Being a teenager is tough! In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom. With Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen, Chang Li Hua.

Winner, Sundance 2024 Audience Award & Ensemble Cast

“Set in the early days of social media’s takeover, Sean Wang’s debut feature about a Taiwanese American kid growing up in the East Bay perfectly captures the emotional jumble of boyhood.” (Observer)

“It’s such a tender, funny, and honest portrait of being that most awkward of ages: thirteen.” (NPR FilmWeek)

“It recreates the sensation of drowning in your own hormone-churned emotions so vividly that the film would be difficult to watch if its very existence didn’t serve as a kind of pressure valve.” (Vulture)

“A wonderfully uncomfortable, deeply hilarious coming-of-age movie, the new film Didi plays like an extended and surprisingly welcome visit to the filmmaker’s childhood bedroom.” (Globe and Mail)

Saturday, September 21
Doors 5:15 pm | Movie 5:45 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Advance tickets HERE

DIDI (Sean Wang, 2024 / 94 mins / 14A ) Set in 2008, Sean Wang’s gentle comedy about an awkward Taiwanese American teen brings a fresh take to the coming-of-age genre.

*Minors OK. Must be 19+ w/ID for bar service.
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