This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the 10th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival. It was a whirlwind couple of days, but I had a blast hanging out with friends and celebrating Asian American film. For a little slice of everything that went down, check out some of the photos and videos from the festivities from SDAFF's Buzz Room.
At the Awards Gala on Saturday night, the festival handed out trophies to winning films in several categories. That's a smiley photo of the big winning directors above. Check out that awesome trophy Mark Tran is holding on the right. He took home the inaugural George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award. Here's the rundown:
Grand Jury Award: Children of Invention - Tze ChunCongratulations to all the winners -- all of my favorites won. The festival runs through October 29, and you still have a chance to see many of these award-winning films. Check out the schedule for showtimes.
Best Narrative Feature: Children of Invention - Tze Chun
Best Feature Documentary: Whatever It Takes - Christopher Wong
Jury Special Award: Antoine - Laura Bari
Best Dramatic Narrative Short: A Green Mountain in the Drawer - Hwa Jun Lee
Best Short Documentary: Roughcut - Firouzeh Khosrovani
Jury Special Award: A Song for Ourselves - Tadashi Nakamura
Best Animation: Kudan - Taku Kimura
George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award: All About Dad - Mark Tran
I wanted to throw out a thank you to everyone who came out to Sunday's YouTube panel. It was a great turnout had a really fun time hanging out with the likes of Paul Dateh, Jennifer Chung, Eddie Kim, David Choi and Kev Jumba, as well as our awesome co-moderator Dan Matthews. Fun times, and I can't wait to do it again.