Trace of Breath (Japan, 2017)
On March 11, 2011, a massive undersea earthquake shook the east coast of Japan, causing tsunami that overwhelmed coastal barriers and decimated the countryside. It...
Manfei (Taiwan, 2017)
Compared to the rebellious, anxious tone and radical narratives of Mainland China’s younger generation documentarians, Taiwanese filmmakers have inherited the constant filmic style tradition of...
Beyond All Boundaries (India/USA, 2013)
Beyond All Boundaries, Sushrut Jain’s documentary on Indian cricket fanatics, could not be coming to this year’s 3rd i’s San Francisco International South Asian Film...
Linsanity (USA, 2012)
The body speaks metaphors in Evan Jackson Leong’s documentary Linsanity which chronicles the unforeseen rise of Houston Rockets basketball player Jeremy Lin. The loudest of...
No Look Pass (United States, 2011)
The documentary No Look Pass ends with a snippet of epilogue that no longer holds true. But rather than an inaccuracy about which one might...
Last Train Home (Canada/China, 2009)
A widely-used term in studies of the social changes that have occurred in China over the past two decades is ‘floating population’, a reference to...
Let the Wind Carry Me (Taiwan, 2009)
‘Time gives meaning to life. Where you put your time is how your life will be’, muses Ping Bin Lee at the start of Let...
The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief (Japan, 2006)
Lines are practiced, hair is teased, there’s primping and preening, and the very fine details of wardrobe are contemplated – better the hanging belt and...