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Jeronimo

In 2015, lawyer-turned-filmmaker Joseph Juhn embarked on a backpacking trip to Havana, where the first person he struck up a conversation with was his airport taxi driver; a Korean-Cuban woman. What...

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Gyopo

A “gyopo” is someone of Korean descent who has been raised abroad. Samuel Kiehoon Lee first feature tells the intimate stories of gyopos who have made a journey to Korea, only to find themselves...

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Unsung Voices 8 (Shorts Programme)

Fearless first-time filmmakers embarked on an intensive summer-long video production workshop and now show their work in the world premiere of Unsung Voices 8 All filmmakers in attendance — FAMILY...

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Love Boat: Taiwan

Love Boat: Taiwan explores the Overseas Compatriot Youth Study Tour, a cultural exchange program that started in the 1960s. Once used as a political tool by the KMT Nationalist government to reach...

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Turning Point (Shorts Programme)

Caught in a standstill, these films follow the choices made and risks taken by characters to impel even the smallest of pivots. KASHIF Haaris Qadri • Canada • 2019 • 9:00 • English, Urdu with English...

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The Last Stitch

The 1997 British handover of Hong Kong to China prompted the Sung family, like many others, to immigrate to Canada. Relinquishing his father’s tailoring business in Repulse Bay, Tommy Sung, along with...

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Wee Asian

Bring your little ones to take part in the magic of storytelling through films, crafts, and play! Ideal for all ages. Free Admission Storytime: TYPE Books • 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Cuddle up with a book in...

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Lucky Grandma

In the heart of Chinatown, New York, an ornery, chain-smoking, newly widowed 80-year-old Grandma (Tsai Chin) is eager to live life as an independent woman, despite the worry of her family. When a local...

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Ms. Purple

In the dark karaoke rooms of Los Angeles’s Koreatown stripmalls, Kasie works as a doumi girl, a young hostess paid to cater to rich businessmen’s capricious whims. As she struggles to hide her sorrow...

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John Denver Trending

John Denver Cabungcal is determined to pass 8th grade while helping his widowed mother make ends meet. After a school performance rehearsal, however, his life is upended after one of his classmates...

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