A nail-biting, chillingly dark thriller about a successful young executive who falls into the titular hole in the ground on the eve of his wedding, with only his cellphone and his wits to help him out of the dire situation.

A timely drama about a fiercely independent 40-year-old woman with a successful career who discovers that she's pregnant, and must navigate complex interpersonal relationships as she attempts to arrange a safe abortion in a devoutly pro-life nation where it is illegal.

An edgy documentary set in the Atlanta, GA hip-hop scene, providing an illuminating time capsule of the immigrant struggle juxtaposed with cultural trends and socio-economic need, focusing with unprecedented access on three young Asian American men who are involved in the local music scene, before their lives take unexpected turns.

A policewoman pursues a vicious serial killer targeting illegal migrant workers and finds herself vaulted from her own dire existential crisis into a harrowing realm of madness, in a film that masterfully blends the police procedural with psychological themes and social issues.

A remarkable award-winning debut about two brothers whose unshakeable bond is tried by an unspeakable act, in a raw drama that achieves the verisimilitude and pathos of neorealism while offering a rare glimpse into Malaysian street life.

A film producer is forced to go on a potentially fatal errand when zombies attack the set.

A consistently compelling animation masterwork loosely based on filmmaker Liu Jian’s ("Have A Nice Day") own experiences, proving that art school students are just about the same everywhere: self-absorbed, pretentious, idealistic and tentatively ambitious.

A young man (Anson Kong of Cantopop sensation Mirror) who can see ghosts must return to his childhood home where he soon finds himself caught in a waking nightmare between the lands of the living and the dead.

Taiwanese movie star Kai Ko’s impressive, envelope-pushing directorial debut delivers a kinetic (and often laugh-out-loud-against-our-better-judgment) delineation of good and evil as four fresh high school grads go on a darkly humorous fight for their lives after a fatal error in judgment.

A boisterous comedy that tickles the funny bone even as it thrums the heartstrings, featuring a multilayered abundance of absurdities, some impressive assassin training sequences and several unbelievable cameos, as well as two magnificent performances from Park Sung-woong.

A child awakes with twisted limbs in an unknown space, facing danger; a fairy comes to her rescue.

Two boys play poker on a dull afternoon. As one boy inadvertently touches and makes eye contact with the other, it sparks a beautiful, imaginative dance.

A moving and musical dramedy about a folktronica musician who takes his mom on a journey back to their home in the grasslands, as her grip on memories begins to loosen.

A riveting courtroom drama that wrestles with the controversial imprisonment of juvenile offenders and the gray areas of Japan’s criminal justice system.

A pulse-raising and heartwarming tale, inspired by the real-life Korean team that participated in the 2010 Homeless Football World Cup, about a star athlete and an aspiring documentary producer who form a national soccer team made up of homeless individuals.

A dramedy about the lives of a British Asian family who get their signals crossed on a particularly bad day, leading secrets to be revealed and a tragicomic descent into chaos to begin, cleverly milking the universal truisms of family dysfunction for both philosophical reflection and savage laughs galore.

An achingly beautiful LGBTQ+ love story and family drama, with stunning performances from NYAFF Screen International Rising Star Awardee Ryohei Suzuki and AFA Best Supporting Actor winner Hio Miyazaki.

A poignant tale of love, betrayal, and the search for meaning in the twilight years of life, this follows an aging widow as she meets a health products salesman and discovers the transformative power of love in the face of life's most challenging moments.

Three former classmates meet up 25 years after graduation to share and compare time capsules of their youthful hopes and dreams in this pointed satire of the digital age.

This astute farce follows an enterprising event planner who learns the hard way that producing a cultural festival is a fool's errand at best.

A gripping and poignant medical thriller, based on the SARS epidemic in Taipei, exploring the power of empathy and human resilience in the face of despair. The stuff of nightmare becomes a reality that’s disturbingly familiar to our post-COVID times when a surgeon and one of his patients, an investigative journalist, discover an unfolding epidemic during a hospital lockdown.

A horror thriller that examines, in rambunctiously high-concept fashion, profound and daunting questions about identity and the meaning of life, as a series of Annes (played by a plethora of Thai stars, who change every few minutes) wake up on a strange island oppressed by scary caretakers and blood-crazed pagan demons.

A classic naturalistic drama about a struggling toy factory owner and an undercover journalist that captures China's rapid modernization and the harsh reality faced by its workers, offering a rare glimpse into the lives of those caught in the crossfire of progress and profit.

A father ropes in his son for exploits using his DIY ‘memory eraser’ van on their one-night adventure.

An exquisite homage to Disney movies and Chinese folklore, as a young man who's been ostracized embarks on a phantasmagorical journey to find his childhood sweetheart and to cure himself of a strange curse.

The third film by Taiwan’s first indigenous female director, Laha Mebow, offers a rare, personal look at the storied Atayal tribe in this story of intergenerational love and tribal conflict, which magnificently blurs the lines between documentary and fiction.

A post-postmodern crime-pulp action thriller set in Singapore's eponymous red-light district, told in illuminating temporal shifts, with a prostitute, her pimp and a social-activist lawyer going on a gore-filled wild goose chase.

Profound and lyrical, the first film in over a decade from cinematic poet Bui Thac Chuyen (Adrift) spins a mesmerizing tale of life, love, loneliness and pyromania in yesteryear’s Mekong Delta, based on short stories by a renowned female author.

A peddler meets a Fox scholar on Goose Mountain who invites him to a drink. The Fox's sweetheart Rabbit emerges from his mouth, followed by other nested sweethearts, Boar and Goose.

A gripping slow-burn drama-cum-thriller that takes on a multitude of social and human issues as it reveals stark emotional truths about a woman whose life and plans to be reunited with her son are upended by a monstrous incident that spirals out of control.

An always-surprising good vs. evil dramedy-thriller about two oddballs who vow to take vengeance on their former tormenter, only to discover that she has repented, leading them on a wild odyssey of biblical proportions.

Jaime Sunwoo highlights the beauty of handwriting through playful paper puppetry and animation, exploring its significance in history and our modern world.

Jingoro "Hidari" is a carpenter/sculptor who loses his arm and father during the Edo Castle renovation. He seeks vengeance with his sidekick Sleeping Cat and his weaponized prosthetic arm after discovering that the murder was carried out by the Tokugawa Shogunate.

A sublime horror story, the third film directed by movie star Takumi Saitoh (Shin Ultraman), in which the perfect family buys the perfect house, only to discover that it begins to expose everyone's darkest nightmares.

Bong Joon Ho’s classic, arguably one of the greatest monster movies ever made, follows two siblings (Bong's perennial everyman Song Kang-ho and iconic badass Bae Doona) take on a monster of prehistoric proportions and will not give up, no matter the odds.

The award-winning directorial debut of superproducer Genki Kawamura (Monster, Your Name, Rage) is a poetic and visually stunning story of fading and recovered memories, as a son reconnects with his ailing mother.

A pastel-colored LGBTQ+ romcom musical about a straight guy with a queer eye that hilariously and movingly tackles issues of identity, social conditioning, discrimination, inclusion, and acceptance, as fashion designer-stylist Dali overcomes numerous obstacles in the quest for true love.

Mr. Cat is unable to swim in the zodiac race due to aquaphobia, living regretfully by the sea until an accident brings him closer to the water.

Based on a true story, this hard-hitting social drama follows a female reporter who goes undercover at a home for the disabled after getting a tip about staff abuse, but when her story breaks, she discovers further unspeakable truths.

An otherworldly tale by veteran female screenwriter Chihiro Ito (Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World; Spring Snow), who makes her long-awaited directorial debut with this enigmatic love story.

An orphan is torn about discovering the truth about his birth mother. When he reunites with his beloved girl, his life transforms, and he gains hope.

Old man Yang is about to move away from the Beijing Hutong that he lived in for years, but he cannot help reminiscing about the old times. Until one day, he gets a mysterious Prize Drawing...

NYAFF's Opening Film is a camera-drunk comic fantasia about a former superstar actress, trapped in a toxic marriage with an egomaniacal, obscenely wealthy tycoon, who teams up with a fanboy neighbor to spring her from her gilded cage. Alternately horrific and hilarious episodes ensue.

An anarchic action-comedy about a team of topnotch female assassins known by the codename Kitty, who rigorously train a new mentor, a goofy young office worker, transforming him from zero to hero, before their next mission.

After cutting himself accidentally during one of his live-streaming sessions, Farid, a boy from a rural area of Malaysia, is offered money by one of his followers to do it again.

A recent widow sets out to complete her late husband's unfinished masterpiece of neon signage on Hong Kong's fading cityscape.

One day, the monster king announces a plan to capture Monk Tang. Eating him can give monsters eternal life. Can little pig demon fulfill all his tasks?

The frenzied follow-up to last year's stylish, ultraviolent crime drama Limbo, the film follows the misfortunes and entanglements of an eccentric fortune teller (simply called “The Master”) with a psychopathic, cat-killing delivery boy, possessed with an irrepressible urge for homicide.

In this heartwarming, hilarious LGBTQ+ story, a wannabe supercop picks up a discarded red envelope and it turns out to be folk magic that betroths him to the ghost… of a gay man! Soon his paranormal paramour forces him to make a much-needed attitude adjustment while also helping him solve a major drug case.

A spirited dramedy about high school girls whose hormonal changes are suddenly manifested by supernatural powers, and after their initial gleeful abandon, discover there are both ups and downs to having superpowers.

A gangster-romcom mash-up ripe with Giddens Ko's patented raunchy stylings, about a fledgling hair dresser (superstar Vivian Sung) who inadvertently saves the life of a gang boss, prompting a star-crossed lovers courtship of outrageously comical proportions—a bloody and heartfelt showstopper of a film.

An action-packed animated comedy inspired by the epic Ming Dynasty classic "Journey to the West," and executive produced by Stephen Chow, featuring the titular trickster, played by Jimmy O. Yang, who battles demons and dragons... and his greatest foe – his own ego.

A she said/she said dissection of the maternal instinct, adapted from the shocking novel by Kanae Minato (Confessions), this ripe melodrama is colorfully tinged with a seductive scent of mystery and stirring twists and turns.

In this hilariously offbeat family comedy, two resourceful siblings embark on a journey to the strange and mystical land of China in quest of a magical item that will save their parents' failing marriage.

A mythic tale of female oppression and liberation, set in a mountain village where the local seer predicts the famine can be stopped only by sacrificing a virgin.

Despite cutting-edge technology and "things that haven't changed" coexisting, junior high student Takumiis frustrated that the people in his town treat android portraits as real.

Patrick Tam’s genre-defying Hong Kong New Wave watershed, featuring four attractive souls, equal parts rich and working class, who form a tragic romantic bond of ennui, anomie, absurdity, love, and violence.

An aesthetically brilliant jidaigeki, both playful and soulful, about two “manure men” who keep the latrines of old Edo emptied and usable, even as they dream of better lives.

A brilliantly lensed, action-packed spy drama set in 1933 Korea, as the Japanese colonial government rounds up five would-be assassins, each desperate to prove their innocence or implicate one another, but only the women (superpowered Lee Hanee and Park So-dam) know how to save the day.

Ava attends a religious rite at school, where teachers sing hymns. After school, she attends her cousin Pouya's birthday party, but with the presence of uninvited guests, the birthday takes a different form.

A quintessentially Korean tale of building a winning squad from a ragtag group of misfits and underachievers, against the worst odds, based on a true story, that transcends the sports genre and eschews the pitfalls of easy sentiment and melodrama.

A dark meditation on capitalistic corruption and the fiercely tragic greed and hubris it ignites, focusing on three biker buddies whose classic codes of honor and loyalty are put to the ultimate test.

Sungjae makes money by selling cigarettes to teenagers. One day he meets an unexpected buyer.

A transwoman in China fights tooth and nail against the unbearable stigma of an intolerant society to get sex-reassignment surgery.

Mai, an 11-year-old girl, discovers after attending her baby brother's first birthday party that her parents never really wanted a girl. The revelation prompts a surprising transformation.

Two young women find themselves in an abandoned camp with magical spells, surrounded by classic monsters in a bonkers horror-comedy—a fervent directorial debut by Sung Kang.

A boy is frightened by a monster in the water, and his friends bring him to a deserted yard where they find a statue of a monster.

In this supremely moving and timely drama, a young Pakistani asylum-seeker and a taciturn cabdriver with a checkered past discover they have more in common than they thought as they form a strong bond on a path of redemption paved with corruption and despair.

A Syrian baker struggling to sell his walnut baklava meets a savvy Indian ladoo maker who appeals to one of New York's most coveted customers: Health-conscious Brooklynites.

A moving drama about a young North Korean immigrant who works diligently as a tour guide but faces many challenges, from coworker rivalry to assimilation, all while desperately searching for her missing brother. The irony of her position is emblematic of marginalized peoples’ struggles everywhere.

Screen International Extraordinary Star Asia Awardee Louis Koo stars as the Dirty Harry of Hong Kong paramedics in this moving buddy mentor-mentee story set against the backdrop of harrowing thrill-a-minute emergency rescue operations.

A glimpse into the life of a man, from the birth of his child to the death of a loved one, told through his possessions and the place he calls home.

Based on a shocking real-life story, this film about catfishing, ghosting and cancel culture boasts formal innovations and an extraordinary central performance by luminous trans woman EJ Jallorina, playing the lovelorn target of a vile cyberbully.

Genre maestro Herman Yau ratchets up the gonzo thrills in this third entry of his hit franchise, with Hong Kong movie legends Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok and Sean Lau appearing together for the first time on the big screen in a story about an undercover cop who gets in way too deep with a notorious drug lord.

When a young Chinese queer filmmaker returns to his hometown in search of himself, a long-due conversation with his mother leads them on a quest for acceptance and love.

A factory worker perseveres though the countless ups and downs of marriage, betrayal, repression, menial labor, sexism and other intense hardships during the cultural revolution, yet never loses sight of her individualism and dignity.

A charmingly insightful directorial debut by real-life twins, about sisters who revel in fooling anyone they can as they use their twinship to their own personal advantage, until they meet the boy of their dreams and have to confront their true feelings as they experience the pangs of first love.