New Game, Press Start 
2013 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
LGBT film program curated by Eric Cho
TRT: 76 min.

Saturday, May 04, 2013 at 4:30 PM
CGV CINEMAS - Theater 2 
621 S. Western Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90005

Program Description: Queerness isn’t one fixed coming-out story. Queerness slips ‘n slides across gender, sexuality, desire, practice, time, and culture, rocking our concepts of home and family, pride and shame, adulthood and “stages of life.” Queerness is some serious play. And serious play can require some agile moves, strategic time-outs, or those second, third, fourth lives just to survive.  From the queering of 1960s Iranian cinema to a gay video game, this Year-of-the-Snake Queer Shorts program is inspired by new starts across generations of LGBTI folk.  Come celebrate everything beautiful, strange, and renewing about being and becoming queer within varied landscapes - at every game level of life. 

POP!
directed by Navid Sinaki | 2009 | US | 6.5 min.
The iconic Iranian singer-actress Googoosh stars as a drag performer in the caberet underground of 1965 Tehran in this queer re-staging of FILMFARSI, an overlooked genre of Iranian films before the Islamic Revolution. 

KIMCHI FRIED DUMPLINGS
directed by Jason Karman | 2012 | CANADA | 14 min.
After a long absence, Carl returns home for Christmas with a new boyfriend, but his younger brother Tim, who’s been left to care for their aging parents, is not exactly welcoming.

BROKEBACK THAT ASS UP
directed by Man Chyna | 2011 | CANADA | 4 min.
Man Chyna’s debut strip hop music video is a heart ‘n crotch warming tribute to our favorite cowboys in love, but with a little less ranch and a little more raunch... Mo' Homo!

OCEAN PUSSY POWER
directed by Kanako Wynkoop | silent | US | 1 min.
Submit to the hypnotic power of nature!

TWO GIRLS AGAINST THE RAIN / Original title: Bopha Pitorng Chhomnas Tekpleang
directed by Sao Sopheak | 2012 | CAMBODIA | 11 min.
Two women, Yun and Eang, met during the time of the Khmer Rouge and have lived together since - raising nieces, nephews, and grandchildren. This documentary shares their moving story of survival, strength, and love, as they overcome the resistance of family and their village community in Cambodia.  

BURMESE BUTTERFLY
directed by Hnin Ei Hlaing | GERMANY | 2011, 12 min.
Twenty-one year old hairdresser Phyo Lay looks back on a turbulent childhood and adolescence and shares the challenges of coming out. A rare glimpse into the emergent gay community in Myanmar. 

THE GAME KISS 
directed by Paul Agusta | 2010 | INDONESIA | 8 min.
After a fun afternoon of video gaming, teenager Marco steals a kiss from his best friend Peter. 

BORN TO DANCE THIS WAY
directed by Jerell Rosales | 2012 | US | 12 min.
JOO SI – fierce, fabulous… and overweight – auditions for the opportunity of a lifetime: to be a principal backup dancer for the sexy female pop singing sensation, THE 4PLAY LADIES.

INSERT CREDIT
directed by David Nguyen | 2011 | CANADA | 7 min.
Reflecting on his vexed relationship with his father, David struggles to master each video game level of life, from losing his toy doll to falling in love in Canada, and more.