SAAFF 2025 Virtual Festival
Couldn’t make it in person? Don’t worry — the festival continues from the comfort of your home!
Stream a curated selection of powerful films from Asian American storytellers, available to watch nationwide.
Opening Night: Reflections & Legacies
50 years since the end of the war in Vietnam, Southeast Asian refugees have rebuilt their lives and made their mark within their own communities. These films celebrate their resilience and cultural significance amidst enduring as well as new state violence and misunderstanding.
Home-land: Hmong American Women
Saigon to Seattle
Taking Root: Southeast Asian Resettlement Stories in Philadelphia
Native Hawaiian Showcase (Free Program)
“On the major islands of Hawai'i, Maui, O'ahu, and Kaua'i, meanwhile, military airfields, training camps, weapons storage facilities, and exclusive housing and beach areas remind the Native Hawaiian who owns Hawai'i: the foreign, colonial country called the United States of America.” - Haunani-Kay Trask, From a Native Daughter (1993)
ʻĀina is the Native Hawaiian Word for land. And for Native Hawaiians, land has been and continues to be a contentious subject, from the rising cost of housing on the Islands, to the enduring exploitation of Hawaiʻi’s natural resources. We invite you to enjoy these films made by Native Hawaiians that explore what it means to Aloha ʻĀina.
Dear Aloha
Standing Above the Clouds
Centerpiece: Family Spirit
Peppered with just a little dark comedy and magical realism, these films explore the scars that relationships leave behind when they go away, and the enduring connections of family and kinship. Please join us as we celebrate our family spirit.
Ah-Ma Burns
Bitterroot
Centerpiece: Bring it Home - Pacific Northwest Shorts
Asian American roots in the Pacific Northwest run deep, and dovetail with the region's rich and complex landscape. Though our contemporary zeitgeist is dark, harsh, uncertain, at times absurd—as many of the films in this program depict—we are also strengthened by our family and community ties, and rooted in our local history and heritage.
Hatch
Preah Kunlong
Golden 50
Taky Kimura
Stand In
The eulogy
Days After
Sorry for your Cost
Meaningful Meals
Babs’ Bouquets
Edibles
Queer AF
Experience this collection of films centering stories and perspectives from across the LGBTQA+ community. Navigate through romances and intimate looks into the lives of queer and trans individuals as they figure out their journeys in these vulnerable and insightful shorts.
Elijah
Bobo in Bliss
Wouldn't Make it Any Other Way
My Fantasies Keep Me Up
Divine Intervention
MĀHŪ