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Special Presentations

The feature presentations at this year’s San Diego Asian Film Festival showcase the deep reserves of care, ingenuity, and grit that have defined our community for generations.

Special Presentations

BAD AXE

Film BAD AXE Directed by David Siev David Siev and his siblings grew up in Bad Axe, Michigan, home of two main stoplights, cornfields, and…

Special Presentations

NURSE UNSEEN

Film NURSE UNSEEN Directed by Michele Josue Invisible yet ever-present, anonymous yet indispensable. For over six decades, Filipino nurses have been at the frontlines of…

Special Presentations

RICEBOY SLEEPS

Film RICEBOY SLEEPS Directed by Anthony Shim In Anthony Shim’s emotionally layered second feature, RICEBOY SLEEPS, So-young and her young son Dong-hyun leave behind family…

Special Presentations

WISDOM GONE WILD

Film WISDOM GONE WILD Directed by Rea Tajiri In this masterwork of a career-long investigation into collective memory, Rea Tajiri (Strawberry Fields) partners with her mother,…