Join Pacific Arts Movement in partnership with the San Diego Pride’s Queer APIMEDA Coalition (QAPIMEDA) for a spotlight screening of My Partner. Proceeds for this event benefit the 25th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival and QAPIMEDA’s year-round programming.

ABOUT THE FILM:

Pili (Kaipo Dudoit), an extroverted Hawaiian jock, and Edmar (Jayron Muñoz), an introverted Filipino gamer, are part of a rivalry between two senior-class friend groups at Lahainaluna High School. The rivalry comes to a head when Edmar's group is caught overfishing a native species in a restored fresh water stream by Pili's group.

Things get interesting when Pili and Edmar's social studies teacher assigns the boys,who are in different class periods, to work on their semester project together. Pili and Edmar strongly protest but are forced to work together.

Slowly, Pili and Edmar learn that despite surface appearances, they and their cultures have much in common. As they spend time together working on their class project, they become closer -- Pili learning about Filipino immigrants to Hawai'i and Edmar learning about Hawaiian culture and history. Things come to a head when their friends get into a big fight at school.