Asian Film Festivals

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Asian Film FestivalsAsia27th Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection– Call for Entry 2027 The Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival (Germany) is accepting films until February 15, 2027. About the festival : The Nippon Connection Film Festival is the largest showcase of Japanese film…

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Asian Film FestivalsAsia18th Boston Asian American Film Festival – Opening Film 2026 Isle Child directed by Thomas Percy Kim opened the Boston Asian American Film Festival which is taking place from October 15 – 25, 2026 in Boston, MA, USA.

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Asian Film FestivalsAsia44th Busan International Short Film Festival – Call for Entry 2027 The Busan International Short Film Festival (South Korea) is accepting international short films until January 11, 2027.

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Asian Film FestivalsAsiaBUSAN 2026 – Full Moon by JEONG Jihye (Review) These are my thoughts on “ Full Moon ” by by JEONG Jihye, screened during the Busan International Film Festival (South Korea), which is taking place from which will take place from October 6 – 15…

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Asian Film FestivalsAsia20 Must-see short films from the 30th ifva Festival (Part 2) We continue with our list of short films you shouldn’t miss at the ifva Festival (Hong Kong) which is taking place from October 9 – 24, 2026 at the Louis Koo Cinema (Hong Kong Arts Centre).

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Asian Film FestivalsAsia20th Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival – Call for Entry 2027 The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (Japan) is accepting documentaries until April 15, 2027.

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Asian Film FestivalsAsia7th Changing Climate, Changing Lives Film Festival – Call for Entry 2027 The Changing Climate, Changing Lives Film Festival (Thailand) is accepting short films until January 31, 2027.

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Asian Film FestivalsAsia20th BALINALE Bali International Film Festival – Call for Entry 2027 The Bali International Film Festival (Indonesia) is accepting films until March 1, 2027. About the festival : Bali International Film Festival (aka Balinale) is held annually on the inspirational…

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Asian Film FestivalsAsia20 Must-see short films from the 30th ifva Festival (Part 1) These are twenty short films you shouldn’t miss at the ifva Festival (Hong Kong) which is taking place from October 9 – 24, 2026 at the Louis Koo Cinema (Hong Kong Arts Centre).

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Asian Film FestivalsAsia14th Montreal Asian International Film Festival – Call for Entry 2027 The Montreal Asian International Film Festival (Canada) is accepting films until February 28, 2027. About the festival : Arts East-West, a non-profit media arts organization established in 1995 by…

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Our mark is 銀幕, ginmaku — the silver screen, and the same two characters in Japanese, Chinese and Korean.

I came to Tokyo at twenty-three for a summer job at a Shibuya mini-theatre and the job never quite ended. Fifteen years of festivals later I still think the only review that counts is the one the room gives you: where the laugh lands, the moment three hundred people stop moving at once, whether anybody stays for the credits.

Cinepuuulse follows Asian cinema — Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand — across about a hundred and twenty sources. A good number of them are Spanish, French and Portuguese, because those countries programme this work seriously and write about it better than most of the English-language trade. Genre and art-house get the same seat here. I am not ranking them, and nothing is scored out of ten.

Each story is a headline, a short excerpt, one still and a link to the outlet that did the reporting. We never republish the piece, and the still belongs to its studio or its photographer. A Korean trade paper appears in Korean, a French review in French. We point at the work; we do not put words in anyone's mouth.

— Daren Wise, Tokyo