A student film competition of live-action and animated works under 60 minutes, recommended by film schools across Asia. The lineup includes international festival winners.
We hope you enjoy these 15 films showcasing emerging Asian talent during TIFF.
 

→ Program 1
(“Everything’s Peachy””Mom, When My Time Comes, Where Do I Go?””All of Her””Dear Hero””Black Beauty”)
→ Program 2
(“Revolving Visions””What Remains at Dawn””Running Wild in the Sun””Cunning3″”She Has Almost No One but Herself”)
→ Program 3
(“I Hit a Deer””Home””Love the Dead””Treading Water””Passage of Soul”)

8min / Color / English / 2026 / Singapore
 

Director: Nah Yee Chern
Born in Singapore in 2002, Nah Yee Chern directed his first stop-motion short film Everything’s Peachy (2026) as his grad film at LASALLE College of the Arts

 
 
International Premiere
Mom, When My Time Comes, Where Do I Go?　Mẹ Ơi, Sau Khi Chết, Con Sẽ Đi Về Đâu?

27min / Color / Vietnamese / 2026 / Vietnam
 

Director: Dang Hoang Anh Đặng Hoàng Anh
Born in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2004, Dang Hoang Anh is the valedictorian Directing graduate of HATC. Mom, When The Time Comes, Where Do I Go? is his debut short.

 
 
Japanese Premiere
All of Her

22min / Color / Korean / 2026 / Korea
 

Director: Kim Nam-hyeon 김남현
Born in Incheon in 1995. Graduated from Chung-Ang University: Film and Digital Media in 2023. Graduated from Korean Academy of Film Arts, Producing major, 42nd term in 2026.

 
 
World Premiere
Dear Hero

22min / Color / Japanese, Korean / 2026 / Japan/Korea
 

Director: Takai Kohsuke
Directing student at Japan Institute of the Moving Image. Made his debut with Dear Hero (2026), a Japan-Korea co-production.

 
 
World Premiere
Black Beauty 执马者

28min / Color / Mandarin / 2025 / China
 

Director: Wang Haoduo 王皓铎
Born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China in 2001, Wang Haoduo is a Shanghai Theatre Academy graduate, awarded at the Golden Rooster and EU-China Youth Film Festival.

 

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27min / Color, Black & White / Chinese / 2026 / China
 

Director: Chen Yingru 陈滢如
Born in Zhejiang, China in 2001, she explores society through film, drawing on her interest in social structures, culture and everyday life.

 
 
International Premiere
What Remains at Dawn 清晨之後

29min / Color / English, Tamil, Malay / 2026 / Taiwan/Singapore
 

Director: Nicholas Tan
Born in Singapore in 2000, Nicholas Tan is developing his practice in documentary filmmaking.

 
 
World Premiere
Running Wild in the Sun Gió Mặt Trời

18min / Color / Vietnamese / 2026 / Vietnam
 

Director: Nguyen Vu Hien Chi Nguyễn Vũ Hiền Chi
Born in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2001. Graduated from Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema as valedictorian in Film Directing. Running Wild in the Sun is her graduation short film.

 
 
Cunning3

10min / Black & White / Japanese / 2025 / Japan
 

Director: Sinclair William
4th-year at MAU. Directed Change (Toho) during high school. Cunning3 is on SAMANSA. Won the Special Award in the U35 Horror Screenplay Award for NN0000.

 
 
World Premiere
She Has Almost No One but Herself 그는 지금 거의 자기밖에 없다

23min / Color, Black & White / Korean / 2026 / Korea
 

Director: Yun Hye-rim 윤혜림
Born in Bucheon, South Korea in 2002. She studies Film, Television & Multimedia and Visual Communication Design at Sungkyunkwan University.

 
 

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6min / Color / English / 2026 / Singapore
 

Director: Yu Jiale Melody, Veronica May Gwen Leow, Riqqa Binte Faizal
All Born in Singapore in 2004. A trio of animators from LASALLE college of the Arts exploring the absurdity of the fear of death by blending 2D frame-by-frame and 3D assets.

 
 
Japanese Premiere
Home

18min / Color / Japanese / 2026 / Japan
 

Director: Tanoue Hiromi
Tanoue Hiromi studies film directing at TUA. After working in video journalism, she turned to filmmaking. Hana and Koto won at SKIP CITY International D-Cinema Festival.

 
 
World Premiere
Love the Dead 愛屍禁

22min / Color / Mandarin / 2026 / Taiwan
 

Director: Teng Fu-kang 鄧福慷
Born in Taipei, Taiwan in 2000. Teng Fu-kang studied filmmaking at NTUA. His works explore genre cinema, blending horror and fantasy with intimate human relationships.

 
 
World Premiere
Treading Water 泅游

33min / Color / Mandarin / 2026 / Taiwan/Japan/China
 

Director: Ogawa Takashi
Born in Nagoya, Japan in 1999. Earned a BA in Political Science from National Cheng Kung University; and a MFA in Cinematography from Shanghai Theatre Academy.

 
 
Japanese Premiere
Passage of Soul 靈魂的出生前計劃

30min / Color / Cantonese / 2025 / Hong Kong
 

Director: Put Chung Ho 畢仲皓
Born in Hong Kong in 1997, Put Chung Ho is a filmmaker and former Chinese teacher with an MFA from HKAPA. His shorts have won awards at Freshwave and NY Film Awards.

 
 

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