22nd San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

3/5/04 to 3/10/04

  • 15, March 6. Photo: King Li

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Past Films

  • Being Normal

    • Wednesday, March 10 7pm

    This sensitive exploration of intersexuality and friendship in South Korea documents a hermaphrodite's coming out. With short Just a Woman.

  • The Adventure of Iron Pussy

    • Wednesday, March 10 9pm

    Michael Shaowanasai in Person (tentative). Outrageous genre-and-gender-bending musical Western from the director of Blissfully Yours follows the exploits of a glamorous transvestite secret agent.

  • On the Road: A Document

    • Tuesday, March 9 7:30pm

    A lyrical film centered on a taxi driver and his family, this is ultimately an intimate portrait of the people, traffic, and sounds of Tokyo, by Noriaki Tsuchimoto, postwar Japan's great documentary filmmaker. With An Engineer's Assistant.

  • The Other Final

    • Sunday, March 7 3:20pm

    The world's worst soccer teams face off in this entertaining doc.

  • Travellers and Magicians

    • Sunday, March 7 5pm

    Khyentse Norbu's modern-day Bhutanese fable mixes ordinary realities with the mysticism of fairy tales.

  • Bright Future

    • Sunday, March 7 7:30pm

    Kiyoshi Kurosawa's enigmatic, eerie sci-fi thriller of marginalized youth.

  • A Good Lawyer's Wife

    • Saturday, March 6 7pm

    Im Sang-soo in Person. A husband's affair causes his wife to look for love in unusual places in this provocative Korean hit.

  • 15

    • Saturday, March 6 9:30

    Royston Tan in Person. High-velocity angst in an artificial Eden, Tan's irreverent first feature dredges up an underworld of teen dropouts, druggies, and dead-enders in Singapore.

  • Invisible Light

    • Friday, March 5 7pm

    A remarkable achievement of psychological cinema, this achingly beautiful film from South Korea offers an unflinching gaze into two women's darkest hours. Please note: Due to a scheduling conflict, Ms. Kim will be unable to attend this screening as announced in BAM/PFA Art & Film Notes.

  • See You Off to the Edge of Town

    • Friday, March 5 9pm

    Ching C. Ip in Person. This fun and witty road movie is also the bittersweet story of a Chinese family's reunion and separation.