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Next, I watched "Cyclo" (1995), a critically acclaimed film from Vietnamese director Tran Hong Trai. This gritty drama told the story of a young cyclo driver who becomes embroiled in a world of crime and violence in Ho Chi Minh City. The film's gritty realism and stunning cinematography left me in awe.

For decades, Asian cinema—particularly the works of Southeast Asian New Wave directors and obscure independent filmmakers—was at risk of vanishing entirely. The AFA stepped in not merely as a storage facility, but as a site of rescue. Its climate-controlled vaults are a sanctuary for reels that might otherwise have ended up in a landfill or a dusty, water-damaged attic. asian film archive