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Shira Haas and Alena Yiv star in the movie Asia. (Daniella Nowitz/Times of Israel)
Asia won Best Picture at the 30th Israeli Academy Awards (Ophir Awards) and was submitted as the Israeli entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Asia is a journey into a complicated and complex mother-daughter relationship that proves to be heartwarming and heart-wrenching at the same time. The Russian- and English-language film, which has a quick runtime of just 85 minutes, is playing at the Maple Theater in Bloomfield Township now through July 8 and is available for streaming through the Detroit Institute of Arts now through July 30 (dia.org/events/dft-home-asia).