Nowness ASIA

02/07/2025

29/06/2025

‘Farewell My Concubine’ by Chen Kaige 🎞️⁠
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Witness an epic tale of unrequited romance and tragedy in this period drama by Chen Kaige. ‘Farewell My Concubine’ starring Leslie Cheung and Zhang Fengyi as two Peking Opera performers whose relationship begins to devolve when one meets a beautiful courtesan, played by Gong Li, causing their partnership to become engulfed in a wave of jealousy and betrayal. 🪭⁠

Tap to explore more narrative shorts on NOWNESS ASIA 🔗 https://www.nowness.asia/series/nowness-shorts

26/06/2025

NEW! ​'Fat Dance', a collaboration between director Paphawee Jinnasith and choreographer Song Ravinan, is a celebration of beauty beyond rigid norms. The dance is set in a butcher’s stall, a “distinctly Asian” location. It’s a metaphor for beauty’s narrow definition as it is a place where things are constantly measured, priced, and sold, before being judged and valued.

Watch now on NOWNESS ASIA 🩰 https://www.nowness.asia/series/just-dance/fat-dance

25/06/2025

A group of q***r creatives from Thailand question the definition of normal in this stunning short film by Korn Pat. ‘Normal Is an Illusion’ is part of our latest selection ‘Becoming Queer’ for 🏳️‍🌈

Watch now on NOWNESS ASIA 🔗 https://www.nowness.asia/story/normal-is-an-illusion-korn-pat

24/06/2025

This 🏳️‍🌈, dive into our curated selection of short films that celebrate tales of q***r becoming from a range of filmmakers, representing a spectrum of stories and experiences.

Featuring 'OHYUNG & Matt Evans: What U Wanna Do' by Jas Lin, ‘Normal is an Illusion’ Korn Pat and ‘Urritjara ' by Tim Georgeson, and much more. 🎥 Watch now on NOWNESS ASIA

19/06/2025

NEW! : In a live performance art piece, Berlin-based contemporary artist Anna Uddenberg seeks to question the audience’s social consciousness, asking how the performance of authority and division can direct the “flow of human movement"⁠

Tap to watch now on NOWNESS ASIA 🎥https://www.nowness.asia/picks/premium-economy

18/06/2025

Meet Oshiruko Chan: a forever 17-year-old Sweetheart. She enjoys dressing up and all things cute, as well as DJing, going to the club, skateboarding, and eating taiyaki. Most of all, she wants to be everybody’s friend 💜

Tap the link in bio to watch on NOWNESS ASIA 🎥⁠

Scenes from the Tokyo life of a multi-talented Perfect Sweetheart

15/06/2025

Celebrate this year with this curated selection of poignant narrative shorts that feature heartwarming depictions of fatherhood 🩵⁠
Featuring, Champi by Omi Zola Gupta, Miss World by Georgia Fu and Honolulu by Maya Tanaka. Watch more on https://www.nowness.asia/ 🎬

13/06/2025

Submissions are now open for the Asian Short Film Fund (ASFF) — launched by NOWNESS ASIA in partnership with HKIFF — to support emerging filmmakers across Asia.⁠ 📣⁠
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We’re proud to announce the 2025 jury: acclaimed filmmakers Anthony Chen, Stanley Kwan Kam-pang, and Park Ki-Yong. ⁠
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This August, we’ll shortlist ten projects from the submissions to pitch to the jury. From there, three winning projects will be selected and announced later in the month. Each will receive one-on-one mentorship and up to $35,000 USD in funding.⁠ 🎬 ⁠
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The completed films will be screened at the 50th Hong Kong International Film Festival in 2026.⁠
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Only 2 days left before submissions close!
Tap to submit now → http://asff.hafapplication.com 🔗 ⁠
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12/06/2025

NEW! This , follow the lives of 8 trans individuals living in China in ‘My Body Is a Cage’, a short profile film directed by Guo Dongxun. 💜⁠🏳️‍🌈⁠
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Tap to watch the full film on NOWNESS ASIA 🎥⁠ https://www.nowness.asia/picks/my-body-is-a-cage

06/06/2025

Happy Birthday, Hirokazu Kore-eda!⁠
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A masterful filmmaker and storyteller, Kore-eda is celebrated for his profound and nuanced exploration of family dynamics and the intricacies of everyday life. 🌱⁠
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His filmography also offers poignant insights into human relationships, marked by social commentary in works such as Shoplifters(2018), which chronicles an unlikely working-class family living on the margins of society, and ‘Nobody Knows’ (2004), a film inspired by the true story of a group of children forced to fend for themselves when they are abandoned in an apartment by their mother.⁠
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What’s your favourite Koreeda film?⁠
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Tap the link in bio to watch ‘Still Walking’, an exclusive profile film with the director 🎥⁠
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1) Nobody Knows(2004)⁠
2) Shoplifters (2018)⁠
3) Still Walking (2008)⁠
4) Monster (2023)

05/06/2025

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A tribute to Taiwanese q***r novelist Qiu Miaojin, ‘Absolutely No Sexual Favors’ explores q***r desires that the modern Asian diaspora navigates within liminal geographical spaces. 🌃⁠

Watch now on NOWNESS ASIA 🎥⁠ https://www.nowness.asia/picks/absolutely-no-sexual-favors