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Drama
Unknown Pleasures
3670
Film
3670
Directed by Park Joonho
Despite having friends as close as brothers among fellow defectors, Cheol-jun—a young North Korean defector—always felt isolated, forced…
Unknown Pleasures
Amoeba
Film
Amoeba
Directed by Tan Siyou
At an authoritarian all-girls school, four misfit teens form a secret gang. Their fumbling rebellion unearths buried desires…
Classics Restored
The Arch
Film
The Arch
Directed by T'ang Shushuen
Madam Tung (Lisa Lu), a devoted widow, is to be honoured by the court with the establishment of…
Asia Pop!
Blind Love
Film
Blind Love
Directed by Julian Chou
A sensitive teenager discovers the secret affair between his mother and a mysterious woman, unraveling the perfect facade…
Unknown Pleasures
Brand New Landscape
Film
Brand New Landscape
Directed by Yuiga Danzuka
In the ever-changing landscape of Tokyo, two siblings navigate the city, haunted by the absence of their mother.…
Asian American Panorama
Bunnylovr
Film
Bunnylovr
Directed by Katarina Zhu
A drifting, heartbroken cam girl struggles to navigate an increasingly toxic relationship with one of her clients while…
Asian American Panorama
Characters Disappearing
Film
Characters Disappearing
Directed by Connor Sen Warnick
New York City, 1971. Mei, Chris and Leonard trace intersecting paths amidst tragedy and disaster, framed within a…
Asia Pop!
Family Matters
Film
Family Matters
Directed by Pan Ke-Yin
Spanning twenty-four years, Family Matters follows the seemingly ordinary lives of a Taiwanese family. Each member faces a…
Special Presentations
Forge
Film
Forge
Directed by Jing Ai Ng
In Miami, siblings Raymond and Coco Zhang’s art forgery ring flourishes when they encounter a disgraced millionaire in…
Unknown Pleasures
Hijo Mayor
Film
Hijo Mayor
Directed by Cecilia Kang
Lila, a young Korean-Argentinean girl, navigates the contradictions of her identity and tries to find her place in…
Asia Pop!
How Dare You?
Film
How Dare You?
Directed by Mipo O
Yuishi has a crush on his classmate, Kokoa because of her determined attitude, especially on protecting the enviroment.
Masters
Human Resource
Film
Human Resource
Directed by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
In Thailand, abortion is legal within the first three months of pregnancy. Fren, one month pregnant, wrestles with…
Asia Pop!
Ky Nam Inn
Film
Ky Nam Inn
Directed by Leon Le
Saigon, 1985. Amidst the social upheaval of post-war communist Vietnam, a lonely widow's life is reinvigorated by the…
Special Presentations
Left-Handed Girl
Film
Left-Handed Girl
Directed by Shih-Ching Tsou
When a mother and her two daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, they try…
Unknown Pleasures
Living the Land
Film
Living the Land
Directed by Huo Meng
In 1991, as China undergoes sweeping socio-economic changes that drive many to leave their rural villages in pursuit…
Asian American Panorama
Lucky Lu
Film
Lucky Lu
Directed by Lloyd Lee Choi
In New York City, a Chinese food delivery driver’s world unravels after his bike—his sole livelihood—is stolen. With…
Masters
Magellan
Film
Magellan
Directed by Lav Diaz
16th century. Magellan, a young and ambitious Portuguese navigator, rebels against the power of the King, who doesn’t…
Asian American Panorama
Mouse
Film
Mouse
Directed by Kenny Riches
Denny, a petty thief living with his mother, signs up for a penpal service in hopes of finding…
Unknown Pleasures
Renoir
Film
Renoir
Directed by Chie Hayakawa
Suburban Tokyo, 1987. 11-year-old Fuki’s father, Keiji, is battling a terminal illness, and in and out of hospital.…
Special Presentations
Rosemead
Film
Rosemead
Directed by Eric Lin
In a race against time, an ailing woman is stricken by the discovery of her teenage son’s violent…
Asia Pop!
Summer’s Camera
Film
Summer’s Camera
Directed by Divine Sung
After falling for Yeonwoo, the school's soccer star, Summer takes her crush's picture with her late father's camera.…
Classics Restored
Take Out
Film
Take Out
Directed by Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou
Facing violent retaliation from a loan shark, restaurant deliveryman Ming Ding has until nightfall to pay back the…
Asia Pop!
The Waves Will Carry Us
Film
The Waves Will Carry Us
Directed by Lau Kek-Huat
When Ah Yao returns to Malaysia for his father’s funeral, he expects grief, not chaos. But everything turns…
Masters
What Does That Nature Say to You
Film
What Does That Nature Say to You
Directed by Hong Sang-soo
Donghwa, a poet in his thirties, drops off Junhee, his girlfriend of three years, at her house and…
Masters
Woman and Child
Film
Woman and Child
Directed by Saeed Roustaee
Mahnaz, a 40-year-old widowed nurse, struggles with her rebellious son, Aliyar, who has been suspended from school. Family…
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