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13th Montreal Asian International Film Festival

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Arts East-West proudly presents the 13th edition of the Montreal Asian International Film Festival (MAiFF), running from May 14th to June 13th, 2026, across nine venues in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. This landmark edition marks the official transformation of the Korean Film Festival Canada (KFFC) into MAiFF: a bold new platform launching during Asian Heritage Month, featuring more than 60 Asian arthouse films and events under the 2026–2027 theme “Tangibility: Soil, Body, Stories.”

The festival presents three programming categories — KFFC, AmérAsia, and East Meets West — reflecting the organization’s 30-year commitment to Asian and Asian-Canadian arts. Films from Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Iran, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Australia, the United States, and First Nations communities will be screened across Cinéma du Musée, Cinéma Moderne, Cinéma du Parc, Goethe-Institut Montréal, Ada X, Groupe Intervention Vidéo, Place Ville Marie, Korean Community Association of Montreal, and Providence St-Dominique.

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2026 PROGRAMS

SCREENING SCHEDULE

MAY 14

OPENING CEREMONY
@ Cinéma du Musée

5:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Opening Reception
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Hosts: Big Daddy Queen Power & Jinwoo Park
Asian food & refreshments. 

Opening Films
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Saekdong/Colour of Korea
HAN OKHI RETROSPECTIVE
8 mins / South Korea / 1976 

There Are No Words
MIN SOOK LEE 
98 mins / Canada / 2025 
Director in Attendance

Red Star Alley 
JENNY YUJIA SHI
2 mins / Canada / 2024

Q&A by directors in the lobby
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MAY 14

KFFC 1: CONGRATULATORY FILM
@ Cinéma du Musée

8:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Master’s Tale: The Perfect Jib Bap
SHANGHOON
5 mins / Canada / 2024

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
KIM DONG-HO
104 mins / South Korea / 2025
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Friday, May 15

WRITING WORKSHOP
@ Ada X, with HTMlles

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Intercultural Flavours: Writing Workshop
with Jinwoo Park and Veena Gokhale

Featuring readings and presentations from Jinwoo Park (Oxford Soju Club) and Veena Gokhale (Annapurna’s Bounty), group discussions, food writing exercises, networking and refreshments.
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Saturday, May 16

AmerAsia 3
@ Cinéma du Parc

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The Golden Village (RIDM)
KAREN CHO
33 min / Canada / 2026

The Sound of Things Ablaze
HAYAT NAJM
6 min / Canada / 2025

Landscapes of Home
ALICE SHIN
55 min / Canada / 2024
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Tuesday, May 19

MEDIA ARTS WORKSHOP
@ GIV
With IMAA and GIV

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The workshop will provide a space for discussion and learning about the IMAA fee schedules, working conditions, and remuneration in the media arts sector.
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Friday, May 22

TO BE ANNOUNCED
@ Cinema du Parc
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Wednesday, May 26

SCREENINGS
@ Goethe-Institut Montreal

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Dad vs Bees
DAVID QUACH
20 mins / Australia / 2026

Jet Lag in Summer
YAN KUAO
92 mins / Hong Kong / 2025

Friday, May 29

KFFC 3
@ Cinema du Parc

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Manok
YU-JIN LEE
108 mins / South Korea / 2025

2minutes40seconds
HAN OKHI RETROSPECTIVE
10 mins / South Korea / 1975
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Saturday, May 30

NEW WAVE ASIAN CINEMA 1
@ Cinema du Parc

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Days of Being Wild
WONG KAR-WAI
94 mins / Hong Kong / 1990

The Winds of Spring
KEYU CHEN
6 mins / Canada / 2017
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Saturday, June 6

SCREENING 1
@ Goethe-Institut Montreal

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

The Middle Dog Days
HAN OKHI RETROSPECTIVE
7 mins / South Korea / 1974

Let’s Have a Cup of Doodh Patti Chai
BRIAN HUNG
99 mins / Hong Kong / 2025

Monday, June 8

NEW WAVE ASIAN CINEMA 2
@ Cinema Moderne

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Love Letter
SHUNJI IWAI
117 mins / Japan / 1995

Submerge
CINDY MOCHIZUKI
1 min / Canada / 2003

Tuesday, June 9

KFFC 4
@ Cinema Moderne

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

The Final Semester
LEE RAN-HEE
104 mins / South Korea / 2025

Friday, June 12

AMERASIA 5
@ Cinema Moderne

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Montreal, Ma Belle
XIAODAN HE
117 mins / Canada / 2025

Q&A with Director Xiaodan He.

Friday, June 12

SPECIAL DONOR EVENT
@ Goethe-Institut Montreal

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Master’s Tale: The Perfect Jib Bap
SHANGHOON
5 mins / Canada / 2024

A Man Who Heals The City
KIM JANG-HA

SCREENING 2
@ Goethe-Institut Montreal

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Untitled 77-A
HAN OKHI RETROSPECTIVE
7 mins / South Korea / 1977

Only for a Day
KYUNGBIN PARK
15 mins / Canada / 2026

HALF
ARTI ISHAK
9 mins / USA / 2025

Welcome Home Freckles
PARK HUIJU
26 mins / South Korea / 2025

Heading to the East
LISA RANRAN HU
17 mins / China / 2025

Broken Dawn
PARK HAE-OH
16 mins / South Korea / 2025

Saturday, June 13

PANEL DISCUSSION
@ Goethe-Institut Montreal

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

“Interconnecting Dialogues: Navigating Montreal’s Cross-Cultural Landscape.” Panel is moderated by Guy Rodgers and discusses building bridges between cultural communities in arts.

SCREENING 3
@ Goethe-Institut Montreal

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Hole
HAN OKHI RETROSPECTIVE
9 mins / South Korea / 1974

Loney and Havender
116 mins / Germany / 2025

Saturday, June 13

CLOSING CEREMONY
@ Cinema Moderne

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

ITCH
SU-AN NG
1 min / Canada / 2013

In the Sea of Strange Thoughts
CHOI JEONGDAN
115 mins / South Korea / 2025

VENUES

Cinéma du Musée
1379-A Sherbrooke St W, Montréal, Quebec H3G 1K3

Cinéma du Parc
3575 Av. du Parc, Montréal, QC H2X 3P9

Cinéma Moderne
5150 St Laurent Blvd, Montréal, Quebec H2T 1R8

Goethe-Institut Montreal
1626 Boul. Saint-Laurent Bureau 100, Montréal, QC H2X 2T1

Ada X
4001 Rue Berri #201, Montréal, QC H2L 4H2

Groupe Intervention Vidéo
4001 Rue Berri #105, Montréal, QC H2L 4H2
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