A Window on Asian Cinema

• Sidharta TATA
• Indonesia
• 2023
• 114min

Ali Topan is a modern-day Romeo and Juliet fairy tale. Ali is a young boy living in the Blok M community running music events. His life is mostly in the streets. Although he is considered a delinquent, his kindness toward others m...

Flash Forward

• Alain PARRONI
• Italy/Germany/Ireland
• 2023
• 115min

An Endless Sunday is the most delightful discovery of the year. Brenda, Alex, and Kevin live in a poverty on the outskirts of Rome. They are penniless, jobless, and out of school, and they spend their time hanging out on the beach...

• Venice Orizzonti Special Jury Prize

Wide Angle

• Sara DOLATABADI
• France/Switzerland/Iran
• 2023
• 83min

Director Sara Dolatabadi captured the time she spent with her parents in the family garden on the outskirts of Tehran. On the surface, the film appears to be a family drama, but the fact that Sara’s father is Mahmoud Dolatabadi, t...

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• Justine TRIET
• France
• 2023
• 150min

Following Sibyl (2019), Justine Triet has directed a thriller structured like a puzzle composed of appearances and sounds, truth and lies, and reality and illusions. Writer couple Sandra and Samuel live in a cabin in the woods wit...

• Cannes Palme d′Or

Wide Angle

• Axel DANIELSON,Maximilien VAN AERTRYCK
• Sweden/Denmark
• 2023
• 88min

There are more than forty-five billion cameras on the planet today, constantly capturing every moment of our lives, both mundane and extraordinary. The camera has become humanity’s shiny new toy. Swedish duo Axel Danielson and Max...

• Sundance World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award

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• Wim WENDERS
• Germany
• 2023
• 94min

Wim Wenders, director of Pina (2012), made this 3D documentary to explore the work of one of Germany’s greatest artists, Anselm Kiefer. Through archival footage and dramatic re-enactments, the audience slowly gains insights into A...

• Cannes Special Screenings

Jiseok

• Sunkyoung AHN
• 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...

Korean Cinema Today

• Chung-hyun LEE
• Korea
• 2023
• 93min

Ok-joo (Jun Jong-seo) faces the sudden death of her one true friend, Min-hee (Park Yu-rim). A former bodyguard with unrivaled skills, Ok-joo embarks on a mission to find the villain, Choi Pro (Kim Ji-hun), who led Min-hee, once a ...

Special Program in Focus

• Khozy RIZAL
• Indonesia
• 2023
• 15min

Basri and Salma have been married for five years. Together, they run a small amusement ride for children. Their peaceful daily routines begin to reveal small cracks in their facade of happiness, which, in turn, reveals the true re...

• Cannes Short Films Competition

Opening Film & Closing Film

• Kun-jae JANG
• Korea
• 2023
• 106min

Gye-na (Ko A-sung) hates Korea. As she contemplates her life in her late twenties, she sees only weariness and helplessness in the monotony of her existence. Although her devoted partner, Ji-myung (Kim Woo-kyum), treats her well, ...

• 2016 APM Project