New York Asian Film Festival

Schedule and Films

12:30 Pm At Walter Reade Theater

Kingdom: Return Of The Great General
Shinsuke Sato2024 Japan 145 Minutes Japanese With English Subtitles
Q and A With Shinzo Matsuhashi And Kento Yamazaki | International Premiere

Megastar Kento Yamazaki, This Year’s Best From The East Awardee, Is Magnetic In The Gargantuan, Soul-Rousing Fourth Chapter Of This Beloved Historical Juggernaut As A Warrior Leading His Soldiers Into Battle Against Overwhelming Odds.

4:15 Pm At Walter Reade Theater

Brief History Of A Family
Lin Jianjie2024 China 99 Minutes Mandarin With English Subtitles
New York Premiere

Lin Jianjie’s Gut-Punch Of A Debut Exposes The Scars And Anxieties Beneath Post-One-Child-Policy China Through The Story Of Two Students Who Get Tangled Up In Each Other’s Lives After A Mysterious Incident At School.

6:30 Pm At Walter Reade Theater

18×2 Beyond Youthful Days
Michihito Fujii2024 Japan/Taiwan 123 Minutes Japanese, Mandarin, Taiwanese With English Subtitles
North American Premiere

This Heart-Stirring, Time-Hopping Romance Follows A Lovelorn Protagonist (Taiwan Megastar Hsu Kuang-Han, Of Marry My Dead Body Fame) Chasing The Ghost Of His Youthful Passion.

9:15 Pm At Walter Reade Theater

Operation Undead
Kongkiat Komesiri2024 Thailand 110 Minutes Thai And Japanese With English Subtitles
Q and A With Director Kongkiat Komesiri | World Premiere

Kongkiat Komesiri’s Masterful Excursion Into The Undead Realm, Set During Thailand’s Traumatic Wwii Involvement, Transcends Well-Trod Genre Territory, Providing A Soul-Stirring Elegy For Lost Humanity In A World Where Even The Damned Deserve Empathy.

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