Call for Entries – The 5th DC Chinese Film Festival
The 5th DC Chinese Film Festival (DCCFF)-Alula Film Festival is excited to announce the official Call for Entries. Submissions are now accepted on FilmFreeway until...
Hell Bank Presents: Running Ghost (Hong Kong, 2020) [NYAFF 2020]
Contemporary genre hybrid Hong Kong films are often defined by a certain manic energy that presumes these present times demand this pace and hyper-dynamism. Veteran...
Chasing Dream (Hong Kong/China, 2019) [NYAFF 2020]
For those who are familiar with the filmography of Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To, Chasing Dream is less of a surprise in terms of its...
Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 (South Korea, 2019) [NYAFF 2020]
Cho Nam-joo’s novel Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982 has been hailed as one of the key South Korean modern feminists texts. Given the wider readership of...
Abracadabra (Indonesia, 2019) [NYAFF 2020]
Faozan Rizal is one of the most prominent Indonesian cinematographers. This is why in his directorial feature Abracadabra, Rizal emphasizes the beauty of its cinematographic...
Secret Zoo (South Korea, 2020) [NYAFF 2020]
Based on the webcomic series Haechijiana by Hun that ran from 2011 to 2012, Secret Zoo is a charming and delightful comedy about a zoo struggling...
Forbidden Dream (South Korea, 2019) [NYAFF 2020]
Continuing his recent historical costume drama run, rather than the contemporary-set tearjerkers featuring terminally ill patients and lovers for which he is primarily known in...
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan, 2019) [NYAFF 2020]
A perception exist that Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness philosophy has made the country one of “the happiest places in the world,” but the reality is...
They Say Nothing Stays the Same (Japan, 2019) [NYAFF 2020]
Troubled times require clarification, which often requires a troubled approach. Japanese cinema is not alien to attempts to make sense of trouble with trouble; of...
Dancing Mary (Japan, 2019) [NYAFF 2020]
Since signing a production deal with the talent agency LDH JAPAN, SABU has made the films Jam (2018) and Mr. Long (2017) with some of...