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• Canada
• 2019
• 105min

When a hoax goes very wrong, Veronica, a young teacher, is falsely accused of abusing her position of authority over 17-year-old Clive. Sentenced to imprisonment, Veronica is nevertheless convinced she deserves to be punished, but...

• Venice International Film Festival In Competition

World Cinema

• Czech Republic,Netherlands,Latvia
• 2019
• 96min

Mia, a young Czech woman, is assigned to take care of a 10-year-old boy in a wealthy house. Since it a job with good working conditions, she snaps into it, but soon finds the way the parents treat their son is somewhat strange. Bo...

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• France,Greece
• 2019
• 127min

Half a century after Z (1969) won the Oscar, the Greek master director Costa-GAVRAS dealt with the political problems of his home country. It’s an adaptation of Janis VAROUFAKIS’ memoir, Adults in the Room: My Battle With Europe’s...

• Venice International Film Festival

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2019
• 120min

Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at the age of 41, filmmaker TSUBOTA Yoshifumi pays a visit to his cousin Makoto, who suffers from a pervasive developmental disorder. Since his mother passed away, 61-...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2019
• 88min

The subway begins and closes the day of the city of Busan, and there are laborers who work in inconspicuous places to make that happen. A conductor who leaves his night-duty room and start working at four in the morning; workers i...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Vietnam
• 2019
• 107min

Van, a young Vietnamese bachelor graduated in the US, returns to his hometown in Vietnam with his Vietnamese-American boyfriend, Ian. His mother is very happy with her son’s visit, but feels rather awkward with Ian, who was introd...

New Currents

• Korea
• 2019
• 98min

The plot of The Education is simply summed up. Seonghee, who is taking care of the disabled, visits the Hyeonmok′s house. Hyeonmok′s mother is a severely disabled person who cannot move and is unconscious. Seonghee and Hyunmok get...

Wide Angle

• Taiwan
• 2019
• 27min

A novelist past her prime, FANG Yuan-Yi accidentally discovers a manuscript at her publisher’s office. she steals the work and is determined to find the copycat. She arrives at an apartment and is greeted by WANG Jen-Yu, a young w...

World Cinema

• Brazil
• 2019
• 123min

Ernetso, an Uruguayan retiree living alone in Brazil, is slowly losing his sight. His shelves are filled with books that he cannot read anymore, his son frets about his health and urges him to move in with him, his neighbors are f...

World Cinema

• Chile
• 2019
• 107min

Pablo LARRAIN was the master behind Jackie, the psychodrama starring Natalie PORTMAN as Jacqueline KENNEDY. Now he returns to Chile and is back with a new female character that is so badass that she might appear in your worst nigh...

• Venice International Film Festival In Competition