Asian Crossroads
We encourage you to take this journey across several Asian countries to discover the cultural and historical background of these faraway worlds, taste some food, hear some music, and be blown away by films about small villages, huge metropolises, and everything in between.
Children of the Mist
Vietnam | 2021 | 92 min | Hà Lệ Diễm
April 14 - 24, 2022
A Hmong girl in a rural Vietnamese village rebels against impending marriage and the custom of bride-kidnapping.
Coffin Homes
Hong Kong | 2021 | 111 min | Fruit Chan
April 14 - 24, 2022
Fruit Chan satirizes the Hong Kong real estate crisis with three humorous, horrific tales of housing.
Dark Red Forest
China | 2021 | 85 min | Jin Huaqing
April 14 - 24, 2022
Thousands of Tibetan nuns run through their rituals and practices on a meditation retreat during the coldest days of the year.
Listen Before You Sing
Taiwan | 2021 | 113 min | Yang Chih-lin
April 14 - 24, 2022
To save their school from closure, leaders among the indigenous Bunun people in rural Taiwan start a children’s choir.
Maika
Vietnam | 2022 | 105 min | Ham Tran
April 14 - 24, 2022
A charming mix of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and The Goonies about an eight-year-old boy and his new magical alien friend.
The Man Who Paints Water Drops
France | 2021 | 79 min | Oan Kim, Brigitte Bouillot
April 14 - 24, 2022
Director Oan Kim explores his relationship with his father Kim Tschang-yeul and Kim’s artistic fixation: water drops.
Moneyboys
Austria | 2021 | 120 min | C.B. Yi
April 14 - 24, 2022
A young man leaves his village to become a male escort in the city in this daring depiction of gay life in China.
Barbarian Invasion
Malaysia | 2021 | 106 min | Tan Chui Mui
April 15 - 19, 2022
An empowering showbiz satire about a retired actress who’s offered the comeback of a lifetime.
One Second Champion
Hong Kong | 2021 | 98 min | Chiu Sin-Hang
April 15 - 23, 2022
A down-on-his-luck single father who can see one second into the future dazzles when he steps into the boxing ring.
The Pursuit of Perfection
Japan | 2021 | 79 min | Toshimichi Saito
April 15 - 16, 2022
Four chefs reveal their meticulous approach to crafting dishes in this exploration of Japan’s sophisticated food culture.
Voice of Silence
South Korea | 2021 | 99 min | Hong Eui-jeong
April 17 - 22, 2022
Two men who work as the clean-up crew for a crime organization receive an unusual mission to look after an 11-year-old girl.
Invisible Demons
India | 2021 | 70 min | Rahul Jain
April 18 - 21, 2022
Director Rahul Jain focuses on the city of Delhi to tell of the devastation climate change is wreaking right now in India.
Whether the Weather Is Fine
Philippines | 2021 | 104 min | Carlo Francisco Manatad
April 18 - 20, 2022
Three people make their way through the devastation left by 2013’s Typhoon Haiyan in this bold, surreal disaster drama.
In Front of Your Face
South Korea | 2021 | 85 min | Hong Sang-soo
April 19 - 21, 2022
From director Hong Sang-soo (Our Sunhi), a middle-aged former actress (Lee Hye-young) returns to South Korea to make amends.
One Second
China | 2020 | 105 min | Zhang Yimou
April 19 - 22, 2022
An escaped convict, a female vagabond, and a sought-after film reel are the focus of this exquisite ode to the magic of movies.
Anita
Hong Kong | 2021 | 136 min | Longman Leung
April 20 - 21, 2022
A biopic on the iconic and outrageous Cantopop diva and actress Anita Mui, dubbed “the Madonna of the East.”
Inu-Oh
Japan | 2021 | 97 min | Masaaki Yuasa
April 20 - 23, 2022
From animation superstar Masaaki Yuasa (Mind Game) comes the magnificent story of Inu-kong, a 14th century masked performer.
The Last Film Show
India | 2021 | 110 min | Pan Nalin
April 20 - 24, 2022
A village boy makes friends with the projectionist of a run-down cinema in this jubilant tribute to the magic of movies.
Execution in Autumn
Taiwan | 1972 | 99 min | Hsing Lee
April 23, 2022
A Taiwanese film from 1972 about a man on death row and the woman his grandma sends to hopefully get an heir before he dies.