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Festival 2025

SAAFF 2025 Has Wrapped!

Thanks for joining us for this year’s Seattle Asian American Film Festival. The festival may be over, but you can still explore highlights, browse photo galleries, and see the winners from SAAFF 2025. Check out all the memorable moments we shared!

Festival 2025

✨ 2025 SAAFF Award Winners ✨

These three powerful films captured the hearts of audiences at SAAFF 2025.

SAAFF would not be possible without the generous support of our friends and community.

Your support is invaluable for us to continue building community with and uplifting the voices, perspectives and histories of Asian American filmmakers and the artists in the Pacific Northwest.

What people are saying about SAAFF

  • "What a wonderful film festival! It was well curated and the staff was son organized and welcoming. I was so humbled and honored to be a part of the shorts program and the learned so much."

    June Films

  • "SAAFF is a really great community-building festival, with very thoughtful politics and programming! We were so delighted to be part of their selection and would do it all over again!"

    Van Tran Nguyen

  • "SAAFF truly supports Asian American filmmakers and our community. So happy to have my film, as American as it Gets, be included in the Pamilya film block. Communication was timely and I had a lovely time doing a Zoom Q&A."

    Marnie Salvani

  • "I have so much fun every time I come to the festival. The staff and the audiences are some of my favorites out of any festival I've been to. It's such a treat to play at SAAFF."

    Jeff Man