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All That We Love
Film
All That We Love
Directed by Yen Tan
Margaret Cho plays Emma, whose dog has just passed and whose ex-husband is back in town. In other…
Unknown Pleasures
All We Imagine as Light
Film
All We Imagine as Light
Directed by Payal Kapadia
In her dazzling debut fiction feature, Payal Kapadia turns the day-to-day happenings of two roommates, Prabha and Anu,…
Asian American Panorama
Anxious.
Film
Anxious.
Directed by Nida Chowdhry
In this surreal dark comedy, Ruby’s anxiety-filled SoCal life of maid-of-honor duties, convenience store job woes, in-store crush,…
Asian American Panorama
Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts
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Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts
Directed by Shaun Seneviratne
When a long-distance couple reunites in Sri Lanka, their trip is far from romantic. Plagued by mishaps, often…
Asian American Panorama
Bitterroot
Film
Bitterroot
Directed by Vera Brunner-Sung
In Montana’s Bitterroot Valley, a middle-aged Hmong American man grapples with loss and pressure at home and at…
Asia Pop!
Black Dog
Film
Black Dog
Directed by Guan Hu
A gorgeous story of companionship and a China in flux, Lang (Eddie Peng) leaves prison to find his…
Classics Revived
Bona
Film
Bona
Directed by Lino Brocka
The great Nora Aunor stars as Bona, who drops out of high school to follow around a second-rate…
Asia Pop!
Boong
Film
Boong
Directed by Lakshmipriya Devi
Armed with a slingshot and sass, young Boong and his best friend set off on a 100 mile…
Masters
By the Stream
Film
By the Stream
Directed by Hong Sang-soo
At the invitation of his niece (played by Kim Minhee), a once-famous theater director leads university students in…
Masters
Caught By the Tides
Film
Caught By the Tides
Directed by Jia Zhang-ke
Musical merriment, cross-country moves, ground-shattering economic shifts. Caught in the rollercoaster that is contemporary China, Qiaoqiao takes destiny…
Asia Pop!
Girls Will Be Girls
Film
Girls Will Be Girls
Directed by Shuchi Talati
Mira becomes the first female student to be Head Prefect. But a budding romance with a new male…
Asia Pop!
The Glassworker
Film
The Glassworker
Directed by Usman Riaz
Young Vincent and his glass artisan father live peacefully outside of politics. But when Vincent falls for the…
Unknown Pleasures
Güle-Güle
Film
Güle-Güle
Directed by Ko Bong-soo
In this dry travel comedy, bad chemistry abounds as seven assorted Korean strangers meet on a package tour…
Asia Pop!
Little Red Sweet
Film
Little Red Sweet
Directed by Vincent Chow
May has just started her dream job as a flight attendant and is already planning to take her…
Masters
Living in Two Worlds
Film
Living in Two Worlds
Directed by Mipo O
Based on a true story, Dai Igarashi was raised by his deaf parents to be an ordinary young…
Asia Pop!
Love Lies
Film
Love Lies
Directed by Ho Miu Ki
Widowed for years, a successful gynecologist joins a dating app and meets a handsome Frenchman. Unfortunately, the dashing…
Classics Revived
Mahjong
Film
Mahjong
Directed by Edward Yang
A young French girl comes to Taiwan to rekindle her romance with an older man but finds herself…
Asian American Panorama
Moloka’i Bound
Film
Moloka’i Bound
Directed by Alika Tengan
After years behind bars for drug charges, Kainoa is given a second chance to reunite with his estranged…
Asia Pop!
My Favourite Cake
Film
My Favourite Cake
Directed by Behtash Sanaeeha, Maryam Moghaddam
A senior Iranian widow lives uneventfully in Tehran until she meets a taxi driver of her own age.…
Asia Pop!
My Sunshine
Film
My Sunshine
Directed by Hiroshi Okuyama
A young figure skater finds herself with a new dance partner: a bright-eyed boy smitten with his new…
Masters
Phantosmia
Film
Phantosmia
Directed by Lav Diaz
A decorated ex-military officer has developed phantosmia, a condition whereby he can’t shed a phantom smell lodged in…
Asia Pop!
Pierce
Film
Pierce
Directed by Nelicia Low
Zi-Jie always felt that his brother was wrongfully imprisoned for killing an opponent during a fencing match. So…
Asia Pop!
Pooja, Sir
Film
Pooja, Sir
Directed by Deepak Rauniyar
On the India-Nepal border, two boys are kidnapped, including the young son of a congressman. Pooja, a policewoman…
Unknown Pleasures
Regretfully at Dawn
Film
Regretfully at Dawn
Directed by Sivaroj Kongsakul
An aging veteran prefers simple countryside days with his dog and teenage granddaughter Xiang. In his heart, he…
Asian American Panorama
Stranger
Film
Stranger
Directed by Zhengfan Yang
The world is full of hotel rooms, spaces of transience fashioned like homes. In seven vignettes, STRANGER captures…
Masters
A Traveler’s Needs
Film
A Traveler’s Needs
Directed by Hong Sang-soo
New to Seoul, Iris (icon and certified baddie Isabelle Huppert) has a drinker’s intuition and tricky spontaneity that…
Masters
An Unfinished Film
Film
An Unfinished Film
Directed by Lou Ye
An ode to the indelible bonds of filmmakers, Lou Ye’s sly subversion and tenderness shine in this pandemic-era…
Unknown Pleasures
Viet and Nam
Film
Viet and Nam
Directed by Trương Minh Quý
In the dark and humid depths of a coal mine, two men seek refuge in each other’s arms.…
Asia Pop!
We Were Dangerous
Film
We Were Dangerous
Directed by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu
There’s only one possible outcome when you isolate young, queer, rebellious Māori and Pākehā teenagers in a school…
Classics Revived
When the Tenth Month Comes
Film
When the Tenth Month Comes
Directed by Đặng Nhật Minh
When a woman’s husband dies in war, she recruits a local teacher to write letters as her husband…
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