We present the Asian films that will be screened at the Berlin International Film Festival (Germany) which will take place from February 16 – 26, 2023.

Notes We included films directed by filmmakers with Asian descendancy. The Full programme will be release on February 7, 2023 so we may edit this post.

Competition
Art College 1994 by Liu Jian – China | 2023*
The Shadowless Tower by Zhang Lu – China | 2022*
Past Lives by Celine Song – USA |2022** (Debut Film)
Suzume by Makoto Shinkai – Japan | 2022**

Encounters
In Water by Hong Sangsoo – Korea | 2023*
Absence by Wu Lang – China | 2023¨(Debut Film)

Berlinale Special
#Manhole by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri – Japan | 2023 – 99 minutes **
Kill Boksoon by Byun Sung-hyun – Korea | 2023*
Mad Fate by Soi Cheang – Hong Kong, China | 2022*

Berlinale Shorts
All Tomorrow’s Parties by Zhang Dalei – China | 2023*
Daughter and Son by Cheng Yu – China | 2022**

Panorama
Ambush by Chhatrapal Ninawe – India | 2023 (Debut Film)*
Green Night by Han Shuai – Hong Kong, China | 2023*

Panorama Dokumente
And, Towards Happy Alleys by Sreemoyee Singh – India |2023 (Debut Film)*

Generation Kplus
Closing Dynasty by Lloyd Lee Choi – USA | 2023*
Deep Sea by Tian Xiaopeng – China | 2023**
Nanitic by Carol Nguyen – Canada | 2022 – 14 minutes**
Of Dreams in the Dream of Another Mirror by Yunyi Zhu – France | 2023*
Xiaohui and His Cows by Xinying Lao – China | 2023*

Generation 14plus
Autobio-Pamphlet by Ashish Avinash Bende – India | 2023 (Debut Film)*
Hito by Stephen Lopez – Philippines | 2023*
Now. Here by Hao Zhao – China | 2023*
Tomorrow is a Long Time by Jow Zhi Wei – Singapore, Taiwan, France, Portugal | 2023 (Debut Film)*
When a Rocket Sits on the Launch Pad by Bohao Liu – China, USA | 2023*

Forum
Regardless of Us by Yoo Heong-jun – Korea | 2023 (Debut Film)*
Remembering Every Night by Yui Kiyohara – Japan | 2022**
There is a Stone by Tatsunari Ota – Japan | 2022**

Forum Expanded
Desert Dreaming by Abdul Halik Azeez – Sri Lanka | 2022
Mangosteen by Tulapop Saenjaroen – Thailand | 2022**
No Stranger at All by Priya Sen – India | 2022**
That day, on the River by Lei Lei – China | 2022*
Trip After by Ukrit Sa-nguanhai – Thailand, New Zealand | 2022**

Forum Expanded Exhibition
Achala by Tenzin Phuntsog – USA | 2022**
Dancing Boy by Tenzin Phuntsog – USA | 2022**
Dreams by Tenzin Phuntsog – USA | 2022**
Father and Mother by Tenzin Phuntsog– USA | 2022**
Summer Grass by Tenzin Phuntsog– USA | 2022**
Time Tunnel: Takahiko Iimura at Kino Arsenal, 18. April 1973 by Takahiko Iimura – Japan, USA | 1973

Berlinale Series
Why Try to Change Me Now by Dalei Zhang – China | 2023 (Series)**
Roar by Reema Kagti, Ruchika Oberoi – India | 2023 (Series)*

Berlinale Classics
Undercurrent by Kōzaburō Yoshimura – Japan | 1956**

Retrospective
Aparajito (The Unvanquished) by Satyajit Ray – India | 1956 – 110 minutes
Bag of Rice by Mohammad-Ali Talebi – Iran, Japan | 1996
Cruel Story of Youth by Nagisa Ōshima – Japan | 1960 – 96 minutes
Manila in the Claws of Light by Lino Brocka – Philippines | 1975 – 125 minutes
Typhoon Club by Shinji Sōmai – Japan | 1985 – 115 minutes

* World Premiere
**International Premiere

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