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VAALA Co-Presents the “Viet Film Showcase” of LAAPFF at CGV, Buena Park

BUENA PARK, CA - The 33rd edition of the LAAPFF (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival) is right around the corner, and for the first time, it is going to screen films at both Los Angeles and Buena Park! LAAPFF’s dates are April 27 - May 4 in L.A. and May 5 - 11 at the newly opened CGV Cinemas Buena Park located at The Source, 6988 Beach Blvd, Buena Park, CA 90621.

LAAPFF in Buena Park is also having a "Viet Film Showcase" screening 4 new Vietnamese feature films as part of this showcase. For discount tickets, enter code VAALA17. (Regular ticket price: $14; discount price with code VAALA17: $10).

SHE’S THE BOSS (Bạn Gái Tôi Là Sếp)
Vietnam / 2017 / 114 mins / Vietnamese with English subtitles
Director: Ham Tran

Fresh from Vietnamese cinemas, SHE’S THE BOSS follows two co-workers (Miu Le from SWEET 20 and Anh Do), whose secret relationship could compromise their jobs. Both want marriage, but neither want to quit, they comically try to sabotage one another into leaving their job. A mix of goofy and endearing characters and situations make SHE’S THE BOSS perfect for date night.
May 5, 8:00pm
festival.vconline.org/2017/films/shes-the-boss/

FATHER AND SON (Cha cõng con)
Vietnam / 2016 / 90 mins / Vietnamese with English subtitles
Director: Luong Dinh Dung
Ca is a young boy who lives with his father in a mountainous area. Ca dreams of reaching the nest of what he thought is a huge bird in the sky (which is actually an airplane) and climbing to the top of the tallest building in an unknown city. Suddenly, Ca contracts a disease that seems to threaten his life. Hence, the father and son start their journey to the city.
May 6, 4:30pm
festival.vconline.org/2017/films/father-and-son/

JACKPOT (Trúng số)
Vietnam / 2015 / 92 mins / Vietnamese with English subtitles
Directed by Dustin Nguyen
Tu Phi is a middle-aged con man, fresh out of a 15-year prison sentence. Only minutes into his new found freedom, he meets a lottery-ticket hawker named Thom, a young woman from his village. They form a unique friendship. One fine day, Tu Phi wins the lottery; the big jackpot. And this sets off a chain of events through their small peaceful village. When fortune falls into a your lap, is it a blessing? Or is it a curse? Can money buy you happiness? Dustin Nguyen’s second directorial effort, JACKPOT was chosen by Vietnam as its foreign language entry to the Academy Awards last year.
May 6, 7:00pm
festival.vconline.org/2017/films/jackpot/

FANATIC (Fan Cuồng)
Vietnam / 2016 / 103 mins / Vietnamese with English subtitles
Directed by Charlie Nguyen

Frustrated in a techno heavy pop infested world, Thai "Rocker" (Thai Hoa) sells rock records that no one wants to buy in the heart of Saigon. When he finds a time machine in the middle of a forest, Thai decides to go back to 1996 to save rock music from disappearing and bring back the golden age of rock 'n' roll including stopping his hero, Giai Nghia (Johnny Tri Nguyen) from fading away into obscurity, thus ending the golden age of rock in Vietnam.
May 11, 7:00pm
festival.vconline.org/2017/films/fanatic/

For more information on the LAAPFF in Buena Park, which we are dubbing “Best of the Fest,” view the entire film program and schedule here: festival.vconline.org/2017/itineraries/laapff-buena-park/

Also shown at CGV Buena Park as part of the “Best of the Fest" from the L.A. are the following major films:

• India's LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA, an award winning film that has garnered international attention, yet is currently banned in India for what the Los Angeles Times says, "India banned a movie about four women because it was 'lady-oriented.'"
• RELOCATION ARKANSAS -- AFTERMATH OF INCARCERATION and RESISTANCE AT TULE LAKE, two new Japanese American documentaries about the internment experience, both screening on the anniversary year of Executive Order 9066
• Two films on Chinese American subjects FINDING KUKAN and WHO IS ARTHUR CHU?, a documentary about Jeopardy winner/villain Arthur Chu
• Tad Nakamura's latest MELE MURALS on the Hawaiian culture renaissance through the vehicle of hip hop and street art
• New films from Cambodia -- TURN LEFT TURN RIGHT and DIAMOND ISLAND.
• Chinese socio-comedy KING OF PEKING, straight from its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
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9 months ago

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