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Discoveries
A FIRST FAREWELL
Film
A FIRST FAREWELL
Directed by Wang Lina
In this tender ode to Uyghur life, young farmboy Isa tries to hold it all together with the…
Discoveries
FROM TOMORROW ON, I WILL
Film
FROM TOMORROW ON, I WILL
Directed by Ivan Marković, Linfeng Wu
Migrant workers in Beijing share an underground apartment, sleeping in shifts. A delivery man works all day while…
Masters
THE HORSE THIEF
Film
THE HORSE THIEF
Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
Navigating his Buddhist faith and the pressures to feed his family, Norbu turns to stealing horses. For years…
Live Well
Film
Live Well
Directed by Bingyu Jiang
A calligraphy artist can't seem to catch any breaks in this offbeat portrait of a Chinese artist with…
Asia Pop!
SEND ME TO THE CLOUDS
Film
SEND ME TO THE CLOUDS
Directed by Teng Congcong
Society tells Sheng Nan her life’s over because she doesn’t have a husband. A doctor’s report has even…
She Runs
Film
She Runs
Directed by Qiu Yang
Teenage Yu is done taking the dance classes forced upon her by her father.
Sister
Film
Sister
Directed by Siqi Song
Gorgeous felted stop-motion animation dedicated to the what if’s in life and the siblings we never had.
Masters
SO LONG, MY SON
Film
SO LONG, MY SON
Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
The three decades following the Cultural Revolution are traced by the strange fates of two families – once…
Asia Pop!
SUMMER OF CHANGSHA
Film
SUMMER OF CHANGSHA
Directed by Zu Feng
A cop has already put in his resignation letter when a severed arm in a river brings him…
Special Presentations
TO LIVE TO SING
Film
TO LIVE TO SING
Directed by Johnny Ma
Zhao Li lives for Sichuan opera but knows not everyone does. Only the elderly still show up for…
What Do You Know About the Water and the Moon
Film
What Do You Know About the Water and the Moon
Directed by Jian Luo
Magic realism cradles a young woman who gives birth to a small jellyfish during a medical abortion and…
Asia Pop!
WILD GOOSE LAKE
Film
WILD GOOSE LAKE
Directed by Diao Yinan
A wounded gangland boss becomes the subject of an epic manhunt after petty grievances over criminal territory erupts…
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