Asian Noodle Slurpers 3[2019]

Dry Wind(pt)

The area around Catalan in Brazil’s state of Goiás is dry, very dry. Sandro’s life here is somewhat monotonous. He works in a fertiliser factory, goes swimming and spends his evenings doing jigsaw puzzles of landscapes. When Maicon, a man straight out of a Tom of Finland illustration, shows up in their small town and flirts with Ricardo, Sandro’s burgeoning feelings of jealousy set a change in motion.

Asian Girls(zh)

Chan is a Chinese factory worker who lives alone. Every night, she suffers from horrific nightmares involving the woman in the apartment next door, a Japanese office lady.

Malice(en)

Keo Sinn and her university friends find themselves tormented by the ancient curse of the vengeful Nu Gui. As the malevolent spirit unleashes havoc, Keo is forced to confront her haunting past and unravel a tragic connection to the malignant figure known as Malice. Secrets will be unearthed and the boundaries of reality will blur in this harrowing tale of revenge. Brace yourself for a journey into the realm of supernatural obsession.

I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me(es)

A writer's career — and entire life — suddenly goes off script when he falls prey to a dangerous web of criminals right before moving to Barcelona.

Mirror(no)

A girl in Norway and a girl in China are influenced by something they don’t fully understand, before they finally meet through their bathroom mirrors.

Mia(es)

Mia recounts her most intimate confessions, uncensored, in her first approach to a totally new world of domination and submission.

Half Magic(en)

Three women use their newly formed sisterhood to fight against sexism, bad relationships and low self-esteem. Through embracing their wild adventures, they learn the secret to ultimate fulfillment.

Shé (Snake)(en)

Fei is the top violinist of an elite London youth orchestra. When another Chinese violinist arrives to challenge her place in the orchestra, Fei’s anxieties and internalised racism grow to take monstrous physical form. They whisper to her, urging her to be the best, no matter the cost.

Namade Kowasugi!(ja)

Spin-off film in Kōji Shiraishi's "Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi" series. Made in 2014 and broadcast on NicoNico in 2015.

Moving Room(en)

Karma, an international high school student from Sikkim struggles to fit in and hold onto his cultural identity when he is stuck at home with his host sibling, Alex.

heroes(en)

Displaying the faces and voices of transgender youth, the documentary short shows the authenticity of queer and trans people living in Toronto, while simultaneously discussing the struggles for self-acceptance that people who do not conform to cisgender and heteronormative ideals of gender face. Andy Nguyen, trans director and film student, captures his trans friends in their natural state on 16mm film shot on a Bolex h16 camera. Accompanied by narration written and recited by Salem Rao, this film represents that trans people exist and this is what we look like. Regardless of the obvious everyday transphobia, trans people find community and uniqueness within each other and themselves.

Dear Bangladesh(bn)

An Uber driver gets a ride from a Japanese-Bangladeshi woman named Yuki. There are goons following her all the time, so she lives with the driver till she can leave for Japan.

Iraq International Awards(ar)

Hard Feelings(en)

After basketball practice, a group of high school girls get ready to go home. Between conversations about next week's match and boys, June must navigate her budding attraction towards one of her teammates, Clementine.

One Night Only(zh)

A gambler, fresh out of prison, and a beautiful hooker find themselves caught in an underground scheme that's spinning wildly out of control.

Americanized(en)

As her sophomore year of high school comes to an end, Eng tries to find a sense of belonging within the two worlds that don't accept her.

Kamasutra for Gay Men(en)

Learn all the positions.

rensa(ja)

A faux-documentary about a group of young people who have disappeared.

Borderline(en)

Mads, a successful marketing executive on a trip to London, and a chance encounter with Joan. Mads returns to his life in Denmark. But for Joan it doesn't end there.

Thirstygirl(en)

On a road trip with her younger sister, Charlie struggles to hide a secret addiction.