Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2023
• 103min

Jun-hee is a fourth-year associate manager at a small and medium-sized heavy industry company in the province. When he is transferred to the human resources department, Jun-hee is immediately tasked with creating a list of people ...

• 2023 ACF Post-Production Fund Recipient

Flash Forward

• Spain/Portugal/Belgium
• 2023
• 103min

The Rye Horn is set in 1971, on an island off the coasts of Spain. Maria divides her time between work as a midwife, a livestock caretaker, and a part-time worker at the beach. One day, she gets into trouble when she performs an a...

• Toronto Platform

Icons

• Philippines/France/Singapore/Portugal/Italy/Switzerland/United Kingdom
• 2023
• 215min

“We follow orders, not laws.” Hermes Papauran is disillusioned with the irrationality of the Philippine government and police organization. To make matters worse, he finds himself haunted by nightmares compounded by the Duterte ad...

• Locarno Competition

World Cinema

• Belgium/Netherlands/Luxembourg/France
• 2023
• 102min

Following in the footsteps of Lukas Dhont’s Girl (2018) and Close (2022), Holly is a Flemish film that exquisitely captures the sensibilities of a teenager. One day, Holly has an ominous premonition that keeps her from going to sc...

• Venice Competition

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2023
• 23min

Fifteen-year-old So-min is upset that her family has to move after her father’s business flops. Her family arrives at their new home, but even before their possessions are unloaded, So-min and her younger brother head to their old...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2023
• 124min

High school student Yeongyu (Hong Xa-bin) endures a nightmare of violence and poverty at the hands of his stepfather. Yet, he finds solace in his stepsister Hayan (Kim Hyoung-seo), who also attends the same school, as they provide...

• Cannes Un certain regard

A Window on Asian Cinema

• India/China/Qatar/Switzerland/Netherlands
• 2023
• 127min

While catching cicadas in the middle of the night with other villagers, Mangkungchi suddenly vanishes. Believing the rumors that he has been kidnapped by organ traffickers, Kasan’s father and other men of the village patrol the co...

• Locarno Filmmakers of the Present

World Cinema

• Belgium
• 2023
• 84min

Stefan, a Romanian construction worker living in Brussels, visits his friends with a hearty bowl of soup before heading home for the holidays. Doing so, he happens to meet Shuxiu, a Chinese woman who studies mosses, and they exper...

• Berlin Encounters Award, FIPRESCI Prize

On Screen

• Korea
• 2023
• 113min

The days of burning with sexual desire and lusting after each other’s bodies are long gone, and Woo-jin (Esom) and Samuel (Ahn Jaehong) have evolved into a somewhat withered couple, both physically and emotionally. By coincidence,...

Special Program in Focus

• Hong Kong, China
• 2022
• 129min

2046, whose production began at around the same time as In the Mood for Love, feels like the latter’s sequel but does not remain in its shadow. In Hong Kong during the Cultural Revolution of 1966, Chow Mo-wan stays in Room 2046 at...

• Cannes Film Festival Competition