PJIFF Programming Schedule
Wednesday April 1st - Youth & Student Films
GILROY
Gavilan College
5055 Santa Teresa Blvd.
Social Science Bldg, Room 214
2 – 4 pm Youth and High School Films
Building Hope (Arizona) — Keith Dodgen — 00:10:47
Documentary: Apache students and their dedicated teacher-mentors overcome educational barriers, form robotics teams, and travel to the robotics World Championship.
The Seasons* (Maryland) — Alexandra Nickel — 0:01:47
Animation: Our favorite tree in the backyard changes across the seasons.
A Day in the Life of a Pig* (Maryland) — Hannah Collins — 00:01:29
Animation: This pig has a regular 9 to 5 job!
Zoe (Croatia) — Marta Kruni — 00:11:34
Drama: A boy in a small village finds a pair of glasses from outer space that help him do well at school. A girl named Zoe enters his life and they fall in love.
A Good Day (California) — Nichole and Sierra Anne Murphy — 00:05:28
Comedy: If Charlie Chaplin were a girl in 1922
Spaces (California) — Nichole and Sierra Anne Murphy — 00:05:53
Experimental: A girl’s journey through imagination in Morgan Hill and Uvas Canyon.
Claymation Films (California) — Various — 00:30:00
Animation: Films made by PJIFF 4-14 Youth Education Program participants
Colors Run* (Texas) — Olivia Carter — 00:16:41
Drama: A broken old soul and a young imaginative girl meet in a laundromat. She drives him crazy. Gradually they develop a life-changing friendship.
Run* (California) — Hannah Calhoun — 00:04:00
Drama: A high school student is assaulted at a party and struggles to deal with the aftermath.
It’s Not What It Looks Like* (Russia) — Marina Malysh — 00:15:00
Drama: A boy is trapped between real and imaginary worlds. But where does one end and the other one start? Or is it not what it looks like?
4 – 6 pm College Block A
Girls of Gav (California) — Sara Grace Barclay — 00:14:37
Documentary: Women film students at Gavilan College talk about the opportunities and challenges of approaching a career in filmmaking.
Run Down (California) — Craig Lore — 00:06:19
Drama: At the end of a long day of teaching, an old English Professor is forced to give chase after a young man who has committed a crime.
In the Shadows (California) — Trevor Rock — 00:03:47
Drama: In a dark forest, a woman is running, trying to evade her pursuer.
A New Chapter (California) — Haoyii Lim — 00:08:22
Drama: A father comes home to find his young daughter wearing her late mother’s necklace. He spins a fantasy tale about the necklace as a magical heirloom.
Synchronicity (United Kingdom) — Michelle Brand — 00:03:47
Animation: People come, people go. Yet everyone is connected in a visual dance and is part of a bigger picture we are unable to see.
Fatphobic (Colorado) — Leilani Osmundson — 00:04:26
Documentary: A look at eating disorders in larger bodies.
Anywhere (Switzerland) — Juliette Menthonnex — 00:31:14
Documentary: A former trapeze artist from Florida leads a small circus in Switzerland with her husband, passing on the circus cultural heritage to her daughter.
6 – 8 pm College Block B
Take Care* (California) — Itamar Giladi — 00:24:30
Drama: A 19-year-old parking attendant learns that his undocumented mother needs expensive medical care. How far will he go to prove he can take care of her?
Heaven’s Meadow (Austria) — Magdalena Chmielewska — 00:29:00
Drama: After reporting a violent assault, an injured woman travels to Italy, hoping to forget, yet keeps floating through the world like an unanchored island.
* Film is a “Best of Festival” nominee
And Now* (Germany) — Michel Linzer — 00:29:00
Musical Drama: Mart prepared his whole life to receive his university degree! Now he is overwhelmed with the choices to be made. At least he is not the only one.
Day Release* (Austria) — Martin Winter — 00:35:00
Drama: A 25-year-old prisoner gets day-release on her son’s birthday. She finds him neglected, and must locate a better solution before she returns to prison.
8 – 10 pm College Block C
Night Shift (New Zealand) — Jacinda Kumar — 00:13:32
Drama: A young man threatens a pharmacist when she refuses to give him unprescribed morphine. She must act to save both of their lives.
I Am Mackenzie (Texas) — Artemis Anastasiadou — 00:19:43
Drama: A sequined dress, a first crush. A teen in rural Texas finds the courage for honest self-reflection despite feeling alien to their body and gender.
Grounding (Ireland) — Oisín-Tomás Ó Raghallaigh — 00:08:00
Drama: During a mental health appointment, a shy 15-year old opens up about the abuse she and her brother have faced and its psychological consequences.
Howling* (Iran) — Parsa Bozorgani — 00:08:16
CONTENT WARNING Documentary: Years ago, stray dogs in Iran were killed by acid injection. Nobody took responsibility for the action. The murderer is interviewed in this film.
Farta (Germany) — Silvia Cannarozzi — 00:10:00
Drama: Theresa has documented her daughter Marta’s entire childhood on social media without considering the full consequences once Marta becomes a teen.
Shattered (Germany) — Torben Liebrecht — 00:13:43
Drama: A routine duty turns into a life-threatening act of self-defense when a police officer uses his gun against a person for the first time in 30 years.
Ukde (Turkey) — Ecem Çelik — 00:18:28
Drama: A tailor is tricked into caring for an immigrant girl for a few days. This girl touches the woman’s past and makes her feel less alone for a while.
Thursday April 2nd - Juried Films
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
El Teatro Campesino
705 4th Street
10:30 am – 12:30 pm Dramas, Sci-Fi, Documentaries
Cuban Canvas (New York) — Kavery Kaul — 00:14:20
Documentary: An intergenerational story of artists in Havana who experiment with form and bold vision, and whose works hang in museums and galleries worldwide.
Never Give Up* (Malta) — Jonathan Schörnig — 00:15:00
Documentary: A Nigerian refugee whose parents were murdered tells of crossing the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea to Malta, sustained by musical ambitions.
The Afghanistanis (Romania) — Adrian Silisteanu — 00:16:59
Drama: Sporadic gunshots in a ruined village force two young men to lead a hard negotiation, both for the fate of the settlement and for their own future.
Aysan (Iran) — Mehrshad Kheradmandi — 00:20:00
Sci-Fi: A man goes to a company that rebuilds people, asking to spend some time with his late niece. The woman who will “become” the niece knew her in life.
Aurorita of My Eyes (Colombia) — Natalia Chinchilla — 00:23:17
Drama: Aurorita, the love of Raul’s life, left him without a word. Six months later, they run into each other again and begin a trip through the countryside.
12:30 – 2:30 pm Dramas, Sci-Fi
Amalgama (Colombia) — Alejandra Wills — 00:12:53
Drama: A peasant woman living alone has a strained relationship with Henry, who helps her with household tasks. We slowly learn the reason for the tension.
Pigua – Terror (Israel) — Yonatan Shehoah — 00:16:25
Drama: A Jerusalem supermarket worker has PTSD from a terrorist attack. When attacks hit again, his panic has severe consequences for himself and others.
The Dishwasher (New York and California) — Nick Hartanto, Sam Roden — 00:12:34
Drama: A chef at a fine dining restaurant in New York City asks a Mexican dishwasher to find good tortillas.
Muffin (Greece) — Daniel Bolda — 00:16:45
Sci-Fi: Willing to pay the price for a new life, a man stops his car in the middle of nowhere and forces his father out, leaving him all alone in the woods.
Amir Ali (Iran) — Shiva Ghanbarian — 00:20:00
Drama: Amir Ali’s parents are divorcing. His mother asks him to find and bring to her a red folder containing important documents that his father has hidden.
The Passport (Iran) — Hanieh Bavali — 00:14:24
Drama: A young photographer has to take photos of others who want to leave Iran. But he must stay…
2:30 – 4:30 pm Difficult Lives
Beloved* (Iran) — Yaser Talebi — 00:54:00
Documentary: From dawn to dusk, 82-year-old Firouzeh takes care of her beloved cows in the mountains of Northern Iran, with no access to electricity, gas, or phone.
Marisol (New York) — Zoe Salicrup — 00:14:44
Drama: A young undocumented mother borrows a friend’s car and identity to earn ride-sharing fares. A passenger is suspicious and asks some hard questions.
I Will Wait (Iraq) — Mohammed Sherwani — 00:11:00
Drama: Suhailah has to find a way to care for her infant and still continue to earn enough money to live until her husband comes back from war.
The Great President (Italy) — Giovanni Basso — 00:06:48
Drama: After an election, twin brothers face the secret that binds their destiny to the future of the country.
4:30 – 6:30 pm Cultural and Social Insights, Comedy
Kandurwan, Baking History (India) — Mehvish Rather — 00:19:28
Documentary: Baking bread in Kashmir has not changed in centuries, in stark contrast to the decades-long political conflict in this heavily militarized region.
Responsible (Iran) — Maryam Modarres — 00:03:00
Drama: When ISIS attacks a neighborhood in northeast Aleppo, a Syrian father faces a horrible decision while trying to help his family escape.
Nemesis* (Iran) — Behzad Jafarimazhab Haghighi — 00:05:00
Drama: In a surreal amusement park, a man is put on trial by the authorities for having a pinwheel.
Someone Good Will Find You* (California) — Leelila Strogov — 00:08:40
Drama: A Chinese immigrant father tries to teach his son how to “make it” in America, but the lessons the son learns transcend those his father intended.
Desaturated (Ukraine) — Marina Stepanska — 00:10:00
Comedy: In this visual comedy, a woman knows she is in a film with a color palette different from the world around her. She tries to resolve this conflict.
And Me (Germany) — Yaren Zara Berg — 00:24:16
Drama: Gü lbeyaz has a troubled marriage to an unappreciative husband. She starts a relationship with a Syrian boy and this gives her hope for a new life.
Handy Hoch! – Smartagers (Germany) — Dani Holzer — 00:14:38
Comedy: Summer in Berlin: kids meet at the swimming pool. Things are great, until their smartphones start dominating everything. The grown-ups don’t help.
* Film is a “Best of Festival” nominee
Thursday April 2nd - Local Filmmakers Showcase
MORGAN HILL
Community Playhouse
17090 Monterey Road
10:30 am – 1 pm Local Filmmakers A
Letters to my Grandchildren (California) — Carol Wolf — 01:33:52
Documentary: What do you know about living life that needs to be passed on? Interviews with older adults reveal the wisdom that comes with age.
Buy Any Means (California) — Terry Hall — 00:29:34
Horror: A young couple loves their fl at, but the landlord evicts them in order to rent to a higher-paying tenant. The couple decides to resist by any means.
Losing Game* (California) — Natalie Britton — 00:05:12
Comedy: Short fi lm meets video game in this genre-bending piece about the obstacles women navigate daily while simply trying to get from point A to point B.
Shining Star Prom* (California) — Jordan Graham — 00:04:13
Documentary: A very special prom night for some very special young people.
1 – 3 pm Local Filmmakers B
Sophie (California) — Anna Cangellaris — 00:04:42
Animation: Sophie longs to be reborn while seeking to know her double. A party in the hills of Los Angeles offers a corporeal shift to her existence.
Positively Venting (California) — Milla Spivey — 00:06:38
Drama: Each member of this family struggles with specific frustrations and has a particular way of coping with them.
A Moment (California) — Emily Lerer — 00:07:03
Comedy: A quirky relationship comedy. A couple has a passionate discussion that transforms the dynamic of their relationship.
Flight of the Heron (California) — Olivia Reedy — 00:13:58
Drama: Critically ill medical student Lú Ho travels through time to thwart an old immigration ban and save many lives, but her own may be at risk.
Bound 4 Heaven (California) — Alexey Samsonov — 00:13:14
Drama: Young people preparing to join a church group on a missionary trip are kidnapped and forced to confess their “sins.” But what is considered sinful?
How Turtle Got Cracks on His Back (California) — Kanyon Sayers Rood, Rulan Tangen, Ian Garrett — 00:03:03
Music/Dance: A.colorful, light-filled, retelling of a folk tale through dance and sweeping vistas.
Arthur King Changing Landscapes – Wauters Farm (California) — Brian Canning, Sam Johnson — 00:19:15
Art Documentary: An LA-based art collective gathers audio and visual samples from a small family farm in Iowa for an improvisational performance in the same setting.
Lost Treasure of the Valley (California) — Robert Husted — 00:25:22
Comedy: Abandoned shopping carts in LA’s San Fernando Valley lead to a hidden cave off of Sepulveda Blvd. with a lost treasure inside – guarded by a dragon!
3 – 5 pm Local Filmmakers C
The Debutante (California) — Neil Miller — 00:03:21
Animation: A young woman does not want to attend her debutante ball, and finds a most unusual friend to go in her place.
The God Given Talent: The Creative Life of Charles Curtis Blackwell (California) — Jeff M. Giordano — 01:10:00
Documentary: The Oakland poet, painter, playwright and teacher, seen from his challenging upbringing to his current creative life through his artistic endeavors.
The Youth (California) — 00:07:03
Drama: Maddi has to make a decision to grow up when her older brother is set to leave for college.
Things Break In* (California) — Tess Harrison — 00:06:27
Drama: Ida and Rosa work on a farm to support their families during wartime in 1940 and develop a special friendship.
Sketch (California) — Jared Leaf — 00:05:29
Horror: An artist who draws bizarre horror-themed illustrations loses himself in his dark world.
5 – 7 pm Local Filmmakers D
The Happiest Couple Alive (California) — Daniel Nogueira — 00:13:12
Drama: A young couple in love have just moved in together. We learn that the house and love are not all they share.
All the Wrong Things* (California) — Chelsea Gonzalez — 00:08:43
Drama: Lucy is having a rough day. When it seems that things can’t get any worse, she meets Willy, a man with the best intentions and the worst execution.
Moth (California) — Shu Zhu — 00:16:54
Drama: An Asian-American actress struggles to revive her career in the sexually commodified entertainment industry. Her mental state slowly deteriorates.
In the Land of My Ancestors* (California) — Rucha Chitnis — 00:08:30
Documentary: “Ohlone people are still here. We are survivors.” Celebrate the living legacy of Ann Marie Sayers, a beloved Ohlone elder in the SF Bay area.
The Crow and the Squirrel (California) — Guillermo Gomez — 00:03:39
Animation: A crow tries to cheer up a sad squirrel. He doesn’t get the response he expects, but both leave happier and wiser.
Conspiracy Party (California) — H. Nelson Tracey — 00:07:55
Comedy: A guy invites a girl he’s recently started dating to his friend Ozzy’s apartment for a party, which turns out to be full of conspiracy theorists.
The Turner Exhibit (California/Maryland) — Mathew Bainbridge — 00:24:48
Drama: Growing resentment between brothers Anthony and Alex Turner, one successful and one struggling, leads to jealousy, deception, betrayal, and tragedy.
7 – 9:30 pm Bullying Films & Panel Discussion
Turning (Sweden) — Linné a Haviland — 00:01:51
Animation: A film about the emotional impact of homo- bi- and transphobia on young people, and how support and community can help us grow.
I am Zal (Iran) — Hooman Naderi — 00:13:32
Drama: A boy with Albinism is to play the role of the whitehaired hero Zal at school, but his mother objects and tells him a false version of the legend.
Bullied (California) — Thomas Keith — 01:18:34
Documentary: The fi lm tracks the causes and consequences of bullying, along with programs and solutions that have had an impact on mitigating bullying in schools.
See Panel Discussion on “Bullied” and Bullying
9:30 pm – 12 am After Party
MORGAN HILL
Kelly Brewing Company
70 E. Fourth Street
* Film is a “Best of Festival” nominee
Friday April 3rd - Juried Films & Women in Film Panel
MORGAN HILL
Community Playhouse
17090 Monterey Road
10 am – 12 pm Short Documentaries
John Van Hamersveld: Crazy World Ain’t It (California) — Dave Tourjé, Christopher Sibley — 00:10:55
Documentary: A kaleidoscopic artist’s career, seen by artists and innovators he infl uenced, gives an encouraging message to young artists in a challenging world.
Invisible* (Iran) — Shirin Barghnavard — 00:27:15
Documentary: The Berlin Wall separated the German people. Nationalism today can also be a wall, separating, excluding, and creating boundaries between people.
The Traffic Separating Device (Sweden) — Johan Palmgren — 00:15:00
Comic Documentary: A device is installed in central Stockholm to keep cars out and only let buses pass. Drivers try to get past and hundreds of cars get destroyed.
Olowe and I (Switzerland) — Christina Ruloff — 00:14:17
Documentary: His first “Olowe” was a fake, but art dealer Jean David loves the Yoruba artist. How can one distinguish between “real” and “fake” African art?
The Invalid Corps* (Maryland) — Day Al-Mohamed — 00:28:14
Documentary: For 24 hours in July 1864, a corps of injured men – “hopeless cripples” – is all that stands between Confederate troops and Washington D.C.
12 – 2 pm Strong Women, Unpredictable Men
Mila (Greece) — Andreas Vakalios — 00:14:50
Drama: 20-year-old Mila hasn’t seen her father, a 45-year old alcoholic life artist, in years. Now he is hospitalized. This might be their last meeting.
Bagheera* (India) — Christopher R. Watson — 00:18:33
Drama: Bagheera, an Indian Girl Scout leader, is abducted after a troop meeting. Her scouting skills help her engage in a battle of wits with her captor.
Lilli (Germany) — Sascha Zimmermann — 00:09:36
Comedy: During a one-night stand, the man Lilli is with (a policeman) dies of a heart attack. Her friends know exactly what to do.
The Wind Phone* (California) — Kristen Gerweck — 00:15:52
Drama: Seven strangers, drawn to the same remote and eerie phone booth on a Japanese cliffside, hold varied conversations connected by one harrowing reality.
Bridge (Iran) — Vahid Hassanzadeh — 00:14:50
Drama: An urban girl on a bridge decides to pretend suicide to get attention, but no one cares. Until someone does.
Wild Will* (Australia) — Alan King — 00:12:57
Horror: When the neighborhood dogcatcher is found wandering the streets, he is brought to the police station. The situation disintegrates into hell on earth.
2 – 4 pm Universal Women’s Issues Films
The Little Death (Switzerland) — Annie Gisler — 01:01:05
CONTENT WARNING Documentary: Women of various ages, experiences, and sexual preferences talk frankly about orgasms, driven to break taboos that still weigh on female sexuality.
Underpressure (Austria) — Lilli Schwabe — 00:33:00
Drama: A gynecologist supports her patients whether they give birth or have an abortion. With increasing daily pressures, her belief systems begin to falter.
Under Mom’s Skirt* (France) — Sarah Heitz de Chabaneix — 00:12:10
Comedy: A young woman goes along with her mother to translate during a routine medical check-up, and in the process learns more than she expected.
4 – 6 pm Women in Film Panel
See Panels page for panel details.
6 – 8 pm LGBTQ+ Focus
Mothers Day (Turkey) — Merve Cagla Dincer — 00:08:09
Drama: Two women who have experienced different losses meet and change the course of each other’s lives.
Collage (Iran) — Sadeq Es-haqi — 00:14:00
Drama: A teenage lesbian girl faces challenges with her identity. She cannot explain to her mother about her feelings and decides to leave home forever.
Tomorrow Island* (Estonia) — Gwenn Joyaux — 00:16:28
Drama: A young Soviet telegraphist tries to save her American lover from being trapped on the Russian side of the Bering Strait when the border closes.
Bodies (Iran) — Morvarid Kashiyan — 00:15:00
Drama: A trans woman in a deeply conservative society wants to have surgery to complete the transition, but her father thinks she is better off as a man.
Lolo (Germany) — Leandro Goddinho, Paulo Menezes — 00:13:40
Drama: Lolo, an openly gay 11-year-old boy, is trying to convince Max, his first love, to go public with their relationship at the school party.
Italy & (This is) Water (Austria) — Ioan Gavriel, Anja Franziska Plaschg — 00:05:26
Music Video: Two musical compositions in one music video allegorically describing one day in two lives.
Extra Sauce* (Germany) — Alireza Ghasemi — 00:13:40
Comedy: Hans, a mediocre heartbroken actor, is greeted by an Angel of Death after attempting suicide an hour before his play’s premiere.
Sparrow (New Zealand) — Welby Ings — 00:15:00
A small boy discovers that the legend of his grandfather as a war hero is a lie. Out of the truth, the boy finds strength to stand up to his bullies.
7 pm – 12 am Music Night and Brian Augur Film
GILROY
The District Theater
7430 Monterey Road
7 – 8 pm
Youth Live Band Performances and Millennial Music Videos
8 – 9:30 pm
Brian Auger – Life on Tour (Germany) — Michael Maschke — 01:12:08
Brian Auger, master of the Hammond organ, has played with Rod Stewart, Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Zucchero … and in his 80s is still on tour.
9:30 pm – Midnight
Live Music
* Film is a “Best of Festival” nominee
Saturday April 4th - Industry Panel & Juried Films
HOLLISTER
Granada Theater
336 Fifth Street
10 am – 12 pm Industry Panel
See Panels page for panel details.
12 – 2 pm 40 & Up / 70 & Up Programs and Related Films
Greyish* (Iran) — Eghbal Shirzaei — 00:04:00
Animation: A short but deep metaphorical story about a woolen grey old man.
Final Act (Portugal) — Maria Hespanhol — 00:18:00
Drama: A prima ballerina’s closing performance as the main character in “The Red Shoes” leads her to doubt the choice to leave her dance career.
Mignon (Hungary) — Katalin Oláh, Sándor Csukás — 00:27:00
Documentary: Octogenarian Marika has an infant soul. Playing with stuffed toys and dressing as a pretty ballerina, she dances to overcome the loss of her childhood.
70 & UP PJIFF Program (California) — 00:30:00
Documentary: a PJIFF Educational Program with participants from Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Hollister and San Juan Bautista.
40 & UP PJIFF Program (California) — 00:05:00
Comedy: Two Elvis Impersonators find out they are related. A PJIFF Educational Program with participants from Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Hollister and San Juan Bautista.
2 – 4 pm Action and Drama
Till the End of the World* (Netherlands) — Florence Bouvy — 00:26:33
Drama: Eight-year-old Marie loves her dad. But playful dreams can suddenly turn into empty eyes, and she has to fight for her father’s unconditional love.
The Scorpion’s Tale* (California) — Jhosimar Vasquez — 00:22:18
Action: Greed, revenge, and death intersect and nothing is what is seems in this prison-based crime drama.
A Rodeo Film (California) — Darius Dawson — 00:18:45
Drama: A bull rider who falls out of love with the sport must choose between his family’s legacy of rodeo and his own aspirations for his life.
Somebody and Nobody* (Germany) — Joscha Douma — 00:27:45
Action: A calm, reserved young cowboy wants to avenge his murdered brother, finally stepping out of his shadow to prove his manliness to their father.
4 – 6 pm Motocross Drama
Full Gas* (Israel) — Kobi Machat — 01:53:00
Drama: A new teen in town arrives shortly before a Motocross championship. He is bullied and threatened, but finds a mentor to help him prepare for the race.
6 – 8 pm Windsurfing Drama
After the Beep (Germany) — Florian Bison — 00:02:33
Drama: A single mother in a motorcycle gang also meets her young son’s needs, but a message from her long-estranged ex forces her to reexamine her image.
Cabarete (Dominican Republic) — Ivan Bordas — 01:52:00
Drama: A teenage village kitesurfer convinces his idol to train him, but is torn between city nightlife pleasures and pursuing his athletic ambitions.
8 – 10 pm International Drama
Ba Guan – Ah Gong (Taiwan) — Clifford Miu — 00:13:50
Drama: In Taiwan after the SARS epidemic, a boy discovers that his family has decided to pull the plug on his beloved grandfather.
Yara (Switzerland) — Sean Wirz — 00:23:10
Drama: 12-year-old Isaf is shaken when he fi nds Yara, a Syrian refugee, hiding in the attic. Despite initial distrust, the boy and the girl become friends.
Aurora (Germany) — Philip Escobar Jung — 00:24:14
Drama: A young girl who lives in the Bavarian Alps goes with her father into the mountains to observe a meteor shower, but events there will shake her world.
Location (Iran) — Mohammad Salimirad — 00:13:38
Drama: A military offi cer drives his wife (who’s in labor) on a remote road. The car breaks down. Two prisoners are in the back in chains. And there’s a gun.
Coffin Decolleté (Egypt) — Nancy Kamal — 00:05:57
Drama: A very young impoverished Egyptian village girl discovers she is about to be married illegally, depriving her of both education and childhood.
Way Back (South Africa) — Per Kasch — 00:03:18
Drama: A coincidental discovery rips a down & out private detective out of his daily routine. He embarks on a search into the past to change his future.
* Film is a “Best of Festival” nominee
Saturday April 4th - Juried Films & Industry Panel
GILROY
The District Theater
7430 Monterey Road
10 am – 12 pm Kids and the Young at Heart
Tiffany* (Florida) — Christina Christie — 00:06:15
Animation: Pauline’s late grandmother was a stained-glass artist. One of her sculptures comes to life and brings joy from the memories of one who has been lost.
The Visit (Germany) — Christian Werner — 00:15:00
Drama: Klaus works as a shopping mall Santa. After an exhausting day, he decides to quit. But then he gets a call from the children’s intensive care unit.
The Incomplete* (Iran) — Erfan Parsapour — 00:07:00
Animation: A hungry otter’s obsession with perfection may cost him the chance for happiness in the real world.
The Big Questions in Life (Germany) — Ingrid Hübscher — 00:06:22
Drama: A little girl gets bored waiting for her mother at a cafe and finds a boy to play with.
Morgen Kommt Kein Weihnachtsmann (Germany) — Anna Ludwig — 00:15:00
Drama: A single mom tells her sons sadly that she can’t hire a Santa Claus this year. The boys conclude that Mom still believes. Now it’s up to them.
Not Factory Default (New Jersey) — David Bowditch — 00:02:11
Animation: Awakening to sentience on an assembly line, a defective robot must escape the factory or be captured and destroyed.
Serpendipity* (Florida) — Carlos Mejia, Kevin Barwick — 00:07:12
Animation: Gordon is nervous before his dinner date. His secret: he has snakes for hair that turn people into stone. Will he find love or a date with disaster?
Better than Neil Armstrong (Iran) — Alireza Ghasemi — 00:20:00
Drama: Four kids begin a journey to the moon to find a mysterious place called Redland, but the gates of Redland are being guarded by a mischievous snake.
12 – 2 pm War and Veterans’ Program
Six Homes* (Iran) — Ebad Adib Pour — 00:03:34
Drama: Children try to play in a war-ravaged neighborhood
Limbo (Iran) — Ghasideh Golmakani — 00:15:00
Drama: A former Iraqi sniper took refuge in Iran. He has tattoos of the names of all the soldiers he killed in the conflicts and wars in Iraq.
PJIFF Vietnam Veterans’ Documentary (California) — 00:60:00
Documentary: a PJIFF Educational Program with participants from Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Hollister and San Juan Bautista. Four veterans tell their stories of their experience in the Vietnam War for the first time.
2 – 4 pm Industry Panel
See Panels page for panel details.
4 – 6 pm Eclectic Mix
Therese* (Switzerland) — Fabiana Serpa — 00:29:00
Drama: It is 1888 and Therese, a Bavarian botanist, begins a four-month expedition in Brazil. But her local guide refuses to take orders from a woman.
In the Hut of Mr. van den Brink* (Germany) — Björn Renner — 00:15:00
Drama: Two small-time crooks fleeing the police hide in a garden house. They wake with their hands and feet bound. Mr. van den Brink now calls the shots.
Pappy Hour (California) — Nell Teare — 00:10:40
Comedy: A woman must bring together her dysfunctional family to fulfill her father’s last wish.
The Patriot (Germany) — Katja Fedulova — 00:27:00
At 21, Vasily Vlasov became the youngest parliamentarian in Russia: a new fresh voice but with ideals rooted in a party viewed by some as fascist.
Deep Roots (Switzerland) — Luc Godonou Dossou — 00:14:58
In the cockfighting pits in three countries, trainers prepare their roosters for an upcoming fight in front of an audience of bettors and aficionados.
6 – 8 pm Sci-Fi and Horror
Altitude* (Austria) — Nicole Scherer — 00:11:00
Horror: For two alpinists, a hike up to a mountain cabin turns into a life-threatening battle between reality and illusion.
Offbeat (Netherlands) — Myrte Ouwerkerk — 00:19:50
Sci-Fi: In a polluted future, a young drummer must take a series of absurd tests to get inside a dome where the air is clean and the best musicians live.
Madame* (United Kingdom) — Garth Jennings — 00:22:43
Horror: Inside a grand Parisian apartment lives an elegant elderly lady. And inside this lady lives a monster.
Eternity* (Ukraine) — Anna Sobolevska — 00:23:49
Sci-Fi: 2058. Corporations digitize the souls of the dying to preserve forever. Ian opposes the practice, but a car crash makes him go against his principles.
O.I.* (Canada) — N’cee van Heerden — 00:18:40
Comedy/Horror: Barry has a unique problem. He came up with a truly original idea and he is the only one immune to it. Chris doesn’t believe a word of it.
* Film is a “Best of Festival” nominee
Saturday April 4th - Juried Films
MORGAN HILL
Community Playhouse
17090 Monterey Road
9:30 am – 12 pm Different Abilities
Cows Can’t Swim (Germany) — Jonas Möllmann — 00:22:47
Drama: Two headstrong, lonely souls meet at a hotel bar. They prey on each other’s weaknesses with precision and persistence, but just can’t break away.
Gaslit (Australia) — Naomi Chainey — 00:09:33
Drama: A young disabled woman strives for independence in a doubting world full of incorrect assumptions about her.
Milk (Canada) — Samiramis Kia — 00:12:29
Drama: A Russian immigrant couple do all they can to provide help to their daughter while dealing with their differences.
Deaf Jam* (New York) — Judy Lieff — 01:10:00
Documentary: A deaf teen discovers the power of American Sign Language poetry, competes in a spoken-word poetry slam, and enters an unexpected collaboration.
12 – 2 pm International Comedy
Hapless Hans* (Germany) — Rena Dumont — 00:29:00
Comedy: In the 1960s, a simple factory worker reluctantly travels to communist Czechoslovakia to bury his grandmother, encountering adventure along the way.
Doing Big Jobs* (Germany) — Johannes Huth — 00:13:43
Comedy: A woman with intestinal distress, stuck in a nightclub’s toilet, hears a couple in the next cubicle start a fight about love, jealousy, and a bit of cocaine.
Cold Storage* (Finland) — Thomas Freundlich — 00:08:45
Comedy: In a comedy reminiscent of the silent screen era, a lonely arctic fisherman discovers his prehistoric counterpart frozen in the ice and thaws him out.
The Cocaine Famine* (Ireland) — Sam McMullen — 00:13:06
Comedy: In an isolated shed in rural Ireland, three characters in this black comedy play out an absurd scene about cocaine and the futility of nationalism.
Your Last Day on Earth* (Spain) — Marc Martínez Jordán — 00:12:00
Sci-Fi: A man dressed as a fox breaks space-time limits to spend time with his wife. But there’s a far more complex and ambitious plan at work.
Cover Up* (Germany) — Marie-Amé lie Steul — 00:13:32
Comedy: A short-tempered conservative Arabic censor’s life is shaken when his colleague discovers a compromising photo that could ruin his reputation.
2 – 4 pm Iranian Insights
Driving Lessons (Iran) — Marziyeh Riahi — 00:12:48
Comedy: Under Iranian law, Bahareh must have her traditional, chauvinistic husband with her at driving lessons so she and her instructor will not be alone.
One Night In Tehran* (Iran) — Farhad Najafi — 01:19:00
Drama: Like big cities around the world, Tehran has its night life. A woman looking for happiness gets into a night cab, unaware of how her life will change.
4 – 6 pm Dramas and Documentaries
Pendulum* (Iran) — Rahimtoofan — 00:15:00
Drama: A woman is stuck with a young man in a hospital elevator. The young man needs urgent help but social taboos and the woman’s husband intervene.
Blue Fire* (New York) — Nick Ronan — 0:18:39
Sci-Fi: Deep in the snowy Blue Mountains, two damaged lives come crashing violently back together when they discover something in the forest not of this world.
A Concerned Citizen: Civics in Action* (California) — Bo Boudart — 00:40:00
Documentary: Activist Dr. Riki Ott works to curb pollution and to reform laws on campaign fi nance and contributions. Others have followed her example.
King of the Road* (California) — Cate Celso — 00:24:57
Documentary: Rick Torres is a tractor trailer driver and 20-year Elvis Presley Tribute Artist whose passion is legendary.
6 – 8 pm Music Documentary, Serious Drama
Bakosó: AfroBeats of Cuba* (Cuba) — Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi — 00:50:33
Documentary: A new musical genre in Cuba called Bakosó proves that Caribbean-African musical collaboration (that started with the slave trade) still continues.
The Sound of Unexpected Death (Denmark) — Alexander Sagmo — 00:30:00
CONTENT WARNING Drama: It’s a completely normal night – until it isn’t. Six seemingly innocuous scenarios serve as the prelude to a horrific, unexpected terror.
8 – 10 pm Sci-Fi, Drama
Falter* (Germany) — Harriet Maria Meining, Peter Meining — 00:43:20
Sci-Fi: At the start of a post-human era, to give his monotonous life a new meaning, Falter decides to share it with an android.
The Pink Line (Iran) — Bayan Zarabi — 00:15:00
Drama: Fa’ezeh is probably carrying a baby, but not from her husband. And this pregnancy could have very serious consequences in the place she lives.
Kaugummiblase (Germany) — Anja Gurres — 00:25:00
Drama: Emma reaches puberty but would rather stay in childhood chewing bubblegum. Her best friend Lasse is growing up, moving on. Will Emma’s bubble burst?
The Crossing (Iran) — Sara Ghafourian — 00:18:42
Drama: Three desperate women plan to leave the country to escape abusive relationships, prison terms, and the strictures of life under men’s control.
6 – 10 pm PJIFF Gala
Jayson Stebbins, Emcee
MORGAN HILL
Granada Theater
17440 Monterey Road
10-12 pm After Party
MORGAN HILL
Noah’s Bistro
17500 Monterey Road
* Film is a “Best of Festival” nominee
Sunday April 5th - Juried Films & Visual Effects Panel
MORGAN HILL
Community Playhouse
17090 Monterey Road
10 am – 12 pm Thoughtful Documentary and Drama
The Dolls’ Fiction* (Iran) — Seyed Mostafa Fakhari Niry — 00:20:17
Documentary: An old woman lives with her disabled husband on a remote farm. For reasons hidden deep inside her, she creates huge dolls, each with its own story.
Online Shopping (Iran) — Ghasideh Golmakani — 00:15:00
Drama: An Iranian girl posts her belongings online for sale to prepare for emigration. One customer is a man who behaves strangely.
Hanged (Iran) — Roqiye Tavakoli — 00:12:55
Drama: A look at the life of a 40-year-old woman who works as a hangman in the Yazd province in Iran.
Faith – Vera (Russia) — Tatiana Fedorovskaya — 00:15:00
Drama: An old former radio operator, living alone, draws comfort from a flickering light bulb that he believes conveys messages from his late wife in Heaven.
Respringendo (Germany) — Denise Ekale Kum — 00:25:00
Drama: A young musician battles through self-doubt and unhelpful relationships to reconnect with her most precious possession: her late father’s red guitar.
Solitaire (Russia) — Elena Brodach — 00:18:54
Drama: An intelligent, driven, independent architect working in Moscow wants a child. Does she have time to wait for love or must she have a baby alone?
12 – 2 pm Sports Mockumentary
The Return of the Thumb* (Austria) — Flo Convey — 01:41:30
Comedy: A worn-down thumb wrestling coach has one last chance to win the Austrian championship with a new fighter. But the competition is fierce!
2 – 4 pm Troubled Children
Zero Gravity (Germany) — Lukas Hablitzel — 00:04:49
Drama: When two boys’ parents start to break up, the older tells the younger a story to help him understand what will change and what will stay the same.
How I Live (Massachusetts) — Meghan Shea — 01:26:00
Documentary: The hardships of cancer treatment and obstacles to accessing care plague children and their families in Guatemala, El Salvador, Myanmar and Egypt.
4 – 6 pm Desperation
Azadeh (Iran) — Mirabbas Khosravinezhad — 00:09:30
Drama: Village girl Azadeh wants to visit her terminally ill father in the city for the last time, but her mother and brother forbid her to leave the house.
Bookanah (Iran) — Sharmin Soltanian — 00:05:42
Drama: An Iranian village girl walks alone to her wedding preparations, passing reminders of the childhood being left behind and the changes to come.
Hope Frozen (Thailand) — Pailin Wedel, Nina Ijas — 01:15:18
Documentary: A Thai-Buddhist couple seeks closure after cryopreserving their two-year-old daughter, while their son tries to learn if science can ever revive her.
6 – 8 pm Art Documentary, Drama, Comedy
Passage (France) — Quentin Persia — 0:13:00
Drama: A distraught young man’s suicide attempt is thwarted by an old man, changing both their lives.
The Obituarist (California) — Shannan Leigh Reeve — 00:16:50
Comedy: A millennial journalist works as an obituary writer, a job she loves until she makes a massive error and has to face the consequences.
Rea (Germany) — Joanna Bielinski — 00:22:50
Drama: Rea’s depression worsens when Oliver takes the baby to work to lighten her load. Outdated gender roles work both ways in this psychological drama.
How to Bend Concrete in 108 Easy Steps (Oregon) — Mahesh Madhav — 00:19:47
Documentary: Engineering meets art through a designer’s ideation and physical processes that bend industrial concrete into beautiful furniture.
Blowing in the Wind (Iran) — Woodyan Zoveidavi — 00:08:04
CONTENT WARNING Drama: Amid the screams and gunshots of a war zone, a woman runs from one ruined building to another for shelter to keep herself and her child alive.
The Bronze Fly (France) — Karleener — 00:15:00
Drama: A painter gives three magic pills to his visually impaired girlfriend, then loses her in the crowd. She searches for the painter and his secret.
2 – 4 pm Visual Effects Panel
See Panels page for panel details.
4 – 7 pm PJIFF Awards Ceremony
Jayson Stebbins, Emcee
MORGAN HILL
Granada Theater
17440 Monterey Road
* Film is a “Best of Festival” nominee
Monday April 6th - Mexico Day Invited Films
GILROY
The District Theater
7430 Monterey Road
12 – 2 pm Difficult Lives
Ciudades Invisibles (Invisible Cities) — Jhoferd Ortega Garcia — 0:15:00
Documentary: An earthquake can destroy buildings and can also break people. After losing their homes and livelihoods in an earthquake, the villagers of uninhabitable apartments were taken to a special camp. Two years later, with no support, they still live in the camp. To society, they do not exist.
El Sembrador (The Sower) — Melissa Elizondo Moreno — 01:25:00
Documentary: Bartolomé, a teacher in a school in the mountains of Chiapas in Mexico, knows that pedagogy is not based on textbooks and cannot fit behind the four walls of a classroom. A true sower of knowledge creates a model of education based on curiosity and love for the outside world.
2 – 4 pm Art and Hope
El Tio Tomas (Uncle Tomas) — Regina Pessoa — 0:12:00
Documentary: Regina Pessoa pays tribute to the poet who inspired her work and was crucial for her to become a film director. In the name of the poet she seeks to celebrate the figure of the worldly and unknown artist.
45 días en Jarbar (45 Days in Harvar) — Cesar Aréchiga — 0 1:18:00
Documentary: A plastic artist creates a studio in a maximum security prison. Fifteen inmates learn about paper production, clay modeling, sculpting, and painting. Through this artistic interaction, they share their personal experiences of how they became involved with drug trafficking.
La Promesa del Cocuyo (The Promise of the Firefly) — Sandra Martinez — 00:13:31
Drama: Alf’s childhood friend Kayla needs a miracle. Alf sets out on the impossible task of making it happen, no matter how long it takes.
Icon Awards
Music: Los Tigres del Norte
The Grammy-winning Los Tigres del Norte have over their 40-year history recorded more than 55 albums, with 140 platinum records, 135 gold and 1 diamond. Parallel to their musical activities, the group created the Los Tigres del Norte Foundation, to conserve and defend Mexican heritage and tradition in the United States.
Film: Luis Valdez
Luis is the founder of San Juan Bautista’s Obie-award-winning theater company, El Teatro Campesino (The Farm Workers’ Theater), which has entertained and educated audiences for over 50 years. Many of his works celebrate his farm worker roots, his experiences with Cesar Chavez and the UFW, Chicano culture in America, or his Indigenous Yaqui heritage. Luis has received countless awards, including the Presidential Medal of the Arts and Mexico’s prestigious Aguila Azteca Award. He holds five honorary doctorate degrees and has taught at several colleges and universities in the region.
Art: Jose Ortiz
A Monterey County “treasure” as youth mentor and muralist, Jose has over 60 mobile and permanent mural projects located throughout the Counties of Monterey, Santa Cruz and the Bay Area. Jose is a founder of the painters’ workforce “Hijos del Sol” which became a workshop and studio then a conservatory, recognized in 2019 as State Nonprofit of the year. Jose’s studies at UC Santa Cruz, focused on Critical Race/Ethnic Studies with an emphasis on Native American/ Indigenous Studies, have influenced his present-day artwork.
Community Achievement Award: Ramiro Rodriguez
After studies at San Diego State University Ramiro returned to Hollister to join his family business, R&R Labor. He is now involved in multiple businesses facilitating employment. He also spends considerable time supporting many local charitable organizations, school sports, and events. Ramiro and his wife have two teenagers.
4 – 6:30 pm LGBTQ+, Sexual Assault, and Discrimination
Dragmex — Daniel Guevara, Raul Uribe — 00:24:00
Documentary: A tour through the experience of being a drag queen in Mexico City which also investigates the collapse of the barriers of gender and the borders between marvelous and terrible in a society that is often less liberal than we would like to believe.
La Flaca (The Bony Lady) — Thiago Zanato, Adriana Barbosa — 00:20:00
Documentary: During her yearly celebration to the Bony Lady (“La Flaca”) Arely Vazquez, a transgender woman and leader of the Santa Muerte (Saint Death) Cult in Queens, NY, faces challenges to fulfill a promise she made ten years ago.
La Mariachi (The Mariachi Woman) — Adán Ruiz — 00:09:00
Documentary: Nancy was unfairly imprisoned when she was mistaken as a trafficker while trying to cross the border into the United States. Now she lives in Mexico City with her wife and son. Every day she goes to work as one of the few mariachi women and sings to support her family.
Deconstruidos (Deconstructed) — Daniel Vega — 00:14:00
Documentary: Andres Navarro is a young photographer whose work dignifies and gives voice to people in the LGBT+ community. With his friend and stylist, Mariana Palacios, they develop a project that reflects identity and gender through photography and styling in persons from Oaxaca.
La Bruja de Texcoco — Cecilia Villaverde Pineda, Alejandro Paredes Zatarain — 00:12:00
Documentary: After a mysterious encounter with a shaman in Texcoco, a Mexico City based musician starts a journey to reconcile with his femininity through his music, in order to become “La Bruja de Texcoco.”
Karelu, lo que deja marca (Karelu, that leaves a mark) — Ana Isabel Lobatón — 00:16:00
CONTENT WARNING Documentary: Sexual abuse is a reality for 66% of Mexican females today. The issue has not been openly discussed by any government. Anaí accepts that she was abused and decides to share her story with the public.
Retratos de mi Madre (Portraits of My Mother) — Tavo Ruiz — 00:11:00
CONTENT WARNING Documentary: A mother confesses what she remembers from the moment that changed her life when she was raped as a child. By painfully recalling this traumatic event, she reflects on the sexual abuse of children and the scars that these events leave in a person’s life.
Estela — Carmen Bernés — 00:14:00
Documentary: On one of many difficult paths to support her family, Estela meets Toño, the owner of a famous taco stand. After one more ordeal, she takes over the stand, working through her grief while holding a “man’s” job.
7 – 9 pm Celebration of Mexican Culture
Presentation of Icon Awards and Live Performance
Master of Ceremonies — Maria Cid
Maria, the owner of Maria Cid Agency-Farmers Insurance in Gilroy, is a fi rst generation Mexican-American with a deep love of Mexico’s cultural traditions and the desire to share them with others. She is active in many community and surrounding area events and causes from fine arts, to motorcycles and cars, to supporting youth programs. Her fundraising and event planning skills are very well known in the area. Maria is the Events Manager for PJIFF, a member of the PJIFF Board, and co-chair of PJIFF2020’s Mexico Day.
Three very short films by Mexicans living outside Mexico:
Tortillas! (Russia) — Ramón Acosta Nuñez — 00:00:57
Amar a México (Love for Mexico) (Oregon) — J. Antonio Ochoa Morales — 00:01:00
Llévate a México (Take Me to Mexico) (Texas) — Alfredo Castro — 00:00:58
Tuesday April 7th - China Day Invited Films
MORGAN HILL
Community Playhouse
17090 Monterey Road
12 – 2 pm Legal and Social Drama
Unnamed Junior — Dongxu Guo — 01:46:46
Drama: Two law cases take place simultaneously in a small backward city of China: the wife of Youwang Cao, a township entrepreneur, was poisoned, and worker Bin Zhou disappeared. The two cases seem to be inextricably linked. Worker, boss, murderer, and kidnapper tell a story in which the man who tries to frame others becomes accused himself.
2 – 4 pm Ways of Finding Hope
Pills and Joy — Shen Fu — 00:28:02
Drama: In order to pay the bill for her father’s illness, a young woman came to the city alone and worked in a foot massage physiotherapy store. In the process of buying medicine for her father, she fell into the dilemma of collusion between doctors and drug dealers.
Family of Wushu — Eric Hurst, Madison Wise, Kyle Chong, and Morgan Russell — 00:13:17
Documentary: Within an impoverished Chinese community, children are sent to a Kung Fu school as their only hope of finding successful futures. However, despite the promise of enrichment, their Master conditions them in a manner other cultures may find stressful.
Left Behind Children — Graham Law — 00:09:55
Documentary: Liu Shou is a short documentary about two young girls successfully navigating their lives through the ancient art of Chinese opera – offering them foundational roots grounding them in the vast diversity of their ancestral traditions – while their absent parents seek economic prosperity, in China’s rapidly expanding cities, far away from their children.
Underdog — Zhaoning Zhang — 00:19:02
Drama: A young talented composer met his idol, who inspired him to be a composer. He is disappointed to find that this respected composer was a plagiarist. Will the young man stay quiet or find his own voice? Based on a true story.
4 – 6 pm Entrepreneurship in China
Go with Your Gut — Qiurong Shi and Xian Hu — 01:34:43
Documentary: The filmmakers traveled with seven entrepreneurs for two years through five countries and twenty cities to record their life, struggle and entrepreneurship. Audiences voluntarily organized over 50 screenings of this inspirational film in different cities in China. It also created a new model for the exhibition of documentaries in China – the social film.
6:30 – 7:30 pm Panel Discussion
MORGAN HILL
Granada Theater
17440 Monterey Road
Moderator Shanshan Whittall
Founder and CEO, filmway — Shanshan has worked with filmmakers from China, U.S., UK, Vietnam, Malaysia and India and has sourced films for international film festivals including Seattle International and Heartland International. Her company, filmway, specializes in international film distribution, production, and showcasing. She is on the Poppy Jasper Board and is PJIFF 2020’s China Day chair.
Tiedong Zhou
President (2014–16), Beijing Novo United Films Co., Ltd.; President, China Film Import and Export (Los Angeles), Inc. (1995—2005). free-lance film scholar — One of the top fi lm executives and scholars in China, Tiedong has for more than 30 years worked in film import/export, both in China and in the U.S. including heading acquisitions for the only authorized importer of foreign fi lms to China. He also ran one of China’s top ten theater chains with more than 100 theaters and over 600 screens.
Qiuping Chen (Joseph)
Vice-president and Secretary-general of Beijing Film Association — Joseph is a screenwriter, director, and movie critic. He is a member of the China TV Drama Screenplay Association, Director of the China Film Literature Association, and Chief Art Officer of Beijing Colorful Season Film Co.
Zhaoning Zhang (Johnny)
Musician and composer — Johnny Zhang started composing at the age of 19. He has worked with internationally known filmmakers such as Zhang Yimou and Gu Changwei, and also Chinese cutting edge filmmakers such as Ning Hao and Han Han. He has composed over 70 theme songs, interludes, and albums for feature films, shorts, advertisements and Chinese singers.
Weimin Zhang
Award-winning filmmaker Weimin is one of China’s Sixth Generation filmmakers and a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy and Ohio University fi lm schools. Since 1992, she has worked on numerous award-winning films, documentaries, and TV drama series in both China and the U.S. She has received numerous honors for her work, including the Ohio University Distinguished Alumni Award.
Ke Ke
Well-known film director — KK is a graduate both of the Shanghai Theater Academy and New York Film Academy. His directorial credits include The Wandering Earth (the best-known Chinese science fiction film), Next Top Star, and My Time for Hong Kong.
7:30 – 9 pm Celebration of Chinese Culture
Presentation of Community Achievement Award to Diana Ding
Founder & CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Channel DDTV
FILM: Angel’s Mirror — Cheng Chao — 00:14:00
Drama: A boy and his family have moved to a large factory complex. He comes up with a unique way of meeting the girl upstairs.
CULTURAL PERFORMANCES
Han Dynasty Dance — Elisa Zhang
A dancer for 8 of her 12 years, Miss Zhang has earned many awards at regional and national dance competitions, including first overall at Starbound for two consecutive years.
Qi Pao Show by Qi Vogue
Chinese Fashion show featuring a type of dress with distinctive features of Manchu origin.
Chinese Opera — Getong McBride
