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Presented by the San Diego Asian Film Festival

April 21-28, 2022

A sampling of fresh Asian cinema, from then and now.

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2022 Spring Showcase Films

Anita

Film Anita Directed by Longman Leung Official Selection, 2021 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival Closing Film, 2021 Busan International Film Festival Audience Award, Osaka...

Free Chol Soo Lee

Film Free Chol Soo Lee Directed by Julie Ha & Eugene Yi When you’re the face of a justice movement, it helps to be an angel. Instead, we have Chol…

RISE: A Pop History Of Asian America From The Nineties To Now Book Event

Special Event RISE: A Pop History Of Asian America From The Nineties To Now Book Event The question “what is Asian American?” continues to perplex. The term has to come to encompass so many…

After The Rain

Film After The Rain Directed by Jian Fan Thousands of children perished in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. To help families grieve, the government encouraged parents to…

Big Night!

Film Big Night! Directed by Jun Robles Lana He’s called Dharma for a reason: peace-loving and a friend to all. But when Dharma finds himself wrongfully…

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

Film Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko Directed by Ayumu Watanabe 11-year-old Kikuko only wants to be an ordinary small-town girl, talking to animals and comfortably fading into the…

Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy

Film Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy Directed by Ham Tran In the first Vietnamese feature film for kids, 8-year-old Hung is finally able to stand up to bullies…

Nothing Serious

Film Nothing Serious Directed by Jeong Ga-young Online dating is for keeping it casual, right? Ja-young sure hopes so. She’s sick of serious relationships that…

On The Line

Film On The Line Directed by Kim Gok, Kim Sun In this high wire thriller, every phone call is a Pandora’s Box of deceit. When his wife’s savings…

Quickening

Film Quickening Directed by Haya Waseem In her first year at college, Sheila falls in love with a fellow dancer. The idea of being…

Yuni

Film Yuni Directed by Kamila Andini Yuni’s a typical high school student: chilling with friends, rocking the latest looks (especially in her signature purple),…
Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka

Forever A Woman

Film Forever A Woman Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka Tanaka’s masterpiece is a triumph of Japanese melodrama, and one with a remarkably proto-feminist voice. Fumiko is a…
Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka

Girls Of Night

Film Girls Of Night Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka Tanaka’s second collaboration with screenwriter Sumie Tanaka (Forever a Woman) is a study of Japan’s new sex work…
Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka

Love Letter

Film Love Letter Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka WWII veteran Reikichi lands a peculiar post-war job: helping Japanese women write English-language letters to their American GI…
Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka

Love Under The Crucifix

Film Love Under The Crucifix Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka In 16th century Japan, when local rulers banned Christianity, the young Ogin dared to love her childhood sweetheart,…

Mystery Kung Fu Theater

Film Mystery Kung Fu Theater Yesterday is history, kung fu theater is a mystery, but today is a gift.

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