The Asian Pitch
A collection of original documentaries featuring compelling stories by emerging filmmakers from Asia.
A collection of original documentaries featuring compelling stories by emerging filmmakers from Asia.
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After leading the life of a drifter, migrant labourer Su has settled in a shantytown in Hangzhou, China. Feeling his age...
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In a village in one of the worst-hit areas of desertification in China, Wei Guangcai stands his ground against the sand...
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Yakan women on Basilan Island in the southern Philippines endeavour to preserve their vanishing art of weaving. The...
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Four teenagers travel from different corners of India to Kota, where they'll prepare for one of the toughest...
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Aadil, a boy living in Kashmir's so-called "Gaza Strip", helps his family survive by collecting tear gas shells to sell...
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Shahana, along with 140 women from different corners of Bangladesh, prepare for deployment in Haiti as part of the UN...
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A new pill that can cure Hepatitis C comes with an astronomical price tag. Outraged, a group of patients in India defies...
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Hindus celebrate "Mrityubhoj", or the Death Feast, on the 13th day after a cremation as a remembrance for the departed...
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In a remote mountain region of China, young students with no knowledge of English memorize Shakespeare's sonnets in...
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This film explores the inner journey of fourteen-year-old Kelden Lhamo, who must break away from everything she grew up...
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At a small school in the mountains, three Taiwanese girls embark on a tough journey of rigorous training as they attempt...
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Four Japanese high school students head to the mountains to learn about traditional skills from those who live there...
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Thousands of unclaimed bodies are found in India each year. A handful of people perform an unusual social service -...
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Many young Indians are turning their backs on arranged marriages. An organization called the Love Commandos shelters...
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Questions of civil rights and equality are explored through the experiences of North Korean defectors living like...
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Two Malaysian villagers embark on a dangerous hunt for three wild buffaloes. Using traditiional techniques, the hunters...
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Innkeeper Ms. Hu has built a splendid garden from the trash she has gathered in Shibati, the last slum in Chongqing...
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The eldest son of the renowned Budaixi puppet master Li Tianlu tries to revive the fading traditional art, a form of...
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In a school in the middle of a wheatfield, two farm boys work towards their dream of becoming sailors - their only...
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Afghan teen Sonita, who is living as a refugee in Iran, has become an online sensation as a rapper. Her parents are...
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A "Street Teacher" called Nang guides three young homeless boys through the dangerous pitfalls of life as a runaway in...
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This look at Bali's ancient water irrigation system through the eyes of its leader, Pak Puja, reveals how it is...
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Deep in India's hinterland, a small film industry has grown. Known for quirky, low-budget, socially aware spoofs, their...
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Bangladesh's garment industry, which has been marked by catastrophes like the Rana Plaza factory collapse in 2013, is a...
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Xue, an unscrupulous Taiwanese businessman living in China, seems to have it all. But with the unstable Chinese economy...
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For four months each year, a group of Indigenous Taiwanese camp along a river in the hopes of catching eel fry, but the...
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Filmmaker Ruchika puts herself in the process of an arranged marriage to look at the modern-day realities of this multi...
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The last of Borneo's Bidayuh Ring Ladies, who wear copper rings on their calves and forearms, longs for her vanishing...
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This is the story of the man who invented a low-cost sanitary napkin in India that changed menstrual hygiene for...
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A young woman in China opens an unusual online shop and undertakes a myriad of requests, such as bringing cat food to a...
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A young man in India struggles to keep the age-old tradition of travelling cinema alive, giving people in remote...
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This film follows the emotional journey of a surrogate mother from India, from the day she signs a "bond" that puts her...