Ode to the 20th SFIAAFF

Eddie Wong, Executive Director, NAATA

We're pumped; we're jazzed; we're out of our minds. It is without a doubt the largest and possibly the best selection of Asian and Asian American work that NAATA has ever presented. more »

Looking Forward ... Looking Back

Chi-Hui Yang, Festival Director, NAATA

2002: twenty years forward, twenty years back, an opportunity to look forward to the stories and talents to come, and to look back on the filmmakers and works that helped the festival expand. more »

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Festival Highlights

Special Added Screenings!
HIT IT OR QUIT IT shorts program on March 13th and Louise Lo's THE FLOATING WORLD: MASAMI TERAOKA AND HIS ART on March 14th!

Opening Night Gala
Opening night film BETTER LUCK TOMORROW is a visionary work, propelling Asian American cinema into a new day.

Centerpiece Presentation
For only one night at the Castro Theatre the 1961 film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit Broadway musical FLOWER DRUM SONG.

Closing Night Gala
Closing night film GREEN DRAGON, probes a defining movement in American history: the arrival of thousands of Vietnamese refugees in the 1970's.

Directions in Sound
Evidence that Asian folk can (and do) rock DIRECTIONS IN SOUND is an annual showcase of new Asian American musicians and video artists.

San Jose
Thirty-two films, in ten programs, an open reception, as well as our inaugural San Jose Directions in Sound event, NAATA and CATS (Contemporary Asian Theater Scene) welcome you back to the Second Annual Asian American Film Festival in San Jose.