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• Portugal/France
• 2021
• 102min

Co-directed by Miguel Gomes and Maureen Fazendeiro, The Tsugua Diaries is a magical work filled with plain, private, and humorous scenes. 'Tsugua' backwards is August, thus The August Diaries. The story takes place over a pe...

• Cannes Film Festival Directors′ Fortnight

World Cinema

• Canada
• 2021
• 101min

On an isolated farm in what appears to be the 1800's, a family is ruled by their tyrannical father who preaches fire and brimstone, and their devout mother who demands obedience. Their father exploits their fear of a punishing ...

Wide Angle

• United States
• 2021
• 93min

At the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, New York was one of the cities where infection rates exploded and the morality rate skyrocketed. The First Wave follows the stories of people who faced grave situations caused by the C...

World Cinema

• Argentina/Chile/Spain
• 2021
• 88min

Just one year ago, Greta and Bruno′s son mysteriously disappears from the waterfront. The grieving parents are visited by a friend, the news issue warnings of environmental crisis, and rumors of a mysterious creature circulate amo...

• Venice International Film Festival Venice Days

Open Cinema

• Japan
• 2021
• 120min

After the TV animation series of the same title gained popularity, Tokyo Revengers was turned into a live-action film, which was released in Japan in July and became a hit. The protagonist is Takemichi, a young man who leads a hop...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2021
• 20min

Two drunken laborers interrupt a much-awaited family trip. Every time the goodnatured husband accepts their request, the wife grows more upset, and these strange people become scarier. This thrilling genre film contains gratifying...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2021
• 112min

Ina, the main character of Doom Doom, is a young single mom. Ina′s mother, who is mentally unstable, also lives with her. Ina feels guilty because, unable to raise her baby without her mother′s interference, she has entrusted her ...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2021
• 90min

Discomfort becomes something more disturbing when a comfortable space is threatened. The Contorted House is an orthodox house horror story that contains bizarre events happening in the new house. A family moves to a quiet and isol...

Gala Presentation

• Japan
• 2021
• 179min

A film based on the short story of the same title by Murakami Haruki from his short story collection Men Without Women. Hamaguchi takes the crux of the story, portraying a protagonist who bottles up his darkness and loneliness in ...

• Best Screenplay Award at Cannes Film Festival

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• France
• 2021
• 103min

Deception, director Arnaud Desplechin’s adaptation of Phiip Ross’s 1990 novel of the same name, centers on the character of Philip (Denis Podalydes), a married writer in his fifties, who lives in London. Philip draws creative insp...

• Cannes Film Festival in Cannes Premiere