Shorts Program: Lost & Found
New York Asian Film Festival 2026
July 10 - 23
This program of short films includes Benny Wang’s Apes, Cami Kwan’s Paper Daughter, Yating Hsu’s Girl Talk, Ning Qian’s Buddha the Betrayer, Daphne Zelle’s Where Belly Goes, Diana Bang and Andrea Bang’s One Last Walk, and Imanuel Bolaman’s Autosave.
Screening + Q&A
with Daphne Zelle, Diana Bang & Andrea Bang, Imanuel Bolaman, Carlos Liu (Buddha the Betrayer producer), and Ming-Jung Kuo (Girl Talk producer)
Sunday, July 12
Showtimes
Sun, July 12
Screening + Q&A
with Daphne Zelle, Diana Bang & Andrea Bang, Imanuel Bolaman, Carlos Liu (Buddha the Betrayer producer), and Ming-Jung Kuo (Girl Talk producer)
Sunday, July 12
Apes
Benny Wang, 2026, China, 15m
Mandarin with English subtitles
World Premiere
In an ancient village on China’s southwest border, a trapped traveler’s bewilderment triggers a surreal exploration into the nature of existence and the future.
Paper Daughter
Cami Kwan, 2025, U.S., 15m
New York Premiere
Joy, an immigrant from China, enters the U.S. under a false identity as a “Paper Daughter,” memorizing details of a deceased girl named Mae and creating a paper mask in her likeness.
Girl Talk
Yating Hsu, 2026, Taiwan, 18m
Mandarin with English subtitles
World Premiere
A girl once seen as a victim confronts the narrow views society holds about her. She slowly reveals the strength she has gained in healing herself and the courage to face society’s prejudice and gaze.
Buddha the Betrayer
Ning Qian, 2025, China/Taiwan, 25m
Chinese with English subtitles
North American Premiere
A spiritual medium awoke to find his cherished Buddha gone one day, and he is forced to grapple with faith, betrayal, and his vulnerability.
Where Belly Goes
Daphne Zelle, 2025, U.S., 12m
World Premiere
The story of a couple’s relationship told within the confines of their New York City bathroom. Through a series of vignettes reflected in the medicine cabinet mirror, the film tracks their evolution—and disintegration.
One Last Walk
Diana Bang, Andrea Bang, 2025, Canada, 10m
Korean, Mandarin, and English with English subtitles
North American Premiere
Two lonely grandmas from different cultures connect on daily walks around their neighborhood, until the day one of them decides to move back to Korea.
Autosave
Imanuel Bolaman, 2025, Indonesia, 16m
Indonesian with English subtitles
World Premiere
Bintang lost his father when he was young and is now leaving for college. He finds his dad again in the video game they used to play together and has put off finishing until now.
Read More
Rose of Nevada Director Mark Jenkin on His New Sci-Fi Tinged Tale
On the latest episode of FLC Luminaries, our video series that spotlights talent at all levels of the filmmaking process who uplift the art and craft of cinema, Rose of Nevada director Mark Jenkin discusses his sci-fi-tinged tale of dislocation and regeneration.
Kamal Aljafari on With Hasan in Gaza and ‘The Camera of the Dispossessed’
Our 63rd New York Film Festival Talks featured a special conversation with With Hasan in Gaza director Kamal Aljafari, moderated by Film Comment editor Devika Girish.
Lucrecia Martel on Our Land (Nuestra Tierra), the Filmmaker’s First Feature Documentary
On the latest episode of FLC Luminaries, our video series that spotlights talent at all levels of the filmmaking process who uplift the art and craft of cinema, Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) director Lucrecia Martel discusses her expansive and enlightening first feature documentary.
