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ABOVE AND BELOW THE GROUND

Film ABOVE AND BELOW THE GROUND Directed by Emily Hong In Myanmar’s first and only country-wide environmental movement, Indigenous punk rock pastors and women activists protect a sacred…

ANYWHERE THE WIND BLOWS

Film ANYWHERE THE WIND BLOWS Directed by Jay Liu Having recently fled Chinese political persecution, a HongKonger activist is trying to rebuild his life in the United…

ASIAN BITCHES SPEAK

Film ASIAN BITCHES SPEAK Directed by Janet Chen (Ma) After generations of cultural silence, years of pandemic anxiety, and one anti-Asian hate crime, queer filmmaker Janet and…

BEFORE DAWN, KABUL TIME

Film BEFORE DAWN, KABUL TIME Directed by Tara Motamedi In the wake of the Americans announcing their withdrawal from Afghanistan, an Afghan prosecutor fleeing from the Taliban…

DIANA

Film DIANA Directed by Luo-Bing Pan A young Chinese trans woman navigates through a fraudulent marriage and a turbulent friendship as a recent immigrant…
Democracy Series, Documentary Features

DISSIDENTS

Film DISSIDENTS Directed by Yi Chen An artist's sculpture is burnt down, a protester is charged with a criminal case, and a democracy movement…

DUCKWORTHY

Film DUCKWORTHY Directed by M.G. Evangelista A candid conversation with Senator Ladda Tammy Duckworth, army veteran, mother, one of only two AAPI senators currently…

FORTUNE COOKIE

Film FORTUNE COOKIE Directed by Fu Yang A fortune-cookie-head crumbles himself, piece by piece in order to keep devouring creatures out of his way...

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

Film HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY Directed by Camila Sagyntkan After the death of his love, a middle-aged man tries to find a new sense of life against…
Documentary Features

HOW TO SUE THE KLAN

Film HOW TO SUE THE KLAN Directed by John Beder The story of how five Black women from Chattanooga used legal ingenuity to take on the Ku Klux…
Narrative Features, Pacific Cinewaves

INKY PINKY PONKY – THE ODD ONE OUT

Film INKY PINKY PONKY – THE ODD ONE OUT Directed by Damon Fepulea'i, Ramon Te Wake A new fakaleiti student at St Valentines High causes a stir, as rugby players, gender fluidity, Island mums…
Democracy Series, Documentary Features

INVISIBLE NATION

Film INVISIBLE NATION Directed by Vanessa Hope In this urgently timely and insightful portrait of Taiwanese politics, director Vanessa Hope, with unprecedented access to Taiwan’s…

JIM MATSUOKA WILL NOT BE RUSHED

Film JIM MATSUOKA WILL NOT BE RUSHED Directed by Robert Shoji In this remembrance of Los Angeles-based activist Jim Matsuoka, watch his powerful testimony at the 1981 Commission on…

KA ʻĀʻUMEʻUME: NAVIGATING HOME

Film KA ʻĀʻUMEʻUME: NAVIGATING HOME Directed by M. Kaleipumehana Cabral Six Kānaka ʻŌiwi weave a story of grief, hope, wisdom, and struggle in navigating diaspora and returning to…

MERCY

Film MERCY Directed by Xinyue Wu After losing her leg, a young girl becomes a passionate advocate for disability rights, facing unexpected challenges in…
Documentary Features

NUSA INA

Film NUSA INA Directed by Anne Jan Sijbrandij More than 60 years after their refuge to the Netherlands, Loey Tamaëla and his family are still hoping…

OF SILENCE AND SONG

Film OF SILENCE AND SONG Directed by Dai Leyi A pregnant single mother grapples with revealing the truth to her family as she navigates a world embroiled…

PAMILYA

Film PAMILYA Directed by Miles Blacket The film follows the FDWA, an organisation dedicated to assisting Filipino victims of modern slavery in the UK,…

RALPH & BUG

Film RALPH & BUG Directed by Christine Thomas Yoon A former drug dealer turned “Urban Dad” group leader navigates unjust housing conditions with his eleven-year-old daughter in…

REACH OUT

Film REACH OUT Directed by John Zafra-Haas In an intergenerational collaboration between Los Angeles-based electronica/soul trio Bootleg Orchestra and singer Roger Rigor from iconic Filipino…

THANK YOU NEVER COME AGAIN

Film THANK YOU NEVER COME AGAIN Directed by Bryan Sih During the pandemic, and before the BLM uprisings, a Chinese son searches for his father, who he fears…

THE GRASS ISN’T ALWAYS GREENER: MIGRANTS IN THE WORKPLACE

Film THE GRASS ISN’T ALWAYS GREENER: MIGRANTS IN THE WORKPLACE Directed by Arianny Gallardo, Daniel Sanchez Diaz, Edickson Espinosa, Franchesca Thomas, Francis Genao, Giosmar Garcia, Hajjasow Cisse, John Michel, Jose Paucar, Mathias Flores Uchuypoma, Mously Thiam, Nyla Collado, Quesly Gonzalez, Sajidur Rahman, Talyah Golding Made by young people, The Grass Isn’t Always Greener: Migrants in the Workplace, explores the dangers of workplace…
Cinema Musica

UNDOCUFORCE BY SOULTREE

Film UNDOCUFORCE BY SOULTREE Directed by Josef Akira Expressions of Asian Pacific Healing and Martial Arts weave and dance beautifully between the artist, Soultree, and their…
Narrative Features

WAKHRI

Film WAKHRI Directed by Iram Parveen Bilal A widowed school teacher becomes a viral sensation overnight when she accidentally unleashes her unabashed opinions on social…