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"People's Park" (Dir. J.P. Sniadecki & Libbie Cohn)

New York

Film Series: Cinema on the Edge: the Best of the Beijing Independent Film Festival 2012-2014

Aug 20, 24 (at Asia Society): Multi-venue film series highlights independent Chinese films and Beijing Independent Film Festival. Post-screening Q&As.

New York

Susan Talbot (1937-2015)

Susan Talbot, A Champion of Australian Arts and Culture, 1937-2015

Lucy Liu attends the Huading Film Awards on June 1, 2014 at Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Los Angeles, California. (Joe Scarnici/Getty)

Lucy Liu on Acting and Arts Education

Lucy Liu on Hollywood's "slow" progress in casting Asian Americans.

L to R: "C'est Si Bon", "My Love My Bride", "Scarlet Innocence"

New York

Film Series: Korean Movie Night - Summer Edition

Learn more about our free twice-a-month screenings.

Ken Leung on 'Rush Hour,' 'Lost'

Ken Leung on his experience as an Asian American actor

"Oh Lucy!" (dir. Dir. Atsuko Hirayanagi)

New York

New York Japan CineFest

Jun 4-5: Celebrate emerging Japanese and Japanese American filmmakers.

On location for "Among the Believers," a new documentary by Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Naqvi. (Courtesy of the filmmakers)

Film Explores Pakistan's ‘Divide’

A Q&A with ‘Among the Believers’ filmmakers Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Naqvi

Reporter Jocelyn Ford and Zanta, the subject of her film, stand on a Beijing overpass. (Jocelyn Ford)

On Gender and Racism in Tibet

'Nowhere to Call Home' Director Jocelyn Ford on Tibet and her film.

Philippines

ASIA ON SCREEN 2015 Film Festival

Bringing award-winning Asian films to Manila!

The artist Mu Xin. (Courtesy of Ropa Vieja Films)

Mu Xin: ‘Dreaming Against the World’

A discussion with the filmmakers behind ‘Dreaming Against the World.’

Wu Ke-Xi, Midi Z, and La Frances Hui at the opening of the film series Homecoming Myanmar: A Midi Z Retrospective on March 6, 2015. (C. Bay Milin)

Midi Z: Homecoming Myanmar

Filmmaker Midi Z recently presented four films for his first U.S. survey.

L to R: "Alive," "Gangnam Blues," "The King of Jogku."

New York

Film Series: Korean Movie Night - Emerging Talent

Learn more about our free twice-a-month screenings.

Actress We Ke Xi, in character (L) and out (R). (Courtesy We Ke Xi)

Making an ‘Ordinary Myanmar Woman’

Myanmar filmmaker Midi Z’s leading lady is in fact a cosmopolitan chameleon from Taiwan.

Burmese filmmaker Midi Z, above, receives his first American retrospective at Asia Society New York from March 6 through 13, 2015.

Interview: Meet Filmmaker Midi Z

Director speaks candidly ahead of Asia Society series.

L to R: "Poor Folk," "Return to Burma," and "Ice Poison."

New York

Film Series: Myanmar's Midi Z

Mar. 6-13: Emerging director's first U.S. survey.

L: Poster for "One Child," filmmaker Mu Zijian's documentary about the after-effects of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. R: Mu Zijian at Asia Society New York on November 4, 2014.

Video: A Young Filmmaker's Journey from Small-Town Sichuan to the Oscars

Despite not advancing to the final list of nominees announced on Jan. 15, filmmaker Mu Zijian has made his mark by being the first Chinese national shortlisted in the Academy Awards' "Best Documentary Short" category.