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Masters
100 Yards
Film
100 Yards
Directed by Xu Haofeng, Xu Junfeng
It’s non-stop showdowns when a kungfu master’s son battles his father’s #1 apprentice for the throne to the…
Asia Pop!
Abang Adik
Film
Abang Adik
Directed by Jin Ong
Undocumented brothers, Abang and Adi, can only rely on each other. But can their brotherhood outlast the cruel,…
Asian American Panorama
The Accidental Getaway Driver
Film
The Accidental Getaway Driver
Directed by Sing J. Lee
Elderly Long just wants to grab some midnight snacks when a late night taxi request turns into a…
Unknown Pleasures
Agra
Film
Agra
Directed by Kanu Behl
Call center worker Guru still lives with his parents. Pent up in his own frustrations, he finds solace…
Classics Restored
Ah Fei
Film
Ah Fei
Directed by Wan Jen
One of the Taiwan New Cinema’s greatest films, AH FEI follows a family across the decades, as a…
Masters
All Ears
Film
All Ears
Directed by Liu Jiayin
Once an up-and-coming screenwriter, Wen Shan is now a eulogy writer, meeting with strangers to tell stories of…
Asia Pop!
As If It’s True
Film
As If It’s True
Directed by John Rogers
Gemma is an influencer whose stardom has flatlined. James is a singer-songwriter who could use some followers. When…
Asia Pop!
Cobweb
Film
Cobweb
Directed by Kim Jee-woon
At once joyously mocking and earnestly reverent, Song Kang-ho (Parasite) stars as a tortured director who is confident…
Asian American Panorama
Come Home, My Child
Film
Come Home, My Child
Directed by Jasmine Chinghui Lee
After a full life in Taiwan, Mama Yang moves to New York City, where she discovers a new…
Asia Pop!
Concrete Utopia
Film
Concrete Utopia
Directed by Um Tae-hwa
A massive earthquake rolls through Seoul, upending every apartment complex – except one. With refugees at their doorsteps,…
Asia Pop!
Day Off
Film
Day Off
Directed by Fu Tien-yu
After 40 years on the job, a tireless hairdresser takes a day off to visit an old client…
Unknown Pleasures
Divine Factory
Film
Divine Factory
Directed by Joseph Mangat
There are only saints in this film… a whole factory of them. In a country steeped in Catholicism,…
Centerpiece Film
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Special Presentations
Artbound “East West Players: A Home On Stage”
Film
Artbound “East West Players: A Home On Stage”
Directed by Yu Gu
Pat Morita, BD Wong, Nancy Kwan. The list goes on of luminary Asian American actors who have passed…
Asian American Panorama
Egghead & Twinkie
Film
Egghead & Twinkie
Directed by Sarah Kambe Holland
After coming out to her conservative parents, Twinkie steals her dad’s car and goes on the lam with…
Masters
Elegies
Film
Elegies
Directed by Ann Hui
Ann Hui, celebrated icon of the Hong Kong New Wave, returns with musings about the past, present, and…
Masters
Evil Does Not Exist
Film
Evil Does Not Exist
Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Villagers of a small, modest forest town live off the land and water. When a Tokyo talent agency…
Classics Restored
The Fall of the I-Hotel
Film
The Fall of the I-Hotel
Directed by Curtis Choy
In this classic of Asian American documentary, the eviction order of San Francisco's International Hotel – long-time home…
Classics Restored
Farewell My Concubine
Film
Farewell My Concubine
Directed by Chen Kaige
Starring the legendary Leslie Cheung and Gong Li, this epoch-defining saga of two boys who become Peking opera…
Asian American Panorama
Grounded
Film
Grounded
Directed by Justin Chan
William and McKenzie get engaged – but with a condition. William has to finally introduce his longtime girlfriend…
Classics Restored
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
Film
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
Directed by Duane Kubo, Robert A. Nakamura
Mako and Pat Morita headline what was the most ambitious Asian American film of its time: a feature…
Asian American Panorama
Home is a Hotel
Film
Home is a Hotel
Directed by Kar Yin Tham, Kevin Duncan Wong, Todd Sills
A glimpse into the lives of six tenants in SRO (single-room occupancy) hotels in San Francisco, the most…
Asian American Panorama
How to Have an American Baby
Film
How to Have an American Baby
Directed by Leslie Tai
Award-winning documentarian Leslie Tai shines a light on the business of Chinese women having babies in the U.S.…
Masters
In Our Day
Film
In Our Day
Directed by Hong Sang-soo
Ramyun, cigarettes, and soju. Fluffy cats and the light banter of artists. In parallel conversations, a poet and…
Masters
In Water
Film
In Water
Directed by Hong Sang-soo
A young actor brings two friends to the beach to make his first film, which he has no…
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