A Window on Asian Cinema

• Kazakhstan
• 2020
• 81min

The main character in Farkhat Sharipov’s previous film The Secret of a Leader enters a world enslaved in capitalism; however, the lead characters of 18 Kilohertz enter the world of drug addiction. In the chaos and darkness of the ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Palestine,Jordan,Qatar,Italy,Sweden
• 2020
• 97min

Every night, Mustafa stands on the balcony and greets his wife and children in another house 200 meters away, turning the lights on and off. Although they are physically close to each other, the barriers installed across Palestine...

• Venice International Film Festival Venice Days

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2020
• 97min

Saeed, the most common man in his 40s, has a devout devotion. One day, when his wife is mistaken for a prostitute by a taxi driver, and is sexually harassed, he is caught in anger and decides to take revenge. While searching for a...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Taiwan
• 2020
• 124min

On Shoying’s 70th birthday, her long-lost husband Bochang returns home, dead. Shoying has no intention of postponing a birthday party with her three daughters and their families; however, she wants to save face by holding a decent...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2020
• 118min

After losing her parents in an accident, Naomi, an editor at a small publishing house, moves into a luxury apartment thanks to her uncle. She starts a new life with her cat Haru in a home overlooking Tokyo. One day, she runs into ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2020
• 137min

75-year-old Momoko lives alone on the outskirts of Tokyo. She has built a family and lived happily for 55 years since coming to Tokyo at age 20 to avoid an arranged marriage. Her plans for peaceful twilight years with her husband ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China,France
• 2020
• 134min

MAMA is a week-long chronicle of a family seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old girl. In the 1990s, Xiaoxian lives in a mountainous village in Chongqing, China, with three younger sisters, whom she sometimes takes to school. Her ...

• Venice International Film Festival Venice Days

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Thailand
• 2020
• 113min

Jean returns to Thailand after studying interior design in Sweden. Being a minimalist, she plans to disposes of needless stuff and turn her house into a studio. Despite the emotional conflict with her family and friends, Jean trie...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2020
• 123min

Former kickboxer Luis (Yokohama Ryusei) has a dark past of working as a debt collector in a gang. Having led a solitary life as a taciturn loner, one day, he meets a blind but bright and cheerful Akari (Yoshitaka Yuriko). He falls...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Kazakhstan
• 2020
• 90min

When ex-con Kermek returns home, he instinctively realizes that everything has changed and a mob that commits brutal crimes is running his hometown. Mob pressure drags Kermek into crime. His dream is to leave the town with his bel...

• Venice International Film Festival Orrizzonti