Chan Ching-lin | 2022 | 135 minutes | Taiwan

In Taiwanese filmmaker Ching-lin Chan’s bracing feature debut, a pigeon returns after seven years, reopening a family’s old wounds and festering resentments in a town enmeshed in the illegal pigeon racing circuit. The story revolves around a poor family dependent on its racing pigeons which is shaken by economic pressures, restless youth and the disappearance of their son. The arrival of another drifting youngster brings changes to their lives. But also heralds an approaching storm.

Houman Sayyedi | 2022 | 117 minutes | Iran

Shakib (Mohsen Tanabandeh) is a homeless day laborer who lost his wife and son in an earthquake years ago. Over the last couple of years, he has been in a relationship with Ladan (Mahsa Hejazi), a deaf and mute woman. The construction site on which he works turns out to be the set of a film about the atrocities committed by Hitler during WWII.

Chie Hayakawa | 2022 | 112 minutes | Japan

In a near dystopian future, Japan’s government launches PLAN 75, a program encouraging the elderly to terminate their own lives to relieve its rapidly aging population’s social and economic burdens. In Chie Hayakawa’s remarkable and sensitive feature film debut, the lives of three ordinary citizens intersect in this new reality as they confront the crushing callousness of a world ready to dispose of those no longer deemed valuable.

Makbul Mubarak | 2022 | 115 minutes | Indonesia, Poland, Germany, Qatar, Philippines, France, Singapore

A young man--Rakib (Kevin Ardilova)--is working as a housekeeper in an empty mansion. When its owner, retired general, Purnawinata (Arswendy Bening Swara), returns to start his mayoral election campaign, the young man bonds with him and defends him when his campaign is vandalized, setting off a chain of violence.

Tickets are free with a PITT id, regular tickets $10, Non-Pitt students $5 with ID.

Lim Oh-Jeong | 2022 | 109 Minutes| South Korea

In this black comedy from Na Mi and Sun Woo, who have been suffering from bullying and school violence throughout their school days, attempt suicide while their classmates go on a school trip. After the silly yet ridiculous suicide failure, the two try to take revenge on Chae Rin, who bullied them most and now lives happily in Seoul. However, their plans go awry. Ridiculously, Chae Rin, the worst bully ever, has found religion and has turned into a genuinely good person. What should they do now?

Kenneth Dagatan | 2023 | 97 minutes | Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan

Babak Jalali | 2023 | 91 minutes | USA

SCREENSHOT: Asia is a project created to bring Asian and Asian American arts to Pittsburgh and engage students in practical, professional arts programming experience. By screening films from across Asia, we hope to create a dialog based on shared cinematic experiences, letting our audiences learn about and embrace different cultures, peoples, and ways of being in the world.

Pushan Kripalani | 2022 | 103 Minutes| India, United Kingdom, United States

The Asian Studies Center, National Consortium for Teaching About Asia, and the World History Center will co-sponsor this two-part workshop for educators, in which they will learn about the World Historical Gazetteer's Place Collections feature and develop lesson plans related to East Asia using the Place Collections.

Join us for this FREE online K-12 educator workshop that will examine the history, current status, and future of Africa and China's relationship through a global lens and offer strategies and resources for classroom use. We will explore not only Chinese investments in infrastructure in Africa, but provide examples from other regions such as Europe, as well. This workshop will offer teaching strategies and resources for K-12 classroom use, and Act 48 hours and FREE classroom materials will be provided for all participants.