*Link to Challenge by revchu*
Looking forward to a new year of first-time watches!
Current Progress: 14/54
>Week 1 - Critic List: The "Asian Cinema 100" from the 2025 Busan Film Festival
Saving Face (2004)
>Week 2 - Asian Women Directors Top 100
Angels Wear White (2017)
>Week 3 - Acting: Asian Film Award Nominations
Harmonium (2016)
>Week 4 - Made in the Philippines
Cleaners (2019)
>Week 5 - Actor or Director: Sylvia Chang
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
>Week 6 - Made in Korea
Woman of Fire (1971)
>Week 7 - Anti-Bushido Samurai Films
Harakiri (1962)
>Week 8 - Made in Taiwan
Dear Ex (2018)
>Week 9 - Music!
Sad Whistling (1949)
>Week 10 - Made in Palestine
In Between (2016)
>Week…
*Link to Challenge by revchu*
Looking forward to a new year of first-time watches!
Current Progress: 14/54
>Week 1 - Critic List: The "Asian Cinema 100" from the 2025 Busan Film Festival
Saving Face (2004)
>Week 2 - Asian Women Directors Top 100
Angels Wear White (2017)
>Week 3 - Acting: Asian Film Award Nominations
Harmonium (2016)
>Week 4 - Made in the Philippines
Cleaners (2019)
>Week 5 - Actor or Director: Sylvia Chang
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
>Week 6 - Made in Korea
Woman of Fire (1971)
>Week 7 - Anti-Bushido Samurai Films
Harakiri (1962)
>Week 8 - Made in Taiwan
Dear Ex (2018)
>Week 9 - Music!
Sad Whistling (1949)
>Week 10 - Made in Palestine
In Between (2016)
>Week 11 - Cinema Judaica
The Pawnbroker (1964)
>Week 12 - Queer Asian Cinema
Tropical Malady (2004)
>Week 13 - China's Sixth Generation Movement
Mama (1990)
>Week 14 - Medium: Japanese OVA
OZ (1992)
>Week 15 - Director: Yim Soon-rye
The Weight of Her (2003)
>Week 16 - Hong Kong Film Archive's Must-See Hong Kong Films
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980)
>Week 17 - Asian Cinema with Major International Award Recognition
The Circle (2000)
>Week 18 - Korean Queer Cinema
Ashamed (2011)
>Week 19 - Director: Johnnie To
A Hero Never Dies (1998)
>Week 20 - Japanese Experimental Film
House (1977)
>Week 21 - Crime!
Drug War (2012)
>Week 22 - Indian Women Directors
Santosh (2024)
>Week 23 - Post-Apocalyptic Asian Cinema
Versus (2000)
>Week 24 - Banned in China
Ju Dou (1990)
>Week 25 - Made in the Middle East
Footnote (2011)
>Week 26 - Chinese Diaspora Queer Cinema
Happy Together (1997)
>Week 27 - Made in Singapore or Malaysia
Ramen Shop (2018)
>Week 28 - Not Bollywood: Regional Indian Films
Court (2014)
>Week 29 - Actor: Song Kang-ho
Secret Sunshine (2007)
>Week 30 - For Your Consideration: Taiwan Post-New Wave
A Sun (2019)
>Week 31 - Made in India
RRR (2022)
>Week 32 - Auteur: Hideaki Anno
Grave of the Fireflies (1998)
>Week 33 - Trains!
Nobody Knows (2004)
>Week 34 - India Adjacent: Watch a film from Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, or Pakistan
Darling (2019) [Pakistan]
>Week 35 - Director: Trinh T. Minh-ha
Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen (1983)
>Week 36 - Hong Kong Comedic Cinema
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
>Week 37 - Japanese Women Directors
Under the Open Sky (2020)
>Week 38 - Made in Southeast Asia
Century of Birthing (2011)
>Week 39 - Sageuk: Korean Historical Dramas
Harbin (2024)
>Week 40 - Student Animation: Geidai
The Cloudy Dog Talk About (2012)
>Week 41 - Pre-revolution (1979) Iranian Cinema
The House Is Black (1963)
>Week 42 - Chinese Women Directors
Big World (2024)
>Week 43 - Asian Noir
Cure (1997)
>Week 44 - Any Film Nominated for Asian Film Award
Tokyo Sonata (2008)
>Week 45 - Sports!
Tatami (2023)
>Week 46 - Tokusatsu Films
Shin Godzilla (2016)
>Week 47 - Chinese New Documentary Movement
Karamay (2010)
>Week 48 - Asian Film in the Criterion Collection
Late Spring (1949)
>Week 49 - For Your Consideration: Post-6th Generation Chinese Cinema
Wrath of Silence (2017)
>Week 50 - Japanese Ero-Guro Film
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
>Week 51 - Cinema of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Tangerines (2013)
>Week 52 - Asian Anthology Film
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
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***Bonus Watch: Japanese Pink Film
Black Tight Killers (1966)
***Bonus Watch: Japanese Academy Award winner
Shall We Dance? (1996)
