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Announcing the 24th San Diego Asian Film Festival Awards Winners
November 11, 2023
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Announcing the 24th San Diego Asian Film Festival Awards Winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 San Diego Asian Film Festival, presented at the festival awards ceremony on November 10. Winners were announced in multiple categories, along with the Grand Jury Prize (the top prize of the Asian American film competition) and a Special Jury Mention. Additionally, the SDAFF programming team selected the George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award given to a first-time feature filmmaker.
International Short Film Competition
Jurors: Pearl Chan, Jason Tan Liwag, Alongkot Maiduang
Best International Short: Primetime Mother directed by Sonny Calvento
Asian American Film Competition
Jurors: Tanuj Chopra, Hanna Huang, Joshua Minsoo Kim
Grand Jury Prize: When You Left Me on That Boulevard directed by Kayla Abuda Galang
Best Documentary Feature: Rally directed by Rooth Tang
Best Narrative Feature: Egghead & Twinkie directed by Sarah Kambe Holland
Best Experimental Film: Teetering Graphite directed by Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu
Best Documentary Short: Tracing History directed by Jalena Keane-Lee
Best Narrative Short: Invasive Species directed by Annie Ning
Special Jury Mention: Through Sunless Ways directed by Kira Dane, Katelyn Rebelo
George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award: Joseph Mangat, director of Divine Factory
Bios of jurors in each competition can be found here.
The final award of the festival, the audience award, will be announced at the conclusion of the film festival.
