Tickets available online, or in-person at the TIFF Box Office, or by phone! AU REVOIR TAIPEI (2010) Director: Arvin Chen Thursday, August 25th, 2016 • 6:00PM • TIFF Bell Lightbox • Trailer SYNOPSIS: This quirky romantic comedy is Taiwanese-American Arvin Chen’s directorial feature debut. […]
Better Luck Today?
Andrew Ahn, director of Spa Night, which premeired at this year’s Sundance Film Festival reminded us – Asian American cinema exists. I’d echo his statement. There’s a long list of great Asian American and Asian Canadian films (let’s call it […]
Wayback Fourpack: Retro Summer Films at Retro Prices!
In November of 1997, the Spice Girls were atop the charts with Spiceworld, MCI and WorldCom announced the biggest merger in US history, and the only thing remotely Asian on the big screens was the universally-panned MORTAL KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION. But in Toronto’s […]
The Significance of our Retro Summer Selections
With the 20th year of the festival’s existence coming up, we’ve had some time to reflect on how far Canada has come in terms of embracing Asian Canadian work. We reminisced on the body of work that North Americans with […]