With so much filmmaking talent and so many stories to share, we just couldn’t fit it all into our annual San Diego Asian Film Festival — but we found the perfect solution: a mini-festival in the spring!

 

Since 2011, the SDAFF Spring Showcase has brought a dozen or so of the best Asian and Asian American cinema to the other side of the calendar year. For die-hard fans, it means more Asian cinema throughout the year. For the uninitiated, it’s the ideal way to learn what the San Diego Asian Film Festival is about!

 

The 13th SDAFF Spring Showcase is taking place in Spring 2024:

Spring Showcase History

  • 2019 Spring Showcase

    Opening Night Film

    FIRST NIGHT NERVES

    Closing Night Film

    EK LADKI KO DEKHA TOH AISA LAGA

    Audience Award Winner

    SONG LANG

  • 2018 Spring Showcase

    Opening Night Film

    MEDITATION PARK

    Closing Night Film

    KUSAMA - INFINITY

    Audience Award Winner

    MINDING THE GAP

  • 2017 Spring Showcase

    Opening Night Film

    POI E: THE STORY OF OUR SONG

    Closing Night Film

    GOOK

    Audience Award Winner

    ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL

  • 2016 Spring Showcase

    Opening Night Film & Audience Award Winner

    THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO-YO MA AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE

    Closing Night Film

    SWEET 20

  • 2015 Spring Showcase

    Opening Night Film

    IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST

    Closing Night Film

    TOP SPIN

    Audience Award Winner

    PRINCESS JELLYFISH

  • 2014 Spring Showcase

    Opening Night Film

    TO BE TAKEI

    Closing Night Film

    LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

    Audience Award Winner

    TO BE TAKEI

  • 2013 Spring Showcase

    Opening Night Film

    LINSANITY

    Closing Night Film

    JAB TAK HAI JAAN

    Audience Award Winner

    HARANA

  • 2012 Spring Showcase

    Opening Night Film

    SUNNYI

    Closing Night Film

    ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA

  • 2011 Spring Showcase

    Opening Night Film

    LITTLE BIG SOLDIER

    Closing Night Film

    BOY