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19-22 MARCH 2026

IRISH FILM INSTITUTE
DUBLIN

This year’s programme brings together another rich selection of fiction, documentary, and essay films by independent filmmakers working across China, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore, opening new cinematic landscapes, and bringing fresh perspectives and ways of seeing.

Exploring themes of displacement, migration, and both collective and personal journeys of identity, these films powerfully reflect on contemporary diasporic experience and places of origin, illuminating what connects us across borders. Together they reframe East Asian cinema as shaped by social, cultural and economic interactions, and the movement of people and ideas.