AAVCLUB @ Austin Film Festival

Use code AFF33FP for a $10 discount on Austin Film Festival 2026 Film Passes, which offer unlimited access to all of our AAPI film picks and more!

Check out these AAPI films from their lineup.

• TIGER MOM ACADEMY (Canada, China, UK, 101 MIN) World Premiere

  Thursday, October 29, 2026 7:05pm - 9:10pmCDT | State Theatre
  Director: Shawn Shao-Wen Chou
  Cast: Jingchu Zhang, Michelle Krusiec, Ken Jeong, Lochlyn Munro
  A family comedy about a desperate housewife who joins a cult of Tiger Moms to discipline her rebellious children.

• CHOPIN | (US, 85 MIN) World Premiere

  Sunday, November 1, 2026 3:45pm - 5:35pmCST | Galaxy Theater Screen 6

  Writer/Director: Vincent Lin
  Cast: Eddie Liu, Violett Beane, Leon Dai, Min Wu
  A second-generation Taiwanese American returns to his small American hometown to reconnect with the workaholic father he barely knows.

• SISA (Philippines, 115 MIN) Texas Premiere

  Sunday, November 1, 2026 12:30pm - 2:50pmCST | Galaxy Theater Screen 6

  Writer/Director: Jun Robles Lana
  Cast: Hilda Koronel, Eugene Domingo, Jennica Garcia, Tanya Gomez
  In 1902, a "mad woman" who witnessed the slaughter of her family during the gruesome Philippine-American War turns out to be a spy for the Filipino revolutionaries.

• LOOK BACK (Japan, 100 MIN) Austin Premiere

  Monday, November 2, 2026 5:30pm - 7:15pmCST | Texas Spirit Theatre

  Writer/Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
  Cast: Natsuki Deguchi, Aju Makita, Furi Nanase, Rokka Okada
  Two manga artists, the brash Fujino and the reclusive Kyomoto, meet and develop a bond over making manga.

• SUMO | (Japan, 99 MIN) Texas Premiere

  Tuesday, November 3, 2026 5:30pm - 7:14pmCST | Texas Spirit Theatre

  Director: Erik Shirai
  SUMO: SPIRIT WEIGHS NOTHING grants rare inside access to Japan’s hidden world of sumo. Over a turbulent year, wrestlers at every stage of their career fight to endure, revealing that true strength is measured not in flesh, but in spirit.