New Asian Cinema Competition
New Asian Cinema is a survey of the most outstanding and widely debated new films from South and Southeast Asia, often directorial debuts. The filmmakers competing for the festival Grand Prix make bold comments about the surrounding reality and contemporary social issues.

A Land Imagined
dir. Yeo Siew Hua
Singapore, France, Netherlands 2018, 95’
Singapore, France, Netherlands 2018, 95’

Die Tomorrow
dir. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
Thailand 2017, 75’
Thailand 2017, 75’

Father to Son
dir. Hsiao Ya-chuan
Taiwan 2018, 115’
Taiwan 2018, 115’

Girls Always Happy
dir. Yang Mingming
China 2018, 117’
China 2018, 117’

In the Life of Music
dir. Caylee So, Sok Visal
Cambodia, USA 2018, 92’
Cambodia, USA 2018, 92’

Nervous Translation
dir. Shireen Seno
Philippines 2017, 90’
Philippines 2017, 90’

No.1 Chung Ying Street
dir. Derek Chiu Sung-Kee
Hong Kong 2018, 118’
Hong Kong 2018, 118’

One Two Jaga
dir. Nam Ron
Malaysia 2018, 80’
Malaysia 2018, 80’

River’s Edge
dir. Isao Yukisada
Japan 2018, 118’
Japan 2018, 118’

Song Lang
dir. Leon Quang Le
Vietnam 2018, 90’
Vietnam 2018, 90’

Suburban Birds
dir. Qiu Sheng
China, Taiwan 2018, 118’
China, Taiwan 2018, 118’