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Our #SubmitYourFilm program continued in the same path as the previews years, with more than 70 entries from all over Asia, with Asean, Indian and Asian-American entries having the lion’s share. An increasing number of entries opted for a video interview, also a part of the program, while the submission of feature films was significant this year too, even if the majority were shorts. As such, we would like to thank all the filmmakers who submitted their work and we hope that they continue to do so for many years to come.

At the same time, we also felt the need to celebrate this initiative by listing the movies we considered the best. Without further ado, here are the best #SubmitYourFilm Movies of 2024, in random order.

1. Fish Balls

Expectedly, the film leans significantly to its visuals, and Dp Kiefer Yu, with the help of SFX does a great job in presenting all the aforementioned elements,...

Fourth film by Kathy Meng, following “Elite Match”, “Willow and Wu” is a film shot in NYC, which has won the award for Best Screenplay at 27th Brooklyn Film Festival.

Willow and Wu review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative

The film begins with a rather intense scene, where Waley seems to be breaking up with a girl through a video call. The girl's cries following the call cements the fact, while the next scene has her, Willow, in an obviously depressed state receiving a call from Mrs Wu, her boss, insisting that she comes to her house right away. It turns out that although she is her assistant, Willow has to help her husband this time. Mr Wu wants to be filmed on a script his wife wrote and wants Willow to handle the recording. With her not having prior experience and being quite anxious, things do not go exactly smoothly.

Kathy Meng is a Chinese-American writer/director who was born in Philadelphia and raised in Beijing and Massachusetts before attending NYU's film program. She has written and directed several short films with “Elite Match” a short inspired by the experiences of her mom, is her third one.

“Elite March” is screening at NewFilmmakers Los Angeles

Lily is a Chinese single mother adjusting to living and working in Massachusetts after moving there from Beijing with her daughter, Joyce. One afternoon, Lily leaves Joyce at home alone to attend a mixer hosted by the dating website Elite Match. However, neither the mixer nor what happens back home with her daughter was what she expected.

The movie opens with a cheerful and romantic tone, reminiscent of a French comedy, which sets the stage for the loving and humorous relationship between Lily and Joyce. However, as the story progresses, it shifts its focus...