A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran/France
• 2021
• 106min

When her husband is executed, the widow pleads that her husband was unjustly killed. The court eventually admits that her husband was mistakenly sentenced to death but indifferently says, "We’re very sorry. It was after all, god’s...

• Audience Award at Berlin International Film Festival in Competition

Icons

• Iran/France
• 2021
• 128min

Asghar Farhadi is an auteur who tenaciously delves into ethical dilemmas, revealing the true nature of humans through the cracks in trivial and ordinary daily life. Along with A Separation (2011), A Hero is one of Farhadi’s repres...

• Grand Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival

Wide Angle

• Canada
• 2021
• 74min

If you were able to create an immortal version of yourself, would you? Until this decade, that question was the stuff of science fiction, but now experts in the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics suggest it will indeed...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Kazakhstan
• 2020
• 81min

The main character in Farkhat Sharipov’s previous film The Secret of a Leader enters a world enslaved in capitalism; however, the lead characters of 18 Kilohertz enter the world of drug addiction. In the chaos and darkness of the ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Palestine,Jordan,Qatar,Italy,Sweden
• 2020
• 97min

Every night, Mustafa stands on the balcony and greets his wife and children in another house 200 meters away, turning the lights on and off. Although they are physically close to each other, the barriers installed across Palestine...

• Venice International Film Festival Venice Days

World Cinema

• France
• 2020
• 98min

Youri, 16 years old, grew up in Gagarine, the huge red brick city of Ivry-sur-Seine, where he dreams of becoming a cosmonaut. When the city is threatened with demolition, everyone leaves, but Youri remains. Gagarine city is more t...

• Cannes 2020

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2020
• 142min

President of South Korea (Jung Woo-sung), North Korean leader (Yoo Yeon-seok), and U.S. President (Angus Macfadyen) gather in Wonsan, North Korea, to sign a peace treaty between the U.S. and North Korea. But negotiations are slow....

New Currents

• Myanmar
• 2020
• 98min

Wai Bhone, a young film director, has to overcome the tough realities in order to direct his debut film. The hard worked scenario is criticised and undermined by the unpretentious censorship of the authorities. The film producers ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2020
• 97min

Saeed, the most common man in his 40s, has a devout devotion. One day, when his wife is mistaken for a prostitute by a taxi driver, and is sexually harassed, he is caught in anger and decides to take revenge. While searching for a...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Taiwan
• 2020
• 124min

On Shoying’s 70th birthday, her long-lost husband Bochang returns home, dead. Shoying has no intention of postponing a birthday party with her three daughters and their families; however, she wants to save face by holding a decent...