Event Reviews
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SDAFF 2025 : The Rose Come Back to Me
San Diego Asian Film Festival 2025 An in-depth documentary chronicling the rise of The Rose, from a group busking in the South Korean streets, to a global Indie band sensation. Movie Moxie is a Blink, a big fan of the K-Pop girl group Blackpink, and other South Korean bands besides, but honestly I had only ever heard of The Rose in passing. There was a big scandal a few years ago involving one of The Rose members, which the film addresses, if briefly. But nothing prepared us for...
Previous featured Events
SDAFF Spring Showcase 2025 : I am a Ghost 10th Anniversary Remaster
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Way back in the, it seems like now, far-off year of 2012, I attended a showing of H.P. Mendoza’s I Am A Ghost at the San Diego Asian Film Festival of that year. I was absolutely blown away, as was the audience, and you can still read my...
SDAFF Spring Showcase 2025 : Between Goodbyes
Reviewed by Alicia Glass The story of a queer Korean adoptee and her reunion with her original family, sharing cultural misunderstandings, long-held regrets, and familial bonds with laughter and eventually, love. When the film begins, the Kim family and...
SDAFF Spring Showcase 2025 : Out of Plain Sight
Reviewed by Alicia Glass A documentary featuring the on-going effects of the dumping of the insecticide DDT off the Los Angeles coast more than 40 years ago, to this day and beyond. The use of insecticides on crops consumed by the common person is a...