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Film festivals today are dime a dozen. In fact, there are well over a thousand in the world. San Francisco, however, has not one but two of the really significant festivals, and this year is of special importance for both, and for their participants and audiences.

The San Francisco International Film Festival, the nation's oldest, will mark the half-century mark in April. Before that, in March, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival will unspool its 25th annual edition.

During an 11-day period from March 15 through March 25, the Asian American festival will offer 128 films from 20 countries — but don't look for them at the festival's old home. Under its new name, and undergoing some fix-ups, the Sundance Kabuki 8 Theaters in Japantown will not be available in March — although accommodating the SF International Film Festival for its run from April 26 through May 10.

And so the Asian American's 25th season will move to the AMC 1000 Van Ness, also using the Castro and Opera Plaza theaters. Other festival venues include Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, and San Jose's Cameras 12 Cinemas.

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