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