Wide Angle
Beyond UtopiaBeyond Utopia follows the last known defectors to attempt to flee North Korea, where an oppressive dictatorship works overtime to convince the citizens that they are living ...
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 Korean...
Wide Angle
Three Questions That Lead to LoveTwo strangers have an argument in an empty field in the early morning. When the argument escalates, the two are sent to the First-Encounter Dispute Resolution Committee, where they...
Gala Presentation
Green NightJin Xia works at the security checkpoint of Incheon Port Passenger Terminal. One day she encounters a green-haired girl who captures her attention. In need of money to escape her h...
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Youth(Spring)Located 150 kilometers outside of Shanghai, Zhili is the heart of China’s textile industry and attracts youths from rural regions along the Yangzi River. Wang Bing, one of the grea...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Inshallah a BoyInshallah a Boy was the first Jordanian film ever to be invited to the Cannes Film Festival. A woman, whose husband suddenly dies leaving her to raise her young daughter alo...
Wide Angle
Fisher BoyIn sweltering heat, a boy comes home from school and looks for water. Only his bedridden grandfather is home; his mother isn’t, and there is no water. After drinking up his grandfa...
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EurekaEureka starring Viggo Mortensen begins as a black-and-white Western. However, the screen soon transitions to color, and from the perspective of a police officer, we are conf...
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The PloughIn Philippe Garrel’s previous film, The Salt of Tears (2020), a woman’s question about the plough is met with the man’s dismissive response. This new film is perhaps an answ...
World Cinema
The Goldman CaseThe Goldman Case, based on a true story, was one of the most talked about films in Cannes since its premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight this year. Pierre Goldman is a famou...