Festival 2025: Line-Up & Schedule

MulanIFF 6th Edtion: August 8th – 17th @ Toronto, Canada

38 Films in 10 Days. Meet the future of pan-Chinese cinema here.

Fountainhead Programme Individual Ticket: $10 + processing fee
All other programmes Individual Ticket: $20 + processing fee

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All screenings at Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5).

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OPENING NIGHT

Chinatown Cha-Cha
女人世界
Luka YANG Yuanyuan

7:30 PM, FRI, AUG 8
Q&A with Director
Canadian Premiere

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CLOSING NIGHT

Bunnylovr

Katarina ZHU

7:30 PM, SUN, AUG 17
Q&A with Director
Canadian Premiere

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FOUNTAINHEAD

The Fountainhead programme celebrates and promotes emerging talents and their works with creative originality.

Fountainhead Shorts Screening I – 7:15 PM, SAT, AUG 9

See the following 5 short films from our 2025 Fountainhead Programme Official Selection, followed by Q&A with directors, and vote on your favorites!

Innocent Flesh
无辜的肉
LIN Yihan

World Premiere

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Anatomy of a Call
通訊默示錄通讯默示录
Arnold TAM Jing Wah

North American Premiere

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Sudden Rain
春来发几枝
WANG Yu, Jaro MINNE

North American Premiere

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Lagoon
潟湖
QIU Runfeng

World Premiere

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The Memo
备忘录
Badlands Film Group: YANG Xiao, CHEN Sisi

Canadian Premiere

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Fountainhead Shorts Screening II – 7:15 PM, SUN, AUG 10

See the following 5 short films from our 2025 Fountainhead Programme Official Selection, followed by Q&A with directors, and vote on your favorites!

Orlo with Karma
甜茶馆女孩
Kangdrun

International Premiere

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Perfect Blues
雨中的两人
CHENG Yu

North American Premiere

Retraction
翻开，然后呢
FAN Wenyi

World Premiere

Lao Ma
老马
LIN Kangjing

International Premiere

Life Is Snow
相谈
ZHANG Yaoyuan

North American Premiere

Fountainhead Shorts Screening III – 8:00 PM, MON, AUG 11

See the following 5 short films from our 2025 Fountainhead Programme Official Selection, followed by Q&A with directors, and vote on your favorites!

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12 Moments Before the Flag-Raising Ceremony
升旗手
QU Zhizheng

North American Premiere

After All
事过方觉
LIU Chongyan

North American Premiere

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Poet
诗人
SUN Kun

Canadian Premiere

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Local Elephants
无聊故事
JIN Chengyi

North American Premiere

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Farewell Taipei
今宵多珍重
ZHENG Miaoxin

World Premiere

LILI VS. LEVIATHAN

The Lili vs. Leviathan programme serves to advance the appreciation of female filmmakers’ and actresses’ endeavours, as well as to recognize the identity and power of female protagonists in films.

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Montage of a Modern Motherhood
虎毒不
Oliver CHAN Siu Kuen

4:30 PM, SAT, AUG 9
Canadian Premiere

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Fly Me to the Moon
但願人長久但愿人长久
Sasha CHUK

7:30 PM, SAT, AUG 16

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All Quiet at Sunrise
世界日出时
ZHU Xin

6 PM, FRI, AUG 15
North American Premiere

Pavane for an Infant
搖籃凡世摇篮凡世
CHONG Keat Aun

4:45 PM, SAT, AUG 16
Canadian Premiere

YIN AND YANG

The Yin and Yang programme is dedicated to films that reflect on social issues related to gender inequality, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation, thereby advocating equality and solidarity.

Love Bound
爱的牵绊
CHEN Shanshan

2:30 PM, SAT, AUG 9
Canadian Premiere

1 Girl Infinite
不可能女孩
Lilly HU

2:30 PM, SUN, AUG 10
Canadian Premiere

Some Women
一些女人
Quen WONG

9 PM, TUE, AUG 12

Bel Ami
漂亮朋友
GENG Jun

8:15 PM, FRI, AUG 15
Canadian Premiere

Yin and Yang Shorts Screening – 5:15 PM, SUN, AUG 17

Love Is a Book
爱是一本书
LAI Yuqing

Toronto Premiere

The Night
海风替我亲吻你的脸颊
ZHANG Lin

Three
三
Amie SONG

Water Under the Bridge
相聚一刻
ZHANG Yichuan

RETROSPECTIVE

The Retrospective programme provides a vantage point to delve into the ebb and flow of history, society, culture, and the spirit of the times. Through these cinematic wonders, we embark on a journey upstream, seeking the essence of being Chinese, of being of Chinese descent, and of the Chinese cultural heritage.