San Diego Asian Film Festival 2017
18th Annual | NOV 9-18, 2017 | sdaff.org
GRAND JURY AWARD WINNER: My Enemy, My Brother
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE: Wexford Plaza
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Out of State
GEORGE C. LIN EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD: They
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT: Float
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: Mother's Day
BEST ANIMATED SHORT: Crushed in Space
SPECIAL JURY MENTION: Santa Claus
DIGITAL PIONEER AWARD: Phil Yu of Angry Asian Man
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER: Island Soldier
GRAND JURY AWARD WINNER: My Enemy, My Brother
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE: Wexford Plaza
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Out of State
GEORGE C. LIN EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD: They
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT: Float
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: Mother's Day
BEST ANIMATED SHORT: Crushed in Space
SPECIAL JURY MENTION: Santa Claus
DIGITAL PIONEER AWARD: Phil Yu of Angry Asian Man
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER: Island Soldier
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- DirectorAtsuko HirayanagiStarsShinobu TerajimaSoseki YamatoyaMiyu YagyuA lonely woman living in Tokyo decides to take an English class, where she discovers her alter-ego, Lucy.OPENING NIGHT FILM
- DirectorBaz PoonpiriyaStarsChutimon ChuengcharoensukyingEisaya HosuwanTeeradon SupapunpinyoLynn, a genius high school student who makes money by cheating tests, receives a new task that leads her to set foot on Sydney, Australia. In order to complete the millions-Baht task, Lynn and her classmates have to finish the international STIC(SAT) exam and deliver the answers back to her friends in Thailand before the exam takes place once again in her home country.
- DirectorAmit MasurkarStarsRajkummar RaoPankaj TripathiAnjali PatilA government clerk on election duty in the conflict ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.
- DirectorDae-hwan KimStarsCho Hyun-chulKim Sae-byeokBetween reproaches over past problems that were never resolved and the uncertainty of a future that is relentlessly coming closer, a young couple takes a trip that will leave them at the beginning of a new life.
- DirectorShingo MatsumuraStarsAya AyanoRisa KamedaAoi KatoA woman slowly coming to the realization that a relationship with her ex-boyfriend may well and truly be dead and she faces the decision of whether to resurrect it or move on.
- DirectorPhan Gia Nhat LinhStarsLe Ha AnhHoang Yen ChibiNgo Kien HuyA teenage boy causes problems on an everyday basis. He falls in love with a transfer student and becomes close to her, but he keeps thinking about his first love from early childhood that he couldn't confess his feelings to."The Girl From Yesterday"
- DirectorMouly SuryaStarsMarsha TimothyEgy FedlyTumpal TampubolonMarlina lives quietly in Sumba until one day a man named Markus and his gang try to rob her house and she kills him. Eventually, she is haunted by Markus, and her life turns in 180 degrees.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsYunhee ChoKwon Hae-hyoKi JoabangThe married Bongwan leaves home in the dark morning and sets off to work. The memories of the woman who left weigh down on him. That day Bongwan's wife finds a love note, bursts into the office, and mistakes Areum for the woman who left.
- DirectorSigrid Andrea BernardoStarsAlessandra De RossiEmpoy MarquezJunpei YamamotoA blind woman falls in love with a man who uses kindness and humor to make a connection with her.Kita Kita (I See You)
- DirectorCiara LacyOUT OF STATE is the story of outcasts, of native Hawaiian prisoners shipped 3,000 miles across the ocean to a for-profit prison in the desert of Arizona. In this unlikely setting, these men discover their fierce indigenous dances, inspiring two students to fight to turn their lives around upon release.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE WINNER
- DirectorPen-Ek RatanaruangStarsDavid AsavanondLaila BoonyasakKaren Gemma DodgsonA soap opera actress finds herself increasingly pressured by her husband, a rich foreigner entirely devoted to a charismatic cult leader.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsMasami NagasawaRyûhei MatsudaHiroki HasegawaThree aliens travel to Earth in preparation for a mass invasion, taking possession of human bodies.
- DirectorHun JangStarsSong Kang-hoThomas KretschmannYoo Hae-jinA widowed father and taxi driver who drives a German reporter from Seoul to Gwangju to cover the 1980 uprising, soon finds himself regretting his decision after being caught in the violence around him.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsIsabelle HuppertKim Min-heeChang Mi-heeThe story of female friendship as Frenchwoman Claire helps the subject of her photograph, Min-Hee, discover why she was fired without apparent cause.
- DirectorAnn ShinThe true story of 2 enemies from the Iran-Iraq war; one saves the other's life on the battlefield, then they meet again by sheer coincidence 20 years later in Canada. Inspired by their miraculous reunion, Najah and Zahed face down their fears and post-traumatic stress and head back to Iraq and Iran to search for missing loved ones. Their journey takes them into the heart of present-day conflicts in a region ravaged by war and ISIS. Their journey is a surprising affirmation of humanity and redemption. (This feature length film is DIFFERENT from the short film of the same title, which was nominated for an Emmy and shortlisted for an Oscar)GRAND JURY AWARD WINNER
- DirectorWenhai HuangAlthough labor activities could be very dangerous in China, some local consulting groups in the big city of Guangzhou continue to help migrant workers get their rights of work.
- DirectorQuentin LeeJustin LinStarsRadmar Agana JaoJeanne ChinnClint JungA married woman, who's been getting seductive phone calls from a lesbian, and a man, who believes he might be a werewolf, are about to find out who they deep down really are.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsYunhee ChoKwon Hae-hyoKi JoabangThe married Bongwan leaves home in the dark morning and sets off to work. The memories of the woman who left weigh down on him. That day Bongwan's wife finds a love note, bursts into the office, and mistakes Areum for the woman who left.
- DirectorDaihachi YoshidaStarsLily FrankyKazuya KamenashiAi HashimotoIt portrays a family on Earth who come to believe that they are actually from other planets all of a sudden. They try so hard to save the endangered planet Earth but things get crazy on the way.
- DirectorAngie WangStarsAnnie Q. RiegelFrancesca EastwoodPierson FodeIn 1984, the most powerful drug dealer on the west coast was a 19 year old coed. Based on actual events.
- DirectorJung Byung-gilStarsKim Ok-binShin Ha-kyunSung JunA female assassin leaves a trail of bodies behind her as she seeks revenge.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsYûsuke AraiKenta ArimaKokoro AsamiOn this second movie, Tatsuhiko Shiratori moves to Yokohama from Shinjuku, Tokyo. He comes into conflict with Masaki Taki who is the CEO of a scout company.
- DirectorLucien Castaing-TaylorVerena ParavelStarsRenée HarteveltIssei SagawaJun SagawaCaniba is a film that reflects on the discomforting significance of cannibalistic desire in human existence through the prism of one man, Issei Sagawa, and his mysterious relationship with his brother, Jun.
- DirectorMiao WangStella and Harry are affluent, cosmopolitan teenagers who are part of the enormous wave of "parachute students" from Mainland China enrolling in U.S. private schools. Shot over three years in China and the U.S., MAINELAND tells a multi-layered coming-of-age tale, following this buoyant, fun-loving girl and introspective boy as they settle into a boarding school in blue-collar small-town rural Maine. They come seeking a Western-style education, escape from the dreaded Chinese college entrance exam, and the promise of a Hollywood-style U.S. high school experience. But as their fuzzy visions of the American dream slowly gain more clarity, their relationship to home takes on a surprising new aspect.
- DirectorAram CollierStarsDaniel JunDaniel Daegun LeeRosalina LeeForced to move back to hometown Windsor, wannabe comedian Moses Kim finds his dreams derailed in his family restaurant. Life gets more complicated when Moses' teenage cousin from Korea unexpectedly shows up.