Flash Forward

• Australia
• 2023
• 118min

An Iranian woman living in Australia, Shayda finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her frightened six-year-old daughter, Mona. Having fled her husband, Hossein, and filed for divorce, Shayda struggles to maintain normalcy for Mon...

• Sundance Audience Award

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2023
• 30min

Deok-hee often ruins relationships by being excessively direct. Today, once again, P pushes her away. Amid the erratic life of a distinctly eccentric character, reality and cinematic imagination come together delicately. With enga...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2023
• 99min

Kim Chang-in, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, and Kim Hyun-jin, who calls himself an “extremely moderate centrist,” are ordinary youth of the Republic of Korea. Chang-in is motivated to become involved in politics after se...

• 2023 ACF AND Fund Recipient

New Currents

• Thailand
• 2023
• 93min

Solids by the Seashore marks the directorial debut of Patiparn Boontarig, who served as the assistant director for Manta Ray (2018) and Anatomy of Time (2021). Various artificial structures are being constructed to safeguard the e...

• 2023 ACF Post-Production Fund Recipient

Jiseok

• Bangladesh
• 2023
• 82min

Farhan, a director, and Tithi, an actress, are a married couple living in Dhaka. In the conservative and patriarchal Muslim society, they face criticism for not having kids even though they have been married for ten years. When he...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2023
• 67min

In 2046, an AI named Salvation senses the end of the world. A group of artists are the only ones who can stop it. The Resisters, as they call themselves, recognize that their artistic performance is the only thing that can save hu...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2023
• 124min

In 1998, Mi-so (Kim Da-mi) transfers to Jeju Island and meets Ha-eun (Jeon So-nee). Despite their very different personalities, they become intimate, as if each has met a soulmate. But even this seemingly perfect pair cannot avoid...

World Cinema

• United States
• 2023
• 75min

This is a story about our producer’s father, Jerry. Jerry is a retired, divorced Taiwanese immigrant living in Orlando. One day, he gets an urgent call from the Chinese police. They inform him that he’s the prime suspect in an int...

Special Program in Focus

• Indonesia
• 2023
• 85min

Ninety-year-old Mbah Sri decides to travel to look for her husband, who has never returned after going to war in the 1940s. Her only wish is to be buried next to her husband grave when she dies. This unusual road movie is a slow b...

Wide Angle

• Iran/United Kingdom
• 2023
• 50min

A compelling rumination on the history of Iran and Afghanistan, Talking with Rivers is Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s contemplative reflection on and a compilation of the works of the Makhmalbaf family. Over the image of Makhmalbaf, sitting ...