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May 2022: #LoveAAPI Movies Too

May is Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and we're celebrating with a film you can get through us made by folks from every Asian country. Huge thanks to Sophie and Harry for refining this excellent list! If you'd like more films from each of these countries and/or more info about these movies, subscribe to our Patreon!

Afghanistan: Osama (2003, Drama, PG-13)

Armenia: The Color of Pomegranates (1969, Biographical Drama/Music, Unrated)

Azerbaijan: Burnt by the Sun (1994, Drama/War, R)

Bahrain: The Barrier (1990, Drama, Unrated)

Bangladesh: Sincerely Yours, Dhaka (2018, Anthology/Drama, Unrated)

Bhutan: Travelers and Magicians (2003, Drama/Adventure, Unrated)

Brunei: Yasmine (2014, Teen Drama/Martial Arts, Unrated)

Cambodia: Rice People (1994, Drama, Unrated)

China: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978, Action, R)

Cyprus: Boy on the Bridge (2016, Drama, Unrated)

East Timor: Beatriz’s War (2013, Historical Drama, Unrated)

Georgia: In Bloom (2013, Drama/Coming-Of-Age, Unrated)

India: Lootera (2013, Romance/Drama, Unrated)

Indonesia: Marlina The Murderer in Four Acts (2017, Thriller, Unrated)

Iran: The Wind Will Carry Us (1999, Drama, Unrated)

Iraq: Son of Babylon (2009, Drama, Unrated)

Israel: The Syrian Bride (2004, Drama, Unrated)

Japan: Departures (2008, Drama/Music, PG-13)

Jordan: Theeb (2014, Drama/Historical, Unrated)

Kazakhstan: Kaïrat (1992, Drama, Unrated)

Kuwait: The Message (1976, Drama/Epic, PG)

Kyrgyzstan: The Adopted Son (1998, Drama, Unrated)

Laos: The Long Walk (2019, Drama/Sci-fi, Unrated)

Lebanon: The Insult (2017, Drama, R)

Malaysia: I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone (2006, Drama/Romance, Unrated)

Maldives: Faree (2021, Drama, Unrated)

Mongolia: The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005, Drama/Family, G)

Myanmar: The Road to Mandalay (2016, Drama/Romance, Unrated)

Nepal: White Sun (2016, Drama/Adventure, Unrated)

North Korea: The Other Side of the Mountain (2012, War Drama/Romance, Unrated)

Oman: The Dawn (Al-Boom) (2006, Drama, Unrated)

Pakistan: Moor (2015, Drama, Unrated)

Palestine: Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996, Drama/Experimental, Unrated)

The Philippines: Barber’s Tales (2013, Historical Drama, Unrated)

Qatar: Clockwise (2010, Adventure/Drama, Unrated)

Russia: Dersu Uzala (1975, Adventure/Drama, G)

Saudi Arabia: Wadjda (2012, Drama/Coming-Of-Age, PG)

Singapore: Shirkers (2018, Documentary, Unrated)

South Korea: The Host (2006, Horror/Drama, R)

Sri Lanka: Death on a Full Moon Day (1997, Drama, Unrated)

Syria: For Sama (2019, Documentary, Unrated)

Taiwan: A Brighter Summer Day (1991, Drama/Romance, Unrated)

Tajikistan: Luna Papa (1999, Comedy/Drama, Unrated)

Thailand: Cemetery of Splendor (2015, Drama/Fantasy, Unrated)

Turkey: Mustang (2015, Drama, PG-13)

Turkmenistan: The Daughter-in-Law (1972, Drama, Unrated)

United Arab Emirates: 10 Days Before the Wedding (2018, Drama/Romance, Unrated)

Uzbekistan: 2000 Songs of Farida (2020, Drama, Unrated)

Vietnam: Goodbye Mother (2019, Romance/Drama, Unrated)

Yemen: 10 Days Before the Wedding (2018, Drama, Unrated)

I'm so happy to be able to watch the whole documentary again. It's been over 25 years.

Footage from the sequel to the original Song at Midnight has turned up! Also in this video is an interview with Leslie Cheung, who portrayed Song Danping in Phantom Lover (1995), the third remake of Song at Midnight. Footage found on Archive.org from the documentary Yang Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema.