11TH FILM FEST OCT 21-28, 2010
SDAFF IS FREE ON DEMAND
We are very excited to launch a year-round partnership with Time Warner Cable of San Diego. They have generously offered us the opportunity to provide TWC Digital customers free access to some of our favorite short films and programs, for FREE and at your convenience!
HOW TO WATCH
- You must be a Time Warner Digital Cable customer
- Go to Channel 144, and search for "SD Asian Film"
- Click into our Tab, and choose the film to watch
- Keep coming back each month for more!
NOW PLAYING
26, BEST KOREAN GIRL
Director: Paula Kim | S. Korea | 9 min. | 2009
A young Korean woman deals with the pressure from her mother to find a suitable mate.
EASTSIDE: A SKATEBOARD JOURNEY TO ASIA AND BEYOND
Director: Kuang Lee | USA | 26 min. | 2002
Take a glimpse into the world of skateboarding with three of the sport’s professional stars, including San Diego’s "Donger," as they take their skills to the road in the Far East.
HOW TO MAKE KIMCHI ACCORDING TO MY KUN-UMMA
Director: Samuel Kiehoon Lee | Canada | 18 min. | 2003
A lesson to make the Korean staple, Kimchi, turns into a humorous look at a big aunt trying to give her nephew advice about life. Winner of Best Short Documentary of SDAFF 03.
THE HUMBERVILLE POETRY SLAM
THE HUMBERVILLE POETRY SLAM
Directors: Emily Chang and Dan Delorenzo | USA | 18 min. | 2009
When Liberty Fu, an experienced poet, sets his sights on victory at Nationals, he decides to organize a local slam to find four poets who will help him represent the town and capture the title of Slam Champions.
MY BEIJING BIRTHDAY
Director: Howie Snyder | USA, China | 52 min. | 2008
The humorous and heart-felt look at the rapidly changing lives of a group of children in Beijing through the eyes of Howie Snyder, a masterful Mandarin speaker from New York, who enrolls in a traditional Chinese stand-up comedy school.
OPERATION BABYLIFT: THE LOST CHILDREN OF VIETNAM
Director: Tammy Lee Nguyen | USA | 73 min. | 2009
Operation Babylift tells the significant, yet untold story of the $2 million U.S. initiative that airlifted over 2,500 Vietnamese orphans out of a war-torn country from the impending threat of the Communist regime.
ORCHESTRA NOVA: CELEBRATIONS
Director: UCSD TV | USA | 49 min. | 2009
A behind the scenes look at San Diego’s Orchestra Nova (formerly Chamber Orchestra) with artistic director Jung-Ho Pak.
PARALLEL ADELE
Director: Adele Pham | USA | 16 min. | 2008
Two half-Vietnamese filmmakers, both named Adele, discover their parallel journeys with other “hapas” who share the growing mixed-race experience.
PEACEFUL MEASURES
Director: Ash Anderson | USA | 20 min. | 2009
Iraqi and American musicians and dancers join together in a moment of cultural unity.
REEL VOICES
Directors: Guadalupe Sandoval, Holly Cramer, Laura ChauDavis, Jarrod Finley, Joseph Severs, Junia Zhang, Staci Gaines | USA | 55 min. | 2009
A fresh, raw look at compelling stories of 7 local high school filmmakers.
SEIBUTSU (STILL: LIFE)
Director: Joe Turner Lin | USA | 22 min. | 2005
For Tokio, the daytime is to sleep. At night, he works the graveyard shift at a high-speed photomat with a girl named Jennie. SDAFF 05 Grand Jury Winner
SHADOWS AND WHISPERS
Director: Kim Jung-Eun | Hong Kong | 52 min. | 2000
More than a million North Koreans have crossed illegally into China for food. This is their story - through the eyes of children who cling to what it means to be a human being
SOUNDS OF A NEW HOPE
Director: Eric Tandoc | USA | 40 min. | 2009
Sharing life experiences, beats, and rhymes, hip-hop artist Kiwi makes connections in the Philippines, inspiring the next generation to continue the ongoing struggle for freedom.
WEEKEND (CHU MAR)
Director: Paula Kim | S. Korea | 9 min. | 2009
When you're single and live in the big city teeming with cute couples, your weekends may be depressing...or not.