Official List of Films for the 2009 San Diego Asian Film Festival*

Congratulations to all of our filmmakers! We are now working on the schedule and hope to have complete descriptions, photos, links, trailers and ability to buy individual tickets very soon.

* List is subject to change

100 by Chris Martinez, Philippines

Afro Samurai by Fuminori Kizaki, Japan/USA

All About Dad by Mark Tran, USA

Beast Stalker by Dante Lam, Hong Kong

Best of Times by Yongyooth Thongkongtoon, Thailand

Before We Close by Joshua Tucker and Kendal Tuttle, USA

Bombay Summer by Joseph Mathew, USA/India

Boy by Auraeus Solito, Philippines

Breathless by Yang Ik-Joon, South Korea

Cape No. 7 by Te-Sheng Wei, Taiwan

Children of Invention by Tze Chun, USA

The Clone Returns Home by Kanji Nakajima, Japan

Crossing by Tae-Gyun Kim, South Korea

Detroit Metal City by Toshio Lee, Japan

The Drummer by Kenneth Bi, Hong Kong/Taiwan/Germany

Etienne! by Jeff Mizushima, USA

First Squad by Yoshiharu Ashino, Russia/Japan

Forever Enthralled by Chen Kaige, China

Fruit Fly by H.P. Mendoza, USA

The Harimaya Bridge by Aaron Woolfolk, Japan/USA

Help Me Eros by Kang-sheng Lee, Taiwan

I Am That Girl by B. Hayward Randall, USA

Ichi by Fumihiko Sori, Japan

In Love We Trust by Xiaoshuai Wang, Taiwan

Ip Man by Wilson Yip, Hong Kong

K-20 by Shimako Sato, Japan

Kabei: Our Mother by Yoji Yamada, Japan

Karma Calling by Sarba Das, USA

Legend is Alive by Huynh Luu, Vietnam

Li Tong by Nian Liu, China

Make Yourself at Home by Soopum Sohn, USA

Merantau by Gareth Evans, Indonesia

Modern Boy by Ji Woo Chung, South Korea

Mushi-shi by Katsuhiro Otomo, Japan

My Girlfriend is An Agent by Tae-ra Shin, South Korea

Neko Rahmen Taisho by Minoru Kawasaki, Japan

Om Shanti Om by Farah Khan, India

The People I've Slept With by Quentin Lee, USA

Private Eye by Park Dae-min, South Korea

Red Cliff by John Woo, Hong Kong

Rita by Renuka Shahane, India

Rough Cut by Hun Jang, South Korea

Scandal Makers by Hyeong-cheol Kang, South Korea

Shades of Ray by Jaffar Mahmood, USA

Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley, USA

A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies by Ryuichi Inomata, Japan

Tandoori Love by Oliver Paulus, Switzerland/Germany

The Things We Carry by Ian McCrudden, USA

Thirst by Park Chan-wook, S. Korea

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl by Yoshihiro Nishimura and Naoyuki Tomomatsu, Japan

White on Rice by David Boyle, USA

Yang Yang by Cheng Yu-Chienh, Taiwan



9500 Liberty by Annabel Park and Eric byler, USA

Aki Ra's Boys by Lynn Lee and James Leong, Cambodia/Singapore

Antoine by Laura Bari, Canada

Arusi: Persian Wedding by Marjan Tehrani, USA/Iran

Between the Folds by Vanessa Gould, USA

Daddy Tran: A Life in 3-D by Siu Ta, Canada

Dancing Across Borders by Anne Bass, USA/Cambodia

Going Home by Jason Hoffman, USA/South Korea

Journey of a Red Fridge by Lucian Muntean and Natasha Stankovic, Nepal

Kimjongilia by N.C. Heikin, USA

Long Story Short by Christine Choy, USA

The Love Market by Shalom Almond, Australia/Vietnam

My Beijing Birthday by Howie Snyder, China/USA

Old Partner by Chung-ryeol Lee, South Korea

Operation Babylift : The Lost Children of Vietnam by Tammy Nguyen Lee, USA

Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority by Kimberlee Bassford, USA

The Philosopher Kings by Patrick Shen, USA

The Real Shaolin by Alexander Sebastien Lee, China/USA

Speaking in Tongues by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider, USA

Tiger Spirit by Mn Sook Lee, South Korea

Transcending: The Wat Misaka Story by Christine Toy Johnson and Bruce Alan Johnson, USA

A Village Called Versailles by Leo Chiang, USA

Whatever It Takes by Christopher Wong, USA

You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story by Jeff Adachi, USA



1-900 Drinking Buddy by Ray Lai, USA

26, Best Korean Girl by Paula Kim, Brazil

3 Wheels by Tony Wei, China/Taiwan

30 Day Promise by Xia Lee, USA

Anniversary by Huy Vu, USA

As If by Ji Hoon Kim, South Korea

Be Aware by Joe Kamimura, USA

Beijing Haze by JP Chan, USA

Being Reel by Patricio Ginelsa, USA

Bringing Home the White Girl by Travis Kurtz, USA

Chu-Mar (Weekend) by Paula Kim, Brazil

Crocodile by Maura Milan, Australia

Doggy Doggy by Raymond Yuheng, USA

Excuse My Gangsta Ways by Corinne Manabat, USA

Fortune Cooking by Jason Karman, Canada

Girls Like You Don't Go For Guys Like Me by Charles Yi, USA

Grandma and Wrestling by Lim Hyung Sup, South Korea

A Green Mountain in the Drawer by Hwa Jun Lee, South Korea

Half Kenneth by Ken Ochiai, USA

House of Wong by Nicholas Wong, USA

I Don't Sleep I Dream by JP Chan, USA

I'm Jin-Young by Lee Sung-eun, S. Korea

I Want to Be a Desi 2 by Allan Tong, USA

Interpretation by Lin Oeding, USA

Katong Fugue by Boo Jungfeng, Singapore

Laundromat by Edward Gunawan

Love Story by Amit Gupta, UK

Lucky Lotus by Ken Ochiai, USA

Missy by Clarissa De Los Reyes, USA/Philippines

Motoo by Bao Nguyen, USA

Mother Daughter by Ileana Chan, USA

My Four Inch Precious by Sou Yun Sim, USA

New Aging by Jason Wong, USA

Not Here by Carol Ho and Mei Ann Teo, Singapore

One Night in LA by Jon Maxwell, USA

Parallel Adele by Adele Pham, USA

Passing Fancy by Wei-Hsin Yang, Japan

Peaceful Measures by Ash Anderson, USA/Iraq

Point of Entry by Zeus Quijano, Mexico/USA

Rain by Thomas Takemoto-Chock, USA

Re: Your Balls by Mike Park, USA

Rough Cut by Firouzeh Khosrovani, Iran

Seasons Beatings by Fernando Huerto, USA

A Song for Ourselves by Tadashi Nakamura, USA

Sounds of a New Hope by Eric Tandoc, USA/Philippines

State of Yo by Jason Karman, USA

Tatang by Jean Paolo Hernandez, Philippines

Tea and Remembrance by Ron Yuan, USA

The Bridge by Sheldon Schwartz, USA

The First Hawaiian Snowball Fight by Michael Wurth, USA

The Golden Pin by Cuong Ngo, Canada

The Humberville Poetry Slam by Emily Chang, USA

The Indian and the Samurai by Shilpi Roy, USA

The Kinda Sutra by Jessica Yu, USA

The Legend of Chang Apana Begins by Michael Wurth, USA

The Other Way Round by Geoffrey Quan, USA

The Perfect Woman by Anthony Ma, USA

The Piano by Caicai Liu, China/USA

Three Bullets by Ron Yuan, USA

Unlocked by Mio Adilman, Canada

Wanda and Miles by Lesley Loksi Chan, USA

Welcome to My Queer Bookstore, by Larry Tung, Taiwan

When Swallows Stop Singing by Gilbert Kwong

Yanling's Oranges by Connie Yen, USA



Articles of War by Daniel Kanemoto

Confine(s) by Makoto Yabuki

Deadline by Bang-yao Liu

Deng Long by Yuheng Chiang

Emotions by Kun-I Chang

Fear of Change by Kun-I Chang

Kanizsa Hill by Evelyn Lee

Keep Right by Yang Sun-Woo

Kudan by Taku Kimura

Life on a Limb by David Chai

Monster Coins by Vance Yang

Self Portrait by Will Kim

Shuttle T42 by Joon Hyung Kim

Subconscious by Jason Chen

The Enlightened Monk by Emily Tse

The Old Crocodile by Koji Yamamura

The Soliloquist by Ma Kuang Pei

The Veiled Commodity by Dickson Chow

Topi by Arjun Rihan

Unbelievable Four by Sukwon Shin & In Pyo Hong

Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant by Shih-Ting Hung