Special Program in Focus

• Indonesia
• 2023
• 98min

Indonesia in 2032. Gaspar, a somewhat punky amateur detective, investigates a government-involved mass slaughter case. During the process, he stumbles upon clues about his friend who disappeared without a trace during childhood an...

• 2022 APM Project

Jiseok

• 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...

Jiseok

• Japan
• 2023
• 144min

Yoko is a novelist who has gained fame for her work covering the Great East Japan Earthquake, but now she is unable to write a novel. Her husband is an aspiring director who creates stop-motion animation but has never been recogni...

Jiseok

• Thailand/Cambodia
• 2023
• 99min

Living in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, Sorn occupies the lowest rungs of every social hierarchy ? belonging to the Shan ethnic group, having an undocumented immigrant status, and working as a massage therapist in a gay parlor. D...

• 2017 APM Project

Jiseok

• Philippines
• 2023
• 80min

Set in the Maguindanao region of Western Mindanao, Philippines, Moro follows two brothers, Jasim, the diligent elder brother, and Abdel, the irresponsible younger brother who has squandered his savings on gambling. After having an...

Jiseok

• Kyrgyzstan
• 2023
• 80min

A diligent and cheerful young woman, Umut works as a nursing assistant with aspirations to become a certified nurse. She lives with her mother, and they depend on each other. Egemen lives with his elderly father and ekes out a liv...

Jiseok

• Korea
• 2023
• 175min

After a decade of false starts and failed projects, film director Si-won (Park Jong-hwan) is about to make a mountain movie. However, the film faces another setback, and then the director’s pet cat Luca dies. In the depths of desp...

Jiseok

• Japan
• 2023
• 125min

On August 12, 2015, Hasegawa proposes to Ichiko. She is moved to tears by his proposal, but the next day, when she sees the news on TV, she suddenly leaves the house as if in shock. Where has she gone? Hasegawa reports her missing...

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• 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 though they have been married for ten years. When he...

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• Sri Lanka/India
• 2023
• 93min

Indian film producer Kesav and blogger Amritha are a married couple who arrive in Sri Lanka to tour the ancient sites of the Hindu epic Ramayana. On the first day of their journey, Kesav receives a phone call that Netflix is inter...