We present the list of Asian films that will be screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam which will take place from January 25 until February 4, 2024 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Note: This list may contain movies from filmmakers with Asian ancestry.

Tiger Competition
Kiss Wagon by Midhun Murali – India | 2024 – 173 minutes | Animation (WP)
Rei by Tanaka Toshihiko – Japan | 2024 – 189 minutes | Fiction (WP)
She Fell to Earth by Susie Au – Hong Kong | 2024 – 92 minutes | Fiction (WP)

Tiger Short Competition
Break no.1 & Break no.2 by Lei Lei – China | 2024 – 18 minutes | Experimental (WP)
Crazy Lotus by Naween Noppakun – Thailand | 2024 – 15 minutes | Fiction (WP)
Void by Iwasaki Yusuke – Japan | 2024 – 24 minutes | Fiction (WP)

Big Screen Competition
Seven Seas Seven Hills by Ram – India | 2024 – 135 minutes | Fiction (WP)
Tenement by Inrasothythep Neth, Sokyou Chea – Cambodia | 2024 – 88 minutes | Fiction (WP)
Yohanna by Razka Robby Ertanto – Indonesia | 2024 – 85 minutes | Fiction (WP)

Short & Mid-length
A Brave New World by Arnold Tam – Hong Kong | 2023 – 9 minutes (IP)
Ade (On a Sunday) by Theja Rio – India | 2024 – 17 minutes | Fiction (WP)
East Coker by Wang Hanxuan – China | 2024 – 20 minutes | Fiction (WP)
Flux by Youjin Moon – USA | 2024 – 6 minutes | Animation (WP)
Golden Dragon by Boren Chhith – Cambodia | 2023 – 17 minutes | Fiction (EP)
Leela by Tanmay Chowdhary – India | 2024 – 14 minutes | Fiction (WP)
Light, Noise, Smoke, and Light, Noise, Smoke by Nishikawa Tomonari – Japan | 2023 – 6 minutes | Experimental (EP)
Peeper by Han Changlok – Korea | 2023 – 17 minutes | Fiction (WP)
Spirits of the Black Leaves by Thaweechok Phasom – Thailand | 2023 – 30 minutes | Fiction (IP)
Storyboard Suli by Anggun Priambodo – Indonesia | 2023 – 16 minutes | Animation (IP)
The Inescapable Desire of Roots by Mark Chua, Lam Li Shuen – Singapore | 2024 – 6 minutes | Fiction (WP)
The Witness Tree by Niranjan Raj Bhetwal – Nepal | 2023 – 14 minutes | Fiction (EP)
When the Wind Rises by Chen Hung – Taiwan | 2023 – 18 minutes | Fiction (IP)
Zuremingu by Ranmaru Usui – Japan | 1976 – 4 minutes | Experimental (IP)

Harbour Section
“Trolley Times” by Gurvinder Singh – India | 2023 – 153 minutes | Documentary (IP)
100 Yards by Xu Haofeng, Xu Junfeng – China | 2023 – 108 minutes | Fiction (EP)
A Spoiling Rain by Arai Haruhiko – Japan | 2023 – 137 minutes | Fiction (EP)
Anubhuti by Anirban Dutta – India | 2024 – 96 minutes | Fiction (WP)
Born in Gunsan and after seven years, I was repatriated to Japan… by zonpilone – Korea | 2023 – 239 minutes | Documentary (IP)
Dear Kaita Ablaze by Sato Hisayasu – Japan | 2023 – 101 minutes | Fiction (IP)
Devastated by Ashish Avikunthak – India | 2024 – 86 minutes | Fiction (WP)
Elegies by Ann Hui – Hong Kong | 2023 – 101 minutes | Documentary (EP)
Fire on Water by Sun-J Perumal – Malaysia | 2024 – 120 minutes | Fiction (WP)
Hungry Ghost Diner by We Jun Cho – Malaysia | 2023 – 116 minutes | Fiction (DP)
Makbetamaximus by Khavn – Philippines | 2024 – 80 minutes | Fiction (WP)
Not Friends by Atta Hemwadee – Thailand | 2023 – 129 minutes | Fiction (EP)
Obedience by Wong Siu-pong – Hong Kong | 2024 – 71 minutes | Documentary (WP)
One Last Bloom by Zeze Takahisa – Japan | 2023 – 135 minutes | Fiction (EP)
Shadow of Fire by Tsukamoto Shinya – Japan | 2023 – 95 minutes | Fiction (DP)
Small Hours of the Night by Daniel Hui – Singapore | 2024 – 103 minutes | Fiction (WP)
The Cursed Land by Panu Aree, Kong Rithdee – Thailand | 2024 – 128 minutes | Fiction (WP)
The Missing by Carl Joseph E. Papa – Philippines | 2023 – 90 minutes | Animation (EP)
The Silent Path by Yonri Revolt – Indonesia | 2023 – 77 minutes | Documentary (WP)
Who’ll Stop the Rain by Su I-hsuan – Taiwan | 2023 – 114 minutes | Fiction (EP)

Limelight Section
13 Bombs by Angga Dwimas Sasongko – Indonesia | 2023 – 140 minutes | Fiction (IP)
Blue Giant by Tachikawa Yuzuru – Japan | 2023 – 120 minutes | Animation (EP)
Evil Does Not Exist by Hamaguchi Ryūsuke – Japan | 2023 – 106 minutes | Fiction (DP)
Full River Red by Zhang Yimou – China | 2023 – 157 minutes | Fiction (DP)
Jigarthanda Double X by Karthik Subbaraj – India | 2023 – 172 minutes | Fiction (DP)
La Luna by M. Raihan Halim – Singapore | 2023 – 109 minutes | Fiction (EP)
The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell by Herman Yau – Hong Kong | 2022 – 125 minutes | Fiction (EP)
Viduthalai I & II – The Film by Vetri Maaran – India | 2024 – 243 minutes | Fiction (WP)

Bright Future
Blue Imagine by Matsubayashi Urara – Japan | 2024 – 93 minutes | Fiction (WP)
Borrowed Time by Choy Ji – China | 2023 – 93 minutes | Fiction (EP)
Naangal by Avinash Prakash – India | 2023 – 259 minutes | Fiction (IP)
Riptide by Afrad Vk – India | 2024 – 85 minutes | Fiction (WP)
Rivulet of Universe by Possathorn Watcharapanit – Thailand | 2024 – 89 minutes | Fiction (WP)
Sandstorm by Park Jaemin – Korea | 2023 – 78 minutes | Documentary (IP)
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust by Ishan Shukla – India | 2024 – 103 minutes | Animation (WP)

Cinema Regained
Emperor’s Adventures in Hsi Hu by Liu Yi-hung – Taiwan | 1994 – 108 minutes | Fiction
Fresh Kill by Shu Lea Cheang – USA | 1994 – 80 minutes | Fiction
Joymoti Never Left by Mehdi Jahan – India | 2024 – 65 minutes | Fiction (WP)
Parama by Aparna Sen – India | 1985 – 131 minutes | Fiction
Parama: A Journey with Aparna Sen by Suman Ghosh – India | 2024 – 81 minutes | Documentary (WP)
The Great White Tower by Yamamoto Satsuo – Japan | 1966 – 150 minutes | Fiction

Focus: Scud
Amphetamine by Scud – Hong Kong | 2009 – 97 minutes | Fiction (DP)
Apostles by Scud – Hong Kong | 2022 – 82 minutes | Fiction (DP)
Bodyshop by Scud – Hong Kong | 2022 – 89 minutes | Fiction
City Without Baseball by Scud, Lawrence Lau Kwok-Cheong – Hong Kong | 2007 – 100 minutes | Fiction (DP)
Love Actually… Sucks by Scud – Hong Kong | 2010 – 83 minutes | Fiction (DP)
Naked Nations – Tribe Hong Kong by Scud – Hong Kong | 2024 – 161 minutes | Documentary (WP)
Permanent Residence by Scud – Hong Kong | 2008 – 115 minutes | Fiction (DP)
Thirty Years of Adonis by Scud – Hong Kong | 2017 – 86 minutes | Fiction (DP)
Utopians by Scud – Hong Kong | 2016 – 87 minutes | Fiction (DP)
Voyage by Scud – Hong Kong | 2012 – 100 minutes | Fiction (DP)

WP – World Premiere
IP – International Premiere
EP – European Premiere
DP – Dutch Premiere

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