Er Dong (China, 2008)
Fatherless urban youth growing up in China’s seismic 20th century economic transformation is a common theme for many Sixth-Generation directors who started making films in the...
Call for Papers – Asian Folklore, Folk Horror and the Gothic, September 4-15 and October 19-20, 2022
Asian Folklore, Folk Horror and the Gothic is a two-part event to be held on September 14-15 and on October 19-20, 2022 by NCCU, Taipei, Taiwan (hybrid). The Gothic...
Interview with Azusa Hieda, Director of Summer Wedding [OAFF 2022]
Azusa Hieda’a short film Summer Wedding received its World Premiere at the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022 where it was one of the few films to directly...
Summer Wedding (Japan, 2022) [OAFF 2022]
Azusa Hieda’s profound short film Summer Wedding uses the Covid-19 pandemic as a prompt for the self-reflection and change in its main character. The titular summer wedding...
Guidance (China, 2021)
Can love exist without honesty? Can it exist without deception? “Above all, to thine own self be true” says Polonius to Laertes, but even he...
Making Waves – Navigators of Hong Kong Cinema Showcase comes to London, July 8-10
Making Waves – Navigators of Hong Kong Cinema, a touring programme to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative...
Blue Island (Hong Kong/Japan/Taiwan, 2022) [CAAMFest 2022]
Since the region’s harrowing protests in 2019, Hong Kong’s tumultuous political landscape continues to erode in the face of ongoing retaliation from its mainland counterparts....
Dawning (USA, 2022) [CAAMFest 2022]
A mix of drama, thriller, and horror, Dawning is an examination of trauma how some people cope by writer-director Young Min Kim. Haejin Park (Kim...
Interview with Kasho Iizuka, Director of Angry Son [OAFF 2022]
Starting with his 2011 Pia Film Festival Special Jury Prize-winning autobiographical feature debut, Our Future, Kasho Iizuka has focused on the lives of people who...
Angry Son (Japan, 2022) [OAFF 2022]
For transgender director Kasho Iizuka, representation matters. Starting with his 2011 Pia Film Festival Special Jury Prize-winning autobiographical feature debut, Our Future, his works have...