23rd New York Asian Film Festival

July 12-28, 2024

Taiwan Transcendent

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North American Premiere
青春18×2 君へと続く道

An unforgettable ode to love and the empowering freedom of travel, this captivating Japan-Taiwan coproduction is a sweeping, cross-cultural coming-of-age charmer.

Saturday July 20, 6:30pm (Walter Reade Theater, Film at Lincoln Center)
International Premiere
我在這裡等你

Writer meets gangster, sparks fly, and off they go on a magical, life-changing Taiwanese odyssey. This heartwarming BL tale is a breathtaking journey of unexpected connections and self-discovery.

Sunday July 14, 4:15pm (Look Cinemas, LOOK Cinemas W57)
East Coast Premiere
車頂上的玄天上帝

From Hou Hsiao-hsien's protégé comes a stunning debut: a time-bending, eye-popping visual feast that'll make you ponder life's big questions. Hwarng Wern-ying is a force to be reckoned with.

Sunday July 14, 1:30pm (Look Cinemas, LOOK Cinemas W57)
North American Premiere
還錢

A dynamic, star-studded cast teams up with wunderkind director Leo Wang to pull off this hyperbolically hilarious “reverse-heist” action-comedy, with non-stop-crazy set pieces and endlessly inventive antics.

Monday July 22, 6:00pm (Walter Reade Theater, Film at Lincoln Center)

Q&A with director Leo Wang and actor Kent Tsai

East Coast Premiere
老狐狸

A stark yet lyrical morality tale, set in a time of rapid economic growth and political change in Taiwan, follows the mentoring of a young boy by a ruthless landowner, tracing a poignant parable of humanism and survival of the fittest.

Friday July 19, 6:30pm (Look Cinemas, LOOK Cinemas W57)
North American Premiere
刺心切骨

Sibling rivalry goes for the jugular in this Singaporean stunner. A fencing prodigy's hero-worship of his jailbird bro turns into a psychological duel, with director Nelicia Low skewering family dysfunction like a master swordsman. En garde, cinephiles!

Saturday July 13, 1:00pm (Look Cinemas, LOOK Cinemas W57)

Intro and Q&A with director Nelicia Low

Sunday July 21, 6:30pm (Look Cinemas, LOOK Cinemas W57)
East Coast Premiere
莎莉

A sexy Taiwanese chicken farmer gets plucked for romance in Paris - or has she been catfished? Esther Liu's star-blazing turn as this self-actualizing bombshell revives the entire Taiwan romcom genre.

Sunday July 28, 4:30pm (Silas Theatre, SVA Theatre)

Intro with actor Austin Lin

U.S. Premiere
五月雪

A meticulously crafted, visually striking and subtly provocative masterwork commemorating the nearly forgotten victims of the notorious 513 incident tragic events of May 13, 1969 in Kuala Lumpur, with a Then and Now structure that provides an intimate, illuminating perspective of an event whose social-political ramifications still reverberate.

Monday July 22, 6:00pm (Beatrice Theatre, SVA Theatre)
Thursday July 25, 8:30pm (Look Cinemas, LOOK Cinemas W57)

Intro and Q&A with director Chong Keat Aun

North American Premiere
愛的噩夢

A neurotic pas de deux of love and betrayal in the digital age. OCD meets infidelity as two damaged souls tango through a glitchy romance, leaving emotional carnage in their wake. "500 Days of Summer" for the anxiety-ridden generation.

Saturday July 27, 6:30pm (Silas Theatre, SVA Theatre)

Intro and Q&A with director Liao Ming-yi and cast members Austin Lin and Nikki Hsieh

International Premiere
環南時候

A dynamic, vibrant tale that blends the best of Taiwan’s new BL wave with the trademark sentiment of its landmark cinema, as it perceptively probes the passions of youth in 1991 and today, showcasing forgotten fashions and paying homage to Back to the Future.

Saturday July 13, 6:00pm (Look Cinemas, LOOK Cinemas W57)
North American Premiere
小曉

A profoundly tumultuous drama exploring the complex, broken-yet-unbreakable bonds between a mother and her young, neurodiverse daughter (Audrey Lin in an award-winning role), whose inner turmoil is exacerbated by her mom’s affair with her teacher.

Saturday July 27, 3:30pm (Beatrice Theatre, SVA Theatre)

Intro and Q&A with director Chin Chia-Hua