Special Program in Focus

• Korea
• 2024
• 131min

In Parasite, secrets and lies, deceit and pretense, and manipulation and fraud thrive within the opulent estate of Park Dong-ik (Lee Sun-kyun), the successful CEO of an IT company. Dong-ik, who appears to have it all?wealth, honor...

• Cannes Film Festival Palme d′Or

Flash Forward

• United Kingdom
• 2024
• 109min

American boy Paul and French girl Paulette are two peas in a pod, and a chance encounter on the streets of Paris leads to a budding friendship. Paul has to put down his artistic ambitions and become a suit and tie worker to fit in...

• Venice Critics′ Week Audience Award

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• Philippines
• 2024
• 247min

Hilarion Zabala, a former master sergeant, is tormented by a strange smell. The diagnosis is phantosmia, i.e. olfactory hallucinations, where he perceives smells that do not actually exist. His doctor attributes this to past traum...

• Venice Out of Competition

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Singapore/Taiwan/Poland
• 2024
• 106min

High school fencer Zijie is shocked to learn that his older brother, Zihan, is being released early from prison. Zijie’s mother, who is about to marry a kind, wealthy man named Zhuang, wants to erase or downplay Zihan’s existence....

• Karlovy Vary Best Director Award

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Nepal/United States/Norway
• 2024
• 119min

In a Nepalese border town inhabited by the Madhesi people, two boys are kidnapped, and Detective Pooja arrives to solve the case. Upon her arrival, the region is in the throes of protests against racial discrimination, and trust i...

• Venice Orizzonti

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2024
• 86min

Hong has many circumstances tied to poverty, leading to numerous secrets and misunderstandings. Even as she moves her mother, who is in the early stages of dementia, from a remote nursing home to her small single room, what Hong t...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Thailand/Singapore
• 2024
• 117min

In a quiet rural village in Thailand, a retired soldier named Yong lives with his granddaughter Xiang. Always by their side is their loyal dog, Bo. Yong’s dream is to build his own house atop a large tree in the front yard. As the...

• San Sebastian New Directors

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2024
• 115min

It’s not a bloody revenge story. Revolver is rather a film that strives to avoid unnecessary sacrifices. Police officer Ha Su-yeong (Jeon Do-yeon) served a two-year sentence for being involved in corruption. She agreed to take all...

Open Cinema

• Korea
• 2024
• 80min

This documentary chronicles the making of BTS leader RM’s second solo album, “Right Place, Wrong Person.” It tells the story of the final chapter of his twenties as he prepares for mandatory military service, and offers a deeply p...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Bangladesh
• 2024
• 95min

In Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25-year-old Saba cares for her paralyzed mother, Shirin, after an accident leaves her unable to walk. As Saba shoulders the responsibilities of caregiving and earning a living, the daily grind seems never-end...

• Toronto Discovery, 2022 APM Project