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The 10th anniversary of the Sister Cities International Film Festival opens Thursday with two-and-a-half months of films at Tacoma's Blue Mouse Theatre, a new film each Thursday through April 12 from one of Tacoma's many official sister cities.

This week, check out 200 Pound Beauty from Gunsan, South Korea - a sister city of Tacoma since 1978. According to promotion for 200 Pound Beauty, Hanna is a famous Korean pop singer who also suffers from poor self-esteem. In the film, Hanna "makes the decision of a lifetime to have full-body plastic surgery."

2012 Sister Cities Int'l Film Festival Schedule

Feb. 2

Gunsan, South Korea
200 Pounds Of Beauty

Feb. 9

Kitakyushu, Japan
Cast Me If You Can

Feb. 16

Kiryat-Motzkin, Israel
A Matter of Size

Feb. 23

El Jadida, Morocco
Fragments

March 1

Vladivostok, Russia
My Perestroika

March 8

Fuzhou, China
If You Are The One 2

March 15

Aalesund, Norway
Happy, Happy

March 22

Cienfuegos, Cuba
El Benny

March 29

George, South Africa
White Wedding

April 5

Davao City, Philippines
Adele

April 12

Taichung, Taiwan
Formosa Mambo

More information on the Sister Cities International Film Fest can be found at sistercityfilmfest.org.

[Blue Mouse Theatre, 200 Pound Beauty, Thursday, Feb. 2, 6 p.m. doors open, 6:15 cultural program, 7 p.m. film, $10, 2611 N. Proctor St., Tacoma, 253.752.9500, sistercityfilmfest.org]