BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//B-Side Presents: Asian Film Festival of Dallas 2008//iCal4j 1.0 //EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080814T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080814T193000 SUMMARY:Ping Pong Playa DESCRIPTION:Streetwise swaggering Christopher "C-Dub" Wang is a suburban guy who waxes political on all things Asian American and clings to pro b asketball pipe dreams. But when misfortune strikes his family\, C-dub mu st overcome living at home\, working a dead-end job and his worldly olde r brother\, to run his Mom's ping pong classes and defend the family's a thletic dynasty. CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/pingpongplaya_affd2008 UID:155742815-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080814T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080814T220000 SUMMARY:Opening Night Reception DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Party LOCATION:The Fish URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/openingnightreception_affd2008 UID:155747754-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080815T174000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080815T181000 SUMMARY:Shorts Block 1 DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/shortsblock1_affd2008 UID:155743211-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080815T194000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080815T201000 SUMMARY:Fire Under The Snow DESCRIPTION:Palden Gyatso\, a Buddhist monk since childhood\, was arreste d by the Chinese Communist Army in 1959. He spent the next 33 years in p rison for the "crimes" of peaceful demonstration and refusal to denounce his apolitical teacher as an Indian spy. He was tortured\, starved and sentenced to hard labor. He watched his nation and culture destroyed\, h is teachers\, friends and family displaced\, jailed or killed under Chin ese occupation. Fire Under the Snow reaches back to Palden's birth in 1 933 and follows him through the Orwellian nightmare that began with the Chinese invasion. CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/fireunderthesnow_affd2008 UID:155743278-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080815T212000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080815T215000 SUMMARY:Tokyo Gore Police DESCRIPTION:Ruka [is] a police officer in a special squad formed to eradi cate human mutations that have recently sprung into existence\, the resu lt of a virus created by a mad scientist simply known as Key Man. Killin g these unwieldy mutants is no easy task. Despite being on opposite sid es of the fence\, Ruka and Key Man share a common bond: the murder of th eir fathers’ years earlier at the hands of the police\, and both she and Key Man seek revenge for their dads' untimely demise. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/tokyogorepolice_affd2008 UID:155743345-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080815T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T001500 SUMMARY:Help Me Eros DESCRIPTION:Ah Jie lost everything in the stock market due to a severe ec onomic crisis. He spends his days in his sealed apartment\, smoking join ts and looking after the marijuana plants that he secretly grows in his wardrobe. In desperation\, he calls a suicide help line and gets to know Chyi\, whose sweet and gentle voice causes him to fall in love with his fantasized image of her. He tries to ask her out but is repeatedly reje cted. He begins projecting his fantasy of Chyi on Shin\, the new girl wo rking at the betel nut stall downstairs. Shin is always sexily dressed i n order to lure male customers. He becomes closer to her and soon the tw o of them sink into a world of erotic and psychedelic pleasures…\n\nAt t he same time\, Ah Jie begins to stalk Chyi… CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/helpmeeros_affd2008 UID:155743435-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T103000 SUMMARY:The Park DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Crow Collection of Asian Art URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/thepark_affd2008 UID:155744332-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T122000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T125000 SUMMARY:The Killing Of A Chinese Cookie DESCRIPTION:For nearly a century\, people have turned to this prophetic d essert for advice\, inspiration and even winning lottery combinations. W hile the fortune cookie has been a source of fascination and a Chinese c uisine staple in North America\, it remains nearly non-existent in China . THE KILLING OF A CHINESE COOKIE examines the heated debate over the tr ue origin of the fortune cookie\, the mixing of eastern and western cult ures that produced it\, and the cookie's rise from a simply pastry to a pop culture phenomenon. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/thekillingofachinesecookie_affd2008 UID:155744387-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T135000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T142000 SUMMARY:Genghis Khan DESCRIPTION:Genghis Khan - the man who built history's greatest Empire. P eople called him "The Blue Wolf". With a production budget of $30million dollars\, four months on location in Mongolia\, this Japan-Mongolia co- production reveals the mystery behind Genghis Khan's life. Assailed hims elf by doubts over the secret of his birth\, facing conflict and betraya l by his sworn friend\, and his mixed feeling of love and hatred for the son who bears the same burden... the hero now emerges from the history that has concealed him for so long. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/genghiskhan_affd2008 UID:155744465-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T143000 SUMMARY:Boomtown Beijing DESCRIPTION:Boomtown Beijing is a film about the city of Beijing\, its pe ople and their dreams the summer before the Olympics. The 2008 Olympics Games is China’s debutante ball on the world stage. “ Faster. Higher. St ronger” — the preparation for the Games has turned Beijing into a hot sp ot of frenzied growth. A 11 year old boy wants to beat the odds to becom e an Olympics torch-bearer. A road sweeper dreams of staging his own mas s Olympics countdown performance. An aging blind athlete makes one last stab at a Paralympics medal before he retires from sports. Together\, th eir stories and scenes of everyday life in the city give a snapshot of B eijing the summer before the Olympics.\n\nBoomtown Beijing is directed b y Tan Siok Siok\, an award-winning executive producer of international d ocumentaries\, focusing on the Greater China region. Her executive produ cer credits include award winning shows for Discovery Channel and Discov ery Travel and Living. “Boomtown Beijing” is her first independent film. She directed the film with the assistance of her students while she was a visiting lecturer at the Beijing Film Academy. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Crow Collection of Asian Art URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/boomtownbeijing_affd2008 UID:155744526-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T170000 SUMMARY:Maiko Haaaan DESCRIPTION:Kimihiko Onizuka (Sadao Abe) is a salaryman infatuated with m aiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a pa rty game called "yakyuken" with one. Upon being transferred to his compa ny's Kyoto branch\, he dumps his co-worker girlfriend\, Fujiko\, and ma kes his first ever visit to a geisha house. However\, when the realizati on of Kimihiko's lifelong dream is rudely interrupted by a professional baseball star named Kiichiro Naito (Shinichi Tsutsumi)\, he vows revenge by becoming a pro baseball player himself. Meanwhile\, Fujiko decides t o become an apprentice geisha. Soon\, an absurd rivalry between Kimihiko and Naito develops in which they try to outdo each other by becoming pr ofessional baseball players\, K-1 fighters\, chefs\, actors and even pol iticians. CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/maikohaaaan_affd2008 UID:155744608-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T192500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T195500 SUMMARY:The Rebel DESCRIPTION:Vietnam in 1922 is under colonial French rule\, and anti-Fren ch rebellions by peasants have emerged all over the country. In response \, the French have activated units of Vietnamese secret agents to track and destroy the rebels. One agent is Le Van Cuong. Following an assassin ation of a high ranking French official\, Cuong is assigned to seek and kill the notorious leader of the resistance. Cuong encounters Vo Thanh T huy\, a relentless revolutionary fighter and the daughter of the rebel l eader. She is captured and imprisoned by Cuong's cruel superior\, Sy. Cu ong suspects that Sy knew about the attack on the French official before it happened\, and could have prevented it. Cuong suspicious\, helps br eak Thuy out of prison and becomes a fugitive himself. Her fiery patriot ism inspires Cuong\, and he develops feelings for the young woman as wel l. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/therebel_affd2008 UID:155744674-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T213500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T220500 SUMMARY:L: Change The World DESCRIPTION:A spinoff of the popular Death Note film and anime series\, L : CHANGE THE WORLD is directed by Hideo Nakata (RINGU) and focuses on th e character of super detective L (Ken'ichi Matsuyama reprising his role from the films).\n \nL is recruited to save humanity from a deadly virus that wiped out a whole Thai village and his friend F. His opponents are K and a twisted environmental group who aim to “cleanse” the world of i ts excess population with the virus. L is joined by two young children—a n English-speaking boy who is the only survivor of the virus infected Th ai village\, and a Japanese school girl who is the child of the professo r who developed the virus antidote. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/lchangetheworld_affd2008 UID:155744800-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080816T235900 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080817T002900 SUMMARY:Wide Awake DESCRIPTION:Due to inadequate use of anesthetics\, a young boy experience s "intra-operative awareness" during heart surgery\, hearing every sound and movement of the procedure. Unable to respond due to the muscle rela xants used during surgery\, the boy is severely traumatized from the inc ident and ends up brutally murdering a young girl soon after. The boy is placed in a mental institution\, where psychiatrists decide to use radi cal treatments to cure the child. Through hypnotism\, they succeed in se aling off the boy's horrific memory and the personality that spawned fro m it. Given a second chance\, the boy is placed back in society to lead a normal life\, but 20 years later\, his childhood is once again unlocke d and leads to a series of gruesome murders. On a mission to spread the same pain he suffered as a child\, the killer becomes cruel yet clever. As the killing continues\, each of the memories and the secrets that lie 20 years in the past are slowly revealed. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/wideawake_affd2008 UID:155745210-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080817T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080817T123000 SUMMARY:Shorts Block 2 DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/shortsblock2_affd2008 UID:155745814-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080817T135000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080817T142000 SUMMARY:Behind Forgotten Eyes DESCRIPTION:Behind Forgotten Eyes presents the stories of a few brave wom en who came forward and broke the silence protecting a past that some wa nt to stay buried. What are these stories that were hidden for so long? Whilst Korea groaned under the harsh colonial rule of Imperial Japan\, t he Japanese military coerced\, tricked\, and forced the women of Korea i nto a brutal and systematic form of sexual slavery on an unimaginable sc ale. Behind Forgotten Eyes combines first-hand accounts from both Korean women and Japanese soldiers who lived through one of the worst atrociti es in humankind. This documentary is narrated by actress Yunjin Kim (SHI RI\, LOST). CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/behindforgotteneyes_affd2008 UID:155745860-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080817T152000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080817T155000 SUMMARY:Santa Mesa DESCRIPTION:After the death of his mother\, 12-year-old Hector arrives in Manila to live permanently with his grandmother\, Lita\, a woman whom h e has never met. Longing to find a connection to his new environment\, H ector joins a group of petty hustlers and his clumsy actions get him cau ght while breaking into the home of Jose\, a 59-year-old former photogra pher. Jose insists that Hector work off the damage he's done\, but he so on takes the boy under his wing\, teaching him a bit about photography a nd giving him chores to keep him out of trouble. With all this time bein g spent with Jose\, Hector stumbles upon Jose's past. For years\, Jose h as been spying on his daughter Rosa\, who is unaware of her birth father 's identity. Oblivious to the “can of worms” Hector is about to open\, h e takes it upon himself to follow Rosa and reunite father and daughter a s a way to repay Jose. CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/santamesa_affd2008 UID:155746353-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080817T171000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080817T174000 SUMMARY:Loins Of Punjab Presents DESCRIPTION:When Loins of Punjab sponsors a singing contest in a small Ne w Jersey town\, a motley group of would-be stars converge on a hotel wit h the hope of becoming the next "desi" idol. The contestants include a r uthless philanthropist\, a bhangra rapper\, a young prodigy with an over -protective family\, a reckless actress\, a lovelorn businessman\, and a n entrepreneurial yogi. Backstage intrigues abound as the competitors ba ttle on stage and behind-the-scenes. The stellar cast which includes Sh abana Azmi\, Ajay Naidu\, Ayesha Dharkar and even writer-director Manish Acharya\, plays their respective roles with sincerity and deliver genui ne laughs without condescending to their often misguided characters. Ach arya deftly juggles their stories with a shooting style and tone that re sembles American comedies like WAITING FOR GUFFMAN and BEST IN SHOW. The result is a hilarious satire about dreams\, ambition and competition. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/loinsofpunjabpresents_affd2008 UID:155746414-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080817T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080817T193000 SUMMARY:Centerpiece Reception DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Party LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/centerpiecereception_affd2008 UID:155746482-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080817T194500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080817T201500 SUMMARY:The Assembly DESCRIPTION:Based on a true story\, ASSEMBLY follows one man's journey in search of truth and honor in the aftermath of one of the bloodiest batt les in the Chinese Civil War.\n \nWinter 1948: Captain Guzidi leads an i nfantry unit consisting of just 46 men on a sniping mission to defend th e south bank of the Wen River. Their orders are to fight until the retre at assembly call is sounded. That call never comes. After many long hour s of defense and with ammunition running out\, men are falling hard and fast. The realization dawns on Guzidi that the call might have been miss ed in the heat of battle\, contributing to the deaths of those under his command. Waking in the hospital after a brutal campaign Guzidi believes the last of his men sacrificed themselves during the deadly engagement. But he is shocked to discover they have been deemed missing or worse\, deserters. He returns to the site of the battle\, determined to prove th e heroism of his 46 men and honor their glorious deaths. CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/theassembly_affd2008 UID:155746614-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080817T221000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080817T224000 SUMMARY:Our Town DESCRIPTION:Kyung-ju is struggling novelist who writes violent and gory m urder mysteries. When a fierce argument with his landlady ends in her de ath\, he stages the killing so that it appears like the serial murders t hat have been occurring in his village recently. Anxious that the police might realize the latest killing was a copycat murder\, he begins his o wn investigation to track down the killer with the help of his detective friend. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/ourtown_affd2008 UID:155746726-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080818T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080818T150000 SUMMARY:Shorts Block 1 DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/shortsblock1_affd2008 UID:155742925-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080818T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080818T180000 SUMMARY:The Killing Of A Chinese Cookie DESCRIPTION:For nearly a century\, people have turned to this prophetic d essert for advice\, inspiration and even winning lottery combinations. W hile the fortune cookie has been a source of fascination and a Chinese c uisine staple in North America\, it remains nearly non-existent in China . THE KILLING OF A CHINESE COOKIE examines the heated debate over the tr ue origin of the fortune cookie\, the mixing of eastern and western cult ures that produced it\, and the cookie's rise from a simply pastry to a pop culture phenomenon. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/thekillingofachinesecookie_affd2008 UID:155742985-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080818T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080818T193000 SUMMARY:Muay Thai Chaiya DESCRIPTION:Growing up in Chaiya\, three boyhood friends - Piak\, Pao and Samor\, train under Pao's brother\, Krang (Prawit Kittichanthira)\, a l egendary muay Thai fighter who was taught by Pao's father\, Tew (Samart Payakaroon).\n \nPiak's hot-headedness makes him a fierce fighter\, but it is also a liability that costs him a fight and ends his career. He jo ins the world of underground bare-knuckles brawling\, and he and Samor b ecome embroiled in other dirty jobs in the underworld as well. \n \nPao\ , meanwhile\, begins training with his father\, and works his way up the ranks. Eventually he is put forward as a top boxer in a match against D iamond Sullivan\, which places Pao at odds with the gangsters for whom P iak and Samor work. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/muaythaichaiya_affd2008 UID:155743072-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080818T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080818T220000 SUMMARY:Kala DESCRIPTION:A nameless country is in a state of chaos as natural disaster s\, corruption\, and street justice rampant. Parts of the country\, peop le grow more violent\, the other part hopes for the arrival of a promise d leader. Separately\, a cop named Eros and a journalist named Janus\, a re investigating the case of five men who were burnt to death by a mob. The two are quickly drawn into a labyrinth of mysteries and murders. Ja nus accidentally discovers a secret. But everyone he tells the secret\, finds a terrible death. When Eros also finds out\, they both know that o ne of them has to die\, unless they can find the promised leader before the angel of death arrives. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/kala_affd2008 UID:157597210-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080819T171000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080819T174000 SUMMARY:Behind Forgotten Eyes DESCRIPTION:Behind Forgotten Eyes presents the stories of a few brave wom en who came forward and broke the silence protecting a past that some wa nt to stay buried. What are these stories that were hidden for so long? Whilst Korea groaned under the harsh colonial rule of Imperial Japan\, t he Japanese military coerced\, tricked\, and forced the women of Korea i nto a brutal and systematic form of sexual slavery on an unimaginable sc ale. Behind Forgotten Eyes combines first-hand accounts from both Korean women and Japanese soldiers who lived through one of the worst atrociti es in humankind. This documentary is narrated by actress Yunjin Kim (SHI RI\, LOST). CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/behindforgotteneyes_affd2008 UID:155743522-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080819T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080819T193000 SUMMARY:The Case DESCRIPTION:He Dashang (Wu Gang) is a middle-aged childless innkeeper tra pped in an unhappy marriage in a sleepy city in Yunnan\, China. Sleepwal king through his days\; everything changes when he spies a black suitcas e floating down the river. Retrieving it\, Dashang hopes to find his for tune in the mysterious case\, only to discover its contents are dismembe red human body parts. Thrown into panic\, he attempts to hide the conten ts. Things become even more complicated when a young couple\, the sultry Lily (Wang Sifei)\, and her mousy husband (Wang Hongwei) arrive at the inn. Soon mishap follows upon mishap as He Dashang finds himself over h is head. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/thecase_affd2008 UID:155743555-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080819T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080819T193000 SUMMARY:For More Sun DESCRIPTION:Professor Cheng and his fellow students have dreams to fly hi gh and run fast with their hand-made vehicles. They insist that classroo m-learned knowledge should be applied to workshop built products. In 200 5\, their new born "baby"\, FORMOSUN III\, a world-class solar car\, is ready to enter World Solar Challenge held in Australia. It is a 3\,000 k ilometers journey from Darwin to Adelaide... \n \n*Seating is limited an d subject to overbooking. Please arrive early to ensure your seating.\n CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Studio Movie Grill URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/formoresun_affd2008 UID:157596104-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080819T205000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080819T212000 SUMMARY:Machine Girl DESCRIPTION:Ami (Minase Yashiro\, in her film debut) is a tough but other wise average high school girl\, trying to lead a normal life. Her world comes crashing down when her brother and his friend are killed by ruthle ss bullies. As Ami tracks down the ringleader\, she is surprised to disc over the bullies’ association with a sinister ninja yakuza family. When she goes after her revenge\, she soon finds herself in over her head and minus her left arm. Barely surviving\, Ami escapes and seeks out shelte r from two kindly garage mechanics. They take pity on her\, fitting her with a high-powered machine gun where her arm used to be. She then teams up with the chainsaw-wielding mother (Asami) of her brother’s slain fri end and together they unleash an unholy\, non-stop\, over-the-top kill f est against the equally creative machinery of their relentless ninja ene mies. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/machinegirl_affd2008 UID:155743617-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080820T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080820T153000 SUMMARY:Shorts Block 2 DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/shortsblock2_affd2008 UID:155745406-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080820T165000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080820T172000 SUMMARY:The Rebel DESCRIPTION:Vietnam in 1922 is under colonial French rule\, and anti-Fren ch rebellions by peasants have emerged all over the country. In response \, the French have activated units of Vietnamese secret agents to track and destroy the rebels. One agent is Le Van Cuong. Following an assassin ation of a high ranking French official\, Cuong is assigned to seek and kill the notorious leader of the resistance. Cuong encounters Vo Thanh T huy\, a relentless revolutionary fighter and the daughter of the rebel l eader. She is captured and imprisoned by Cuong's cruel superior\, Sy. Cu ong suspects that Sy knew about the attack on the French official before it happened\, and could have prevented it. Cuong suspicious\, helps br eak Thuy out of prison and becomes a fugitive himself. Her fiery patriot ism inspires Cuong\, and he develops feelings for the young woman as wel l. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/therebel_affd2008 UID:155745468-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080820T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080820T193000 SUMMARY:Black Belt DESCRIPTION:The year is 1932. Three men are zealously engaged in karate t raining at the dojo of Eiken Shibahara. Their names are Taikan\, Choei a nd Giryu. Eiken suddenly dies\, but the ‘kuro-obi’ black belt that will designate his successor has not yet been passed on. "Karate is not about fighting." Who will be the one to heed Eiken’s words of wisdom and rece ive the coveted ‘kuro-obi’ to carry on as his successor? In a related de velopment\, the Military Police Headquarters takes note of the exception al skills of these martial art practitioners\, and the three men are com manded to join their forces. Then\, the three that have left the dojo ar e thrust into a terrible encounter with fate… CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/blackbelt_affd2008 UID:155745604-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080820T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080820T213000 SUMMARY:Our Town DESCRIPTION:Kyung-ju is struggling novelist who writes violent and gory m urder mysteries. When a fierce argument with his landlady ends in her de ath\, he stages the killing so that it appears like the serial murders t hat have been occurring in his village recently. Anxious that the police might realize the latest killing was a copycat murder\, he begins his o wn investigation to track down the killer with the help of his detective friend. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/ourtown_affd2008 UID:155745674-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080821T162000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080821T165000 SUMMARY:Genghis Khan DESCRIPTION:Genghis Khan - the man who built history's greatest Empire. P eople called him "The Blue Wolf". With a production budget of $30million dollars\, four months on location in Mongolia\, this Japan-Mongolia co- production reveals the mystery behind Genghis Khan's life. Assailed hims elf by doubts over the secret of his birth\, facing conflict and betraya l by his sworn friend\, and his mixed feeling of love and hatred for the son who bears the same burden... the hero now emerges from the history that has concealed him for so long. CATEGORIES:Feature LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/genghiskhan_affd2008 UID:155746807-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080821T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080821T193000 SUMMARY:Be A Man! Samurai School DESCRIPTION:Otokojuku is a private boys school where true men are made. F irst year students are quickly indoctrinated into the school's idea of w hat it takes to be a real man by Drill Master Onihige's constant beratin g. Momotaro\, proficient in both academics and martial arts becomes frie nds with an underachieving weakling named Hidemaro. Together\, they surv ive their Otokojuku days and become close with their classmates.\n \nOmi to Date\, former leader of the first-year students\, plans his revenge a gainst his former school. He is now leader of an evil army from rival Ka nto Gogakuren school and fully intends on taking over Otokojuku. The Oto kojuku principal\, Heihachi Edajima\, will not allow personal vendettas on school grounds\, so the battle has to be taken elsewhere. CATEGORIES:Feature, Featured LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/beamansamuraischool_affd2008 UID:155746979-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091123T021715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20080821T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20080821T213000 SUMMARY:Closing Night Reception DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Party LOCATION:Magnolia Theatre URL:http://affd.bside.com/2008/films/closingnightreception_affd2008 UID:155747118-affd.bside.com/2008 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR