Films By Title |
We are proud to announce the following list of films scheduled to screen at this year's SDAFF To purchase tickets for a film, click the program title on the right |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| 1000 Cumshots | Wayne Yung | QUEER SHORTS: UNZIPPED |
| 12 Hot Women | Alan Chan | NOTHING VENTURED... |
| The 17th man | Yimeng Jin | FLICKS BY CHICKS |
 | Select Cuts |
| 26 | Ben De La Cruz | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| 3 Feet Apart | Jason Lai | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| 7 to 11, Indian | Nilesh C. Patel | CINEMA MASALA |
| 705 Infomercial | 705 | WHEN 705 ATTACKS |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Addict | Sun Young Moon | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| American Love Forever | Tang Tang | LOCALS ONLY |
| American Seoul | Jason Moore | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENTS |
| Among B-Boys | Christopher Woon | URBAN LEGENDS |
| The Apl Song | Patricio Ginelsa | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| Apsara | Colin McGreal | REEL WORLD |
| Arahan | Ryu Seung-Wan | ARAHAN |
| Art and Activism on the Ones and Twos | Phuong Tang, Jenny Cho | URBAN LEGENDS |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Bad Thoughts | Dino Ignacio | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| The Bakery | Rosanne Ma, Rio Puertollano | URBAN LEGENDS |
| Balikbayan | Larilyn Sanchez, Riza Manalo | FAMILY, SCHMAMILY! |
| Banana Boy | Samuel Chow | QUEER SHORTS: UNZIPPED |
| Basketball Diplomacy: From Mao to Yao | | LISA LING: EXPLORER |
| Beaverhead III ñ The Hunting | 705 | WHEN 705 ATTACKS |
| Birdon | Chieh Huang | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Birthday Boy | Sejong Park | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Blue and Orange | Mari Inukai | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Blue Rain | Hsin-Ping Pan | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| The Call of the Scrawl | PTS | URBAN LEGENDS |
| Cats | Chris Choy | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Chapter 2: How To Breathe | Hyung-suk Lee | FAMILY, SCHMAMILY! |
| Chasing Chinese | May Chew, Anke Wong | YELODRAMATIC |
| Chika's Bird | Adam Mars | FAMILY, SCHMAMILY! |
| China's Lost Girls | | LISA LING: EXPLORER |
| Chinese Dream | Victor Quinaz | YELODRAMATIC |
| Chinese Tom | Stuart Gaffney | QUEER SHORTS: UNZIPPED |
| Cookie | Ray Gallardo | LOCALS ONLY |
| Cosmopolitan | Nisha Ganatra | COSMOPOLITAN |
| Cross My Heart | Avie Luthra | COSMOPOLITAN |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Day of Independence | Chris Tashima | NISEI SPIRIT |
| Diagnosis | Georgia Lee | FLICKS BY CHICKS |
| Diary of a Pilipino | Abraham Cajudo, Francis Lansang | LOCALS ONLY |
| Doki-Doki | Chris Eska | REEL WORLD |
| Doo Doo Lee | Sun Young Moon | REEL WORLD |
| Dream, Lover | Jeff Lee | YELODRAMATIC |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Employee Dang | Corey Fortune | URBAN LEGENDS |
| Everything | Harjant Gill | QUEER SHORTS: UNZIPPED |
| Eyewitness: Stan Honda | John Esaki | LOCALS ONLY |
| NISEI SPIRIT |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Falling In Rhythm | Malcolm Lam | YELODRAMATIC |
| First Morning | Victor Vu | FIRST MORNING (Buoi Sang Dau Nam) |
| The First Three Lives of Stuart Hornsley | Leigh Dana Jackson | NOTHING VENTURED... |
| Fish | Kim Spurlock | FLICKS BY CHICKS |
| Fish Never Sleep | Gaelle Denis | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Flying | Hirofumi Nagaike | NOTHING VENTURED... |
| Select Cuts |
| Fobman 2: The Saga Continues... | Reuel Kim | NOTHING VENTURED... |
| Fresh Like Strawberries | David Au | FAMILY, SCHMAMILY! |
| Full Moon | Anocha Mai Suwichakornpong | QUEER SHORTS: UNZIPPED |
| Funetics | Lynn Okimura | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Glowsticks & Drumsticks | Kuang Lee | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| Green Stalk | Desireena Almoradie, Christina Quisumbing Ramilo | QUEER SHORTS: UNZIPPED |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| The Hairs | Yohei Kawamata | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENTS |
| Select Cuts |
| Hamburglar! | James Huang | NOTHING VENTURED... |
| Helena: Helen's Journey Through Mexico | Helen Cho | REEL WORLD |
| Hidden Agenda | S. Lorenzo Deguia | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| Holly-Bolly | Dishad Husain | CINEMA MASALA |
| Homerun | Jack Neo | HOME RUN |
| How Fluttering | Ji Sung Kim | QUEER SHORTS: UNZIPPED |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Il Ji Mae | Kwnag Min Ha, Chris Choy, Byoug Jik Lee | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Ill Repair | Vivian Umino | FLICKS BY CHICKS |
| In Search of Truth from Banana Relationships | Keith Suriani | QUEER SHORTS: UNZIPPED |
| The Interview | Lushun Quon | NISEI SPIRIT |
| It's My Turn | Hwang Nguyen | LOCALS ONLY |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Jesus Henry Christ | Dennis Lee | Select Cuts |
| DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENTS |
| Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish | Inudo Isshin | JOSEE, THE TIGER, AND THE FISH |
| Joung Family Girls | Hohyun Joung | FLICKS BY CHICKS |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Keka | Quark Henares | KEKA |
| The Last Trumpet | Evan Leong | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| The Liberation of Everyday Life | Juli Kang | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENTS |
| Like Asura | Yoshimitsu Morita | LIKE ASURA |
| Lilo & Me | Kip Fulbeck | Select Cuts |
| YELODRAMATIC |
| Love is Forever | Wataru Takeishi | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| Love Me, If You Can | Alice Yu-Ya Wang | LOVE ME, IF YOU CAN |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Ma-Nang | Dawn Poomee | LOCALS ONLY |
| The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam | Ann Marie Fleming | THE MAGICAL LIFE OF LONG TACK SAM (Closing Night Film) |
| Magnifico | Maryo J. De los Reyes | MAGNIFICO |
| Mama's Gold, The Orphans of Shangri-La | Joanne Cheng | MAMA'S GOLD: The Orphans of Shangri-lah |
| Mann Ke Manjeere | Sujit Sircar | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| Memory | S. Lorenzo Deguia | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| LOCALS ONLY |
| Menace | Hock Wong | LOCALS ONLY |
| ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Miracle Mile | Dong Hyeuk Hwang | YELODRAMATIC |
| My German Boyfriend | Wayne Yung | QUEER SHORTS: UNZIPPED |
| My Suicide | Thodsapol Siriviwat, Peerapan Ladyon | MY SUICIDE |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Next | Evan Leong | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| No Super Powers | 705 | WHEN 705 ATTACKS |
| No Vacancy | Tina Bhaga, Elena Bovetti, Alexandra Lewis | CINEMA MASALA |
| North Korea: Beyond the DMZ | JT Takagi, Hye Jung Park | NORTH KOREA: BEYOND THE DMZ |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| The Old Man and the River | Royston Tan Tsze Kiam | REEL WORLD |
| On Guard | Kevin Lee | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENTS |
| Ong Bak | Prachya Pinkaew | ONG BAK |
| Orusuban | Hiroko Matsui | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| The Other Side | Jim Hatibarua | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| The Path | Kayo Matsuoka | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Perfection | Karen Lin | FLICKS BY CHICKS |
| Pink Balloons | Kataneh Vahdani | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Please Teach Me English | Kim Sung-Su | PLEASE TEACH ME ENGLISH |
| Porcelain | M.R. Stiff | QUEER SHORTS: UNZIPPED |
| A Primer | Joe Kim | URBAN LEGENDS |
| Prix Fixe | Nobu Adilman | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENTS |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| A Rainy Day | Kit Hui | FAMILY, SCHMAMILY! |
| Red Blue | Wenhua Shi | REEL WORLD |
| Requiem | Roger Oda | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher | Alexander Woo | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| The Ride | Nathan Kurosawa | THE RIDE (Opening Night Film) |
| Rock the World | Sukwon Shin | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Rules of Life | A.J. Calomay | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| S.T.D. (Space Time Destroyers) | 705 | WHEN 705 ATTACKS |
| Salty Wet | Winston Xin, Desiree Lim | QUEER SHORTS: UNZIPPED |
| Sangam | Prashant Bhargava | CINEMA MASALA |
| Selling Louie's Village (Without Breaking the Yolk) | Jason D. Mak | FAMILY, SCHMAMILY! |
| Sentimental | Michael Velasquez | FAMILY, SCHMAMILY! |
| Shui Hen | Maximilian Jezo-Parovsky | FLICKS BY CHICKS |
| Silence of The Sea | Vahid Mousaian | SILENCE OF THE SEA |
| Silent Night | Hirofumi Nagaike | YELODRAMATIC |
| Skid Marks | 705 | WHEN 705 ATTACKS |
| Skies of the Fallen | Kevin Pai, Chris Song, Kyle Shockley, Gennedy Babichenko | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Sola | Chinatsu Oyama | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Something Fishy | Thanh "John" Nguyen | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Spin | Eunhee Cho | FLICKS BY CHICKS |
| Stand Up For Justice | John Esaki | NISEI SPIRIT |
| Steamboy | Katsuhiro Otomo | STEAMBOY |
| Straight Out of Canton | Francisco Aliwalas | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| Stranded | Willard Motomura | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENTS |
| Swim | Angela Ho | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| SYN | Benjamin Chavda | NOTHING VENTURED... |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| A Tale of Two Sisters | Kim Ji-Woon | A TALE OF TWO SISTERS |
| Teen Titans Theme Song | Yuichi Kodama | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| The Third Date | Amy Bartlett | COSMOPOLITAN |
| Three Card Studs | 705 | WHEN 705 ATTACKS |
| Through Passing | Chishan Lin | FAMILY, SCHMAMILY! |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| U Don't Have 2 Worry | Patricio Ginelsa | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| V.C. Digital Slams | 705 | WHEN 705 ATTACKS |
| Virtual Date | 705 | WHEN 705 ATTACKS |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Wait Until I can Dream | Wataru Takeishi | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| Walking Between The Lines | Vincent Tsu | YELODRAMATIC |
| War | Sam Akira Chan | LOCALS ONLY |
| The Way | Min-Young Jung | REEL WORLD |
| Welcome to My Life | Elizabeth Ito | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| What's For Dinner, Dear? | John Nguyen | YELODRAMATIC |
| Who I Became | Mike Siv/Aram Collier | URBAN LEGENDS |
| Who Is Ms Chow? | Max Chan | FAMILY, SCHMAMILY! |
| Woman in the Attic | Chansoo Kim | ANIMATION: The Illusion of Life |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Y Control | Spike Jonze | MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM (MVP) |
| Yellow Brotherhood | Tadashi H. Nakamura | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENTS |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Zappka Part 5 - The Attack on San Diego! | 705 | WHEN 705 ATTACKS |
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