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Masters
Abiding Nowhere
Film
Abiding Nowhere
Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
The 10th installment of Tsai Ming Liang’s epic Walker series, in which a monk moves with mesmerizing slowness…
Special Presentations
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,…
Classics Revived
Beast of the Yellow Night
Film
Beast of the Yellow Night
Directed by Eddie Romero
To celebrate legendary Filipino director Eddie Romero’s centennial, here is one of his most notorious and bonkers horror…
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…
Unknown Pleasures
Black Box Diaries
Film
Black Box Diaries
Directed by Shiori Ito
Shiori Itō’s memoir, about her plight to prosecute her powerful and well-connected rapist, was a disruptive cultural force…
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
The Cats of Gokogu Shrine
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The Cats of Gokogu Shrine
Directed by Kazuhiro Soda
In Ushimado is a small shrine famous for its feline residents. Tourists arrive with their cameras and local…
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…
Special Presentations
Cells at Work!
Film
Cells at Work!
Directed by Hideki Takeuchi
In the Urushizaki household, high schooler Niko takes care of her widowed dad. She packs his bentos and…
Asia Pop!
Confession
Film
Confession
Directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita
When he thinks he's about to die, a man confesses to his friend that he once committed a…
Asia Pop!
Dead Talents Society
Film
Dead Talents Society
Directed by John Hsu
A raucous coming-of-undead comedy, a timid new ghost has 30 days to scare the living with flair, enough…
Asian American Panorama
Extremely Unique Dynamic
Film
Extremely Unique Dynamic
Directed by Harrison Xu, Ivan Leung, Katherine Dudas
A pair of stoner best friends spend their last weekend together filming their magnum opus– a meta-movie about…
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…
Asian American Panorama
Home Court
Film
Home Court
Directed by Erica Tanamachi
In this fiery doc, basketball prodigy Ashley Chea steps onto every court knowing she's the best player and…
Asian American Panorama
Light of the Setting Sun
Film
Light of the Setting Sun
Directed by Vicky Du
Equal parts unflinching and compassionate, Vicky Du sifts through her family’s history during Taiwan's tumultuous post-war decades, striving…
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…
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