We had barely finished pawing through our wares (Pad Thai mix! Toothpaste! Febreeze! And much, much more!) when event emmcee Emerald Yeh, whom we miss every time we watch the news, took the stage to kick off the festival with introductions of several of the people responsible for the festival and the director of the film, Alice Wu.

Thanks to Mai Le for the invitations to both the screening and party and Chris Wiggum of Larsen Associates PR for making all our SFIAAFF coverage possible.