3 Jun, 2025
Reel Asian shares key staff appointments, reflecting a period of transformation and forward momentum as the organization approaches its 30th anniversary in 2026.
30 May, 2025
Reel Asian is proud to present Ali Kazimi with the 2025 Fire Horse Award. From his acclaimed documentary films and media art installations to his ongoing mentorship and advocacy, Kazimi embodies the bold and unyielding spirit of the Fire Horse. His contributions have made a significant impact on the Asian Canadian media landscape.
28 May, 2025
The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is thrilled to introduce the 2025 Unsung Voices participants: Anh (Autumn) Pham, Calvin Liu, Anushay Sheikh, Devin Lee, Jordan Tsering, and Michelle Ash Yee!
1 May, 2025
Reel Asian joined the DOC Institute and the Black Screen Office with support from A-DOC and CISF to co-host the third annual Documentary Mixer! Ahead of the event, we hosted a VIP social for our RAAN members and invited guests to connect.
24 Apr, 2025
Reel Asian is thrilled to unveil esteemed filmmaker and activist Ali Kazimi as the recipient of the 2025 Fire Horse Award. Kazimi is a trailblazer whose impact as a filmmaker, educator, and advocate who has and continues to leave an important mark on the landscape of Canadian media arts. He exemplifies the spirit of the Fire Horse: original, visionary, and devoted to meaningful change.
20 Mar, 2025
Call for animators! Reel Asian is seeking a new Festival Creative Artist to create a 15-20 sec animation for its 2025 festival campaign. Apply by April 7, 2025.
4 Dec, 2024
Spotlighting filmmakers at the 28th edition Reel Asian Filmmakers Awards Brunch with a portrait studio hosted by Tobias Wang and Mi Productions.
11 Sep, 2024
At our Reel Asian TIFF reception, Sandra Oh, acclaimed actor and co-founding Fire Horse Patron's Circle member, surprised attendees by announcing an additional donation of $50,000 to the Fire Horse Award over five years during her speech, totalling her overall contribution to the award to $100k.
24 Jul, 2024
We are thrilled to introduce Agnes Wong, the festival creative artist for the 28th edition of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, running from November 13—24, 2024.
20 Jun, 2024
Meet the nine selected participants for TV Writing Workshop with Ins Choi: Adnan Khan, Alice Wang, Amir Zargara, Andrew Ko, Bessie Cheng, Haaris Qadri, Isabella Shibuta, Lulu Liu, and Roann Enriquez.
30 May, 2024
Reel Asian is proud to present interdisciplinary artist Paul Wong with the 2024 Fire Horse Award. Throughout his long career, Wong has modelled a commitment to building community through his visual and media artistry, advocacy, and curation.
22 May, 2024
Reel Asian is excited to announce the addition of four new board members: Amanda de Souza, Robin Soukvilay, May Cheng, and Meelad Moaphi. These distinguished individuals bring a wealth of experience and diverse backgrounds that will enhance Reel Asian’s mission to celebrate and support Asian cinema in Canada.
21 May, 2024
The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is excited to announce the 2024 Unsung Voices participants: Assel Akhmetova, Ellen Yuna Ahn, Shelly Bahng, Sofia Habib, Liam Ma, and Lee Nisar!
23 Apr, 2024
Lainey Lui, Etalk senior correspondent, will be hosting the 2024 Fire Horse Award Ceremony, adding her signature flair and energy to the occasion! Join us, alongside other special guests, at our award luncheon and fundraiser in support of Reel Asian on May 23rd at the Shangri-La.
18 Apr, 2024
Reel Asian is thrilled to unveil esteemed artist Paul Wong as the recipient of the 2024 Fire Horse Award. With a career spanning over five decades, Wong is a pioneering figure known for his innovative work in visual and media art.
18 Mar, 2024
2022 Reel Asian Awards is nominated for Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction at the Canadian Screen Awards which will be televised in May. The 2022 Reel Asian Awards program serves as both a preservation and embodiment of our mission.
14 Feb, 2024
Reel Asian is currently seeking passionate, dedicated and community-oriented individuals to join the Board of Directors.
9 Nov, 2023
On Wednesday night, the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival kicked off its 12-day festival with a special red carpet presentation of a light-hearted coming-of-age queer-themed feature about a mother and daughter's relationship set in Toronto and Karachi, directed by Fawzia Mirza.
8 Nov, 2023
A message from the Board. Welcome back to Reel Asian!
18 Oct, 2023
As we approach the 27th edition of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, running from November 8–19, 2023, we're excited to introduce this year's Festival Creative Artist, Ben Luu!
19 Sep, 2023
If you've ever found solace, joy, or enlightenment through the films and experiences we've brought to Toronto—and in recent years across Canada— if you've felt the profound impact of Asian stories on your life, or if you believe in the importance of a platform like Reel Asian, we warmly ask for your support.
30 Jun, 2023
Reel Asian is happy to announce the inaugural recipient of the Kalabaw Bursary is Patrick de Belen! A spoken word artist, poet, and filmmaker, the Kalabaw Bursary will go towards his debut feature documentary, Last Note.
6 Jun, 2023
The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is excited to announce this year’s Unsung Voices participants: Corinne Langmuir, Melvin Daligdig, Ashna Ali, Satrio Prahasto, Kevin Matthew Wong, and Carthy Ngo.
31 May, 2023
The Fire Horse Award recognizes one Asian Canadian member of the film and media-arts community. For her career and ongoing work as a mentor, filmmaker and trailblazer, we at Reel Asian are honoured to present Mary Stephen with the 2023 Fire Horse Award.
26 Apr, 2023
Reel Asian is excited to announce that celebrated film editor, Mary Stephen, is the 2023 recipient of the Fire Horse Award! Stephen has an extensive list of work with 52 credits and four best-editing nominations under her name.
24 Apr, 2023
CineSpace Toronto launches new workforce training initiative aimed specifically at BIPOC creatives
25 Feb, 2023
The Canadian Academy of Cinema & Television released their nominations for the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards and Reel Asian has lots of connections among the nominees. Click to explore!
2 Dec, 2022
A newly announced $5000 grant for an an emerging Filipinx Canadian creator to go towards the post-production of a film already in motion.
20 Sep, 2022
Our Reel Asian TIFF reception brought all kinds of people from the film community together to mingle and snack on the 401 Richmond rooftop patio.
24 Aug, 2022
Minikino Film Week 8 presents A Starting Point by Reel Asians. Part of their special programme, shorts from Reel Asian's Unsung Voices 10 are in conversation with retrospective 'first films' by Unsung Voice's Founder, Aram Collier, and Program Coordinators, Haaris Qadri and Jennifer Su.
18 Aug, 2022
From August 18 - 22, The Cheongju International Short Film Festival will be screening four amazing shorts from our Unsung Voices 10 as part of their special programme!
27 Jul, 2022
As the 26th edition of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival nears on November 9 — 20, we’re ecstatic to share #ReelAsian26’s official Festival Creative Artist, Brian Jiang!
28 Jun, 2022
The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is excited to announce this year’s Unsung Voices participants! Meet Yi Shi, André-Anne Côté, Vivian Li, Samyuktha Movva, Hannah Polinski & Roda Medhat.
31 May, 2022
Reel Asian is excited to announce that pioneering filmmaker and the LIFT's founding Chair, Keith Lock, is the inaugural recipient of the Fire Horse Award. Lock has been making films since 1969 and is considered one of Canada's first Chinese Canadian filmmakers.
2 May, 2022
Reel Asian is excited to announce that pioneering filmmaker and the LIFT's founding Chair, Keith Lock, is the inaugural recipient of the Fire Horse Award. Lock has been making films since 1969 and is considered one of Canada's first Chinese Canadian filmmakers.
25 Apr, 2022
Celebrate Asian Heritage Month with Reel Asian! For the entire month of May, the entire collection of Cheuk's Chinese Restaurants documentary series will be made available through Reel Asian's CineSend portal for FREE. Fifteen episodes are collected into five programmes of three episodes each.
8 Apr, 2022
Reel Asian stands in solidarity with the Black Screen Office and the Reelworld Screen Institute in condemning Barry Avrich's statements at the Canadian Screen Awards.
24 Mar, 2022
Reel Asian is hosting a private in-person community screening of Everything Everywhere All At Once on March 30 at a downtown Toronto theatre. We've partnered with 4 local Asian-owned businesses in an I-spy style contest to increase your chance of winning a prize pack that includes tickets to the screening and top-secret swag from the movie.
10 Nov, 2021
In celebration of Reel Asian's 25th Anniversary, the festival commissioned three short works to be shown before each film during the festival. Made with their own interpretation of this year's theme, "Here for the Bigger Picture," we are proud to introduce the work of Sab Meynert, Leslie Supnet, and Kevin Pham.
13 Aug, 2021
Reel Asian is commissioning three original short animated videos to celebrate the landmark 25th festival based on our theme “Here For the Bigger Picture” which exemplifies the spirit of cinema and our endeavours for the future. The videos will be featured in the festival’s marketing and festival screenings in November 2021.
23 Jul, 2021
Reel Asian is excited to welcome new board members to the organization including industry leaders and industry vets
23 Jul, 2021
The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is excited to announce this year’s Unsung Voices participants: Ganesh Thava, James Legaspi, Harman Kang, Weeda Azim.
1 May, 2021
More free film titles from our 2019 festival have just been added to the official Reel Asian digital archive and directory just in time for Asian Heritage Month
13 Apr, 2021
Reel Asian says "OK, see you" to our favourite Canadian TV family as the Kim's Convenience series comes to an end on CBC.
20 Mar, 2021
Reel Asian joins other media organizations & sector unions to support NABET 700-M UNIFOR's new Terminology Reform initiative.
17 Mar, 2021
Reel Asian supports the Asian Canadian Women's Alliance statement condemning the Atlanta shootings.
17 Mar, 2021
Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter and Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network) community statement
26 Oct, 2020
Reel Asian's community message board, the RA Film Forum, is now live on Discord!
9 Oct, 2020
Meet the 2020 Festival Creative Artist and see this year's official artwork!
20 Aug, 2020
A message of support and solidarity
10 Aug, 2020
The 24th Edition Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is going online, and for the first time ever across Canada this November 12 – 19!
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is a unique showcase of contemporary Asian cinema and work from Asia and the Asian diaspora. Works include films and videos by artists in Canada, the U.S., Asia and all over the world. As Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival, Reel Asian provides a public forum for Asian media artists and their work, and fuels the growing appreciation for Asian cinema in Canada.
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