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Click below to submit for the 2026 Seattle Asian American Film Festival! Regular submission deadline is November 30th. Stay tuned for more details about festival dates, venues, and events.
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What people are saying about SAAFF
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"What a wonderful film festival! It was well curated and the staff was son organized and welcoming. I was so humbled and honored to be a part of the shorts program and the learned so much."
June Films
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"SAAFF is a really great community-building festival, with very thoughtful politics and programming! We were so delighted to be part of their selection and would do it all over again!"
Van Tran Nguyen
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"SAAFF truly supports Asian American filmmakers and our community. So happy to have my film, as American as it Gets, be included in the Pamilya film block. Communication was timely and I had a lovely time doing a Zoom Q&A."
Marnie Salvani
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"I have so much fun every time I come to the festival. The staff and the audiences are some of my favorites out of any festival I've been to. It's such a treat to play at SAAFF."
Jeff Man