The Asian Pitch

After leading the life of a drifter, migrant labourer Su has settled in a shantytown in Hangzhou, China. Feeling his age, he sets out on a final journey - to the village he left decades ago.

In a village in one of the worst-hit areas of desertification in China, Wei Guangcai stands his ground against the sand pushing him away from his home.

Yakan women on Basilan Island in the southern Philippines endeavour to preserve their vanishing art of weaving. The intricate designs of their fabrics are said to be based on their dreams.

Four teenagers travel from different corners of India to Kota, where they'll prepare for one of the toughest undergraduate engineering exams in the world.

Aadil, a boy living in Kashmir's so-called "Gaza Strip", helps his family survive by collecting tear gas shells to sell to a scrap dealer. But first he must clear out the explosive materials by hand.

Shahana, along with 140 women from different corners of Bangladesh, prepare for deployment in Haiti as part of the UN peacekeeping mission. What awaits them in a land so far from home?

A new pill that can cure Hepatitis C comes with an astronomical price tag. Outraged, a group of patients in India defies the American pharmaceutical company that holds the patent.

Hindus celebrate "Mrityubhoj", or the Death Feast, on the 13th day after a cremation as a remembrance for the departed soul, and also as a ritual to help the soul find heavenly abode.

In a remote mountain region of China, young students with no knowledge of English memorize Shakespeare's sonnets in preparation for a competition that involves reciting his verses for three hours.

This film explores the inner journey of fourteen-year-old Kelden Lhamo, who must break away from everything she grew up with when she's selected for Bhutan's first national women's football team.

At a small school in the mountains, three Taiwanese girls embark on a tough journey of rigorous training as they attempt to become masters of kung fu.

Four Japanese high school students head to the mountains to learn about traditional skills from those who live there, uncovering wisdom about their craft and life itself.

Thousands of unclaimed bodies are found in India each year. A handful of people perform an unusual social service - giving these bodies a dignified passage to the next life.

Many young Indians are turning their backs on arranged marriages. An organization called the Love Commandos shelters couples who escape from their parents and helps them get married.

Questions of civil rights and equality are explored through the experiences of North Korean defectors living like "ghosts" in South Korea, where they are not always welcomed.

Two Malaysian villagers embark on a dangerous hunt for three wild buffaloes. Using traditiional techniques, the hunters attempt to trap them in time for the village's 120th anniversary celebration.

Innkeeper Ms. Hu has built a splendid garden from the trash she has gathered in Shibati, the last slum in Chongqing. With the eviction of Shibati imminent, her son tries to convince her to leave.

The eldest son of the renowned Budaixi puppet master Li Tianlu tries to revive the fading traditional art, a form of Chinese opera using hand puppets.

In a school in the middle of a wheatfield, two farm boys work towards their dream of becoming sailors - their only chance to leave the relative poverty of rural China and see the world.

Afghan teen Sonita, who is living as a refugee in Iran, has become an online sensation as a rapper. Her parents are trying to sell her as a bride, but Sonita uses her songs to fight for independence.

A "Street Teacher" called Nang guides three young homeless boys through the dangerous pitfalls of life as a runaway in Bangkok, using any means possible to keep their fragile world afloat.

This look at Bali's ancient water irrigation system through the eyes of its leader, Pak Puja, reveals how it is possible for humans to live in harmony with their environment.

Deep in India's hinterland, a small film industry has grown. Known for quirky, low-budget, socially aware spoofs, their ambition has grown. They are ready to take on Superman.

Bangladesh's garment industry, which has been marked by catastrophes like the Rana Plaza factory collapse in 2013, is a world of both hope and despair for its millions of mostly female workers.

Xue, an unscrupulous Taiwanese businessman living in China, seems to have it all. But with the unstable Chinese economy shifting, everything starts to go awry. Can Xue stop his world from imploding?

For four months each year, a group of Indigenous Taiwanese camp along a river in the hopes of catching eel fry, but the harsh ocean winds and unfriendly environment add to the challenge.

Filmmaker Ruchika puts herself in the process of an arranged marriage to look at the modern-day realities of this multi-billion-dollar business - complete with websites and screening systems.

The last of Borneo's Bidayuh Ring Ladies, who wear copper rings on their calves and forearms, longs for her vanishing world. But a new opportunity introduces her culture to the modern world.

This is the story of the man who invented a low-cost sanitary napkin in India that changed menstrual hygiene for thousands of women and, most importantly, gave them dignity.

A young woman in China opens an unusual online shop and undertakes a myriad of requests, such as bringing cat food to a carer of vagrant felines and collecting 100 pictures of 100 smiling men.

A young man in India struggles to keep the age-old tradition of travelling cinema alive, giving people in remote villages the chance to catch a movie.

This film follows the emotional journey of a surrogate mother from India, from the day she signs a "bond" that puts her womb on rent through her nine months of pregnancy.