Veena Yamano plays a fourth-generation Japanese Canadian in her 20s who lands in Tokyo in “Tears Burn to Ash”.
Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for It Was Just an Accident.
In a wide-ranging interview with Nural Sümbültepe, Khatami also speaks about how he plays with versions of himself in the film.
Her new 19-minute short, “chin (ripe)” , revolves around a young, rural Vietnamese woman played by Hayley Ngọc Mai.
If you’re planning to visit a theatre to watch Akashi, make sure you bring some hankies.
Donguines travelled 10,000 kilometres to make his uplifting documentary, which will premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
Director Zhou Hao captures the rhythms of working in a large electronics factory in Wuhan.
Gazelle revolves around a music teacher compelled to leave his wife and five-year-old daughter in Türkiye to seek asylum in New York.
The Vancouver International Film Festival will premiere Jennifer Chiu’s expansive documentary on Hakka culture and identity.
Yoo and Loo impressed jury members by addressing Asian diasporic issues in Canada with sensitivity and care.
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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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