The San Diego Asian Film Festival is a competitive film festival aiming to celebrate achievements in Asian American cinema. An independent jury of filmmakers, curators, critics, academics, and other professionals is chosen to view films and select winners in the following categories:
Best Narrative Feature
Best International Short
Best Documentary Feature
Best International Short
Best Narrative Short
Audience Award
Best Documentary Short
Grand Jury Award
Best Experimental Short
SDAFF programmers also select the recipient of the George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award, named after the co-founder of the DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival and the former Program Director of the San Diego Asian Film Festival. An advocate for all things independent, George passed away from cancer on October 14, 2008. The award in his memory is given to a first-time feature filmmaker who embodies his spirit.
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Jurors Tanuj Chopra, Hanna Huang, Joshua Minsoo Kim