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

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2023
• 121min

House of the Seasons is a unique film that weaves the intricate family stories of three generations into a mysterious and atmospheric narrative. Seong-jin heads to his family home for a jesa, memorial ceremony. Seong-jin’s family ...

World Cinema

• Republic of North Macedonia/Poland/Croatia/Serbia/Kosovo
• 2023
• 107min

In a small apartment in Skopje, a group of free-minded individuals find themselves sharing a household. When Dita’s partner Suada learns she has a terminal illness, Dita suddenly becomes a mother responsible for raising two young ...

• Venice Orizzonti

Flash Forward

• United Kingdom/Greece
• 2023
• 91min

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives. How to Have Sex is a brutally honest and realistic drama about young generations of...

• Cannes Un certain regard Award

On Screen

• Korea
• 2023
• 120min

Se-hoon (Yoon Hyun-soo) is a model student with good grades, but an unfortunate incident on the bus one day earns him the humiliating nickname of ‘Erector.’ The choir director, Won-dae (Choi Woo-sung), asks him to be his running m...

Jiseok

• Japan
• 2023
• 125min

On August 12, 2015, Hasegawa proposes to Ichiko. She is moved to tears by his proposal, but the next day, when she sees the news on TV, she suddenly leaves the house as if in shock. Where has she gone? Hasegawa reports her missing...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Mongolia/France/Switzerland/Qatar
• 2023
• 99min

“If only we could hibernate like bears in the winter, never get cold, never catch the flu,” says Ulzii’s younger brother. Ulzii’s family lives in a hut in Ulaanbaatar. His mother has gone to the countryside for work, leaving the y...

• Cannes Un certain regard

Special Program in Focus

• Indonesia/United States/Korea
• 2023
• 107min

One evening, Maya is attacked by a stranger who calls her “Rahayu” and reveals to an unknown secret about her family before he is killed by the police. When Maya learns that her parents own a house in a faraway village, she and he...

• Rotterdam Voices

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Canada/Pakistan
• 2023
• 98min

Medical student Mariam is unhappy about her family’s situation: her grandfather’s death leaves her family saddled with debt and having to accept financial help from her sleazy uncle Nassir, and her mother, Fariha, is all too compl...

• Cannes Directors′ Fortnight

Icons

• Korea
• 2023
• 83min

Former actress Sangwon (Kim Minhee) is staying with her friend Jungsoo (Song Sunmi). One afternoon, a woman visits her, wanting to learn about pursuing a career in acting. Poet Hong Uiju (Ki Joobong) has a heart condition, which h...

• Cannes Directors′ Fortnight Closing Film