Ngilngig Asian

ABOUT MY MOTHER
directed by Yumi Otsuka
18m / Japan / 2018

This is the offbeat story of Yumiko, a serious, yet apprehensive and honest single mother of a son and daughter. After observing the mother meticulously sew up a hole in her son’s sock, the daughter urges her to “live a little.”

EYE TEST
directed by Sudha Padmaja Francis
16m / India / 2017

Eye Test delves into the mindscape of 27 year old Nivedita when she visits an eye clinic in the city for a checkup, to deal with her mother’s demise.

HAWA
directed by Tan Ce Ding
16m / Malaysia / 2019

In the post- apocalyptic Malaysia, little girl Hawa is locked in her room by her
parents. Everything changes the day Meng arrives at the house next door.

It’s Easier to Raise Cattle
directed by Amanda Nell Eu
18m / Malaysia / 2017

Two teenage outcasts form an uncanny friendship in their remote village. As
one discovers the other’s dark secrets, she observes the changes in her new
friend to the point of violence, monstrosity and affection.

THE VANISHING CHILDREN
directed by Abdul Zainidi
13m / Brunei / 2019

A documentary look and re-enactments of ghost stories and superstitions from
Brunei told and narrated in chapter form. Based on true events.

RETURN
directed by Kim Hwigeun
13m / Korea/Japan / 2018

Misaki, a female soldier dispatched to Fukushima, decides to desert the army. Tachi and her friends decide to steal money from the abandoned ATM in Fukushima.

INBOX
directed by Ratruedee Pinkaeo
37m / Thailand / 2017

After receiving strange messages, a group of cold-blooded killers emerge to hunt down and corner Nattaya into a convenience store. The more she struggles to escape, the more people die. There is no trace of the killer in sight. Her only hope of escaping this nightmare alive is to put her life on the line.