Special Program in Focus
PosesifLala, a young diving athlete, meets with Yudhis, a handsome transfer student. Although the film’s set-up sounds like a typical teenage romance, Posesif quickly shifts gears as Lala begins to feel that Yudhis is too obsessed with h...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Ten Years MyanmarTen Years Myanmar, an omnibus film, envisions a dystopian future ten years into the future. Following its debut in Hong Kong in 2015, the Ten Years series evolved into an international project, spanning across Japan, Taiwan, and T...
New Currents
SEPTEMBER 1923What happened in September 1923? This movie explores the tragedy that followed the Great Kanto Earthquake. In the aftermath of the Great Kanto Earthquake, rumors spread that Koreans had poisoned the wells, leading to the massacre ...
Wide Angle
21 Weeks LaterAt twenty-one weeks pregnant, a woman decides to have an abortion? which is both legally and religiously forbidden?despite her husband’s objections. She travels to different parts of the city to secretly bury the baby she miscarri...
Korean Cinema Today
The GuestIn a dingy motel located somewhere on the outskirts of the city, Min-cheol and Young-gyu are secretly recording guests who visit the motel. They then sell the footage to a loan shark to pay off their debts. Although they feel guil...
Wide Angle
Christmas in SummerSoon to be married, Eun-su heads to Gangneung to see her long-lost father. The old seaside town has changed dramatically from the one in her childhood memories. Exhausted from the sweltering heat of August, Eun-su gets into a taxi...
Special Program in Focus
24 Hours with GasparIndonesia in 2032. Gaspar, a somewhat punky amateur detective, investigates a government-involved mass slaughter case. During the process, he stumbles upon clues about his friend who disappeared without a trace during childhood an...
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Poor ThingsFrom filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Bax...
World Cinema
Housekeeping for BeginnersIn a small apartment in Skopje, a group of free-minded individuals find themselves sharing a household. When Dita’s partner Suada learns she has a terminal illness, Dita suddenly becomes a mother responsible for raising two young ...
Wide Angle
Talking with RiversA compelling rumination on the history of Iran and Afghanistan, Talking with Rivers is Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s contemplative reflection on and a compilation of the works of the Makhmalbaf family. Over the image of Makhmalbaf, sitting ...