SCREEN

Wandering, Wondering - (video shorts, 91 mins, plus Q&A) This set of films floats through the city like seeds from dandelions. On a bus, on a bike, these tales of love hide in alleys, hotel rooms, or in the anonymity of large groups.

Talentime - (dir. Yasmin Ahmad (Malaysia), 110 mins.) Three high school students sing, strum, and sign their way into each other's hearts while gearing up for a school-wide talent competition.

State of Aloha - (dir. Anne Misawa (USA), 77 mins, plus Q&A) This insightful documentary explores the explosive controversies surrounding Hawaiian statehood: sovereignty, imperialism, politics, racial hierarchies, and environmental sustainability.

Cooking With Stella - (dir. Dillip Mehta (Canada), 103 mins.) Two Canadian diplomats in New Delhi discover their cook is skimming off more than just the milk in this deliciously wry battle between the servants and the served, co-scripted by FIRE's Deepa Mehta.

Fog - dir. Kit Hui (USA/Hong Kong), 89 mins., plus Q&A) A young man grappling with amnesia wanders the streets of Hong Kong, looking for clues to his past, all while the city busily prepares for the tenth anniversary of its reunification with China.

In The Matter of Cha Jung Hee - (dir. Deann Borshay Liem and Ramsay Liem (USA), 75 mins., plus Q&A) In 1966, an American couple adopted a Korean girl named Cha Jung Hee, and renamed her Deann. There was just one important discrepancy -- she was not Cha Jung Hee. A remarkable journey through an individual's past and a national's scarred history. Preceded by Memory of Forgotten War.

The Forbidden Door - (dir. Joko Anwar (Indonesia), 110 mins.) A successful but mysterious Jakarta sculptor finds his days becoming nightmares, thanks to his involvement in a voyeuristic reality show, in this Indonesian horror film.

The Message - (dir. Chen Kuo-fu and Gao Qunshu (China), 115 mins.)  In Japanese-occupied Nanjing, the Phantom is leaking Japanese secrets to the resistance. Five suspects are rounded up: will they destroy one another -- and the resistance -- to save themselves?