The wonderful San Diego Asian Film Festival returns! This year's festival has live and virtual screenings of over 130 films set in 20 different countries.
The opening night film is 7 Days which will screen at the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park.
There are plenty of ways an online date can go wrong, but a statewide shelter-in-place order is a uniquely contemporary curveball. Rita and Ravi are on a perfectly manageable bad first date. She shrugs it off because she’s just doing it for her Indian mom anyway, and he, well, he doesn’t know any better. In any other year, on any other day, this picnic served with blundering banter and sweaty faces would be a routine first and last meeting. But this is March 2020 and in the middle of their awkwardness, their phones blow up. The world is shutting down. It’s time to go home. Problem is, public transit has stalled and the area hotels are closed. Rita graciously lets the dorky Ravi stay the night, because how long can a shutdown last after all?
This year's festival includes:
Special Presentations:
The feature presentations at this year's San Diego Asian Film Festival reflect the tenor of this singular moment, examining our enduring impulses to laugh, rebel, connect, and re-imagine our world. Special Presentations
Asian American Panorama:
The heart of our festival and the best of Asian American cinema in all of its colors—from stories of activism, revenge, and revelation, to tales of woe and humor. Asian American Panorama
Asia Pop!:
Films out of Asia that make you laugh, cry, and cheer, featuring masked romance, digital time loops, and retrofuturistic, data-driven odysseys. Asia Pop!
Masters:
Fresh from Cannes, Berlin, and other prestigious international film festivals, these are premiere works by the world’s best directors.
Unknown Pleasures:
From Asia’s most innovative and uncategorizable filmmakers come new stories and new ways of telling them. Unknown Pleasures
Classics Restored:
Straight out of the archives, these newly restored classics rewrite the lineage of Asian and Asian American cinema with vivid and timeless
Admission/Cost: $9 - $12 per film, Opening, Closing and Centerpiece films extra, festival passes available.
Location:
Venues vary:
See website for film schedule and locations.
Dates and times:
From Thursday, October 28 to Saturday, November 26
Film Screening times vary
