April 1 – April 29, 2023

Watch Local: Sister Cities

Series | TAIPEI STORY, 3 WEEKS IN YEREVAN, SALAAM BOMBAY!, RUDO Y CURSI, A GRANDE FEIRA

ABOUT THE SERIES

Calling all adventurous cinematic travellers! Take a trip to the Los Feliz 3 this month and visit 5 of Los Angeles’ sister cities with TAIPEI STORY, 3 WEEKS IN YEREVAN, SALAAM BOMBAY!, RUDO Y CURSI and A GRANDE FEIRA.

Start in Taipei, Taiwan with Edward Yang second feature, TAIPEI STORY with a rare on-screen performance from Hou Hsian-hsien as a washed up baseball player navigating a city caught between the past and the present.

In honor of Armenian history month in Los Angeles, fly to Yerevan, Armenia with filmmakers, Vahe Berberian and Vahik Pirhamzei as they visit their motherland in the heartwarming comedy, 3 WEEKS IN YEREVAN. The filmmakers will join us for a Q&A moderated by Armen Karaoghlanian of the Armenian Film Society.

Make your way through the streets of Bombay, now Mumbai, with Mira Nair’s critically acclaimed feature film SALAAM BOMBAY! Co-presented by IFFLA.

Sing your heart out with Gael Garcia Bernal in RUDO Y CURSI as he and Diego Luna try to make it to the big leagues of Mexico City’s professional soccer league.

Stop in the famous Água de Meninos market in Salvador, Brazil with Roberto Pires’ A GRANDE FEIRA. There will be a pre-recorded introduction by filmmaker Petrus Pires, Roberto Pires’ son and a short film, “Between the Sea and the Fish Line” co-presented by Cinelimite.

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SAT APR 1, 2023

4:00 PM

TAIPEI STORY

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Watch Local: Sister Cities’ Taipei, Taiwan

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SAT APR 8, 2023

4:00 PM

3 WEEKS IN YEREVAN

Los Feliz 3 | Q&A with filmmakers Vahe Berberian and Vahik Pirhamzei moderated by Armen Karaoghlanian of the Armenian Film Society

‘Watch Local: Sister Cities’ Yerevan, Armenia

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SAT APR 15, 2023

4:00 PM

SALAAM BOMBAY!

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Introduction by IFFLA’S Co-Directors of Programming, Thouly Dosios and Ritesh Mehta

‘Watch Local: Sister Cities’ Mumbai, India

Co-presented by IFFLA

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SAT APR 22, 2023

4:00 PM

RUDO Y CURSI

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | ‘Watch Local: Sister Cities’ Mexico City, Mexico

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SAT APR 29, 2023

4:00 PM

A GRANDE FEIRA

$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Pre-recorded introduction by filmmaker Gustavo Menezes

Co-presented by Cinelimite

‘Watch Local: Sister Cities’ Salvador, Brazil