This week’s episode focuses on the breakout Malaysian social drama, Abang Adik, which earned Wu Kang-ren the Best Leading Actor prize at the Golden Horse Awards this year. Director Jin Ong delves into the making of his award-winning debut film with programmer David Wilentz.
Continuing a series of films examining the discriminatory legal and social practices afflicting those on the margins of Malaysian society, writer-director Jin Ong pierces a tragic nerve through a fateful fraternal bond in his latest social drama, "Abang Adik."
Equal parts mystery and melodrama, "The Abandoned" contrasts its grisly details with detective Wu Jie’s reawakening, using its riddle as a device of rebirth amidst personal tragedy.
Co-director Rasiguet Sookkarn, known previously as the production designer behind films like "Pop Aye," "36," and "Where We Belong," sat down to talk about Faces of Anne’s psychological horror and the duplicity of online identity that serves as the premise for its collage.
Award-winning Chinese documentary director Wang Bing joins the UNCAGED Podcast with documentary director Sun Ningyi to uncover the inspiration behind his Cannes and NYFF selected documentary Youth (Spring).
Writer-director Liu Siyi talks about how her own insomnia led to the initial drafts of her striking feature film debut Flaming Cloud, an exquisite homage to Disney movies and Chinese folklore.
Listen to talented performing artist Satoru Iguchi from J-pop sensation King Gnu and veteran screenwriter Chihiro Ito dive into the mesmerizing world of "In Her Room," Ito’s directorial debut about a shy dentist’s strange relationship with a woman living in a lush, plant-filled apartment.
Internationally acclaimed veteran auteur Junji Sakamoto talks about his wide-ranging career in cinema as well as the creative process behind his latest film, "Okiku and the World,: an aesthetically brilliant jidaigeki (period drama) about two “manure men” in Edo-era Japan.
The second episode features the Q&A session for the South Korean spy action film, "Phantom." Festival director Sam Jamier and lead actress Lee Hanee discuss how the film’s characters thrive amidst a perilous, male-dominated environment and take center stage within the narrative.
The debut episode goes behind the scenes of the chilling Hong Kong horror film, "Back Home," featuring the Q&A with singer-dancer-actor Anson Kong, renowned actress Bai Ling, and award-winning director Nate Ki after its world premiere at NYAFF this summer.
Celebrating its 22nd edition in 2023, the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) is North America’s leading festival of Asian cinema. It was called “the best film festival in New York” by The Village Voice and “arguably the world’s best-curated program of new and classic Asian cinema” by IndieWire.
NYAFF remains fully committed to increasing exposure of Asian representation on screen and providing opportunities for audiences of all communities to experience the diversity and brilliance of Asian and Asian American cinema.
