A Window on Asian Cinema
Widow of SilenceLife goes on in a small village in civil-war-ridden Kashmir, India where bullet trains pass through forests blooming with flowers. Aasia, a Muslim woman, lives with her 11-year old...
A Window on Asian Cinema
YOURS TRULYSingle, middle-aged woman Mithi yearns to take charge of her life, but finds it difficult. One day, she finds meaning in life after hearing a man’s voice who seems to understand he...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Namdev Bhau In Search of SilenceNamdev, a limousine driver in his 60s, is tired of his life in Mumbai. Not only is city life itself complicated, but his wife and daughter are always asking him to do things at hom...
A Window on Asian Cinema
ComplicityChen Liang leaves his hometown for Japan to improve his life, despite the disapproval of his sickly mother and elderly grandmother. Life for an illegal Chinese immigrant with a fak...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Bulbul Can SingThe film beautifully portrays miraculous moments in Bulbul’s oppressed life, a teenage girl living in India’s Assam region. The film depicts the power of pioneering a harsh life, c...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Round FigureSudhir had a brilliant career as an actor, though mostly in supporting roles or as the villain. Still, he boasted of having famous lines and fancy action scenes on his resume. Now,...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Sincerely Yours, DhakaThe year 2018 will be recorded as the year an unusually high number of omnibus projects were made in Asia, from the Ten-Year International Project involving Thailand, Taiwan and Ja...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Man From the SeaIn Indonesia’s Aceh, where the villagers still struggle with the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami disaster from a decade ago, a mysterious man emerges from the sea and colla...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Your FaceThe film explores time and facial expression. The camera does capture the landscape, but is microscopic in its capture of human expressions, even detailing emotions. Tsai Ming-Lian...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Every Day a Good DayUnlike her lively cousin, Noriko has no hobbies, no ambitions, and doesn’t know what she wants to do with her life. Her mother suggests that she join a class to learn traditional t...