Atlanta, GA | October 8-16, 2022

Largest festival of its kind in the Southeast.

Get excited!

We have an amazing lineup of films and documentaries by emerging film makers are scheduled for this year's 2022 festival .

Are you an AAPI film maker?

Feature, documentary and short films?
submit your film by June 1, 2022 for consideration! Being the largest festival of its kind in the Southeast, AAFF has earned the reputation for its platform in showcasing emerging talents and film makers.

Request a sponsorship package!

Be a part of the largest cultural and entertainment event of its kind in the greater metro Atlanta Area. Corporate sponsors of the Atlanta Asian Film Festival are uniquely positioned to reach the Asian American & Pacific Islander community through multi-tiered media exposure and branding opportunities throughout the Festival.

Volunteer your time!

AAFF needs hundreds of outgoing and enthusiastic volunteers every year for both the festival and our year-round programs. The real benefits of volunteering aren’t things, or even films—they are the experiences you have and the people you meet.

SAVE THE DATE

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Date:

Saturday-Sunday, Oct 6-16, 2022

Venue:

Georgia State University - Dunwoody / Auditorium NC
2101 Womack Road Dunwoody, GA 30038

An experience you won’t forget

  • 2pm - 4pm / GSU Dunwoody
    Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
    2021 / Japan / 120 minutes

    Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
    Drama, Romance


    4:30pm - 6:30pm / GSU Dunwoody
    Escape from Mogadishu

    2021 / South Korea / 121 minutes
    Director: Ryoo Seung-wan

  • 2:00pm-4:00pm / GSU Dunwoody

    Fighter in the Wind

    South Korea / 2017 / 121 minutes

    Language: Korean with English subtitles

    Director: Yun-ho Yang

    4:30pm-6:30pm / GSU Dunwoody

    Drifting

    Hong Kong / 2021 / 112 minutes

    Language: Cantonese with English subtitles

    Director: Jun Li

  • TBD

  • 2:00pm-4:00pm / GSU Dunwoody / NC1100

    First Vote

    USA / 2020 / 59 minutes

    English, Mandarin Chinese with English Subtitles

    Director: Yi Chen

    Asian American Studies • Asian Diaspora Studies • Critical Race Theory • Political Science • Ethnic Studies • Racial Politics • American Studies • Immigration Studies • History

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

DIRECTED BY Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Japanese

Escape from Mogadishu

DIRECTED BY Ryoo Seung-wan

South Korean

First Vote

DIRECTED BY Yi Chen

Mandarin Chinese

Drifting

DIRECTED BY Jun Li

Cantonese

Festival Sponsors

Showcasing since 2005

Atlanta Asian Film Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the Atlanta community about the rich diversity of Asian Pacific culture through films and movies.

Our goal is to create an annual consciousness-raising celebration of Asian American cultures through educational and informative films in an entertaining context.

We aim to provide a cultural bridge between the Asian and non-Asian communities as well as the Asian communities themselves.