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CLOSING NIGHT FILM: RAMEN SHOP

Film CLOSING NIGHT FILM: RAMEN SHOP Directed by Eric Khoo A cinematic turducken of food movie wrapped in a love story marinated by Singapore’s multi-ethnic history. Two iconic…

A FAREWELL

Film A FAREWELL Directed by Yifei He After his death, young Han Chinese woman explores her grandfather's Muslim faith, turning heads and revealing neglected family…
Masters

ASH IS PUREST WHITE

Film ASH IS PUREST WHITE Directed by Jia Zhang-ke In the heat of panic, Qiao fires a gun to protect the man she loves. For him, she…
Asian American Panorama

BLOWIN’ UP

Film BLOWIN’ UP Directed by Stephanie Wang-Breal Deep in Queens, Judge Toko Serita has created a courtroom remarkably uninterested in crime. A space where women…
Asia Pop!

DEAD PIGS

Film DEAD PIGS Directed by Cathy Yan In a world where money is everything, how do you keep your soul? Based on true events, an…
Masters

DEAD SOULS

Film DEAD SOULS Directed by Wang Bing Survivors of China’s Anti-Rightist Campaign of 1957-59 recount, with unflinching straightforwardness, the terrors of their imprisonment, the mundane…
Asia Pop!

DEAR EX

Film DEAR EX Directed by Chih-Yen Hsu, Mag Hsu Sanlian is left bewildered after her husband asks for a divorce and his sudden death reveals the beneficiary…
Masters

DETECTIVE DEE: THE FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS

Film DETECTIVE DEE: THE FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS Directed by Tsui Hark The Tang Dynasty’s most beloved sleuth returns to the big screen to outsmart secular and supernatural forces, while…

DOWN THERE

Film DOWN THERE Directed by Zhengfan Yang Mysterious sounds trigger cruel indifference, reluctant concern, and more in this mesmerizing and thrilling view outside the rear…
Masters

A FAMILY TOUR

Film A FAMILY TOUR Directed by Ying Liang A dissident Chinese filmmaker exiled in Hong Kong finds a way for her young son to meet the…
Discoveries

FATHER TO SON

Film FATHER TO SON Directed by Hsiao Ya-Chuan Taiwan’s emerald alleyways and small town merchants are the backdrop for this meditative drama intertwining several families with…

FINDING HOME

Film FINDING HOME Directed by Abraham Troen A revealing look at the journey of Brandon, who gave up family, friends, and a job in China…
Discoveries

GIRLS ALWAYS HAPPY

Film GIRLS ALWAYS HAPPY Directed by Yang Mingming Director-actor Yang Mingming’s feisty new feature pits the cranky crackling wits of mother and daughter, both struggling writers…

GOOD HANDS GOOD FEET

Film GOOD HANDS GOOD FEET Directed by Marshall Law Coffee in a sling, cat in a cone, $30M for a feet job – what more does one…
Asia Pop!

HOW LONG WILL I LOVE U

Film HOW LONG WILL I LOVE U Directed by Su Lun In this time traveling screwball romcom, bootstrapped strangers Xiao and Lu wake up in the same bed, toggling…

JIEJIE

Film JIEJIE Directed by Feng I Fiona Roan Lice sets the tense stage for a recently immigrated single mother and two daughters, who bicker and boil…
Asia Pop!

A LAND IMAGINED

Film A LAND IMAGINED Directed by Yeo Siew Hua In this breathtaking Singaporean noir, the black heart of the criminal underworld isn’t drugs but sand, used to…
Asian American Panorama

LATE LIFE: THE CHIEN-MING WANG STORY

Film LATE LIFE: THE CHIEN-MING WANG STORY Directed by Frank W Chen Former New York Yankees pitcher and “Pride of Taiwan,” Chien-Ming Wang, finds himself without a job in Major…

LILY’S PAIN STORE

Film LILY’S PAIN STORE Directed by Chen Li When a stylish shopgirl in Beijing becomes obsessed with a neighborhood "Pain Store" selling artisanal torture tinctures, experiments…
Asia Pop!

MEN ON THE DRAGON

Film MEN ON THE DRAGON Directed by Sunny Chan Lacking teamwork, Andy Lau tickets, and muscle tone in general, four aging telecom workers jump into a dragon…

NAI NAI

Film NAI NAI Directed by Wyatt Wu An embedded camera lives with the filmmaker’s grandma, riveting us with her strong will, electric scenes of reckoning,…

ONE LAST TASTE

Film ONE LAST TASTE Directed by Yucong Chen The bittersweet taste of the last bite of your grandma’s dumplings.

SUMMER ORANGE

Film SUMMER ORANGE Directed by Chen Xu A delicate love pentagon with filmmaking, as a Chinese director struggles to shoot a film in the US,…
Discoveries

TEN YEARS TAIWAN

Film TEN YEARS TAIWAN Directed by Hsieh Pei-Ju, Kek Huat Lau, Lekal Sumi Cilangasan, Lu Po-Shun, Rina B. Tsou Cloaked in poetic sci-fi, mockumentary and high style, five up-and-coming filmmakers depict in futuristic terms the fallout from…
Asia Pop!

XIAO MEI

Film XIAO MEI Directed by Maren Hwang Nine points of view filmed as nine different genres make up this ambitious portrait of a young elusive…
Special Presentations

MOON FASCINATING, BIRD SWEET

Film MOON FASCINATING, BIRD SWEET Directed by Richard Chen Yao-Chi CELLULOID JUKEBOX This program features two of director Richard Chen’s landmark films of youth in Taiwan. A newly-restored…
Special Presentations

THE TRAIN HAMASEN

Film THE TRAIN HAMASEN Directed by Lai Kuan-Yuan VIRTUAL REALITY Overlapping various eras and bringing together different corners of ethnic life, this innovative VR piece is…
Special Presentations

YOUR SPIRITUAL TEMPLE SUCKS

Film YOUR SPIRITUAL TEMPLE SUCKS Directed by John Hsu VIRTUAL REALITY Traditional beliefs and new technologies clash in this hilarious short about a man who's told by…