Tracey (Hong Kong, 2018)
Domestic drama comes equipped with an ardent serve of social commentary in Tracey, a new Hong Kong film from first-time feature director Jun Li. Clearly...
Crowdfund This – Beer! Beer! by Fan Popo
Those who have been following news of China’s LGBTQ community will likely be aware of filmmaker and activist Fan Popo whose enlightening documentary works include...
A Pinch of the 12th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
Polish cinema Muranów is one of those cosy cinemas where you can drink your coffee whilst waiting for a screening to start or afterwards when...
Dying to Survive (China, 2018)
Cheng Yong (Xu Zheng) sells Indian homeopathic oils from a Shanghai storefront. His business is failing, but a last-minute opportunity comes when he is given...
Wasted Eggs (Japan, 2018)
On the surface, Japan is hyper-modern but underneath the shiny shell is a society sticking steadfastly to certain aspects of tradition. Nowhere is this more...
Hotel by the River (South Korea/France, 2018) [AFI FEST 2018]
Seasons, as self-evident as the point may be, heavily accent the experiences and encounters that can take place between people and the spaces in which...
Preview – Earth as History: Moving Images and Ecologies in Southeast Asia, University of Westminster, December 7
A free seminar exploring films and moving image works about Southeast Asia/by Southeast Asian artists as examples of alternative narratives to the Anthropocene – the...
3 Faces (Iran, 2018) [AFI FEST 2018]
Since the start of his post-ban period of filmmaking with 2011’s This Is Not A Film, Jafar Panahi has more explicitly addressed the heightened porosity...
To Kill Alice (South Korea, 2017) [SDAFF 2018]
Where is the line between the free speech of a progressive society and the fighting words that could lead to political destabilization? Kim Sang-kyu’s documentary...
Sir (India/France, 2018) [AFI FEST 2018]
For her second film but debut fiction feature, which premiered at this year’s Cannes Critics’ Week, writer-director Rohena Gera takes the formula of the servant-master...