25th New York Asian Film Festival

July 10-26, 2026

FilmsSchedule & Tickets

Photo: X99 Films

New York Premiere

HYENA

In an isolated castle, students prepare for a life-changing examination. As anticipation builds to a fever pitch, a storm strikes. Trapped within crumbling walls, their academic sanctuary becomes a prison, and minds begin to break.

Director: Altay Ulan Yang
Producers: Altay Ulan Yang, Edyta Yutong Deng
Screenwriter: Altay Ulan Yang
Cast: Huo Zhengjie, Hou Tianyu, Altay Ulan Yang, Chen Yanchen, Panlin Jingyi
Languages: Mandarin with English Subtitles
2025; 21 min.; DCP
Countries: USA, China

SCHEDULE:

Thursday July 16, 3:00pm
Film at Lincoln Center

This program of short films includes Altay Ulan Yang’s HYENA, Anatole Sloan’s Our Child, Shen Chieh Tsang’s No Place Like Home, Hao Zhou’s CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG, Zéré Turlykhanova’s Coffin Therapy, and Surya Balakrishnan’s The Housekeeper.