Canada, China, France, India, Iran, Switzerland, UK, USA2025–202689 MIN 20 SVarious languages with English subtitlesAvailable Online
We are all guided by desires — some physical, some emotional, some impossible to name. These films explore the tender spaces where craving becomes intimacy, curiosity becomes discovery, and desire leaves a trace.
For: those curious about what draws us closer, what opens within us, what lingers
Bryce and Mei Lee make home movies with a video camera, at their uncle's Chinese Restaurant in Vancouver island to pass the time. Bryce wants to level up, make some new friends, and get super popular through filmmaking. The quickest way to do that? Tell everyone he knows Bruce Lee.
14 Nov. 6:00 pm
Under suspicious circumstances, you wonder if the entities around you are withholding your full autonomy. Do you fight back?
14 Nov. 8:00 pm
Writers from Reel Asian’s TV Writing Program bring their original series to the table for a live reading of selected scenes, presented in collaboration with ACTRA Toronto. Professional actors will bring the characters and stories to life, followed by a reception with the writers, performers, and industry guests.
19 Nov. 7:30 pm
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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