2020 Seattle Asian American Film Festival
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Documentary
LGBTQ
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Documentary
A Big Fat Taiwanese Same-Sex Wedding Banquet
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A Big Fat Taiwanese Same-Sex Wedding Banquet
Directed by Larry Tung
LGBTQIA history is made in Taiwan! A traditional Taiwanese banquet takes place in front of the Presidential Office…
Documentary
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Feature-Length Films
Between Tides
Film
Between Tides
Directed by Masa Fox
The multi-ethnic Bonin Islanders grew up on an island in the Pacific Ocean as Japanese nationals under a…
Documentary
Big Scissors, Small Scissors
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Big Scissors, Small Scissors
Directed by Sarah Choi
Zhao Meiling is a renowned paper cutting artist practicing a 5000 year old artform passed down to her…
LGBTQ
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Documentary
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Feature-Length Films
Born to Be
Film
Born to Be
Directed by Tania Cypriano
"Born to Be" follows the work of Dr. Jess Ting, a plastic surgeon at the groundbreaking Mount Sinai…
LGBTQ
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Documentary
COVER/AGE
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COVER/AGE
Directed by Set Hernandez Rongkilyo
The Affordable Care Act explicitly denies undocumented immigrants access to healthcare. While laws in California have now made…
Documentary
Dancing In Silk
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Dancing In Silk
Directed by Magali An Berthon
Khannia Ok, Associate Artistic Director of Khmer Arts Academy, is a young Cambodian American woman who teaches Khmer…
Documentary
Day By Day
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Day By Day
Directed by Eleanor Cho
Through found footage and an intimate interview, Eleanor Cho captures the essence of her mother’s immigration story. With…
Documentary
Fallen Star Rising Sun
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Fallen Star Rising Sun
Directed by Bake Phouikham
Ko Chandetka’s family fled Laos in 1975 to seek asylum in Elgin, Illinois. Bodybuilding becomes an escape from…
Documentary
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Feature-Length Films
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Centerpiece Films
Geographies of Kinship
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Geographies of Kinship
Directed by Deann Borshay Liem
In this powerful tale about the rise of Korea’s global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to their…
Documentary
Ikebana
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Ikebana
Directed by Alejandro Yoshizawa
Kaz Takahashi shares her experience as a Japanese Canadian, and how she continues to reclaim culture and community…
Documentary
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Feature-Length Films
Jeronimo
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Jeronimo
Directed by Joseph Juhn
In 1905, 1033 Koreans were sold as indentured servants to landlords in Yucatán, Mexico. Some of them moved…
Documentary
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Feature-Length Films
Love Boat Taiwan
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Love Boat Taiwan
Directed by Valerie Soe
Love Boat: Taiwan, a feature-length documentary, looks into of one of the longest running summer programs in the…
Documentary
No One Ever Really Dies
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No One Ever Really Dies
Directed by Anika Kan Grevstad, Mari Young
Jun Takahashi is an 84 year old Japanese man and maverick with an irreverent perspective on life. His…
Documentary
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Free Programs
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Feature-Length Films
On the Brink (FREE)
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On the Brink (FREE)
Directed by Jeff Shulman, Steven Fong
Seattle’s Central District was the largest enclave of African Americans in the Pacific Northwest. The once-thriving community now…
Documentary
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Feature-Length Films
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Centerpiece Films
Seadrift
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Seadrift
Directed by Tim Tsai
In 1979, a Vietnamese refugee shoots and kills a white crab fisherman at the public town docks in…
Documentary
Soma
Film
Soma
Directed by Peter Trinh
Chef Mutsuko Soma is the chef-owner of Kamonegi, a celebrated Seattle restaurant that focuses on hand-formed soba. Rich,…
LGBTQ
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Documentary
Unspoken
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Unspoken
Directed by Patrick G. Lee
A chosen family of six queer and trans Asian Americans come together to share what they would love…
Documentary
Vanishing Chinatown: The World of The May’s Photo Studio
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Vanishing Chinatown: The World of The May’s Photo Studio
Directed by Emiko Omori
Vanishing Chinatown: The World of The May's Photo Studio brings families together: in the past by splicing together…
Documentary
Yai Nin
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Yai Nin
Directed by Champ Ensminger
Ninlawan Pinyo is the matriarch of a Thai American family, who hustled for her fortune by founding a…
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