A poetic queer punk romance by breakout filmmaker Lilly Hu, produced by Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, Dune) and Matīss Kaža (Flow, 2025 Oscar winner).

A bumbling Thai scammer and his misfit crew try flipping a haunted hotel to go legitimate and win back his girl—but the murderous ghost in room 404 isn't selling.

Nine escaped convicts hijack a van to find hidden counterfeit bills, but their comic heist spirals into a surreal journey as each man splinters off seeking belonging or oblivion.

Mean girls go ghost mode in this high-gloss, high-decibel Thai horror romp. Attack 13 turns school bullying into supernatural payback—slick, savage, and tailor-made for scream queens and TikTok teens.

A 450-year-old vampire working at a bathhouse must sabotage his teenage meal's love life to preserve the boy's virgin blood—but protecting dinner's virginity proves harder than immortality itself.

A private detective hired to tail his own wife abandons a missing woman's case to confront her—then the woman turns up dead, and suddenly he's following clues to his own door.

A trapped middle-aged husband comes out for a young barber while surveillance cameras monitor a lesbian couple's sperm donor—Geng Jun's Golden Horse black comedy finds love under control in the frozen northeast.

When a groundbreaking medical procedure promises to turn slackers into overachievers, an aging Chinese father sees it as his final shot at the American Dream: through his unemployed adult daughter.

A father on the verge of losing his wife is witnessed by his young daughter as he makes peculiar sounds during a nightmare. He suppresses his emotions, attempting to free himself from the grip of fear.

In millennial Japan's ruins, Kujo claims power through suicide games then lets it rot, watching his friend Aoki corrode from brother to enemy in their concrete-tomb school.

When a boy vanishes, a skeptical detective dismisses reports of his violence as bullying... until his only enigmatic friend reveals he might be an alien.

Shy Somi’s blind date brims with anxiety, fear of judgment and making the wrong choice. So she flees! Embracing honesty, she returns, finding newfound courage within.

A Vietnamese American photographer seeking inspiration back in Vietnam finds an abandoned baby, setting her off on a creative journey that threatens her relationship and tests her moral and artistic boundaries.

To free his sister from a North Korean labor camp, a pianist-turned-assassin infiltrates Seoul, until protecting a bullied schoolgirl with her name compromises his deadly mission.

In Taiwan, Yen, a man with cerebral palsy, and Thai caregiver Suriya craft a language of gestures and silences, defying taboos and redefining care’s boundaries.

Haunted by the newborn she abandoned decades ago, a mother (Sylvia Chang) faces an impossible choice when her daughter's death leaves behind an embryo—and a chance for redemption.

One torn traffic ticket. One vanished truck. One mountain restaurant where travelers disappear. A small-town cop's roadside mercy turns him from investigator to prey.

Inside my head, there's a cat, a dog, and a pile of rocks. The title of this film is “Dipolar Bipolar” which means “two extremes”.It symbolizes the two extremes of bipolar disorder.

After losing their daughter, a Japanese couple adopts an antique doll possessed by a vengeful spirit. When their second child plays with it, the dead daughter finally comes home.

A Korean American prodigy rises from poverty, survives war, defies McCarthyism, and composes hauntingly beautiful music—Ty Kim’s Earl. reveals the untold story of composer Earl Kim.

A marketplace murder pulls detective Chang Chen into Taiwan's White Terror past, where a vengeful heir and guilt-ridden former agent collide in Chung Mong-hong's haunting meditation on historical reckoning.

Mo-Du, a hairy and sweaty 14-year-old, makes it to the final round of a pull-up competition with the P.E. captain—but quits after being teased for looking like a boy. Later, at a uniform shop, she meets an older girl who looks just like her.

When eighteen-year-old Spring discovers she's adopted, four hidden family secrets spanning twenty-four years surface: gambling debts, fertility desperation, a sperm donor, and the impossibly complicated truth about love.

Ae-young and Ji-woo go in search of a rainbow for a perfect breakup.

In Bangkok's police flats, two teenage girls from opposite sides of the wealth divide discover their friendship runs deeper than class—until a young (and hot) officer arrives.

When vapid transphobic celebrity Ena mysteriously wakes up minus her vagina, she must find true love before a magic flower wilts or lose "Poochy" forever.

When an aspiring children's author who censors porn crashes into a desperate publisher's Porsche, she must write 20 steamy novels—and discovers she's been preparing for the wrong dream.

Parentless and struggling to survive, Jun-kang and his sister cross paths with another troubled teen as a hidden connection slowly surfaces in this haunting mystery about youth persevering through trauma and isolation.

Toward the end of the Korean war an officer is called to the perilous eastern front to investigate the murder of a company commander that appears to have been committed by one of his own men.

Shots ring out. A best-selling novelist lies dead in his secluded mountain home. A mysterious young woman confesses to the murder, but the truth proves elusive in this labyrinthine thriller.

After fleeing a harrowing situation, Tian Tian seeks refuge with her cousin, a hardened stuntwoman. As danger looms, the two women renew their bond in this genre-bending, emotionally charged neo-noir.

Keiko Hasegawa, 34 years old, is spending her days in her hometown while working at a funeral company. One day, Keiko is left with a strange funeral. Will she be able to complete today's ceremony without any trouble?

When freshman Sun-ah is crowned a Department of Education model student, her steadfast devotion to So-hee, who has a brain lesion, unexpectedly tests her limits.

A naïve bumpkin comes to bustling Taipei and gets schooled about modern times in this colorfully campy and outrageously irreverent time capsule of 80’s Taiwan.

In this sensuous, opulent, historical melodrama, inspired by centuries-old erotic teachings, a young Javanese woman betrays her teacher, falls in love and must face dire consequences.

Comedy and drama collide and generations clash in this clever tale of wishful thinking, about a wayward screenwriter's first film and his father's dreams of buried treasure.

A special 20th Anniversary 35mm screening of NYAFF 2025 Filmmaker in Focus Toshiaki Toyoda’s unnerving 2005 portrait of one family’s secrets, the film that launched a Japanese genre.

Fresh out of college, a lunchbox delivery man falls for a deaf swimmer’s sister, courting her in sign language, but when she pulls away, his world unravels in this tender, visually striking romance.

A searing courtroom drama centering on Lucas, a deaf boy in a remote fishing village, who finds himself embroiled in a criminal case that rivets public attention.

When his fiancée mysteriously vanishes, a conductor falls for her sexy replacement—awkward, since she's actually trapped in their bedroom wall, watching them get very acquainted.

In the suburbs of a northern Chinese city undergoing urbanization, a quirky girl who wants to see animals in the zoo is taken for a ride which will forever change her perspective on life.

One woman. One racist lie. One lawsuit that shook Japan. Korean Japanese entrepreneur Shin Sugok takes on major media in this electro-shock legal thriller about refusing to be silenced.

Complications arise when a quirky grade schooler develops a crush on his schoolmate after she gives an impassioned speech about the environment in this winningly observant, funny and bittersweet cautionary tale.

In this Bhutan-set tale of Buddhist karma, doppelgängers and melancholic Dzongkha music, a wronged schoolteacher journeys in the footsteps of her lookalike to reclaim what’s been taken from her.

After his young friend Sophie is sexually assaulted, sushi master Mr. Gichi seeks revenge, challenging his sense of justice in the process.

A bungling cop. A slick informant. When a botched sting blows their lives apart, this chaotic duo must team up to take down a smuggling ring… and survive each other.

When lips dry up, YOU NEED LIP BALM. When a story dries up, YOUR FILM WILL BOMB.

Adapted from the award-winning novel, Islands, by Lolita Hu, this series is a contemporary look at modern relationships, love and human connections starring Wu Kang-ren and Rima Zeidan. The first two episodes will be presented.

A tour-de-force of creative genius, created solo by one artist, Jinsei explores a man's life over 100 years, the lows, the highs, and the psychedelic in-betweens.

A moving, layered family drama about grieving, generational divides, and breaking taboos. Dayo Wong stars as a wedding planner who inherits a Taoist funeral business and gets more than he bargained for.

Capturing glorious landscapes in both Hong Kong and Japan, this soulful, time-bending ode to lost love and the healing power of the perfect song stars Cantopop legend Ekin Cheng and a heart-melting Natalie Hsu.

NYAFF presents the 4K Restoration of this Shanghai Animation Studio classic about Yuangong, a monk who betrays heaven's secrets to humankind and must overcome a mysterious fox to complete his mission.

Issa and her brother Tomas escape violence at home only to arrive at a desolate orphanage run by secretive nuns, in this vicious, slow-burn cult horror of monstrously immoral proportions.

At 98, Hollywood's barrier-breaking Chinese American icon tells her own story—from James Stewart's leading lady to Golden Horse triumph, revealing how one woman transformed cinema across continents.

Set in 2008, Doddy, a 14 year old boy, tries to recreate an iconic scene of a zombie film with three of his best friends, using a handycam belonging to Anji, his sad and angry emo brother.

When the class clown feigns a grave illness to avoid expulsion he inadvertently falls for the class monitor tasked with keeping an eye on him in this delightfully irreverent romcom.

MA is a poignant portrait of awakening political consciousness under ruthless oppression told through the lens of workers protesting inhumane conditions, and a young garment worker caught in the middle.

A-listers Huang Bo and Ni Ni are two troubled strangers who end up confined in adjoining rooms in the same Hong Kong quarantine hotel, sharing cigarettes and confessions as a life-altering bond between them grows.

Lee Dong-hwi plays Lee Dong-hwi in this quirky, self-aware comedy with a warm emotional core, driven by sharp writing, engaging humor, and a recurring gag about oversized ears.

Ryota Kondo’s gripping feature debut, produced by genre icon Takashi Shimizu, is one of the freshest, most inventive recent J-horror entries, transforming the found footage trope to heartstopping effect.

A landmark of animation, Shanghai Animation Studio's Uproar in Heaven returns in a meticulous 4K restoration that preserves every ink-brushed detail and brings the Monkey King's celestial rebellion vividly to life.

She pumps. She works. She doesn't sleep. Her mother-in-law pours her breast milk down the drain. Her husband expects medals. Oliver Chan's Montages of a Modern Motherhood exposes motherhood's taboos.

Two estranged childhood friends journey to their wintry hometown for a funeral and as they let down their defenses, a weighty past emerges. A haunting, atmospheric mystery about the echoes of past lives.

When aging assassin Hornclaw discovers there’s a price on her head, she’s thrust into a deadly game of deception where she must keep both her blade and mind razor sharp.

The most highly anticipated, action-packed epic fantasy of the year. Dokja's favorite novel comes ominously true; using his intricate knowledge of the impending apocalyptic story, the office worker changes destiny.

After a 17-year prison sentence, an innocent man is hellbent on revenge, a quest that leads him to the darkest depths of humanity. This modern pulp-fiction opus is fueled by nail-biting suspense, and furious action.

In Panor, a standalone prequel to the infamous Art of the Devil series, Thai idol Cherprang Areekul must break a blood-soaked village curse and confront ancient folk terror and visceral nightmares to save her community from annihilation.

Inspired by true events, this haunting, emotionally charged drama asks just how far a father can go to forgive the unforgivable.

Two women, baby-hatch caretaker Lai Sum and pregnant schoolgirl Siew Man, defy zealots in Kuala Lumpur, hurtling through red-tape shadows toward freedom in Golden Horse winner Chong Keat Aun’s urgent, multilingual Pavane.

In war-torn Jakarta 1946, a haunted violinist ordered to bomb a colonial theatre sees his plan unravel when a charismatic rebel falls for his wife—jeopardizing Indonesia’s freedom and their lives.

When a zombie outbreak hits a cursed Hong Kong mall, desperate stall vendors wield Daoist magic, flying fists, and sheer pettiness in this gloriously gory, low-rent, high-chaos horror showdown.

A young man adopts the identities of previous lovers as he goes on a shape-shifting journey across Hong Kong, discovering the power of fleeting connections in his sexual encounters with strangers.

Four Samil High girls unite, flaunt forbidden rainbow backpacks, outfox punitive staff, and, bound together, ignite a campus uprising that exposes a principal’s black-bag racket.

Golden Globe winner Tadanobu Asano commands the spotlight as legendary Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase in an achingly poetic film about a life lived on the knifepoint of genius and madness.

The outrageous Taiwanese comedy Marry My Dead Body gets a wacky Thai facelift in this even more frenetically paced remake starring Billkin and PP Krit.

A magical Red Pocket interrupts an anxiety-ridden family dinner.

Stateless boat women drift through life without a sense of belonging, until one of them dares to dream, breaks the cycle, and begins a quiet fight for survival.

A ten-year-old girl’s view of womanhood deepens through an unexpected bond with a bar girl, reshaping her sheltered world in Ho Chi Minh City. Watching over is a stolen Tamara de Lempicka nude art book.

He was born with the peculiar ability to move and remove his body parts. Throughout his life, he shares his body parts to people he loves. Until the day he died, all left from him is a torso with a faceless head. His mother is trying to recollect his body parts.

A gripping exploration of power, oppression and rebellion. This jidaigeki epic is a visceral mix of true-life historical drama and high-octane action, combining spaghetti-western influences with first-class swordplay.

Joaquin and Ara are grieving their mother’s death. When their father, Papa Sol, suddenly disappears with her urn, they begin piecing together where and why he left.

A Korean family starts anew in a sprawling house in rural Taiwan, befriending a beguiling young neighbor (Vivian Sung), but soon their past catches up with them in this twisty, evocative thriller.

After a hit-and-run, ghostly figures creep into a young couple's photographs. Each flash pulls the spirit closer. Guilt festers, truth develops—and some hauntings refuse to fade.

1990s Saigon. Two young lovers become entangled in the criminal underworld and must do battle with dark forces that threaten their relationship and test the limits of their humanity.

A masked crew known as Frank target the rich with heists, graffiti, and viral videos. But when they expose a sham church, things turn deadly. Old school Hong Kong action meets the TikTok generation.

Twenty years after a young girl causes her parents to divorce, unsettling events swirl around two women and disturbing backstories come to light, with lethal consequences.

When a sculptor is diagnosed with ALS, she pours her failing strength into a fragile little girl’s figurine, until it miraculously moves and opens its eyes.

When Ake tries to sell his dying father’s sacred amulet, he sets off a wild goose chase complete with crooks, influencers, and underground legends in this genre-blending twisty Thai adventure.

Told through vivid, hand-drawn ink-wash animation, this simple tale of a monkey on a quest for fire poetically belies a meaningful fable about change, identity, and survival.

A young woman's Olympic dreams are derailed when she discovers she’s pregnant on the eve of national tryouts, forcing her to embark on a risky journey to find a solution.

After the best North Korean field agent is ruthlessly betrayed and set up for a fall, he goes on the run and wages a one-man war for justice and revenge.

EXO idol D.O. joins a Harlem tap ace to turn Geoje’s 1951 POW camp into a stage, pounding rebellion, laughter and life-or-death rhythm that dares barbed-wire walls to break open.

At a home gathering, a Chinese woman newly arrived in the U.S. tries to protect her daughter’s secrets from her new friends.

Three retired K-pop idols escape to windswept Jeju, where failed dreams, predatory contracts and surf-side campfires force them to reclaim their lives in Namkoong Sun’s Jeonju Grand-Prize drama scored by Byul.org.

On the wintry steppes of Inner Mongolia, Saina, a herdsman by day and horseback performer by night, clings to his heritage as he’s forced to confront the crumbling of the world he once knew.

As part of NYAFF's spotlight on Toshiaki Toyoda, the festival presents three of his best short films—passionate metaphorical tomes on society, exile, death, and resurrection—Wolf's Calling (2019), The Day of Destruction (2020), and Go Seppuku Yourselves (2021).

Toshiaki Toyoda immerses viewers in an aesthetically transfixing vision of inner and outer worlds, set against a backdrop of collapsing realities and cosmic uncertainty.

When a crazed shooter holds a remote hospital hostage, a weary city detective is summoned to defuse the situation in this bleakly sardonic thriller from acclaimed cinematographer-turned-director Baatar Batsukh.

A fresh perspective on love under pressure. From director Shawn Yu comes a compelling, fast-moving story about a talent manager and her younger partner, forced to confront a potentially fatal situation.

A junk dealer scams a clueless trucker by underpaying him for scrap—only to realize the metal keeps getting heavier every time, even though there’s less of it.

A Hong Kong pastor (Anthony Wong) faces an impossible test of faith when the young man (George Au) responsible for his daughter's death arrives at his church seeking both salvation and shelter.

At a Malaysian camp, a possessed trainee accuses peers of leaving filth in the latrine. Ordered into a gruesome midnight cleanup, their fragile interfaith bonds shatter.

A celebration of language and inclusion, this coming-of-age drama explores the lives of three deaf young adults as they navigate love, friendship and identity in contemporary Hong Kong.

When government worker Ryan is tasked to retrieve a recycling bin, he gets more than he bargained for, cue amnesiac alien, doomsday cult, and a ragtag crew that must band together to, well you know, save the world!

Five leather-jacketed wannabe gangsters with great hair and terrible judgment take on Hong Kong's underworld, discovering that brotherhood hurts more than their matching tattoos. Cantopop soundtrack included.