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Only the River Flows

A Window on Asian Cinema

Only the River Flows
  • China
  • 2023
  • 101min

In a small rural village in China in the 1990s, an olderly woman who raises geese is murdered. The prime suspect is arrested?a homeless man called the “madman,” whom the old woman had taken in. Chief Inspector Ma Zhe discovers a c...

  • Cannes Un certain regard
World Premiere The Deal

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The Deal
  • 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 calls Minwoo’s mother and says, “I have your son. Pr...

The Book of Solutions

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The Book of Solutions
  • France
  • 2023
  • 102min

The Book of Solutions is the latest film of Michel Gondry, director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2005). The feature is his first work since the 2015 feature, Microbe & Gasoline. Based on his personal experience while ...

  • Cannes Directors′ Fortnight
World Premiere IT′S OKAY!

Korean Cinema Today

IT′S OKAY!
  • Korea
  • 2023
  • 102min

High schooler In-young (Lee Re) loses her mother in a car accident. The world is a harsh place for a girl who is now all alone, but In-young is stronger, brighter, and more resilient than expected. With sharp wit and tenacious spi...

Monster

Gala Presentation

Monster
  • Japan
  • 2023
  • 126min

Fifth-grader, Minato, tells his mother that he has been abused by his homeroom teacher, his mother becomes enraged and goes to complain. Instead of investigating the matter thoroughly, the school issues a perfunctory apology. Howe...

  • Cannes Best Screenplay Award
The Mother of All Lies

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The Mother of All Lies
  • Morocco/Egypt/Saudi Arabia/Qatar
  • 2023
  • 96min

El Moudir’s exploration of identity through her mother in The Postcard (2020) continues through the grandmother in her latest film, which delves into the Moroccan contemporary history through a family and the grandmother. At its c...

  • Cannes the Golden Eye Documentary Prize
World Premiere That Summer′s Lie

New Currents

That Summer′s Lie
  • Korea
  • 2023
  • 138min

First-year high school student Da-young is required to write about her summer vacation as an assignment. She chooses to write about her relationship and conflicts with her boyfriend, Byung-hoon, who is in the same grade. When she ...

World Premiere The Daughters of That Day

Wide Angle

The Daughters of That Day
  • Korea
  • 2023
  • 94min

After a face-to-face conversation, Yang Kyungin, who wrote a book on the Jeju Uprising, and Regine-pacis, a Rwandan student studying abroad in Korea, set off together on a journey. Despite the differences in their age, nationality...

World Premiere Blesser

Jiseok

Blesser
  • Korea
  • 2023
  • 105min

Sang-yeon is a confident and competent political reporter who lives a carefully planned life. After a long wait, she gives birth to twins, but the second one, Ji-woo, is diagnosed with a second-degree developmental disability. Tha...

World Premiere Flickering Lights

Wide Angle

Flickering Lights
  • India
  • 2023
  • 90min

In the remote village of Tora near the India-Myanmar border, there are no roads, no water supply, no schools or hospitals. Despite over seventy years of independence in India, the village has been marginalized and forgotten becaus...

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