Awards

The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival recognizes the extraordinary achievements of Asian American filmmakers through our Juried Competition and Audience Awards. The competition nominees represent the best in Asian American filmmaking from the past year. The winners will be announced during the Closing Night Awards Gala party on Thursday, March 23.

Narrative Competition

This year’s Narrative competition consists of twelve new feature films, including three World Premieres, and three films arriving straight from Sundance.

Documentary Competition

The Best Documentary Award is presented to the best feature-length documentary film by or about Asian Americans or Asian Canadians, as selected by a three-person jury.

Comcast Audience Award

All feature-length films (with the exception of retrospective works) are eligible for the Comcast Audience Award, which is presented in two categories: Narrative Feature and Documentary Feature.