A Window on Asian Cinema
Living in the SkyAfter losing her parents in an accident, Naomi, an editor at a small publishing house, moves into a luxury apartment thanks to her uncle. She starts a new life with her cat Haru in a home overlooking Tokyo. One day, she runs into ...
Wide Angle
The Cloud Is Still ThereXiao Le, a young determined Christian woman tries to save her dying grandfather’s soul by converting him. However, her mother in the traditional Taoist family cannot understand her daughter’s behavior. (PARK Sungho)
Wide Angle
City of OutlandersGunsan is a city of outlanders that has experienced waves of deterioration and revivals. Gunsan, a sparse area prior to 1910, opened doors for workers from all over Korea after it was exploited for rice harvesting during the Japan...
World Cinema
The Best FamiliesLuzmila and Peta are two sisters who inherit their mother’s job and work as housemaids for aristocratic families. The two sisters know how to cater to senoras and are so well versed in the children’s private lives they are almost ...
World Cinema
She Dies TomorrowA film that made headlines at this year’s online South by Southwest (SXSW). Amy is ravaged by the notion that she is going to die tomorrow, which sends her down a dizzying emotional spiral. When her skeptical friend Jane discovers...
Korean Cinema Today
Beyond YouEven if only a man and woman, a street, and an ant are given to director Park Hong-min, he can create a mysterious world of infinite possibilities. It is an extraordinary feature of Park’s films and the charm of his new film Beyon...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Ora, Ora Be Goin′ Alone75-year-old Momoko lives alone on the outskirts of Tokyo. She has built a family and lived happily for 55 years since coming to Tokyo at age 20 to avoid an arranged marriage. Her plans for peaceful twilight years with her husband ...
Korean Cinema Today
Our Joyful Summer DaysChanhui and Seyeong, a couple in a long-term relationship, find themselves tiring of each other as life becomes difficult. Chanhui wanted to become a photographer, but is now a salesperson in a camera store. Meanwhile, Seyeong wor...
Open Cinema
The TiesThe Ties by Daniele Luchetti, the opening film of the Venice International Film Festival 2020, follows a couple over a span of 30 years who cannot let go of each other even after separation and divorce. What lingers in the relatio...
Flash Forward
Nadia, ButterflyWhat comes after an Olympic dream is realized? Nadia, a swimmer in her early twenties ? apparently too young to call it quits ? just won a medal at the biggest event of her life. She decides to retire from elite sports to escape t...