2021-03-15 22:06:25 GMT2021-03-16 06:06:25(Beijing Time) Xinhua English by Jian Ping CHICAGO, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Asian Pop-Up Cinema's Season 12 film festival is scheduled to kick off in U.S. city of Chicago Monday night. The opening night will feature "The Town of Headcounts," a Japanese thriller directed by Shinji Araki. Channeling sci-fi dystopian classics, the film is "a politically astute allegory of Japanese society, surveillance, election interference and terrorism." This season will screen more than 33 films, including 8 North American and 12 U.S. premieres. The diverse lineups will be presented either virtually or through drive-in screenings. Selected films are from Japan, China, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Mongolia.