“I believe very strongly that when someone dies, if people speak their name, it’s a way of bringing their spirit back to life.”

Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival runs November 5-15, with events across downtown Toronto, and November 10-23 online across Canada.

“To other communities, Asians are just Asian, they don’t differentiate. But we care about where we come from. We wanted to reflect that when we’re writing this story about Chinese immigrants.”

“I made this film to say all the things that I can’t say.”

The festival runs from November 13th to the 24th.

The event spotlighted some of Toronto’s emerging actors in the Asian community, with a discussion featuring Andrew Phung and Jasmeet Raina.

Set and shot in Canada and Pakistan, ‘The Queen of my Dreams’ is a queer coming-of-age tale and love story we rarely get to see from the brown perspective.

The Toronto International Reel Asian Film Festival (AKA Reel Asian) returns in-person Nov. 8 to 19, 2023.

The award-winning Filipino-Canadian filmmaker reflects on his journey as he is honoured by the Reel Asian Film Festival as this year’s Canadian Spotlight Artist.

The Toronto International Reel Asian Film Festival (a.k.a. Reel Asian) returns in-person and online Nov 9 – 20, 2022.

The Toronto International Reel Asian Film Festival (a.k.a. Reel Asian) returns November 10—19, 2021.

Plus, our top picks from this year’s lineup.