Midnight Passion

• Taiwan
• 2019
• 103min

In 1962, a sense of desolation and tension permeate the society. Fang, a twelfth grader at Tsuihua Senior High School, falls in love with Zhang, a counselling teacher. Troubled by the problems at school and home, Fang feels that Z...

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• Mexico,Spain
• 2019
• 147min

Legendary Mexican filmmakers Arturo RIPSTEIN returns with another collaboration with his wife and screenwriter Paz Alicia GARCIADIEGO, this time a ‘most personal tale’ of an aging couple’s dark and eerie relationship.Beatriz and h...

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 ...

World Cinema

• Finland,Latvia
• 2019
• 105min

From Bernardo BERTOLUCCI’s Last Tango in Paris to JANG Sunwu’s Lies, there are movies that leave a deep scar on the audience’s mind, dealing with perverse desires. The Finnish film Dogs Don’t Wear Pants, which was introduced durin...

• Cannes Film Festival Directors′ Fortnight

A Window on Asian Cinema

• India
• 2019
• 130min

Dolly Kitty and Those Twinkling Stars is a story about a secret shared by two cousins, Dolly and Kazal, who live in the suburbs of New Delhi. Dolly is a middle-class working mother with a son and a hardworking husband. Her family ...

Wide Angle

• Iran
• 2019
• 18min

Two teenage boys make money by trafficking drugs skipping school. They are fed up with the selfishness of adults and the absurdity of society to take advantage of them. (PARK Sungho)

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China
• 2019
• 154min

At her 70th birthday celebration, the matriarch of the Yu family suffers a stroke. Fortunately, she recovers but is diagnosed with dementia. Her four sons, who are busy with problems their own lives and families, now face another ...

• Cannes Film Festival Critics′ Week

Special Programs in Focus 2

• Canada,India
• 2019
• 110min

Based on Bapsi Sidhwa′s novel ‘Cracking India,’ the film Earth addresses the violence and strife associated with the partition of India from the Great Britain and the formation of Paskistan in 1947. A young Parsi girl named Lenny ...

World Cinema

• Germany,Belgium
• 2019
• 89min

Mia, growing her dream of becoming an actor by working part-time at a bar, takes an opportunity to work as the voice of ‘Kimiko,’ a female superhero of Japanese animation. At one point, Mia, who is so infatuated with acting Kimiko...

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