Asian Film Festivals

June 2023

Vienna Shorts | Vienna, Austria | June 1 – 6, 2023
Epicenter by Hee-yoon Hahm – Korea | 2022 – 11 minutes*
Hito by Stephen Lopez – Philippines | 2023 – 22 minutes*
In The Big Yard Inside The Teenty-Weeny Pocket by Yoko Yuki – Japan | 2022 – 7 minutes*
LDN 51.5072N 0.1276W by Wen Pey Lim – UK | 2022 – 4 minutes*
One Day in Lim Chu Kang by Michael Kam – Singapore | 2022 – 5 minutes*
Universe of Language by Guangli Liu, Bai li – France | 2022 – 4 minutes*

*In Competition
More information: https://www.viennashorts.com/en

Zlín Film Festival International Film Festival for Children and Youth | Zlin, Czech Republic | June 1 – 7, 2023
– Feature Film –
Arnold is a Model Student by Sorayos Prapapan – Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, France, Netherlands | 2022 – 85 minutes
Autobio-Pamphlet by Ashish Bende – India | 2022 – 90 minutes
Goodbye the Groundhog by Yang Chengcheng – China | 2022 – 83 minutes
Mother Land by Jae-beom PARK – South Korea | 2022 – 69 minutes
Our Home by Romi Meitei Mayanglambam – India | 2022 – 86 minutes
Rickshaw Girl by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury – Bangladesh, USA, Germany | 2021 – 110 minutes
– Shot Film –
Family Toast by Kim Junhyung – Korea | 2022 – 14 minutes*
Fish out of Water by Nonisha Negi – India | 2023 – 3 minutes*
Go Fishboy by Denise Cirone, Zhen Tian, Lan Zhou, Andrey Kolesov, Sebastian Doringer – France | 2022 – 6 minutes*
Katvoman by Hadi Sheibani – Iran, India | 2022 – 8 minutes*
Kiss All Summer Goodbye by Tiange Xiang – China | 2023 – 15 minutes*
Loose Threads by Chayanid Siripaiboolpong, Jessieca Junesha – Singapore | 2022 – 2 minutes*
Meal On The Plate by Chenglin Xie – China, USA | 2021 – 7 minutes*
Meet Again by Ap-sol Kang, Yoorim Lee – Korea | 2023 – 5 minutes*
My Grandmother Is an Egg by Wu-Ching Chang – Taiwan, UK | 2021 – 8 minutes*
My Zombie Grandpa by Ning Qian – Taiwan | 2022 – 19 minutes*
Spring Roll Dream by Mai Vu – UK | 2022 – 10 minutes*
Time Flows in Strange Ways on Sundays by Giselle Lin – Singapore | 2021 – 17 minutes*
Yesterday I was the Moon by Yihan Lin – China | 2022 – 20 minutes*

* In Competition
More information: https://program.zlinfest.cz/en

20th International Human Rights Film Festival | Buenos Aires, Argentina | June 1 – 7, 2023
The Offensive Internet by Yihwen Chen – Malaysia | 2021 – 10 minutes
Pattani Calling by Vijitra Duangdee – Thailand | 2021 – 14 minutes
Hopes and Feeds by King Catoy – Philippines | 2022 – 30 minutes
Black Out by Anonymous Filmmaker – Myanmar | 2021 – 17 minutes

More information: https://ficdh.imd.org.ar/

International Film and Human Rights Festival of Valencia | Valencia, Spain | June 1 – 10, 2023
And still I sing by Fazila Amiri – Afghanistan | 2022 – 90 minutes
Old fashion, new life by Can-Zhao Lam – China | 2023 – 140 minutes

More information: https://fundacionporlajusticia.org/humansfest

UNAM International Film Festival | Mexico City, Mexico | June 1 – 11, 2023
Girls of the Night by Kinuyo Tanaka – Japan | 93 – 1961
Love Letter by Kinuyo Tanaka – Japan | 1953 – 98 minutes
Love Under the Crucifix by Kinuyo Tanaka – Japan | 1962 – 102 minutes
The Eternam Breats by Kinuyo Tanaka – Japan | 1955 – 108 minutes
The Moon Has Risen by Kinuyo Tanaka – Japan | 1955 – 102 minutes
The Wandering Princess by Kinuyo Tanaka – Japan | 1960 – 102 minutes
When the Waves Are Gone by Lav Diaz – Philippines, Denmark, France, Portugal | 2022 – 187 minutes

More information: https://ficunam.unam.mx/

Guadalajara International Film Festival | Guadalajara, Mexico | Jun 3 – 9, 2023
– Feature Films –
Art College 1994 by Liu Jian – China | 2023 – 118 minutes
This Woman by Alan Zhang – China | 2022 – 90 minutes
– Short Films –
Compound Eyes of Tropical by Zhang Xu Zhan – Taiwan | 2022 – 18 minutes

More information: https://ficg.mx/en/home

AnimaFest Zagreb | Zagreb, Croatia | June 5 – 10, 2023
– Feature Films –
Ghost in the Shell by Mamoru Oshii – Japan, UK | 1995 – 87 minutes
– Short Films –
Ant Hotel by Yu-Hsuan Teng – Taiwan | 2022 – 10 minutes*
Chambers of Shadows by Se-Young Ok – Korea | 2023 – 12 minutes*
Compound eyes of Tropical by Zhang Xu Zhan – Taiwan | 2022 – 18 minutes*
Dear Me by Suchana – India | 2022 – 4 minutes*
Feast of Amrita by Saku Sakamoto – Japan | 2023 – 44 minutes*
Fragile Love by Xie Li – China | 2022 – 9 minutes*
Fur by Zhen Li – USA | 2022 – 7 minutes*
Goose Mountain by Liaoyu Chen, Rui Hu – China | 2022 – 18 minutes
Ikimono-San: Turtle by Atsushi Wada – Japan | 2023 – 2 minutes*
Lovesome by Rina Tsukamoto – Japan | 2022 – 3 minutes*
Mao’s Mango Cult by Kayu Leung – Hong Kong, France, USA | 2022 – 7 minutes*
No Changes Have Taken in Our Life by Jingwei Xu – China | 2022 – 44 minutes*
Our Pain by Shunsaku Hayashi – Japan | 2023 – 17 minutes*
Sewing Love by Xu Yuan – Japan | 2023 – 9 minutes*
Shh by Daming Zhang – China, Hong Kong | 2022 – 23 minutes*
Soaked In by Shiyu Tang – China | 2022 – 5 minutes*
Thank You For Sharing Your World by Yu Sakudo – Japan | 2022 – 33 minutes*
Unique Time by Yu-Jin Oh – Korea | 2022 – 17 minutes*
Well Wishes My Love, Your Love by Gabriel Gabriel Garble – Malaysia, Sweden | 2022 – 10 minutes

*In Competition
More information: http://www.animafest.hr/

Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg | Hamburg, Germany | June 6 – 11, 2023
All Tomorrow’s Parties by Dalei Zhang – China | 2022 – 24 minutes*
Border by Mai Nakanishi – Japan, Korea | 2023 – 4 minutes
Chomp it! by Mark Chua – Singapore | 2023 – 12 minutes*
In the big yard inside the teeny-weeny pocket by Koji Yamamura – Japan | 2022 – 7 minutes*
Our Pain by Shunsaku Hayashi – Japan | 2023 – 16 minutes*
The Altar by Moe Myat May Zarchi – Myanmar | 2022 – 11 minutes*
The Memo by badlands Film Group – China | 2022 – 30 minutes*
Will you look at me by Shuli Huang – China | 2022 – 20 minutes*
Xiaohui and His Cows by Xinying Lao – Chian, USA | 2023 – 15 minutes

*In Competition
More information: https://festival.shortfilm.com/en

Norwegian Short Film Festival | Oslo, Norway | June 7 – 11, 2023
13 by Shinya Isobe – Japan | 2020 – 11 minutes
ATM by Oolluo Tseng – USA, Taiwan | 2022 – 3 minutes*
Carrion by Yvonne Zhang – USA | 2022 – 22 minutes*
Chomp it! by Mark Chua, Li Shuen Lam – Singapore | 2022 – 11 minutes
CUT by Min-zun SON – Korea | 2022 – 17 minutes
Kristin dan Kuching Kuchingnya by Michael Kam – Singapore | 2023 – 6 minutes*
Last Days of Summer by Stenzin Tankong – India | 2022 – 14 minutes*
Love, Dad by Diana Cam Van Nguyen – Czech Republic | 2021 – 12 minutes
Nocturnal Burger by Reema Maya – USA | 2022 – 28 minutes*
Now I’m in the Kitchen by Yana Pan – USA | 2022 – 5 minutes*
Return To Youth by Mel Sangyi Zhao – China | 2023 – 17 minutes*
Snow in September by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir – Mongolia, France | 2022 – 20 minutes
When You Left Me on That Boulevard by Kayla Abuda Galang – USA | 2022 – 13 minutes
Will You Look At Me by Shuli Huang – China | 2022 – 20 minutes*

*In Competition
More information: https://kortfilmfestivalen.no/en/

70th Sydney Film Festival | Sydney, Australia | June 7 – 18, 2023
A Wild Roomer by Lee Jeong-hong – Korea | 2022 – 136 minutes
Against the Tide by Sarvnik Kaur – India, France | 2023 – 97 minutes
Ajoomma by He Shuming – Singapore, Korea | 2022 – 90 minutes
Amar Akbar Anthony by Manmonhan Desai – India | 1977 – 175 minutes
Art College 1994 by Liu Jian – China | 2023 – 118 minutes
Autobiography by Makbul Mubarak – Indonesia | 2022 – 115 minutes
Cobweb by Kim Jee-Woon – Korea | 2023 – 134 minutes
Deewaar by Yash Chopra – India | 1975 – 165 minutes
Don by Chandra Barot – India | 1978 – 166 minutes
Gaga by Laha Mebow – Taiwan | 2022 – 111 minutes
In water by Hong Sang-soo – Korea | 2023 – 61 minutes
Joram by Devashish Makhija – India | 2022 – 139 minutes
Kaala Patthar by Yash Chopra – India | 1979 – 171 minutes
Kennedy by Anurag Kashyap – India | 2022 – 143 minutes
Monster by Kore-eda Hirokazu – Japan | 2023 – 127 minutes
Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV by Amanda Kim – USA, Korea | 2023 – 107 minutes
Past Lives by Celine Song – USA | 2022 – 106 minutes
Perfect Days by Wim Wenders – Japan, Germany | 2023 – 123 minutes
Raging Race by Paris Zarcilla – UK | 2023 – 99 minutes
Sand by Visakesa Chandrasekaram – Sri Lanka | 2023 – 101 minutes
Shin Ultraman by Shinji Higuchi – Japan | 2022 – 113 minutes
Shortcomings by Randall Park – USA | 2022 – 92 minutes
The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra by Park Syeyoung – Korea | 2022 – 65 minutes
The Shadowless Tower by Zhang Liu – China | 2023 – 144 minutes
The Winter Within by Aamir Bashir – India, France, Qatar | 2022 – 99 minutes
Tora’s Husband by Rima Das – India | 2022 – 135 minutes
Unidentified by Jude Chun – Korea | 2022 – 80 minutes
When The Waves Are Gone by Lav Diaz – Philippines | 2022 – 187 minutes
While We Watched by Vinay Shukla – UK | 2022 – 92 minutes

More information: https://www.sff.org.au/

Tribeca Film Festival | New York, USA | June 7 – 18, 2023
– Feature Films –
Midnight by Om Raut – India | 2023 – 174 minutes
Shortcomingsb by Randall Park – USA | 2023 – 93 minutes
Smoking Tigers by Shelly Yo – USA | 2023 – 85 minutes
Somewhere Quiet by Olivia West Lloyd – USA | 2023 – 98 minutes
– Short Films –
American Sikh by Ryan Westra, Vishavjit Singh – USA | 2023 – 10 minutes
Blood by Vathana Suganya Suppiah – Australia | 2023 – 10 minutes
Restless is the Night by Xiaoxue Meng, Yuehan Tan – USA, China | 2022 – 4 minutes
Sealed Off by Tianyu Jiang – China, Macau, USA | 2023 – 17 minutes

More information: https://tribecafilm.com/festival

Huesca International Film Festival | Huesca, Spain | June 9 – 17, 2023
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Alvin Lee – Singapore | 2022 – 19 minutes
We Are Gurung by Keii Morino – Japan | 2023 – 39 minutes
When a Rocket Sits on the Launch Pad by Bohao Liu – China, USA | 2023 – 12 minutes
Will You Look At Me by Shuli Huang – China | 2022 – 20 minutes

More information: https://www.huesca-filmfestival.com/

Transilvania International Film Festival | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | June 9 – 18, 2023
Confession by Yoon Jong-seok – Korea | 2022 – 105 minutes
Project Wolf Hunting by Kim Hongsun – Korea | 2022 – 122 minutes
Mad Fate by Soi Cheang – China | 2023 – 108 minutes

More information: https://tiff.ro/en

Annecy International Animation Film Festival | Annecy, France | June 12 – 17, 2023
– Feature Films –
Art College 1994 by Jian Liu – China | 2022 – 126 minutes*
Blue Giant by Yuzuru Tachikawa – Japan | 2023 – 120 minutes
Deep Sea by Xiaopeng Tian – China | 2023 – 112 minutes
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine by Yuzuru Tachikawa – Japan | 110 minutes
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage by Hiroaki Ando – Japan | 100 minutes
Komada – A Whisky Family by Masayuki Yoshihara – Japan | 2023 – 91 minutes
Lone Castle in the Mirror by Keiichi Hara – Japan | 2022 – 116 minutes*
New Gods: Yang Jian by Ji Zhao – China | 2022 – 128 minutes
The Concierge byYoshimi Itazu – Japan | 2023 – 62 minutes
The First Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue – Japan | 2022 – 124 minutes
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim by Kenji Kamiyama – USA | 2023 – 130 minutes
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes by Tomohisa Taguchi – Japan | 2022 – 83 minutes*
– Short Films –
Bai by Ao Chen – China, UK | 2022 – 7 minutes*
Black Hole Museum + Body Browser by Wen-Chi Su – Taiwan | 2022 – 14 minutes (VR)*
Bottled Insects by Yuxin Gao – Japan | 2023 – 9 minutes*
Dear Me by Suchana Saha – India | 2022 – 4 minutes*
Fur by Zhen Li – USA | 2022 – 7 minutes*
Garden of Remembrance by Naoko Yamada – Japan | 2022 – 18 minutes
Horse by Diana Gong – USA | 2022 – 4 minutes*
Kaadina Jeevantike by Nandini Rao, Nirupa Rao, Kalp Sanghvi – India | 2022 – 7 minutes*
Last Order by Hangjin Jo – Korea | 2023 – 11 minutes*
Mao’s Mango Cult by Kayu Leung (for TED-ed) – Hong Kong, France, USA | 2022 – 7 minutes*
Paperplanes by Arvind Singh Jeena – India | 2022 – 7 minutes*
Park Voyage by Florence Yuk Ki (for M+ Museum) Lee – Hong Kong | 2022 – 3 minutes*
Red Tail by Fish Wang – Taiwan | 2022 – 20 minutes (VR)*
Reincarnation by Fang Zhou – China | 2022 – 4 minutes*
Ride on Joyfulness – A Gift for You by Lei Lei – China | 2022 – 48 seconds*
Sewing Love by Yuan Xu – Japan | 2023 – 8 minutes*
Shanghai Zhi Chun by Sun Xun – China | 2022 – 11 minutes*
Soaked In by Shiyu Tang – China | 2022 – 5 minutes*
The Spy Dancer by Julien Chheng – France | 2023 – 17 minutes
Tomoya! by Masataka Kihara – Japan | 2023 – 5 minutes*
Tongue by Yoshida Kaho – Canada, Japan | 2022 – 2 minutes*
Unique Time by Yu-jin Oh – Korea | 2022 – 17 minutes*

More information: https://www.annecyfestival.com/home

Midnight Sun Film Festival | Sodankylä, Finland | Jun 14 – 18, 2023
Inu-oh by Masaaki Yuasa – Japan, China | 2021 – 98 minutes
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Japan | 2020 – 121 minutes

More information: https://msfilmfestival.fi/en/

Provincetown Film Festival | Cape Cod, USA | June 14 – 18, 2023
– Feature Films –
Egoist by Daishi Matsunaga – Japan | 2022 – 120 minutes
Joy Ride by Adele Lim – China, USA | 2023 – 92 minutes
– Short Films –
Motherland by Christina Yoon – USA | 2022 – 18 minutes
Thirstygirl by Alexandra Qin – USA | 2023 – 10 minutes

More information: https://www.provincetownfilm.org/festival/

Sheffield DocFest | Sheffield, UK | June 14 – 19, 2023
– Feature Films –
Against the Tide by Sarvnik NP Kaur – India, France | 2023 – 97 minutes
And, Towards Happy Alleys by Sreemoyee Singh – India | 2023 – 75 minutes
No Winter Holidays by Rajan Kathet, Sunir Pandey – Nepal, Korea, Romania | 2023 – 79 minutes
Song of Souls by Sai Naw Kham – Myanmar | 2023 – 72 minutes
Stone Town by Jing Guo, Dingding KE – China | 2023 – 181 minutes
Tokyo Uber Blues by Taku Aoyagi – Japan | 2022 – 93 minutes
Total Trust by Jialing Zhang – Germany, Netherlands | 2023 – 97 minutes
While We Watched by Vinay Shukla – India | 2022 – 95 minutes
– Short Films –
Flower Chasers by Zhiqi Pan – China, Netherlands, USA | 2023 – 27 minutes

More information: https://sheffdocfest.com/

New Directors New Films Festival | Espinhno, Portugal | June 19 – 26, 2023
Epicenter by Jinsan Kim – Korea
Imagine The Fire by Zachary Yap – Singapore
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Alvin Lee – Singapore
Swallow Flying to the South by Mochi Lin – Canada
Will You Look At Me by Shuli Huang – China

More information: http://www.fest.pt/

Palm Springs International Short Film Festival | Palm Spring, United States | June 20 – 26, 2023
Accidentally Intentional by Kevin Rahardjo – Indonesia | 2022 – 14 minutes*
ChaCha by Chenghua Yang, Shang Zhang – China, France | 2022 – 13 minutes
Chomp it! by Mark Chua, Lam Li Shuen – Singapore | 2023 – 11 minutes
Closing Dynasty by Lloyd Lee Choi – USA | 2023 – 17 minutes
Death and Ramen by Tiger Ji – USA, Hong Kong | 2022 – 14 minutes*
Epicenter by Hahm Heeyoon – Korea | 2022 – 10 minutes
Grandma & Grandma by Sena Wang – USA | 2023 – 17 minutes
Halmoni’s Pot by A. Lauren Lee – USA | 2023 – 10 minutes*
Hills and Mountains by Salar Pashtoonyar – Afghanistan, Canada | 2022 – 8 minutes
Home by Aditi Sharma – India | 2022 – 15 minutes
I Have No Legs, and I Must Rub by Yue Lin – China | 2022 – 15 minutes
I’m Here by Jeong Eun-uk – Korea | 2023 – 27 minutes
Incognito by Ravi Muppa – India | 2022 – 25 minutes
Invasive Species by Annie Ning – USA | 2023 – 13 minutes*
Nian by Michelle Krusiec – USA | 2022 – 6 minutes
Nocturnal Burger by Reema Maya – India, USA | 2023 – 27 minutes
Please Hold The Line by Tan Ce Ding – Malaysia | 2023 – 18 minutes
Powernapper’s Paradise by Samir Arabzadeh – USA | 2022 – 14 minutes
Snow in September by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir – Mongolia | 2022 – 20 minutes
Soon-To-Be a Zombie by Yuki Saito – Japan | 2022 – 24 minutes
Supermarket Affairs by Hang Luong Nguyen – Vietnam, USA | 2022 – 15 minutes
Take Me Home by Liz Sargent – USA | 2023 – 16 minutes
The Arrival of Aliens by Tian Guan, Junjie Lam – China | 2022 – 14 minutes
The Old Young Crow by Liam LoPinto – Japan | 2022 – 12 minutes
The Sea on the Day When the Magic Returns by Hang Luong Jiwon – Korea |2022 – 24 minutes
The Silent Whistle by Yingtong Li – China | 2022 – 18 minutes
The Story of This Life by Alex Jiang – China, USA | 2022 – 17 minutes
The Summer I Got Tough by Victoria Shan Wang – USA | 20022 – 6 minutes*
Thing That Disappear by Kim Changsoo – Korea | 2022 – 10 minutes
Thirstygirl by Alexandra Qin – USA | 2023 – 10 minutes
Tomato Kitchen by Junyi Xiao – China, USA | 2022 – 9 minutes
Will You Look at Me by Shuli Huang – China | 2022 – 20 minutes
Yokelan, 66 by Tang Yi – USA | 2022 – 9 minutes
When You Left Me on That Boulevad by Kayla Abuda Galang – USA | 2022 – 13 minutes

– World Premiere
More Information: https://www.psfilmfest.org/shortfest-2023

Champs-Élysées Film Festival | Paris, France | June 20 – 27, 2023
Take me Home by Liz Sargen – USA | 2023 – 16 minutes

More information: http://www.champselyseesfilmfestival.com/

Cinema Jove, Valencia International Film Festival | Valencia, Spain | June 22 – July 1, 2023
– Feature Films –
Starring Jerry as Himself by Law Chen – USA | 2023 – 75 minutes
– Short Films –
Same Old by Lloyd Lee Choi – Canada, USA | 2022 – 15 minutes
Snow in September by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir – France, Mongolia | 2022 – 20 minutes
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Alvin Lee – Singapore | 2022 – 19 minutes
Will You Look At Me by Shuli Huang – China | 2022 – 20 minutes

More information: https://www.cinemajove.com/

Munich International Film Festival | Munich, Germany | June 23 – July 1, 2023
A Whisper in the Island of the Heart by Xiaowen Wang – China, USA | 2022 – 13 minutes
Xiaohui And his Cows by Xinying Lao – China, USA | 2023 – 15 minutes

More information: https://www.filmfest-muenchen.de/en/

Fest Anča International Animation Festival | Žilina, Slovakia | June 29 – July 2, 2023
& MORE by Tsz-wing Ho – Hong Kong |
All the Blue Cats Look Like the Same Color by Wenzhe Xu – UK |
Beardiful Tone by Masashi Yamamoto – USA |
Chicken Fate Symphony by Lan Zhan – USA |
Current by Lam Ho Hin Alan, Ngai Tsz Kwan Tracey, Tsang Tsz Wai Sunnie, Sean Weingarten – Hong Kong |
Dilemma by Jeongju Lee, Eunjin Jung – Korea |
Elephant In A Haystack by Yujie Xu – China |
Epicenter by Hee-yoon Hahm – Korea | 2022 – 11 minutes*
Experience! Life Scene by Yukyung Noh – Korea |
Garisani by Jin Woo – Korea |
Going Well.. by Hye-jeong Lee – Korea |
Hometopia by Xiaoyu Ma – UK |
In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket by Yoko Yuki – Japan | 2022 – 6 minutes *
In Vain by Qing Wen – USA |
JSW Steel by Studio Eeksaurus – India |
Loose Threads by Chayanid Siripaiboolpong, Jessieca Junesha – Singapore |
Overlapping Universe – Seyoung Ok – Korea
Persona by Sujin Moon – Korea | 2022 – 7 minutes*
Photocopier & Cat by Pin-Yu Lin – Taiwan |
RotAte Shika by Sijia Luo – Japan |
Scorching Sun by Ning Hong – China |
Sliver Cave by Caibei Cai – China | 2022 – 14 minutes*
The Egret River by Wan-Ling Liu – Taiwan |
The Mental Aethelet by Wednesday Kim – United States | *
Tongue by Kaho Yoshida – Canada |
Toying Box by Vivek Prakash – India |