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: |
| 136 - MIDIval PunditZ | Ajay Naidu | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| 5cm per Second | Makoto Shinkai | 5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| After This Our Exile | Patrick Tam | AFTER THIS OUR EXILE |
| Ain't No Sunshine - Tatum Jones | Rocky Jo | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Air Guitar Nation | Alexandra Lipsitz | AIR GUITAR NATION |
| Akira's Hip Hop Shop | Joe Doughrity | LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD |
| Algorithms | Cheryl Kanekar | LOCALMOTION |
| All in This Tea | Gina Leibrecht | ALL IN THIS TEA |
| American Pastime | Desmond Nakano | AMERICAN PASTIME |
| An Unbearable Day | Miqi Huang | CRAZYSEXYFUNNY! |
| And Thereafter II | Hosup Lee | AND THEREAFTER II |
| Ang Pamana | Romeo Candido | ANG PAMANA |
| Annelida | Joe Takayama | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Asian Americans and Classical Music | Matt Wong | REEL VOICES |
| The Avon Lady - Carnivores by Nature | The Lonely Island | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Baby | Juwan Chung | BABY |
| Badass Mofos | James Jaculina | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Bai Ri Meng | Jennifer Tippins | BRIDGING THE GAP |
| The Bastard | Dave Quion | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Beta | Nathan Adolfson | HEAVEN IS TOO FAR AWAY |
| Big Picture - Frequency 5 | Brian Wee | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Black Pig White Pig | Zhang Gong | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Blackout | Renato Bautista | BLACKOUT |
| Bolinao 52 | Duc Nguyen | BOLINAO 52 |
| Bottled | Jian Lee | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Building A Journey | Anson Ho | FINISHING THE GAME |
| Bystanding: The Beginning of An American Lifetime | Karen Lin | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
 | HIGH SCHOOL MATINEE |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Can You Keep a Secret | Jay Esguerra | QUEER DELIGHT: SWEET BUNS AND STICKY RICE |
| Cats of Mirikitani | Linda Hattendorf | CATS OF MIRIKITANI |
| Champion - Native Guns | Patricio Ginelsa | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Chances Are | Joshua Kameyer | CRAZYSEXYFUNNY! |
| Chinese Dumplings | Michelle Hung | DIM SUM AND THEN SOME |
| HIGH SCHOOL MATINEE |
| Chiyo | Masanori Baba | ALL AROUND THE WORLD |
| City Paradise | Gaelle Denis | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Cole Needs Women | David Chai | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| CRAZYSEXYFUNNY! |
| Cyclone Armor Guardian | Gary Liew | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Dark Matter | Shi-Zheng Chen | DARK MATTER |
| Deface | John Arlotto | ALL AROUND THE WORLD |
| A Dirty Carnival | Yu Ha | A DIRTY CARNIVAL |
| Dissolution of Bodies | Kevin Choi | QUEER DELIGHT: SWEET BUNS AND STICKY RICE |
| DJ:LA | Jerry Chan | HIGH SCHOOL MATINEE |
| Dragon Tiger Panacea - New Pants | Liu Runlai | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| A Drunken Old Man's Adventure | Qin Xiaosong | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Duet - Mimi's Ami | Kaori Kasai | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Egg Ghost | Dongkeun Lee | HEAVEN IS TOO FAR AWAY |
| ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Einstein's Dream | Brian D. Kim | LOCALMOTION |
| Episode Vii | Dylan O'neil | CRAZYSEXYFUNNY! |
| Equal Opportunity | Howard Duy Vu | CRAZYSEXYFUNNY! |
| Escalator to Heaven ("Chun-kok-eui Escalator") | Jang Cheol-soo | HEAVEN IS TOO FAR AWAY |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Fadeout - +/- | Chris Deaner | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Father and Son | Ma Fengqing | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Finishing the Game | Justin Lin | FINISHING THE GAME |
| Fission | Kun-i Chang | HIGH SCHOOL MATINEE |
| ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Fixing the Radio - Ciudad | Quark Henares | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Floor Kids - Kid Koala | Jonathan Ng | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Fly Like a Fox - Ee | Sharon Dang | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Fortune Hunters | Thom Harp | LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Girls Night Out | Mark Arbitrario | THE TROUBLE WITH ROMANCE |
| The Gloaming | Andrew Huang | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| The Golden Voice | Greg Cahill | ALL AROUND THE WORLD |
| The Great Happiness Space: Tale of An Osaka Love Thief | Jake Clennell | THE GREAT HAPPINESS SPACE: TALE OF AN OSAKA LOVE THIEF |
| Gua Zi | MiQi Huang | DIM SUM AND THEN SOME |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Hana No Suka Dance - Oreska Band | Sony Music Japan | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Hands Up - Estairy featuring Equipto | Evan Leong | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Her Journey: My Mother's Story | Alice Wang | REEL VOICES |
| Hula Girls (Hula garu) | Lee Sang-il | HULA GIRLS |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| I'm a Cyborg But That's Ok (Saibogujiman kwenchana) | Park Chan-wook | I'M A CYBORG BUT THAT'S OK |
| Illegal | Andrew Oh | KNOW JUSTICE, KNOW PEACE |
| In The Good - Visionaries | Keykool, Ong, Sambajon | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Inspiration - Lola Fair & Baby J | Reign Shaw, Geoff Reisner, Wesley C. | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Iraq - TIMZ | Ron Najor | KNOW JUSTICE, KNOW PEACE |
| MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Irony - Seriously | Karen Lin | LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD |
| MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Isabella | Ho-Cheung Pang | ISABELLA |
| It's Over | Jung-a, Lee | QUEER DELIGHT: SWEET BUNS AND STICKY RICE |
| LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Jaded Love | Martin R. Johnson | LOCALMOTION |
| Just A Game | Leon Cu | REEL VOICES |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| The King Boys | Christopher Clark | NA KAMALEI: MEN OF HULA |
| The Last Chip | Heng Tang | ALL AROUND THE WORLD |
| The Last Vacation | Jae-ho Chang | BRIDGING THE GAP |
| Lead Role: Father | PJ Raval | QUEER DELIGHT: SWEET BUNS AND STICKY RICE |
| BRIDGING THE GAP |
| Lil Skrappy Boy | Alex C. Munoz | HIGH SCHOOL MATINEE |
| Look To Both Sides | Jessica Jones | REEL VOICES |
| Lost and Found | Tam Tran | KNOW JUSTICE, KNOW PEACE |
| Lost Utopia | Mirai Mizue | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Martyr Nyebera - Kamikaze | Avid Liongoren | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Mash it Up - KXL | Steve Mallorca | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Miss Chinatown, U.S.A. | Kathy Huang | DIM SUM AND THEN SOME |
| Modern Day Arranged Marriage | Rehana Mirza | LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD |
| QUEER DELIGHT: SWEET BUNS AND STICKY RICE |
| A Modern Witch Hunt: The Dale Akiki Story | Adam Lee | REEL VOICES |
| Monsoon | Shyam Balse | BRIDGING THE GAP |
| Mookey's Story | Carolyn Goossen and Daffodil Altan | QUEER DELIGHT: SWEET BUNS AND STICKY RICE |
| Mu | Paul Yacono | HEAVEN IS TOO FAR AWAY |
| Mumtaz - Bombay Dub Orchestra | Huw Jenkins | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| My Father's Chinese Wife | Franklin Peterson | DIM SUM AND THEN SOME |
| My Wall: Watashi No Kabe | Ali Tanaka | REEL VOICES |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Na Kamalei: the Men of Hula | Lisette Kaualena Flanary | NA KAMALEI: MEN OF HULA |
| Nagpapanggap | Debbie Formoso | BRIDGING THE GAP |
| Naked Branches | Will Kim | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Nanay | Roland Lazarte | REEL VOICES |
| Nanking | Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman | NANKING |
| New Year Baby | Socheata Poeuv | NEW YEAR BABY |
| The Night Boys | Karl Gindelberger And Joseph Dicara | LOCALMOTION |
| No Regret ("Huhoehaji anha") | Leesong Hee-il | NO REGRET |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Officer Tsukamoto | Ling Liu | KNOW JUSTICE, KNOW PEACE |
| Oh Mommy (Me Oi!) | Jenni Trang Le | OWL AND THE SPARROW |
| Owl and the Sparrow | Stephane Gauger | OWL AND THE SPARROW |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Pandamania | Chris Tsou | CRAZYSEXYFUNNY! |
| DIM SUM AND THEN SOME |
| Past the Food | Mina T. Son | HIGH SCHOOL MATINEE |
| Pilgrimage | Tadashi Nakamura | KNOW JUSTICE, KNOW PEACE |
| HIGH SCHOOL MATINEE |
| Post 9/11 Blues - MC Riz | Between the Eyes UK | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Potluck | Louis R. Sweeney | BRIDGING THE GAP |
| CRAZYSEXYFUNNY! |
| A Pressured Future | Juliane Sobejana | REEL VOICES |
| The Process - My American Heart | Shane Drake | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Rainbow Song | Naoto Kumazawa | RAINBOW SONG |
| Reaching High - Cobra Con & Hinomaru | James Oda | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| The Rebel (DÒNG MÁU ANH HÙNG) | Truc 'Charlie' Nguyen | THE REBEL |
| Relative Distance | Cathy Begien | QUEER DELIGHT: SWEET BUNS AND STICKY RICE |
| Reunion | PARK Jung-kyu | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Samoan Wedding (Sionne's Wedding) | Chris Graham | SAMOAN WEDDING |
| Sentenced Home | David Grabias, Nicole Newnham | SENTENCED HOME |
| Shanghai Kiss | Kern Konwiser & David Ren | SHANGHAI KISS |
| Shoot My Life | Kimberly-Rose Wolter | TRE |
| Signerz | Roman Cortez | CRAZYSEXYFUNNY! |
| Silence | Allen Ho | DIM SUM AND THEN SOME |
| Smile - Far*East Movement feat. Ken Oak | Todd Angkasuwan | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| The Space Burger | Sookyoung Choi | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Summer | Hong Khaou | QUEER DELIGHT: SWEET BUNS AND STICKY RICE |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Tazza: The High Rollers | Choi Dong-hoon | TAZZA: THE HIGH ROLLERS |
| This Solace Eternal | Jennie Na | HEAVEN IS TOO FAR AWAY |
| Thursday - Asobi Seksu | So Yung Kim, Bradley Rust Gray | MVP: MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM |
| Tie A Yellow Ribbon | Joy Dietrich | TIE A YELLOW RIBBON |
| Traffic in the Sky | Charles Yi | LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD |
| The Trainee | Craig Rosenthal | CRAZYSEXYFUNNY! |
| Tre | Eric Byler | TRE |
| The Trouble With Romance | Gene Rhee | THE TROUBLE WITH ROMANCE |
| Truth or Rainbows | Chihwen Lo | HEAVEN IS TOO FAR AWAY |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Under the Honey Chestnut Tree | Hyun-min Lee | ANIMATION: THE ILLUSION OF LIFE |
| Underpass | Rain Breaw | LOCALMOTION |
| KNOW JUSTICE, KNOW PEACE |
| Undoing | Chris Chan Lee | UNDOING |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Vanaja | Rajnesh Domalpalli | VANAJA |
| The Victim | Monthon Arayangkoon | THE VICTIM |
| Voices of a Distant Star | Makoto Shinkai, Steven Foster | 5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| West 32nd | Michael Kang | WEST 32ND |
| What the Snow Brings | Kichitaro Negishi | WHAT THE SNOW BRINGS |
| Film Title | Director(s) | Playing In: |
| Year of the Dog | Kevin Lau | DIM SUM AND THEN SOME |
| Year of the Fish | David Kaplan | YEAR OF THE FISH |
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