Event Reviews
All the conventions, festivals and other exhausting live events you can shake a camera at.
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SDAFF 2025 : Manok
San Diego Asian Film Festival 2025 After clashing with the younger queer generation, proudly open lesbian bar-owner Manok returns to her hometown to face yet more prejudice, and take on her smarmy ex-husband, who is now the equivalent of town mayor. South Korea enjoys a reputation for being a bit more open-minded than her Asian neighbors when it comes to homosexuality, but that is only a fairly recent occurrence. Parts of Seoul now have thriving LGBTQIA+ bars, clubs, and other...
Previous featured Events
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...
SDAFF Spring Showcase 2025 : Baby Assassins: Nice Days
Reviewed by Alicia Glass In the third installment of the Baby Assassins series, teenage hitpeople Chisato and Mahiro visit the coastal town of Miyazaki, on a combination mission and vacation, when they encounter a fellow bloodthirsty assassin as a new...