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
Get a Festival Pack and enjoy as much as 47%-off!
All screenings at Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5).
Questions? Contact us at [email protected].
OPENING NIGHT
Chinatown Cha-Cha
女人世界
Luka YANG Yuanyuan
7:30 PM, FRI, AUG 8
Q&A with Director
Canadian Premiere
CLOSING NIGHT
Bunnylovr
小迷兔
Katarina ZHU
7:30 PM, SUN, AUG 17
In-Person Q&A with Director
Canadian Premiere
FOUNTAINHEAD
The Fountainhead programme celebrates and promotes emerging talents and their works with creative originality.
Learn more about the jury and selection committee here: https://mulanfestival.com/festival-2025/fountainhead-competition-programme/.
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
Anatomy of a Call
通訊默示錄 通讯默示录
Arnold TAM Jing Wah
North American Premiere
Sudden Rain
春来发几枝
WANG Yu, Jaro MINNE
North American Premiere
Lagoon
潟湖
QIU Runfeng
World Premiere
The Memo
备忘录
Badlands Film Group
Canadian Premiere
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
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!
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
Poet
诗人
SUN Kun
North American Premiere
Local Elephants
无聊故事
JIN Chengyi
North American Premiere
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.
Montages of a Modern Motherhood
虎毒不
Oliver CHAN Siu-kuen
4:30 PM, SAT, AUG 9
Canadian Premiere
Fly Me to the Moon
但願人長久 但愿人长久
Sasha CHUK
7:30 PM, SAT, AUG 16
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
When She Looks At Me: 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
North American Premiere
Three
三
Amie SONG
Toronto Premiere
Water Under the Bridge
相聚一刻
ZHANG Yichuan
North American Premiere
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.
Kawashima Yoshiko
(The Last Princess of Manchuria)
川島芳子
Eddie FONG
5:00 PM, SUN, AUG 10
Rouge
胭脂扣
Stanley KWAN
6 PM, MON, AUG 11
4K Restored
A Terra-Cotta Warrior
秦俑
CHING Siu-tung
6 PM, TUE, AUG 12
35mm Film
Farewell My Concubine
霸王別姬
CHEN Kaige
7 PM, THU, AUG 14
4K Restored
Green Snake
青蛇
Hark TSUI
2:30 PM, SAT, AUG 16
4K Restored – Toronto Premiere
DOCUMENTARY: GAZE & REFLECTION
Obedience
十方之地
WONG Siu-pong
6 PM, WED, AUG 13
Canadian Premiere
Nest
巢
QIN Xiaoyue
8:15 PM, WED, AUG 13
Canadian Premiere
Many Undulating Things
湧浪之间
Bo WANG, PAN Lu
2:30 PM, SUN, AUG 17
Canadian Premiere
Industry Sessions
In Depth with Felix Tsang on Film Distribution
Felix TSANG
9:00 PM, AUG 12 (EDT)
9:00 AM, AUG 13 (Hong Kong Time)
Panel with Maria and Liuying on International Sales & Festival Strategies
CAO Liuying & Maria Ruggieri
7:30 AM, AUG 14 (EDT)
7:30 PM, AUG 14 (Beijing Time)
Panel with Maria and Liuying on Internation`al Sales & Festival Strategies
LI Xiaoyuan & MO Jinjin
9:00 AM, AUG 16 (EDT)
9:00 PM, AUG 16 (Beijing Time)
MulanIFF Sixth Edtion: August 8th – 17th | Toronto, Canada
38 Films in 10 Days. Meet the future of pan-Chinese cinema here.
Questions? Contact us at [email protected].