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To the Wonder

8.7

Li Wen Xiu, a Han girl who grew up in a small town in Altay, is determined to pursue her literary dream in a big city. However, she repeatedly faces obstacles and is forced to return to her hometown, where she relies…

Gasohug

7.8

Eve has the ability to see fragments of her future in her dreams and she believes that the gas station guy is her 'enchanted prince' whom she has been seeing glimpses of in her foretelling dreams. Pun is just an ordinary…

Let Me Understand Your Language

7.6

A story that follows a man who discovers a new way of living after he falls in love with a Dai girl and its people. From the moment he fell in love with Yu Bo, Xu Haoran grew to appreciate the Dai people's culture, their…

Tale of the Lost Boys

7.0

“Tale of the Lost Boys” is the story of the friendship between two men — Alex, a Filipino mechanic, and Jerry, a Taiwanese aborigine student. The two meet randomly when Alex flees to Taipei from Manila, after leaving…

Seqalu: Formosa 1867

8.1

A docudrama about the early days of western influence in Taiwan. Set in 1867 following the shipwreck of The Rover, this TV series will explore how William Pickering and Dr. Patrick Manson helped bridge the gap between…

Ainu Mosir

7.3

Kanto is a fourteen-year-old boy and a descendant of Japan’s indigenous Ainu people. He lives with his mother, Emi, who runs a souvenir store in the small town of Hokkaido, where the Ainu people embrace tourism to…

The Bird People in China

7.5

The story tells of a Japanese businessman, who is sent to assess some gems in a remote Chinese village, and a member of the yakuza, who is accompanying him to make sure his organization gets its proper share. The scenery…

Test Content

7.3

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Red Flowers and Green Leaves

7.8

In a Hui Muslim village in Northwest China, a young couple begin their arranged marriage without knowing each other’s secrets. Confronted with tasks of mundane life, will they learn forgiveness and nourish true love?…

We Are Family

8.0

The story centers around Yue Yongqiang, who was transferred to the Civil and Religious Affairs Bureau to solve conflicts between ethnic minorities moving into Yunhai city to start businesses. He runs into many problems…

Dersu Uzala

7.8

A Russian army explorer who is rescued in Siberia by a rugged Asiatic hunter renews his friendship with the woodsman years later when he returns at the head of a larger expedition. The hunter finds that all his nature…

Ashima

7.8

Ashima is a brave and beautiful girl of the Sani people, beloved by all. One day as she is down at the lake to fetch water, she hears the sound of a shepherd's flute coming from the hills across the lake. She replies…

Manta Ray

7.6

Near a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fisherman finds an injured man lying unconscious in the forest. He rescues the stranger, who doesn’t speak a…

Da Li Princess

6.9

On the eve of the 1911 Revolution, the Duan Muhai is making preparations for the fire festival. Duan Muhai is the owner of the Nanshan Manor and is very wealthy through looting people's wealth. Aiyue is his favorite…

Arisaka

6.9

A witness under police escort is attacked. A policewoman, the only one who survives, is sheltered by indigenous people, but assailants hunt her down... An action thriller set in Bataan. (Source: TIFF)

The Wedding Dance

In 1942, a Kalinga woman is personally invited by her husband, a warrior of their tribe, to his new wedding dance. (Source: cinemalaya.org) ~~ Adapted from the short story "The Wedding Dance" by Amador T. Daguio.

The Inhabitant

Based on real-life trials of the Atis, the indigenous people of Central Panay, a 16-year-old chieftain’s daughter fights tooth and nail with her people for their ancestral land. (Source: letterboxd.com)

Dark Red Forest

8.5

A work of visual awe and matter-of-fact spiritual inquiry, "Dark Red Forest" is a majestic documentary portrait that details the annual retreat of thousands of Tibetan nuns to small wooden houses on the vast Tibetan…

Bleached Bones Avenue

The local Zomi people of the Chin State in western Myanmar dig to recover the remnants of 30,000 Japanese soldiers who fell in the “Battle of Imphal” 75 years ago—a form of daily labor for the Zomi that is complicated…

The Flower of Revenge

The is the first Hmong minority feature film from Guizhou Province. It tells the story that with the help of the Communist Party, the heroine Shan Mei and her brother launched the Hmong people's uprising and established…