Intercultural Media

The Farewell

An American-Chinese film. Featuring Awkwafina of Crazy Rich Asians fame, it is based off a real story in which a Chinese-American woman, Billie, and her family, choose not to tell Billie's grandmother that she is ill, and return to China under the guise of a wedding.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

A notable Chinese martial arts (wuxia) film directed by Ang Lee and featuring Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, and more.

Crazy Rich Asians

A romantic comedy film based off the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy by Kevin Kwan. Crazy Rich Asians was a box office hit and is considered a landmark feat in East Asian representation in Western film and media.

One of Us

This documentary by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady zeroes in on three individuals who were once part of a tightly knit community of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn, New York. All three eventually left the tribe, as it were, because they found its conditions for membership suffocating, even abusive

JoJo Rabbit

Jojo is a lonely German boy who discovers that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his imaginary friend -- Adolf Hitler -- Jojo must confront his blind nationalism as World War II continues to rage on.

Fiddler on the Roof

Among the traditions of a Jewish community, matchmakers arrange marriages and the father approves it. The milkman Reb Tevye is a poor man that has been married for twenty-five years with Golde and they have five daughters. His hope is that the local matchmaker Yente will be able to find his daughters suitable, wealthy husbands to support the family. Yente arranges the match between his older daughter Tzeitel and the old widow butcher Lazar Wolf, Tevye agrees with the wedding. However, Tzeitel is in love with the poor tailor Motel Kamzoil.

Himalaya (Caravan)

The Himalaya, Caravan 1999 movie is based on the Himalayas in Nepal. In the remote mountainous region of Dolpa, far to the west of Nepal, at an altitude of five thousand meters. Himalaya is the story of villagers who carry a caravan of yaks across the mountains bringing rock, salt down to the lowlands from the high plateau to trade in grain. The caravan provides the grain that the villagers rely on to survive the winter, an annual occurrence. The film is a tale of rivalry focused on conflict and misunderstanding.

White Sun, (Seto Surya)

The film name "Seto Surya (White Sun)" refers to one of the elements of the National Flag of Nepal. In the film, an Anti-regime partisan Chandra confronts physical, social, and political obstacles for his father's funeral. His search for a solution takes him to neighbor mountain villages and encounters with the police and rebel guerrillas. A portrait of post-civil war Nepal during the fragile peace process.

The Cup

The film takes place at a Tibetan monastery in exile in India, which from time to time receives Tibetan children whose parents have smuggled them past the border guards so that they can be raised in the ancient Buddhist teachings. And so they are, in a monastery which seems a little like any boarding school for irrepressible kids. However, the atmosphere of serenity is disrupted by soccer fever. Prevented by various circumstances from seeing the Cup finals on television in a nearby village, a monk sets out to organize the rental of a TV set for the monastery. The enterprise becomes a test of solidarity, resourcefulness, and friendship for the students, while the Lama, head of the monastery, contemplates the challenges of teaching the word of Buddha in a rapidly changing world.

風の谷のナウシカ (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)

Nausicaä is the princess of the Valley of the Wind. She is the eleventh child of King Jhil, and the only one to live to maturity. She is rarely seen without her Mehve or her companion, Teto the fox-squirrel. Some believe her to be "The Blue Clad One" from Dorok legends.

万引き家族 (Shoplifters)

A Japanese couple stuck with part-time jobs and hence inadequate incomes avail themselves of the fruits of shoplifting to make ends meet. They are not alone in this behaviour. The younger and the older of the household are in on the act. The unusual routine is about to change from care-free and matter-of-fact to something more dramatic, however, as the couple open their doors to a beleaguered young girl. The reasons for the family's habit and their motivations come under the microscope.

君の名は Kimi-no-naha (Your name)

Two strangers find themselves linked in a bizarre way. When a connection forms, will distance be the only thing to keep them apart?

A Taxi Driver

A widowed father and taxi driver who drives a German reporter from Seoul to Gwangju to cover the 1980 uprising, soon finds himself regretting his decision after being caught in the violence around him.

Parasite

Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

Train to Busan

While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.

El Norte

When a group of Mayan Indians decides to organize a labor union to improve conditions in their village, their community is violently destroyed by the Guatemalan army. Teenage siblings, Rosa (Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez) and Enrique (David Villalpando) manage to escape the massacre and decide to start a new life in El Norte -- the USA. The two trek through Mexico, meeting a variety of characters and facing trials and tribulations on their journey toward lives as illegal immigrants in Los Angeles.

Selena

In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla (Jennifer Lopez) is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham (Edward James Olmos), realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for her guitarist, Chris Perez (Jon Seda), who draws the ire of her father. Seeking mainstream stardom, Selena begins recording an English-language album which, tragically, she would never complete.

Bajo la Misma Luna

Single mother Rosario (Kate del Castillo) leaves her young son Carlitos (Adrian Alonso) in the care of his grandmother and illegally crosses the border into the U.S. Though she hopes to eventually make a better life for herself and her son, she toils in a dead-end job as a cleaning lady in Los Angeles. When Carlitos' grandmother passes away some years later, the boy begins a difficult and dangerous journey to join her.

Rocky Horror Picture Show

A 1975 musical comedy horror film by 20th Century Fox, produced by Lou Adler and Michael White and directed by Jim Sharman. The story centres on a young engaged couple whose car breaks down in the rain near a castle where they seek a telephone to call for help. The castle or country home is occupied by strangers in elaborate costumes celebrating an annual convention.

Paris is Burning

A 1990 American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender communities involved in it.

Big Eden

is a 2000 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Thomas Bezucha. Arye Gross stars as Henry Hart, a successful gay artist from New York City who returns to his rural hometown in Montana to care for his ailing grandfather. Henry is welcomed back by the townsfolk, all of whom are aware of his sexuality and are highly accepting and even supportive towards him (the film's plot and dialogue is notably devoid of homophobic content).

Race

Ranvir (Saif Ali Khan) is a successful horse breeder with a history of training and showing winning race horses in South Africa. Rajiv (Akshaye Khanna), Ranvir's brother, is also in the racing world, but he is less cutthroat in his job and, as a result, has not produced the same number of winning ponies. However, Rajiv shows his prickly side when he steals Ranvir's girlfriend, Sonia (Bipasha Basu), and hatches a nefarious plot to take over his sibling's thriving business as well.

Kal Ho Naa Ho

Student Naina is good friends with her classmate, skirt-chaser Rohit. Her home life is rife with family tensions as her widowed mum's restaurant runs into difficulties. When charismatic Aman moves into the neighbourhood, he changes everyone's lives, bringing a breath of fresh air, and although he loses his heart to Naina, Aman has a secret that prevents him from marrying her.

Bhool Bhulaiyaa

An NRI and his wife decide to stay in his ancestral home, paying no heed to the warnings about ghosts. Soon, inexplicable occurrences cause him to call a psychiatrist to help solve the mystery.