The Asian Avant-Garde Film Festival returns for its third edition, Space Enter Shift. Across the vibrant three-day event, pioneering artists and filmmakers from different parts of Asia come together to explore the topic of space through transformative time-based media presentations.

From screenings, exhibitions, and performances to talks, workshops, and live acts, the festival presents works that thrive beyond the confines of mainstream culture. Participants are invited to make new connections across artistic disciplines and experience a shared sense of community. Collectively, these explorations point towards possible futures through reflections on power and capital, surveillance, ecological and geopolitical crises, and the increasing fluidity between physical and virtual realities.

The festival highlights the critical role of artists throughout history who re-examine the past and create alternative images that are absent from dominant mainstream narratives. Emphasising the multifaceted nature of moving image practices, it celebrates interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and intergenerational lineages, while tracing the rich histories of Asian avant-garde filmmaking through M+’s lens of visual culture.