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With 160+ films spanning a multiverse of voices, genres, countries, and moods, there’s a film for everyone at this year’s SDAFF.

Special Presentations

Opening Night, Special Presentations

Quiz Lady

Film Quiz Lady Directed by Jessica Yu A gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne and her train-wreck sister Jenny must help cover their mother’s gambling debts. When Anne’s…
Centerpiece Film, Special Presentations

Artbound “East West Players: A Home On Stage”

Film Artbound “East West Players: A Home On Stage” Directed by Yu Gu Pat Morita, BD Wong, Nancy Kwan. The list goes on of luminary Asian American actors who have passed…
Closing Night, Special Presentations

Mustache

Film Mustache Directed by Imran J. Khan Ilyas is 13 years old and has an unfortunate prepubescent mustache. He’s a good Muslim so he knows…
Special Presentations

The Oath of the Sword

Film The Oath of the Sword Directed by Frank Shaw Recently rediscovered, the 1914 silent film OATH OF THE SWORD is the oldest-known film by an Asian American…

Asian American Panorama

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Asian American Panorama

Egghead & Twinkie

Film Egghead & Twinkie Directed by Sarah Kambe Holland After coming out to her conservative parents, Twinkie steals her dad’s car and goes on the lam with…
Asian American Panorama

Rally

Film Rally Directed by Rooth Tang For decades, Rose Pak was the kingmaker of San Francisco politics. Hailing from Chinatown, she ensured that no…
Asian American Panorama

The Accidental Getaway Driver

Film The Accidental Getaway Driver Directed by Sing J. Lee Elderly Long just wants to grab some midnight snacks when a late night taxi request turns into a…

Asia Pop!

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Asia Pop!

Cobweb

Film Cobweb Directed by Kim Jee-woon At once joyously mocking and earnestly reverent, Song Kang-ho (Parasite) stars as a tortured director who is confident…
Asia Pop!

Red, White & Brass

Film Red, White & Brass Directed by Damon Fepulea'i The Tongan rugby team is in the World Cup, but tickets are sold out. So a superfan hatches…
Asia Pop!

Ma, I Love You

Film Ma, I Love You Directed by Chiu Keng Guan For years, it's always been Qi Qi and her mom, tied at the hip. So when Qi Qi…

Masters

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Masters

100 Yards

Film 100 Yards Directed by Xu Haofeng, Xu Junfeng It’s non-stop showdowns when a kungfu master’s son battles his father’s #1 apprentice for the throne to the…
Masters

Elegies

Film Elegies Directed by Ann Hui Ann Hui, celebrated icon of the Hong Kong New Wave, returns with musings about the past, present, and…
Masters

Evil Does Not Exist

Film Evil Does Not Exist Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi Villagers of a small, modest forest town live off the land and water. When a Tokyo talent agency…

Unknown Pleasures

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Unknown Pleasures

The Taste of Mango

Film The Taste of Mango Directed by Chloe Abrahams Artist-filmmaker Chloe Abrahams’ debut documentary explores the entwined legacies of her mother, a Sri Lankan immigrant living in…
Unknown Pleasures

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

Film Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell Directed by Thien An Pham After the death of his sister-in-law, Thiện vows to reunite her son with a long-absent father, whom neither…
Unknown Pleasures

Terrestrial Verses

Film Terrestrial Verses Directed by Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami A new father’s name for his baby is rejected as impermissible. A man is accosted by unusual inquiries…

Classics Restored

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Classics Restored

Farewell My Concubine

Film Farewell My Concubine Directed by Chen Kaige Starring the legendary Leslie Cheung and Gong Li, this epoch-defining saga of two boys who become Peking opera…
Classics Restored

Typhoon Club

Film Typhoon Club Directed by Shinji Somai From one of Japanese cinema’s most influential filmmakers of the 1980s comes a junior high romp of meteorological…
Classics Restored

The Fall of the I-Hotel

Film The Fall of the I-Hotel Directed by Curtis Choy In this classic of Asian American documentary, the eviction order of San Francisco's International Hotel – long-time home…

Shorts Programs

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Shorts Programs

SHORTS: Ultra Bad Objects

Program SHORTS: Ultra Bad Objects From rogue raccoons, Bobby Lee, elusive kimchi, and first time highs in the PH, theåse shorts revel in…
Shorts Programs

SHORTS: Landscape Mode

Program SHORTS: Landscape Mode The natural world as provider and witness - where sunlight is a luxury good, insect sounds infect art…
Free Screening, Shorts Programs

SHORTS: Take Me Now Fish God

Program SHORTS: Take Me Now Fish God A hyper-pop fever dream of sexy fish deities, synchronized crocodile spinning, and an AI goddess, where each surrealistic…

Taiwan Showcase

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Classics Restored

Ah Fei

Film Ah Fei Directed by Wan Jen One of the Taiwan New Cinema’s greatest films, AH FEI follows a family across the decades, as a…
Asian American Panorama

Come Home, My Child

Film Come Home, My Child Directed by Jasmine Chinghui Lee After a full life in Taiwan, Mama Yang moves to New York City, where she discovers a new…
Asia Pop!

Day Off

Film Day Off Directed by Fu Tien-yu After 40 years on the job, a tireless hairdresser takes a day off to visit an old client…

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