Reel Asian 2024: A Family’s Ascent in ‘Ashima’
A tender and thoughtful exploration of ambition, family, and the cost of greatness.
A tender and thoughtful exploration of ambition, family, and the cost of greatness.
'Starring Jerry as Himself' is as much about exploring truth as it is about recounting its protagonist’s strange and unsettling experience.
With Amber Kumar Gurung’s picaresque journey through the stunning mountains, farms, and villages of Bhutan, we encounter a surprisingly diverse cast of characters.
'The Wolves Always Come At Night' achieves a multitude of aims through its carefully constructed approach.
Director Elizabeth Lo welds contrasting concepts of love together using pristine cinematography and swooning soundtracks juxtaposed with uncomfortable conversations about fidelity and failing.
A powerful, unsparing documentary that utilises the camera as a means for a community's survival against oppression.
'New Wave' is about the music, but it’s equally about what the music masks—a tricky balance.
There is a potential to do something intimately powerful like Navalny here, but as a profile documentary, 'Invisible Nation' is a failure.
Khoa Lê’s film operates on an exciting new level of documentary filmmaking that we haven’t really seen before.
Part-narrative feature, part-documentary, 'Desire Lines' is a steamy and insightful investigation of the space where gender expression and sexual orientation intersect.