San Diego Asian Film Festival Turns 15

San Diego Asian Film Festival trailer | Courtesy of the San Diego Asian Film Festival

By Megan Burke and Maureen Cavanaugh

Listen to the full KPBS Midday Edition interview with Brian Hu, artistic director of the Pacific Arts Movement, which puts on the festival, and Nahnatchka Khan, executive producer of Fresh Off The Boat.

The San Diego Asian Film Festival is celebrating its 15th anniversary. The festival, opening this Thursday, has become the largest exhibition of Asian films in the Western United States.

This year, 140 films will be screened in venues from downtown San Diego to Encinitas, including two San Diego university campuses.

The premiere of a new television sitcom pilot featuring an Asian-American family, called Fresh Off The Boat, is also on the festival program.

Fresh Off The Boat trailer | Courtesy of the San Diego Asian Film Festival