard & Marvy Schuman Jeff Johnston and Pam Berrian Nancy Cheng

Pearl Sponsors Bon Mi Bourland Printing Brail’s Restaurant Broadway Metro CALC Concepts Dentistry – Olga Weinstein, DMD Da Nang Vietnamese Eatery Doug Heydon, Luthier

Eugene Mailbox Full City Coffee Roasters Jimmy John’s Minority Voices Theater Noodle Bowl Printwear of Oregon Rising Phoenix Productions DJ

Sam Adato’s Drum Shop Taiwanese Assoc. of Eugene Taste of India Tasty Thai Kitchen The Rabbit Hole Ume’s Onigiri House Yujin Gakuen Japanese Immersion School

Silk Sponsors Cindy, Nami, Tausha, Harmony, Estefania Cosmos Creations Elegant Elephant Bakery

Silver Sponsors

Mosaic Fair Trade Collection Market of Choice Oregon Lox

Royal Awards Safeway

Special Thanks Architecture. Design. Strategy.

Skipping Stones A Multicultural Literary Magazine

www.SkippingStones.org

Kelli Urabe ARTIST | GRAPHIC DESIGNER | ILLUSTRATOR | PHOTOGRAPHER | VIDEOGRAPHER

808-230-0418 [email protected] kelliurabe.wordpress.com @kmurabe

Bronze Sponsors Lane Community College Chinese American Benevolent Association

Leung Martial Arts Oregon Governor’s Office of Film and Television


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Mayor Lucy Vinis, Tim Williams, Janice Shokrian, Brady Wakayama, Asian Improv Records, Jamie Leaf, Steve Morizumi, Alex Dang, Patrick Feng, the CABA Lion Dancers, Doug & Donna Crispin, Serena Cox, Lois Yoshige, Twila Souers, Jinpa Yarphel, Somna Lhu, Lobsang Gyatso, Misa Joo, Buck Mueller and Karen Irmscher, Marion Malcolm and Stefan Ostrach, Roger Haney, Mark and Joy Gall, Stuart and Ellen Laing, Doug Heydon, Karsyn Len, Loren Kajikawa, Daniel HoSang, Sarah Ebert, Michael Anderson, Theo Halpert, Dorian Crow, Carrie Matsushita, James Chang, Jimmy and Nancy Imamura, MiMi Nolledo, Girl Scout Troop #20138 Berenice Villegas Leader, Tanya Robbins & Kaylene Mindoro, Juventud Faceta, Churchill High School APISU, Julie Blonshteyn and the marvelous staff of the Bijou Art Cinemas, our volunteers extraordinaire, and many more.

at Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (1430 Johnson Lane)

9:00 PM - 11:30 PM

Opening Night Reception

(Q&A to follow screening)

6:50 PM - 8:48 PM

NEVER FORGET

Opening Night Film

Feature Narrative

12 AM

11 PM

10 PM

9 PM

8 PM

7 PM

6 PM

5 PM

4 PM

3 PM

2 PM

1 PM

12 PM

11 AM

Friday, April 21

Double Feature

Theater #2

Theater #1

Feature Doc

The above films in:

(Q&A to follow screenings)

5:54 PM - 7:27 PM

The Truth Hurts (7 films)

SHORTS PROGRAM:


FREE ADMISSION 3:45 PM - 5:34 PM

Conquer the World (6 films)

SHORTS PROGRAM:

The above films in:


9:48 PM - 11:26 PM

VAMPARIAH


RESISTANCE AT TULE LAKE 7:45 PM - 9:33 PM

Centerpiece Film


ALL OUR FATHER’S RELATIONS 5:36 PM - 6:47 PM


3:18 PM - 5:15 PM

COCKTAIL PARTY


1:07 PM - 2:58 PM

MIXED MATCH

11:41 AM - 12:47 PM (Q&A to follow)

BLASIAN NARRATIVES


10:00 AM - 11:21 AM

AVENUES OF ESCAPE

Saturday, April 22

Shorts Program

LZ Chinese Dish (1099 Chambers Street)

10:00 PM - 11:30 PM

The Way We Were (4 films)

Special Events


Coming Out (5 films) 5:47 PM - 7:26 PM

SHORTS PROGRAM:


3:45 PM - 5:32 PM

SHORTS PROGRAM:

Closing Night Reception


7:53 PM - 9:28 PM

MELE MURALS

Closing Night Film

(Q&A to follow)

6:01 PM - 7:30 PM

(With Live Performance)

LIGHT

3:16 PM - 5:41 PM

TATARA SAMURAI

1:22 PM - 2:56 PM (Q&A to follow)

THE ORANGE STORY & NEVER GIVE UP!


11:00 PM - 12:47 PM

Theater #2

Theater #1

I AM CHAMORRO

The below films in:

Sunday, April 23 The below films in:

2017 FILM SCHEDULE

Main Venue BIJOU ART CINEMAS 492 E 13th Ave, Eugene