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World Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Morrison
  • Phuttiphong AROONPHENG
  • France/Thailand
  • 2023
  • 106min

Born to an American father and a Thai mother, Jimmy has chosen a simply life over the glamourous existence of a pop star. He visits the hotel where he spent his childhood, intendin...

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The Killer
  • David FINCHER
  • United States
  • 2023
  • 118min

A professional killer is on a mission to assassinate a man. The killer has patiently waited for the right moment to kill in an empty lot located across from the building where the ...

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World Cinema

Behind the Mountains
  • Mohamed BEN ATTIA
  • Tunisia/Belgium/France/Italy/Saudi Arabia/Qatar
  • 2023
  • 98min

It’s evident that the Dardenne brothers, who have a special interest in children, had sufficient reason to participate in producing this movie. In his previous two films, Hedi <...

  • 베니스영화제 오리종티
World Premiere

Jiseok

Something Like an Autobiography
  • Mostofa Sarwar FAROOKI
  • Bangladesh
  • 2023
  • 82min

Farhan, a director, and Tithi, an actress, are a married couple living in Dhaka. In the conservative and patriarchal Muslim society, they face criticism for not having kids even th...

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Anselm
  • Wim WENDERS
  • Germany
  • 2023
  • 94min

Wim Wenders, director of Pina (2012), made this 3D documentary to explore the work of one of Germany’s greatest artists, Anselm Kiefer. Through archival footage and dramatic...

  • 칸영화제 스페셜스크리닝
World Premiere

On Screen

The Deal
  • Jung-gon LEE
  • Korea
  • 2023
  • 118min

Junsung (Yoo Seung-ho) and Jaehyo (Kim Dong-hwi) reunite with their high schoolmate Minwoo (Yoo Su-bin) and the three spend the night drinking together. The next morning, Jaehyo ca...

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Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
  • Radu JUDE
  • Romania/Luxembourg/France/Croatia
  • 2023
  • 163min

Angela spends her days and nights traveling around the city of Bucharest, looking for potential candidates to make appearance in a “safe at work” video commissioned by a multinatio...

  • 로카르노영화제 심사위원특별상

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Green Border
  • Agnieszka HOLLAND
  • Poland/Czech Republic/France/Belgium
  • 2023
  • 152min

In late 2021 as Belarus sends refugees from the Middle East to neighboring Poland, soldiers from both countries clash and refugees find themselves caught in the middle of a lushly ...

  • 베니스영화제 심사위원특별상
World Premiere

New Currents

The Spark
  • Rajesh S. JALA
  • India
  • 2023
  • 98min

Filmmaker Kabir arrives in Varanasi, the spiritual capital of Hinduism with a history dating back to ancient times. Kabir begins to film Durga, who works at a crematorium by the Ga...

  • 2023 ACF 후반작업지원펀드 지원작

A Window on Asian Cinema

Following the Sound
  • Kyoshi SUGITA
  • Japan
  • 2023
  • 84min

Following the Sound is the fourth feature from director Sugita Kyoshi, known for Listen to Light (2017) and Haruhara-san’s Recorder (2021). It is a work that f...

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