San Diego Asian Film Festival Opens November 5 With 190 Films From More Than 30 Countries
The 27th San Diego Asian Film Festival runs November 5-14, 2026, in San Diego, San Diego County, California. Organizer Pacific Arts Movement says this year's festival screens 190 films from more than 30 countries in 30 languages, its largest program to date.
Opening night on November 5 at the San Diego Natural History Museum features In Waves, an animated film directed by Phuong Mai Nguyen and adapted from AJ Dungo's autobiographical graphic novel, with voices by Stephanie Hsu and Will Sharpe. Dungo is scheduled to attend the opening-night celebration.
The festival closes on November 14 with the U.S. premiere of Ba's Book. According to the organizer, filmmaker Ashley Da-Lê Duong answers her father's gift of letters with a film. The 27th festival awards event takes place on November 7, with a centerpiece screening on November 8.
Screenings are held at venues including the San Diego Natural History Museum, UltraStar Cinemas Mission Valley and AMC UTC 14. The Taiwan Film Showcase screenings at AMC UTC 14 are free for UC San Diego students, faculty and staff with valid ID.
On free access, the festival's official site says all weekday 4 p.m. films are free, youth and children's programs are free for the third year, including the Shorts for Shorties! collection and the world premiere of the Reel Voices high-school documentary program, and the November 12, 7:15 p.m. screening of Hoop Like This at UC San Diego's Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts is free with no physical ticket required.
Presented by the nonprofit Pacific Arts Movement, the San Diego Asian Film Festival launched in 2000 and is one of the largest showcases of Asian cinema on the U.S. West Coast. The full lineup, schedule and ticket information are on the festival's official site, sdaff.org. (Source: Pacific Arts Movement and the San Diego Asian Film Festival official sites)
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：闭幕片《Ba's Book》剧照（主办方 Pacific Arts Movement 提供）
