25th New York Asian Film Festival

July 10-26, 2026

Photo: © SERENDIPITY FILMS LTD.

North American Premiere

Girlfriends

女孩不平凡

At thirty-four, Lok can feel the life she has postponed pressing in. Macau-born and long adrift in the Hong Kong film world, she has one feature behind her, a second that refuses to come together, and a live-in girlfriend who wants a future that looks settled. But the closer that future gets, the more Lok returns to the women and cities that shaped her: Taiwan at twenty-two, where her student years bring a restless romance and the sense that life could still open in any direction; Macau at seventeen, where a crush on a free-spirited older woman first teaches her what desire means. Drawing from her own life, Tracy Choi turns those three ages and three cities into a confoundingly intimate queer drama about love, artistic doubt, and the hard bargain between growing up and staying true to oneself.

Director: Tracy Choi
Producers: Estela Valdivieso Chen, Jacqueline Liu
Screenwriters: Shiu Wa Lou, Sebrina Zheng
Cast: Fish Liew, Jennifer Yu, Elizabeth Tang, Ning Han, Natalie Hsu
Languages: Mandarin, English with English Subtitles
2025; 100 min.; DCP
Countries: Macau, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand

SCHEDULE:

Thursday July 23, 6:00pm
Film at Lincoln Center

Intro and Q&A with director Tracy Choi