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Announcing the 24th San Diego Asian Film Festival Awards Winners

November 14, 2023
Rouven Linnarz

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 , presented at the festival awards ceremony on November 10. Winners were announced in multiple categories, along with the Grand Jury Prize (the top prize of the Asian American film competition) and a Special Jury Mention. Additionally, the SDAFF programming team selected the George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award given to a first-time feature filmmaker.

International Short Film Competition
Jurors: Pearl Chan, Jason Tan Liwag, Alongkot Maiduang

Best International Short: Primetime Mother directed by Sonny Calvento

Asian American Film Competition
Jurors: Tanuj Chopra, Hanna Huang, Joshua Minsoo Kim

Grand Jury Prize: When You Left Me on That Boulevard directed by Kayla Abuda Galang

Best Documentary Feature: Rally directed by Rooth Tang

Best Narrative Feature: Egghead & Twinkie directed by Sarah Kambe Holland

Best Experimental Film: Teetering Graphite directed by Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu

Best Documentary Short: Tracing History directed by Jalena Keane-Lee

Best Narrative Short: Invasive Species directed by Annie Ning

Special Jury Mention: Through Sunless Ways directed by Kira Dane, Katelyn Rebelo

George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award: Joseph Mangat, director of Divine Factory

Bios of jurors in each competition can be found here.

The final award of the festival, the audience award, will be announced at the conclusion of the film festival.

Egghead & Twinkie
Winner of the SDAFF 2023 Best Narrative Feature Award
Saturday, November 11 at 2:20PM
Location: Edwards Mira Mesa*
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Rouven Linnarz

Ever since I watched Takeshi Kitano's "Hana-Bi" for the first time (and many times after that) I have been a cinephile. While much can be said about the technical aspects of film, coming from a small town in Germany, I cherish the notion of art showing its audience something which one does normally avoid, neglect or is unable to see for many different reasons. Often the stories told in films have helped me understand, discover and connect to something new which is a concept I would like to convey in the way I talk and write about films. Thus, I try to include some info on the background of each film as well as a short analysis (without spoilers, of course), an approach which should reflect the context of a work of art no matter what genre, director or cast. In the end, I hope to pass on my joy of watching film and talking about it.

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