sdaff.org2020 San Diego Asian Film Festival – SDAFF 2020

menu FILMS Film Guide Films by Section Index of Features Q&As Big Nights Taiwan Showcase Film Theme Packs Films with Limited Availability Index of Shorts Download Film Poster SDAFF DRIVE-IN! SPECIAL EVENTS Q&As SDAFF Awards Gala SDAFF on Twitch! Mystery Kung Fu Theater x Twitch! 16mm x Twitch! SDAFF Lobby x Animal Crossing! SCHEDULE HOW to FEST Welcome to the 21st San Diego Asian Film Festival Tickets & Passes Film Theme Packs How to Fest How to Watch Culinary Partners SDAFF Content Guides ABOUT 2020 SDAFF Award Winners Festival Jurors Festival Sponsors SDAFF Blog About the Design Membership Press Donate Contact 0 CART $ 0 FESTIVAL TRAILER ALL FEST PASS NOW ON SALE! HOW to FEST What You Need to Know 50 LIVE and Recorded Q&As! Q&A Lineup Previous Next San Diego Asian Film Festival welcomes you to our 21st edition. Over 125 films, 50 Q&A’s, and special live events await you! Opening, Centerpiece, Closing Films Big Nights MORE INFO OPENING FILM with Q&A - Behind Closed Doors in WUHAN 76 DAYS MORE INFO premiere works by the world’s best directors SECTION: Masters MORE INFO CENTERPIECE FILM with Q&A DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL MORE INFO Largest annual presentation of Taiwanese cinema outside of Asia Taiwan Showcase MORE INFO SURROGATE VALENTINE TRILOGY I WILL MAKE YOU MINE MORE INFO Breathtaking sights and sounds brought back to life SECTION: After Life MORE INFO KORE-EDA's LATEST WORK AFTER MY HOMECOMING MORE INFO Films to make you laugh, cry, and cheer SECTION: Asia Pop! MORE INFO indie wuxia stunner WILD SWORDS MORE INFO Today's most innovative new filmmakers SECTION: Invisible Waves MORE INFO Sujata Day: quadruple threat DEFINITION PLEASE MORE INFO Over 70 shorts & fresh takes SECTION: Shorts MORE INFO Mohammad Rasoulof's Pulse-Pounder THERE IS NO EVIL MORE INFO INCLUDES SWIMMING OUT TILL THE SEA TURNS BLUE JIa Zhang-ke Artist Trilogy MORE INFO Hong Kong On Fire WE HAVE BOOTS MORE INFO Previous Next FILMS by SECTION Special Presentations The feature presentations of this year’s San Diego Asian Film Festival examine the deep reserves of humanity, ingenuity, and resilience called for during this singular year. Special Presentations Asian American Panorama The best of Asian American cinema in all of its colors—from stories of musical ambition and kung-fu revisited to tales of hustle and humor. Asian American Panorama Surrogate Valentine Trilogy Director Lynn Chen rounds out the nine-year cinematic journey of singer-songwriter Goh Nakamura and his friends, lovers, and everyone in between. Playing that line between fact and fiction like an old guitar, these three instant-classic comedies show Asian Americans at their bumbling bests: creating, romancing, glowing under the California sun. Surrogate Valentine Trilogy Asia Pop! Films to make you laugh, cry, and cheer, featuring accidental assassins, beauty queen hideouts, and giant robot dreams. Asia Pop! Masters Fresh from Venice, Busan, and other prestigious international film festivals, these are premiere works by the world’s best directors. Masters Jia Zhang-ke Artist Trilogy With the new SWIMMING OUT TILL THE SEA TURNS BLUE, director Jia Zhang-ke completes a trilogy of documentaries about artists in China. The films encompass fashion, painting, and literature, but also the tectonic turns of a modern China and the would-be freedoms of artists and their essential ties to Chinese society. Jia Zhang-ke Artist Trilogy Invisible Waves From Asia’s most innovative and thought-provoking filmmakers come new stories and new ways of telling them. Invisible Waves After Life The decay of celluloid is especially harsh in Asia and the Pacific Islands, where humidity runs high and the aftermarkets for old treasures are dim. And so SDAFF pays tribute to the archivists, the preservationists, and digital and analog surgeons who bring cultural artifacts -- and breathtaking sights and sounds -- back to life. After Life Shorts Discover the thrills of the short form including international standouts, experimental documentaries, narrative thrills, and a cocktail mix--1 part quarantine to 100 parts bravado. Shorts SCREENING for a LIMITED TIME! Invisible Waves LOST LOTUS This rental is no longer available STARTS TODAY! Wu Yu's life is overturned after her elderly mother is killed in a hit-and-run. Previously a young, secular school-teacher, she now dives into her mother's Buddhism, and sets off on a solitary mission to bring the killer to justice. Buy tickets Special Presentations MOGUL MOWGLI This rental is no longer available SCREENS FRI & SAT ONLY! CLOSING FILM - Riz Ahmed plays Zed, an up-and-coming rapper who suddenly falls ill with a mysterious affliction. With a world tour about to start, Zed wants to fight the illness, but instead fights inner demons related to family and identity. Buy tickets SPECIAL LIVE Q&As LIVE Q&A with Jessica W. Leung & Paco Beltrán, MU AND THE VANISHING WORLD SAT Oct. 31 @11:30AM (PT) Buy tickets LIVE Events By Day Whether from across the parking lot or in a virtual lobby, come connect in one of our many live events! See more SDAFF Anywhere! 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