Festival Calendar

A major festival for independent, experimental, and emerging cinema, with a long history of championing new Asian filmmakers.

The leading American independent film festival, whose World Cinema competition regularly premieres new Asian and diaspora films.

One of Europe's 'Big Three' festivals, known for a large public audience and a long history of showcasing Asian cinema.

A festival celebrating films by and about Asian Americans and the Asian diaspora, rooted in Seattle's Asian American community.

The oldest festival of Asian cinema in Europe, spanning the whole Asian continent from the Middle East to the Far East.

A Pan-Asian film festival presenting contemporary films from across Asia and the Asian diaspora to Chicago audiences.

Dedicated specifically to Asian cinema, spotlighting new and independent films from across East and Southeast Asia.

A large state-supported festival with a substantial market, showcasing Chinese and international films including a broad Asian selection.

Europe's largest festival dedicated to popular Asian cinema, spotlighting mainstream films from East and Southeast Asia.

One of Asia's longest-running festivals and a historic gateway between Asian and world cinema.

The nation's largest showcase of Asian American film, music, and food, presented by CAAM.

One of the world's most prestigious film festivals, whose main competition has long premiered major works of Asian cinema.

A festival known for independent, experimental, and alternative cinema, with strong attention to new Asian filmmakers.

The largest festival of Asian American and Asian Pacific cinema on the West Coast, presented by Visual Communications.

One of the world's largest festivals of Japanese film, presenting features, shorts and independent work from Japan.

Austin's home for Asian, Asian American, and Middle Eastern cinema, at the Austin Film Society's AFS Cinema.

The oldest festival of Indian and South Asian diaspora cinema in North America, presented by the Indo-American Arts Council.

China's only competitive A-list festival and one of the largest film events in Asia.

Taipei's flagship summer festival, spotlighting Taiwanese cinema and new talent alongside international and Asian films.

The first and longest-running festival dedicated to Asian American and diasporic film, founded 1978.

Genre-focused festival specializing in horror, thriller, fantasy, and mystery films, with a strong showcase of Asian genre cinema.

North America's largest festival of new Japanese cinema, presented by Japan Society in New York.

North America's leading showcase of popular and genre cinema from across Asia.

The Philippines' leading independent film festival, dedicated to developing and showcasing Filipino independent cinema.

One of Japan's longest-running festivals dedicated specifically to Asian cinema, screening features from across the continent.

One of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, with dedicated recognition for Asian cinema.

A festival of independent cinema highlighting recent, significant works by and about Asian Americans and the Asian diaspora.

One of the largest and most influential festivals in Asia, a key launchpad for new Asian cinema.

A festival highlighting feature films and shorts from Asian Pacific American communities and encouraging the development of APA filmmaking.

A showcase of films from Asia, the Pacific and North America, with a longstanding emphasis on cinema that bridges East and West.

A major showcase of contemporary South Asian and world cinema, organized by the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.

A festival celebrating the breadth of East Asian cinema, screening new films from across the region with talent appearances.

Founded by director Jia Zhangke, it spotlights young Chinese directors and non-Western cinema, including work from across Asia.

Japan's largest film festival and one of Asia's major international showcases.

Poland's leading festival of contemporary Asian cinema, with a focus on East and Southeast Asian films.

The most prestigious awards and festival in the Chinese-language film world, held in Taipei since 1962.

India's national government-backed international film festival, presenting world and Indian cinema in competition and panorama sections.

Southeast Asia's leading platform for new Asian cinema, run with the NETPAC network.

A festival presenting culturally relevant films that highlight the experiences of the Asian and Pacific Islander diaspora.

One of the largest Asian film festivals in the U.S., presented by Pac Arts.

Southeast Asia's longest-running festival, a champion of the region's independent cinema.

An auteur-focused festival emphasizing new Asian art cinema and emerging directors from across Asia.

Canada's premier pan-Asian film festival, spotlighting East and Southeast Asian and diasporic work.

A festival dedicated to films by North American artists of Asian heritage, with a mission to advance authentic Asian representation on screen.

A competitive festival bridging Eastern and Western cinema, with a platform for Asian films and filmmakers alongside international titles.

A state-run festival known for its focus on world, Asian, African and Latin American art cinema alongside Malayalam and Indian films.