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2022 San Diego Asian Film Festival

November 3, 2022: 7 PM
November 4, 2022: 4 PM
November 5, 2022: 12:10 PM
November 6, 2022: 12 PM
November 7, 2022: 4 PM
November 8, 2022: 4 PM
November 9, 2022: 4 PM
November 10, 2022: 5:30 PM
November 11, 2022: 12:30 PM
November 12, 2022: 12:30 PM
Multiple locations
General Admission* $9 - $12 / Opening & Closing Films: $21- $28 / Centerpiece Film: $12 - $16
Festival 6-pack: $60. All-fest Pass: $195 - $295
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About the Event

Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung and Anita Mui star in Johnnie To's 1993 action classic "Heroic Trio."
Local
San Diego Asian Film Festival highlights new talent, old classics
Beth Accomando
Festival kicks off Thursday with 130 films from 30 different countries.

Pacific Arts Movement's San Diego Asian Film Festival is North America’s most comprehensive snapshot of contemporary Asian and Asian American cinema now. Showcasing over 130 feature and short films and celebrating today’s hottest Asian and Asian American filmmakers, the San Diego Asian Film Festival returns to San Diego for its 23rd edition, Nov. 3-12, 2022. Showing at theaters in Mission Valley and Balboa Park. 

130+ films, 30+ countries, 30+ languages, 4 venues

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