Asian Feature Film Competition
Experience bold new cinematic visions by both emerging and established Asian directors.
As a platform for discovery, the Asian Feature Film Competition shines the spotlight on Asia’s future visionaries, often before they have been catapulted onto the world stage.
Dive into a thrilling new wave of filmmaking talent through these 10 films, which collectively capture the vibrant pulse of Asia’s cultural landscape.
Feature Films
A Useful Ghost
In this genre-bending satire on love, politics and memory, a ghost returns to haunt a vacuum cleaner and prove her love for her living husband.
Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke / Thailand, Singapore, France / 2025 / 130 min / R21 (Sexual Scenes and Some Homosexual Content) / Singapore Premiere
Always
Children’s poetry and a boy’s life in rural China frame this beautifully atmospheric, arresting and sensitive rumination on childhood.
Chen Deming / US, France, China,Taiwan / 2025 / 88 min / PG (Some Disturbing Scenes) / Southeast Asian Premiere
Amoeba
A crew of misfits chafe against an oppressive school environment in this empathetic portrait of youthful defiance.
Tan Siyou / Singapore, France, The Netherlands, Spain, South Korea / 2025 / 98 min / Rating To Be Advised / Singapore Premiere
Black Rabbit, White Rabbit
A death in an antique shop activates a maze of possible worlds where actors, filmmakers and obsessions intertwine through cinema.
Shahram Mokri / Tajikistan, UAE / 2025 / 139 min / NC16 (Some Violence) / Southeast Asian Premiere
Cactus Pears
In this gentle queer drama, a grieving city dweller reconnects with a childhood friend and navigates traditions in his rural hometown.
Rohan Parashuram Kanawade / India, UK, Canada / 2025 / 112 min / R21 (Homosexual Theme) / Singapore Premiere
Human Resource
Fren’s job is to find perfect human resources. Now pregnant, she must decide whether to create one of her own.
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit / Thailand / 2025 / 122 min / R21 (Sexual Scene and Nudity) / Singapore Premiere
MAG MAG
After the Mag Mag curse strikes her crush, Sanae’s pursuit of justice unfolds through intertwining stories of love and rejection.
Yuriyan Retriever / Japan / 2025 / 112 min / NC16 (Horror and Sexual References) / Southeast Asian Premiere
Riverstone
A police convoy stretches into a relentless yet meditative road trip in this intense study of character, conscience and conviction.
Lalith Rathnayake / Sri Lanka / 2025 / 119 min / NC16 (Coarse Language) / Southeast Asian Premiere
Shape of Momo
When a young woman leaves Delhi and returns to her Himalayan hometown, she grapples with its increasingly suffocating expectations.
Tribeny Rai / India, South Korea / 2025 / 114 min / PG / Southeast Asian Premiere
Two Seasons, Two Strangers
This film turns its gaze to scriptwriters, asking how lives are written, translated and transformed through cinema.
Sho Miyake / Japan / 2025 / 89 min / PG / Singapore Premiere