Celebrating a Decade of Asian Cinema in North Carolina June 6, 2026
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Spotlight on Emerging Filmmakers
Spotlight on Emerging Filmmakers
Spotlight on Emerging Filmmakers
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Highlighting Regional Stories
Spotlight on Emerging Filmmakers
Spotlight on Emerging Filmmakers
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Cultural Film Showcase
Spotlight on Emerging Filmmakers
Cultural Film Showcase
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Festival Highlights & Narratives
My Grandma's Story
Easy Riders on Silk Island
My Grandma's Story
This documentary is talking about a true story of Cambodian woman who her life has changed during and after the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. She was lived in a better life before the Khmer Rouge reign, because her husband is the commander of the army, but then everything had changed when the Khmer Rouge came in
Seouls Heart
Easy Riders on Silk Island
My Grandma's Story
A cynical London publicist falls for the Korean superstar she's managing, sparking a cross-cultural romance that spans Seoul and London. A romantic comedy that will be loved by all audiences and will enjoy the story of love, life challenges and a worldwind of the adventure of Emma Blossums unexpected journey to a new life she never knew existed!
**Six episodes of bilingual romance exploring what you're willing to risk for happiness.**
Easy Riders on Silk Island
Easy Riders on Silk Island
Easy Riders on Silk Island
On May 24, 2025, filmmaker Rob Underhill joined the Easy Riders biking group, leaving the urban streets of Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia, and traveling on a 50 kilometer journey across Silk Island, through rural communities, farmlands, countryside, and muddy trails for this once in a lifetime biking adventure.
Conference of the Moths
Conference of the Moths
Easy Riders on Silk Island
In a 12th century epic, Wise Hoopoe had upheld the moth and flame as an epitome of love. Now, committed to self-care, the moths have decided to shun the flame. Can Hoopoe once again show his fellow creatures the light?
Perfectly Seasoned
Conference of the Moths
Perfectly Seasoned
Bikram, a longtime chef and confirmed bachelor, runs his restaurant with heart and discipline. But when his niece and two meddling Aunties host a speed-dating night there, his world is thrown into comedic chaos—blending family pressure, unexpected romance, and the perfect dash of second chances.
My Dear
Conference of the Moths
Perfectly Seasoned
My Dear, is a self-reflective documentary about the will of a young Chinese director to express his own sexual identity in Europe.
The Road Home
Kindred Spirits
The Road Home
A indigenous Montagnard man that grew up in America, goes back to Vietnam to reclaim his heritage before the government removes his connection to the past.
The Last Note
Kindred Spirits
The Road Home
A terminally ill musician leaves behind a lullaby for the daughter he’ll never meet — a final song that becomes a bridge between past, present, and memory.
Kindred Spirits
Kindred Spirits
Kindred Spirits
When her girlfriend is possessed by a lovelorn spirit, Evangeline Rao must face demons of her own, some more manifest than others.
River Mamma
Ma's Kitchen
Kindred Spirits
In Jamaica—where legal protections for LGBTQ+ individuals are virtually non-existent and trans communities face profound risk—Jacqueline grapples with the impending transition to her female identity while mourning the loss of contact with her son, Michael. As hostility closes in around her, she is forced to confront what it means to live authentically in a society that denies her dignity, safety, and belonging.
Ma's Kitchen
Ma's Kitchen
Ma's Kitchen
Ma's Kitchen is a semi-autobiographical short film (which will become a feature film) about Debbie Vu, her mother, their language barrier and straddling between two very different cultures, Vietnamese and American.
Hafu
Ma's Kitchen
Ma's Kitchen
When an American bride-to-be spends the day reuniting with her
Japanese grandmother, she discovers through the dance of
communication that she is more connected to her heritage than she realized.
May 5, 2024 - Film Highlights
Miss Canton
The New Years
The New Years
As Jenny, an aspiring chef, sits down for a Lunar New Year dinner with her family, she is engulfed by the disassociation with the language and culture of her Chinese heritage. She grapples with guilt and an overwhelming pressure to belong, but can she escape the surreal pageant of her own creation?
The New Years
The New Years
The New Years
This story is about a separated family by the division of Korea after the Korean War.
Every New Year’s Day, a man tries to send a kite for his daughter, but it never works.
Handyman
The New Years
We are all Americans
We are all Americans
We are all Americans
We are all Americans
This film expresses the power of religious freedom in United States. This is based on the experience of an Immigrant.
Sunrise Xuejian
We are all Americans
Supported by UAC
This film tells the story of a park ranger from the Atayal people, one of Taiwan’s Indigenous groups, who reflects on his father’s legacy as he watches the daily sunrise over Xuejian in his hometown, Taiwan. For three generations, his family has dedicated itself to this profession, forging a deep and inseparable bond with the mountains and forests.
Supported by UAC
We are all Americans
Supported by UAC
“North Carolina Indian and South Asian Film Festival is supported by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County.”