New Currents

• Philippines
• 2019
• 96min

John Denver is a quiet, ordinary eighth grader who lives with his mom. During a school dance practice, a classmate who is broadcasting the practice on social media plays a mean prank on John. Upset, John leave the practice early, ...

New Currents

• Korea
• 2019
• 100min

Hyo-jeong, a 69-year-old woman, is raped by a male nurse aide. But few people, including the police, are willing to believe her words. Most people question whether that handsome young man really would have done so. The male nurse ...

New Currents

• India
• 2019
• 120min

In the outskirts of a small village in India, Mrs. Sharma is forced to remain a respected middle-class wife and a faithful, wise old woman upon her husband’s death. Her son and his family, who live with her, have no doubt that she...

New Currents

• Japan
• 2019
• 63min

Ray, a mid-teen girl, lives with her Taiwanese mother, but runs away from home to avoid her mother’s beating and abuse. Ray calls for help in the street and meets Aoi, ends up staying overnight in Aoi’s apartment. The next evening...

New Currents

• Iran
• 2019
• 76min

Iran’s border region, where there is no sign of life. After climbing the green hills and sand dunes and passing through a cemetery full of phallic sculptures, Amir finally arrives at his new post?an old bus, parked in the middle o...

New Currents

• Kyrgyzstan
• 2019
• 89min

Jekshen is a young boy who lives in a mountain village in Kyrgyzstan. He takes care of house chores instead of his father, who has been drowning himself in alcohol since the divorce. Life is difficult for Jekshen, as he may be hel...

New Currents

• Iran
• 2019
• 93min

Rana Salehi is a 50-year-old single mother, happily living with her daughter Hoda, a high school senior set to enter college. In the absence of her husband who suddenly disappeared during her pregnancy, Rana and Hoda rely on each ...

New Currents

• Korea
• 2019
• 90min

It′s a bizarre and perverse debut that we′ve seen in a long time. It starts out tacky at first and then becomes bewildered in the middle and brutal at the end. DO Maeng-su, a weak and timid citizen is a debtor who owes a lot. He g...

New Currents

• Vietnam
• 2019
• 79min

Mentored by TRAN Anh Hung, Rom, the debut film by TRAN THANH Huy took seven years to be furnished depicting the world of desire on the back streets of buzzing metropolitan Saigon. Rom tries to raise money to find out where his par...

• APM 2015

New Currents

• China
• 2019
• 98min

Qiqihar, Dongbei Province, used to be the economic center of China. However, with factories shutting down one after another and people leaving for bigger cities to look for jobs, the once-prosperous city has fallen silent. When Da...