World Cinema

• Estonia/Sweden/Finland
• 2021
• 92min

Kadri Kousaar, whose debut feature Magnus (2007) provoked controversies and garnered critical acclaim around the world, returns to Busan with her latest feature Deserted. A dangerous love story between a Swedish photo journalist ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• United States/India/Australia/Bangladesh
• 2021
• 101min

In 2019, a man named Naveen disappears from a memorial park in Sydney while traveling with his girlfriend Cathy. Having arrived in New York two years ago, Naveen finds a job at a restaurant and meets Cathy there. As their relation...

• 2020 APM Project

Open Cinema

• United Kingdom
• 2021
• 117min

A naive young woman, Eloise, is passionate about fashion design. She moves to London to attend fashion school and pursue her dream. While she is not getting along with her sarcastic roommate and other students at school, somehow s...

• Venice International Film Festival

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea/France
• 2021
• 101min

The voice heard over the opening shots of Last Film is that of director Jeon Soo-il. Stern and decisive, it is the kind of voice that is not easily forgotten. Through his filmography that spans from Wind Echoing in My Being (1997)...

Wide Angle

• France
• 2021
• 84min

Returning to Reims (Fragments) is an adaptation of sociologist Didier Eribon’s memoirs, composed as he traveled to his hometown when his father fell ill. A rising star, Adele Haenel, narrates Eribon′s voice and documentary directo...

• Cannes Film Festival Directors′ Fortnight

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• United States
• 2021
• 131min

Former porn star Mikey Saber finds himself down and out in Los Angeles. He decides to crawl back to his hometown of Texas City, Texas, where his estranged wife and mother-in-law are living. Just as this dysfunctional family seems ...

• Cannes Film Festival in Competition

A Window on Asian Cinema

• India
• 2021
• 132min

Naina, a criminal psychology professor, is sexually assaulted in a slum she visits to help the daughter of a school custodian embroiled in a case of domestic violence and infanticide. Upon surviving the attack that leaves her coll...

Wide Angle

• Italy
• 2021
• 79min

Lucio Dalla (1943-2012) was a beloved pop star and the composer of the immensely popular song "Caruso," which has been covered by such iconic vocalists as Mina Mazzini, Lara Fabian, and Luciano Pavarotti. Dalla was known for his s...

• Berlin International Film Festival in Berlinale Special

World Cinema

• Ukraine
• 2021
• 125min

Surgeon Serhiy is captured by pro-Russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine and is exposed to horrific scenes of humiliation, torture and dehumanization. After returning home from the infernal odyssey, Serhiy tries to settle into his comf...

• Venice International Film Festival In Competition

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• Chad/France/Belgium/Germany
• 2021
• 88min

Many films that deal with African culture mention the barbaric practices to which women and girls are subjected. Lingui, The Sacred Bonds, a story of a Muslim woman Amina, is one of them. Her pregnant daughter is expelled from sch...

• Cannes Film Festival in Competition