Asian Crossroads
Discover the most exciting films to come from Earth’s largest continent this year with SIFF’s Asian Crossroads program. Selected films represent a diverse collection of genres from across the regions and cultures of Central, East, and South Asia.
Another World
Hong Kong | 2025 | 111 min. | Tommy Ng Kai Chung
A harrowing, arrestingly rendered epic of revenge and redemption that announces director Tommy Kai Chung Ng as a massive new voice in the world of animation.
Becoming Human
Cambodia | 2025 | 99 min. | Polen Ly
In this award-winning debut, Polen Ly presents a meditative story about a guardian spirit of an abandoned Battambang cinema who must decide whether to become a homeless spirit after the building’s demolition or become human again.
Burn
Japan | 2026 | 103 min. | Makoto Nagahisa
When runaway teen Ju-Ju is embraced by a tribe of misfit youths in Kabukicho, she finds belonging for the first time — until betrayal and despair twist her haven into a prison. From the director of We Are Little Zombies.
Deadline
Taiwan | 2026 | 118 min. | Kiwi Chow
A strict and expensive private academy trains leaders. All students suffer from relentless studying and testing to gain them a place in future work. But one threatens suicide if exams are not cancelled.
En Route To
South Korea | 2025 | 105 min. | Yoo Jaein
A boarding student with a secret to hide steals from her hustling roommate to buy black‑market abortion pills; a scheme to reclaim the cash becomes a heartwarming tale of female solidarity in this Berlin-premiered dramedy.
The Furious
Hong Kong | 2025 | 113 min. | Kenji Tanigaki
After the daughter of Wang Wei (Xie Miao) is kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no help from the corrupt police, Wei sets out on a rampage to find her in this explosive martial arts showdown.
Renoir
Japan | 2025 | 118 min. | Chie Hayakawa
A coming-of-age story following a tomboyish 11-year-old girl whose intellectual father is dying of cancer and mother at her wits’ end. The courageous girl seeks adventures, some involving the paranormal.
Roid
Bangladesh | 2026 | 109 min. | Mejbaur Rahman Sumon
Each time Shadhu tries to leave his wife behind, a fruit drops from the palm tree, and she finds her way back. Mejbaur Rahman Sumon’s Roid is part folk tale, fable, and something harder to name.
The Seoul Guardians
South Korea | 2026 | 71 min. | Jong-woo Kim, Shin-Wan Kim, Chul-Young Cho
On the night of December 3, 2024, South Korea pushed back against its own president. The Seoul Guardians puts you on the streets and inside the National Assembly chamber as it happened.
Shape of Momo
India | 2025 | 115 min. | Tribeny Rai
After quitting her job in Delhi, Bishnu returns to her Himalayan village, only to find the women around her still bound by the same expectations. Change, it turns out, is harder than she thought.
Sons of the Neon Night
Hong Kong | 2025 | 124 min. | Juno Mak
An elite cast of Hong Kong action legends assemble for this sprawling, mega-budget thriller that hearkens back to the wildly ambitious, hyper-stylized crime cinema that put Hong Kong filmmaking on the international map.