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After Life

16mm x Twitch!

Film 16mm x Twitch! The San Diego Asian Film Festival misses celluloid. In most years, we’re able to fire up a film...
Special Presentations

76 DAYS

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Film 76 DAYS Directed by Hao Wu, Weixi Chen & Anonymous OPENING FILM - This miraculous documentary, set in Wuhan hospitals during the 76 days the city was on…
Masters

AFTER MY HOMECOMING

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Film AFTER MY HOMECOMING Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Playing a fictionalized version of herself, actress Kasumi Arimura visits her mother at home on her unexpected day…
Masters

ALL THE THINGS WE NEVER SAID

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Film ALL THE THINGS WE NEVER SAID Directed by Yuya Ishii Atsuhisa’s quiet life is shattered when he catches his wife with another man. A series of tragic events…
After Life

ARCHIVING TIME

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Film ARCHIVING TIME Directed by Lu Yuan-chi Film restorationists at the Taiwan Film Institute walk us through the process of re-discovering and re-juvenating a national…
Asia Pop!

ASSASSINS

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Film ASSASSINS Directed by Ryan White Perfect killers or accidental pawns? Real-life spy thriller as two women wipe a toxin on Kim Jong-un's brother's…
Asian American Panorama

SDAFF Drive-In! presents BE WATER

Film SDAFF Drive-In! presents BE WATER Directed by Bao Nguyen With interviews, outtakes, and glorious archival footage, a dynamic and crucial look at Bruce Lee as an icon,…
Invisible Waves

BLACK MILK

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Film BLACK MILK Directed by Uisenma Borchu Wessi awakens taboo attractions and unruly impulses when she leaves her life in Germany to reunite with her…
Asian American Panorama

THE CELINE ARCHIVE

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Film THE CELINE ARCHIVE Directed by Celine Parreñas Shimizu The ghost of one Celine haunts another as filmmaker Celine Parreñas Shimizu uncovers a 1932 Filipino-American community pushing,…
Masters

CHASING DREAM

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Film CHASING DREAM Directed by Johnnie To MMA fighter Tiger decides to help aspiring pop star Cuckoo get onto a singing show and destroy her…
After Life

THE CHESS GAME OF THE WIND

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Film THE CHESS GAME OF THE WIND Directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani The passing of a wealthy matriarch leaves conniving would-be heirs jockeying for power in this long-unavailable tale of…
Asian American Panorama

CURTAIN UP!

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Film CURTAIN UP! Directed by Hui Tong, Kelly Ng Students at a NYC Chinatown elementary school work, play, and sing through a theatrical production of Frozen, while…
Surrogate Valentine Trilogy

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS

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Film DAYLIGHT SAVINGS Directed by Dave Boyle When a heartbroken Goh Nakamura love-clicks with fellow musician Yea-Ming Chen, he decides to test fate and find…
Masters

DAYS

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Film DAYS Directed by Tsai Ming-liang One man encounters another in Thailand. Tsai Ming-liang’s wordless meditation to the fleeting beauty of everyday details and…
Asian American Panorama

DEATH OF NINTENDO

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Film DEATH OF NINTENDO Directed by Raya Martin This delightful and nostalgic coming-of-age film chronicles the crusades of a group of friends as they navigate growing…
Asian American Panorama

DEFINITION PLEASE

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Film DEFINITION PLEASE Directed by Sujata Day Other former Spelling Bee champs go on to glory. Monica Choudry hasn't left her mom's house. With her…
Jia Zhang-ke Artist Trilogy

DONG

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Film DONG Directed by Jia Zhang-ke A companion piece to Jia Zhang-ke’s monumental Still Life, Jia follows famed painter Liu Xiadong as he paints…
Asian American Panorama

THE DONUT KING

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Film THE DONUT KING Directed by Alice Gu Meet Ted Ngoy, the tenacious refugee behind the pink box who is single-handedly responsible for the fact that…
Special Presentations

DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL

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Film DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL Directed by Ursula Liang CENTERPIECE FILM - After the murder of the unarmed Akai Gurley by Peter Liang, a Chinese American cop,…
Asia Pop!

DRAMA QUEEN

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Film DRAMA QUEEN Directed by Kay Nguyen When a transgender woman witnesses a murder, she finds safety in...a beauty pageant! That is, until the villains…
Asian American Panorama

EXPORT MY LOVE

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Film EXPORT MY LOVE Directed by Jinglin Li This cross-continental documentary follows Chinese-American Jany Murphy, part matchmaker, part modern day Cyrano de Bergerac, as she tries…
Asian American Panorama

FINDING YINGYING

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Film FINDING YINGYING Directed by Jiayan "Jenny" Shi In June 2017, Yingying Zhang, a Chinese visiting scholar, mysteriously vanished from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus.…
Invisible Waves

GAMAK GHAR

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Film GAMAK GHAR Directed by Achal Mishra Immediately after the feature, ticket holders can enjoy a pre-recorded bonus Q&A with director Achal Mishra! New Voices in India Cinema Award,...
Masters

GENUS PAN

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Film GENUS PAN Directed by Lav Diaz In Lav Diaz’s scathing allegory for mankind’s innate cruelty, three Filipino miners travel back to their island home…