ASEAN Film Festival 2024

Inspired by the true story of young Mong Thongdee, a boy from the rural mountains of northern Thailand who unexpectedly wins a local paper plane tournament. Now a member of Thailand’s national team, he has the opportunity to travel to Japan for an international paper plane competition. However, he encounters a major obstacle: he is stateless, without citizenship. Leaving the country remains only a distant dream for Mong, but alongside his teachers, lawyers, journalists, and the Thai public, there are calls to amend birth right laws to fulfil his dreams before it's too late.

Duration: 1 hr 40 mins

Water Lemon is set in the coastal town of Mauban, Quezon, where the mundane lives of a grieving widow, a socially handicapped genius, and a helpless grandfather interconnect to create jolts in their flatlined lives.

Duration: 1 hr 45 mins

“If My Lover Were a Flower” unfolds against the enchanting backdrop of Myanmar's Inle Lake, where Mya Lay Shin grapples with the conflict between family duty and her forbidden love for Nay Mon from Yangon. Their impassioned romance challenges tradition and forces Mya Lay to make a life-altering choice in this poignant tale of love and sacrifice.

Duration: 1 hr 52 mins

Set in modern Brunei, Yasmine tells the coming-of-age story of a high school girl who learns the local martial art of Silat. Despite her father's disapproval and her school's underdog Silat club, Yasmine decides to take matters in her own hands and starts leading the team.

Duration: 1 hr 49 mins

As mothers age, they often begin to complain more frequently and repeat themselves, which can be frustrating for their children. This dynamic often leads to tension between mothers and their children, resulting in arguments and clashes between traditional and modern perspectives. This common scenario unfolds in families everywhere. 'When Mom Gets Old' explores the lives of four mothers and the challenges they face within their families, reflecting broader societal issues.

Duration: 1 hr 42 mins

Story of Pao" (2006) is a renowned classic in Vietnamese cinema, celebrated for its portrayal of the life and culture of ethnic communities. This poetic yet realistic film looks into the desire for freedom and happiness within the cultural fabric of ethnic minorities. It has garnered widespread acclaim, winning four Golden Kite Awards and one Special Asia Pacific Screen Award for its exceptional storytelling and portrayal of ethnic life.

Duration: 1 hr 38 mins

A widowed Singaporean housewife obsessed with Korean soap operas travels abroad for the first time in her life and finds more than she bargained for in Seoul. The film garnered four nominations at the 59th Golden Horse Awards and premiered at the 2022 Busan International Film Festival. It is the first official Singaporean-South Korean co-production, and was mostly shot in South Korea.

Duration: 1 hr 30 mins

Set in the 1980s during tumultuous economic times, Ola Bola is about an unlikely team of footballers whose disagreements have left them with a streak of embarrassing losses. Personal issues have caused each of them to crack under pressure while the team slowly falls apart. They have only one chance left for international glory, and this multicultural team has to find it in their hearts to overcome their individual odds and unite for the sake of an entire country. But unknown to them, their greatest test is yet to come, one that will make or break their fighting spirit and the nation's hopes and aspirations.

Duration: 1 hr 53 mins

A country girl comes to the city in search of her father, but secrets and mysteries will force her to re-evaluate when a family needs to stay together and when it needs to let go.

Duration: 1 hr 39 mins

This film follows Time Magazine’s 2004 “Hero of Asia” Butet Manurung’s (Prisia Nasution) journey from anthropologist to educator to activist as she works with the indigenous forest people (Orang Rimba) who live upstream the Makekal river in the forest of Bukit Duabelas of Jambi, Sumatera, Indonesia.

Duration: 1 hr 30 mins