San Diego, the 9th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival is coming up running from October 9th through the 16th. So far, they’ve secure the top Asian American films, along with films from more than 13 countries including the Philippines, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, India, Singapore, and many other regions around the world!
Here’s the list from their site. This list is subject to change.
DRAMATIC NARRATIVE FEATURES
200 Pounds Beauty directed by Yong-Hwa Kim (S. Korea)
Accuracy of Death directed by Masaya Kakei (Japan)
Always: Sunset on Third Street directed by Takashi Yamazaki (Japan)
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 directed by Takashi Yamazaki (Japan)
An American in China directed by Ron Berrett (U.S./China)
Assembly directed by Feng Xiaogang (China/Hong Kong)
Big Man Japan directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto (Japan)
Black Belt directed by Shunichi Nagasaki (Japan)
Chocolate directed by Prachya Pinkaew (Thailand)
Dance of the Dragon directed by John Radel (Singapore)
Dororo directed by Akihiko Shiota (Japan)
Drawing Paper directed by Sunhee Kim (S. Korea)
The Fish Fall in Love directed by Ali Rafi’I (Iran)
Foster Child (John John) directed by Brilliante Mendoza (Philippines)
Genghis Khan: To The Ends of the Earth directed by Shinichiro Sawai (Japan)
Hellcats directed by Kwon Chil-in (S. Korea)
Kissing Cousins directed by Amyn Kaderali (U.S.)
L: Change The World directed by Hideo Nakata (Japan)
Lovers directed by Carl Zhang (Hong Kong)
Magazine Gap Road directed by Nicholas Chin (Hong Kong)
My Father directed by Dong Hyeuk Hwang (S. Korea/U.S.)
Ocean of Pearls directed by Sarab Neelam (U.S.)
Open City directed by Lee Sang-Gi (S. Korea)
Ping Pong Playa directed by Jessica Yu (U.S.)
Planet B-Boy directed by Benson Lee
Santa Mesa directed by Ron Morales (U.S./Philippines)
Secret directed by Jay Chou (Hong Kong)
Shadows in the Palace directed by Kim Mee-jeung. (S. Korea)
Sleepwalking Through the Mekong directed by John Pirozzi
Slingshot (Tirador) directed by Brilliante Mendoza (Philippines)
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers directed by Wayne Wang (U.S.)
Vexille directed by Fumihiko Sori (Japan)
The White Silk Dress directed by Luu Huynh (Vietnam)
The World Unseen Directed by Shamim Sarif (S. Africa)
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
Against the Grain: An Artist’s Survival Guide to Peru directed by Ann Kaneko (Peru)
A Cricket in the Court of Akbar directed by Andrew Mendelson (U.S./India)
Children of the Stars directed by Rob Aspey
Dirty Hands directed by Harry Kim (U.S./Africa/Japan)
Family Inc. by Emily Ting (U.S./China)
Follow Your Hearts: China’s New Youth Movement directed by Duncan Jepson
Hollywood Chinese directed by Arthur Dong (U.S.)
House of Sharing directed by Hein Seok (S. Korea)
The Killing of a Chinese Cookie directed by Derek Shimoda (U.S.)
Meaning of Tea directed by Scott Chamberlin Hoyt (U.S./Japan/India/Morocco)
Mystic Ball directed by Greg Hamilton (Myanmar/Canada)
Oh, Saigon directed by Doan Hoang (U.S./Vietnam)
Passing Poston directed Joe Fox and James Nubile (U.S.)
Please Vote for Me directed Weijun Chen (China/S. Africa/Denmark)
Red Race directed by Chao Gan (China)
Shame directed by Mohammed Naqvi (Pakistan)
Sleepwalking in the Mekong directed by John Pirozzi (Cambodia)
The Story of Spirits directed by Tien Nguyen (U.S./Vietnam)
Wings of Defeat directed by Risa Morimoto (U.S.)
Yours Truly, Miss Chinatown directed by Daisy Lin Shapiro (U.S.)
Under the Skin directed by Billy Burke (U.S./Japan)
SHORT FILMS
364 Cranes directed by Vincent Lin
A Drop of Life directed by Shalini Kantayya
A Passing Rain directed by Myoung Hwa Kim
The Agent directed by David Kim
Aim For The Heart: A Guide to Vampire Defense directed by Fernando Huerto
The Asian Arrow directed by Richard B Quebral
An Immigrant Girl’s Journey directed by Lonny Stevens
Anjali directed by Maya Anand
Bite Me directed by Jason Fong
Blood Debts directed by Roland Nguyen
Bombay Skies directed by Rita Rani
Bookie directed by Bao Tran
The Breakup directed Erica Eng
California King directed by Eli Akira Kauffman
Celebration directed by Rochelle Lozada
Cookies for Sale directed by Wes Kim
Damn the Past! directed by Julie Kang
Dance of a Freebird directed by Ruslan Pak
Dead Man’s Hour directed Nathan Kitada
Dear Heidi directed by John Ferrie
Drowning directed Erica Eng
EAT directed by Arvin Chen, Danny Jai Lee, & Jon Maxwell
Escaping the Norm by Glenn Gimutao
Follow the Signs directed by Steve Godwin
Gandhi at the Bat directed by Stephanie Argy
Giving Care directed Clarissa De Los Reyes
I-Hotel directed by Jason Nou
Just directed by Edward Gunawan
Legend directed by Mark Villegas
Kali Ma directed Soman Chainani
Knees directed by Minhyun Park
LibraAmor directed by Steve Ellington
Light My Fire directed Lee Jong-Pil
Light Years directed by Richard Martin
The Little Knave directed by Sarah Naomi Campbell
Little Manila directed by Marissa Aroy
Look Again directed by Jennifer Lin
Mamo’s Weeds directed by Akira Boch
Miss Popularity directed by Wayne Yung
Moon Lady directed by Wendy Cheng
My First Crush directed by Rocky Jo
The Oh-Malleys in Daddy’s My Mercedes directed by Chil Kong
Passage directed by Angela How
The Postcard directed by Josh Kim
Residue directed by Jared Davis
Save Ron Jr. directed by Michael Yubane (U.S.)
S/he directed by Gina Pei Chai Chen
Smile directed by Julia Kwan
Snap-shot directed by Suel Kim
Souvenirs from Asia directed by Joyce Wong
The State of Sunshine directed by Z. Eric Yang
Sublingual directed by Karen Lin
Tiffin directed by Ai Lene Chor
Timeless directed by Jeffrey Ferrer
The Trident directed by Anurag Mehta
Triple 8 Palace directed by Alexander Ku
Untitled directed by Edward Kim
What Happened on the Fourth Date directed by Vijay Mathew
With Every Breath directed by Lindsey Yung
WIANBU – Comfort Woman directed by James Bang
The Women’s Kingdom directed by Xiaoli Zhou
You’ve Got Male directed by Ryan Kim and Christopher Nguyen
ANIMATION
Abridged directed by Arjun Rihan
Alien Abduction directed by David Han
Against the Grain directed by Kevin Kolodinsky
Apple/Bird & the Bee “Again & Again” directed by Dennis Liu
Awkward directed by Cesar Kuriyama
Battle of the Album Covers directed by Rohitash Rao
Hallucii directed by by Goo Shun Wang
Josie’s Lalaland directed by Yibi Hu
Ketchup directed by Wenchung Lu
Magicicada directed by Benett Kim
Meat Days directed by Wen-ming Hsieh
The Mouse Trap directed by Woon Han
Nadal Vs. Alien directed by Tak Hoon Kim
The Possum directed by Chris Choy
Prekisstoric Times directed by Leo Matsuda
Sexy girl and Carpenter directed by Dong Keun Lee
Shooting Star directed by Ryan Chen
Snow Day directed by Kim Hazel
Sports and Diversions directed Bum Lee
Swimming Moon directed Nahomi Maki
Yellow Sticky Notes directed by Jeff Chiba Stearns
2008 San Diego Asian Film Festival Trailer
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