The 22nd San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF) announced the winners of its competition categories at the SDAFF Awards Gala, held virtually on Saturday, November 6, 2021.
Top honors went to I Was A Simple Man for the Grand Jury Prize, Manzanar Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust for Best Documentary Feature, and 7 Days for Best Narrative Feature.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Asian American Juried Competition
Jurors include Peter X Feng, Keisha N. Knight, Phuong Le, and Meena Nanji
Grand Jury Prize
I Was A Simple Man
Directed by Christopher Makoto Yogi
Best Documentary Feature
Manzanar Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust
Directed by Ann Kaneko
Best Narrative Feature
7 Days
Directed by Roshan Sethi
Best Documentary Short
An Uninterrupted View Of The Sea
Directed by Mika Yatsuhashi
Best Narrative Short
Americanized
Directed by Erica Eng
Best Experimental Short
Rumi And His Roses
Directed by Navid Sinaki
Special Jury Mention
To Live Here
Directed by Melanie Dang Ho
International Juried Competition
Jurors include Martin Edralin, Kristine Estorninos, Maggie Lee
Best International Short
Lemongrass Girl
Directed by Pom Bunsermvicha
Other Awards
Emerging Filmmaker Award
Never Rest/Unrest
Directed by Tiffany Sia
Audience Award
Like A Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
Directed by Suzanne Joe Kai
