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76 DAYS

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Film 76 DAYS Directed by Hao Wu, Weixi Chen & Anonymous OPENING FILM - This miraculous documentary, set in Wuhan hospitals during the 76 days the city was on…

Ahma & Alan

Film Ahma & Alan Directed by James Y. Shih When Alan, an American teacher working at a kindergarten in Taiwan, is taken in by law enforcement, his…
After Life

ARCHIVING TIME

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Film ARCHIVING TIME Directed by Lu Yuan-chi Film restorationists at the Taiwan Film Institute walk us through the process of re-discovering and re-juvenating a national…

A Bright Summer Diary

Film A Bright Summer Diary Directed by Lei Lei A romance film loops in a cinema in Lushan, a souvenir photo is trapped behind glass, and sound…

A Childhood Story

Film A Childhood Story Directed by Tianyi Lu To honor the death of her grandfather, her family plans to cook braised rabbit, his favorite meal, but…
Asian American Panorama

CURTAIN UP!

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Film CURTAIN UP! Directed by Hui Tong, Kelly Ng Students at a NYC Chinatown elementary school work, play, and sing through a theatrical production of Frozen, while…
Jia Zhang-ke Artist Trilogy

DONG

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Film DONG Directed by Jia Zhang-ke A companion piece to Jia Zhang-ke’s monumental Still Life, Jia follows famed painter Liu Xiadong as he paints…
Asian American Panorama

THE DONUT KING

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Film THE DONUT KING Directed by Alice Gu Meet Ted Ngoy, the tenacious refugee behind the pink box who is single-handedly responsible for the fact that…
Special Presentations

DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL

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Film DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL Directed by Ursula Liang CENTERPIECE FILM - After the murder of the unarmed Akai Gurley by Peter Liang, a Chinese American cop,…
Asian American Panorama

EXPORT MY LOVE

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Film EXPORT MY LOVE Directed by Jinglin Li This cross-continental documentary follows Chinese-American Jany Murphy, part matchmaker, part modern day Cyrano de Bergerac, as she tries…
Asian American Panorama

FINDING YINGYING

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Film FINDING YINGYING Directed by Jiayan "Jenny" Shi In June 2017, Yingying Zhang, a Chinese visiting scholar, mysteriously vanished from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus.…
Asia Pop!

SDAFF Drive-In! presents GET THE HELL OUT

Film SDAFF Drive-In! presents GET THE HELL OUT Directed by Wang I-Fan In this horror comedy, a zombie outbreak unleashes mayhem on the Taiwan parliament and unlikely heroes emerge, as…

The Granddaughter Detective

Film The Granddaughter Detective Directed by YuHui (Judie) Yang Judie's visit to her grandmother sparks a conversation about language barriers, generational gaps, and the resilience of familial…

Heading South

Film Heading South Directed by Yuan Yuan Young spitfire Chasuna travels from the grasslands of Mongolia to the big city to visit her father for…

Hello From Taiwan

Film Hello From Taiwan Directed by Tiffany Frances Three young girls have to learn to get along when their family is unsettled by their parents' marital…
Invisible Waves

LOST LOTUS

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Film LOST LOTUS Directed by Liu Shu STARTS TODAY! Wu Yu's life is overturned after her elderly mother is killed in a hit-and-run. Previously a…
Masters

LOVE AND DEATH IN MONTMARTRE

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Film LOVE AND DEATH IN MONTMARTRE Directed by Evans Chan This fantasy romance/real-life documentary reveals the story, secrets, and longings of Qiu Miaojin, a lesbian Taiwanese writer who…
Asia Pop!

MY PRINCE EDWARD

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Film MY PRINCE EDWARD Directed by Norris Wong Her boyfriend's proposed. Now Fong needs to get out of a secret marriage but her fake husband has…
Invisible Waves

NOBODY

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Film NOBODY Directed by Lin Chun-Hua A strange, elderly tailor with secrets befriends a young girl intent on exposing her unfaithful father in this…

Out of Place

Film Out of Place Directed by Peier "Tracy" Shen Parallel stories of two lonely neighbors living side-by-side. Hui studies piano and grapples with her own inadequacy, while…
Invisible Waves

THE REASON WHY I’M HOME.

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Film THE REASON WHY I’M HOME. Directed by Chang Ming Yu Chen-yun returns home for the first time in five years to deal with the fallout of her estranged…

Smiling Buddha

Film Smiling Buddha Directed by Yu Chu Chang A young woman struggles to balance her autonomy with her love for her grandma, whose fading memory creates…

Street Angel

Film Street Angel Directed by Michelle Sui Decked in cheongsam, a wandering songstress unfolds history, memory, and cultural imagination onto a rapidly changing Chinatown.
Jia Zhang-ke Artist Trilogy

SWIMMING OUT TILL THE SEA TURNS BLUE

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Film SWIMMING OUT TILL THE SEA TURNS BLUE Directed by Jia Zhang-ke Focusing on four authors spanning modern China, Jia Zhang-ke sketches literary culture onto a turbulent history, the rural…
Jia Zhang-ke Artist Trilogy

USELESS

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Film USELESS Directed by Jia Zhang-ke Jia Zhang-ke’s ode to fashion–a textile factory, a designer, and a tailor–in a China where nothing is ever…

Valley

Film Valley Directed by Allan Zhang Tran It’s ditch day in the San Gabriel Valley as two high school seniors realize they might be on…
Asia Pop!

WILD SWORDS

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Film WILD SWORDS Directed by Li Yunbo Tense hunt between a faceless foe and a disappeared swordsman from two bitterly feuding sects, in this ravishing…