New York Women in Film & Television is proud to co-present screenings at the 48th Annual Asian American International Film Festival, which takes place July 31 – August 10, 2025 in New York City and online.
This year’s festival features a captivating array of films that delve into themes of love, relationships, grief, and complex emotions.
In addition to a stellar lineup of films, the festival will feature exclusive panels, receptions, and VIP events, providing unique opportunities to connect with industry professionals and fellow film enthusiasts.
Use code AAIFF48_NYWIFT to access 20% off screenings!
Check out these films by women filmmakers:
Slanted (dir. Amy Wang) – Opening Night Film!
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025
Time: 7 PM
Location: Asia Society – 725 Park Ave, NYC
Runtime: 104 min
Genre: Comedy, Coming-of-Age, Horror, Thriller
Since she was little, Joan (Shirley Chen, Dìdi (弟弟)) wanted to be prom queen. But her Chinese American features just don’t mesh with the blonde-haired, blue-eyed portraits of past royalty that line the halls of her high school. When a mysterious company reaches out with an offer for Joan to participate in a groundbreaking experimental surgery to “whiten” her Asian features, Joan jumps at the chance. As her proud immigrant parents struggle to comprehend what’s happening, Joan becomes Jo (Mckenna Grace, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), the picture-perfect, white, all-American beauty—an excellent candidate for prom queen. That is, until her face starts falling off.
Director Amy Wang’s SXSW-winning debut feature is a satirical and grotesque look at racial discrimination, the privilege whiteness affords others, and the oftentimes tragic end of forced assimilation. Winner of the SXSW Grand Jury Award for Narrative Feature.
This screening will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A.
Mississippi Triangle (Dir. Christine Choy, Worth Long, and Allan Siegel)
Date: Saturday, August 2, 2025
Time: 2:30 PM
Location:Regal Union Square – Auditorium 15 (850 Broadway NYC)
Runtime: 110 min
Genre: Documentary
This is an intimate portrait of life in the Mississippi Delta, where Chinese, African Americans, and whites live in a complex world of cotton, labor, and racial conflict. The history of the Chinese community, originally brought to the South to work on cotton plantations after the Civil War, is framed against the harsh realities of civil rights, religion, politics, and class in the South. Rare historical footage and interviews of Delta residents are combined to create this unprecedented document of inter-ethnic relations in the American South.
MISSISSIPPI TRIANGLE was preserved with support from the National Film Preservation Foundation and New York Women in Film & Television’s (NYWIFT) Women’s Film Preservation Fund (WFPF).
This screening will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A.
Bunnylovr (dir. Katarina Zhu)
Date: Sunday, August 3, 2025
Time: 4:30 PM
Location: Regal Union Square – Auditorium 14 (850 Broadway NYC)
Runtime: 88 min
Genre: Drama
A drifting Chinese American cam girl struggles to navigate an increasingly toxic relationship with one of her clients while rekindling her relationship with her dying estranged father.
Standing Above the Clouds (dir. Jalena Keane-Lee)
Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: Regal Union Square – Auditorium 15 (850 Broadway NYC)
Runtime: 83 min
Genre: Documentary
Standing Above the Clouds highlights the movement to protect Mauna Kea through the intergenerational stories of women in three Native Hawaiian families as they stand for the sacred mountain.
The film follows teacher and community organizer Pua Case and her two daughters—artist-activists Hāwane Rios and Kapulei Flores—who have been called to stop the telescope since 2010. Their lives quickly become consumed with frontline actions and court proceedings and immersed in ceremonies and cultural practices. As they face opposition and arrests, they are joined by a community who have dedicated their lives to protecting Mauna Kea.
Love, Girls, Sex-cetera… Shorts Block
Date: Sunday, August 10, 2025
Time: 1:45 PM
Location: Regal Union Square – Auditorium 14 (850 Broadway NYC)
Runtime: 92 min
Genre: Various
Films by and for the girlies with an emphasis on platonic love, self-affirmation, and healing through art and expression. Join us for a journey through femininity in all its forms, from the tenderness of youth to the antics of young womanhood and beyond.
(Still from Zari, dir. Shruti Parekh)
This screening will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A.
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NYWIFT programs, screenings and events are supported, in part, by grants from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
