Join us for a free outdoor screening of Shaolin Soccer, directed by Stephen Chow, preceded by short film, BOLLYSINGH, directed by Prajjwal Rajawat. Happening at Sankofa Square, experience outdoor cinema in the heart of downtown.
All his life, an ordinary young man has been treated like dirt. Still, he’s never given up believing that all the world’s problems could be solved with a little kung fu. So he’s teaming up with a band of misfits – six friends who were kung fu masters in their youth – to form a soccer team that only he believes has a chance to win a $1 million grand prize. Together, they’re going to apply their hidden talents to a whole new game, and soccer will never be the same.
Stephen Chow
Stephen Chow is a legendary Hong Kong filmmaker and actor widely known for pioneering the mo lei tau (nonsense) comedy style. Rising to fame as a comedic actor in the 1990s, he later transitioned into directing blockbuster films like Shaolin Soccer (2001) and The Mermaid (2016).
A 17-year-old struggles between accepting his cultural identity or changing it to fit conventional ideas of beauty.
Prajj
Writer, Director, and Artist
Prajj is a Toronto based Writer/Director and Artist whose work blends bold genre storytelling with an experimental, DIY spirit. Their films have screened at TIFF Next Wave, Reel Asian, Toronto Youth Shorts and more. Alongside filmmaking, Prajj creates installation work, video art and zines, building a practice that’s playful, genre-bending, and formally inventive.
Sankofa Square is a fully accessible public venue that proudly welcome individuals and groups of all abilities. There are accessible washrooms located on the P1 Level as well as ramps on the north-east entrance of the Square. Learn more about accessibility at Sankofa Square.
This film is presented in Cantonese & Mandarin with English subtitles
Tue, July 7, 2026
7PM
FREE TO ATTEND
Sankofa Square
1 Dundas St. E
Toronto, ON
M5B 2R8
Founded in Toronto in 1997, Reel Asian is Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival and a year-round cultural organization dedicated to championing Asian and Asian diasporic artists and storytellers. What began as a grassroots film festival has grown into a national platform supporting filmmakers and audiences through screenings, education, industry initiatives, artist development, and community programming presented across Toronto, the GTA, and online across Canada.
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