25th New York Asian Film Festival

July 10-26, 2026

North American Premiere

A Dance With Rainbows

恨女的逆襲

Twenty-year-old Ling, a promising boxer, struggles to stay afloat both inside and outside the ring. When she’s not training to become a contender, she works tirelessly for her mother’s lunchbox delivery service. After her father brazenly brings his new paramour/business partner home, Ling simmers with anger at her mother’s indifference and her family’s dysfunction. But when she gets an opportunity to make some real cash at underground boxing matches, her faith in her sport, her coach, and her own character is put to the ultimate test. Director Lee Yi-shan makes a bruising, sharply felt debut about filial duty, female anger, and a young woman learning that rage is useless unless it finds its target. Winner of Golden Horse’s Best Action Choreography award.

Director: Lee Yi-shan
Producers: Lee Yi-shan, HO Ping
Screenwriter: Lee Yi-shan
Cast: Tsai Cheng-Nan, LIN Yi-Ting, TSAI Chen-Nan, YU An-Shun, Lotus WANG, LIN Yu-Chia
Languages: Mandarin, Taiwanese with English Subtitles
2025; 115 min.; DCP
Country: Taiwan

SCHEDULE:

Saturday July 11, 6:15pm
Film at Lincoln Center

Intro and Q&A with director Lee Yi-shan

Lee Yi-shan
李宜珊

Lee Yi-shan is an independent filmmaker from Taiwan. She won Best Live Action Short Film at the 2017 Golden Horse Awards for Babes' Not Alone and was nominated in the same category for Sisters' Busy Hands in 2020; she has also won Best Editing at the Golden Bell Awards. Her work centers on female awareness under patriarchy, building characters with strong personalities and an empathetic core. She is presenting her debut feature, the NYAFF 2026 Uncaged Award-nominated A Dance With Rainbows.