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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

A Window on Asian Cinema

• India
• 2021
• 141min

Mitul is well-educated and has a good job as a journalist. After her grandmother passed away, she lives alone in the old house where her family has lived for generations. Her family does not view her warmly, though. She always eat...

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 ...

Wide Angle

• Italy
• 2021
• 80min

Who is Sergio Corbucci? A legendary director of Italian Western in the 1960s, who directed Django (1966) and The Great Silence (1968)? Quentin Tarantino, who paid homage to Corbucci with Django Unchained (2012), does not hide his ...

• Venice International Film Festival

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 ...

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

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

Special Program in Focus

• China
• 2021
• 151min

Gu Xiaogang expanded an autobiographical documentary about his hometown of Fuyang and his family amid the development frenzy into the feature film Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains. As the title suggests, the film tells the story o...

• Closing Film at Cannes Film Festival Critics′ Week

Flash Forward

• Spain
• 2021
• 82min

El Planeta is a debut feature of Amalia Ulman who is famous for Excellences & Perfections, a performing art show featured at Tate Modern in 2014, as well as on her Instagram (@amaliaulman). When her father dies, Leo stops her stud...

• Sundance Film Festival, Best Director at Buenos Aires International Film Festival

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2021
• 16min

Young siblings Juhee and Seongjun run errands for their mother. Their short journey from the stationery store to the supermarket and the hardware store gradually gathers a chill. A strange list of items to purchase, the bickering ...