Wide Angle

• Denmark/France
• 2021
• 89min

Flee generated a lot of buzz and topped the documentary prize at Sundance this year. Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen met the protagonist Amin as a teenager, but did not know the truth behind the boy’s flight from Afghanistan until ...

• World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Award at Sundanve Film Festival

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

On Screen

• Thailand
• 2021
• 99min

Far from Bangkok, there is a secret place that lies beyond the boundaries of a remote village located deep in the forest. Here sick people were once abandoned while still alive, and in the valley, bodies lie scattered all around. ...

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• France/Germany/Belgium
• 2021
• 133min

With France, Bruno Dumont returns to modern times after his earlier trips back to the Middle Ages with Joan of Arc (2019). His latest feature focuses on the world of French media and news channels. Lea Seydoux plays France De Meu...

• Cannes Film Festival in Competition

Flash Forward

• Italy/Belgium
• 2021
• 141min

Following the previous superhero movie They Call Me Jeeg (2015), Gabriele Mainetti once again dedicates his latest movie Freaks Out to those who have extraordinary talents. 'Freaks' are the members of the circus, comprising ...

• Venice International Film Festival In Competition

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• Canada
• 2021
• 110min

Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 1974. Arjie, the second son of an upper-class family, enjoys playing weddings more than cricket. Supported by his free-spirited aunt Radha, he begins to learn musicals and Radha, who has to leave for Canada ...

• Canadian Screen Awards, Best Director

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Philippines/Japan
• 2021
• 110min

Disability is not a subject to overcome but to be embraced. Nao Tsuyama dreams of becoming a professional boxer. However, being an handicapped person with a prosthetic leg due to a childhood accident, he is denied official registr...

Wide Angle

• Taiwan
• 2021
• 20min

A middle-aged man about to be divorced stops by home to pick up his golf bag. He leaves with the key. A typhoon arrives and blows torrential rain through the windows he has left open. (PARK Sungho)

World Cinema

• France
• 2021
• 100min

Nora heads to work before dawn. Life is not easy for her, despite her gentle smile, selfless consideration, and sincere attitude. Her son, daughter, grandson, and granddaughter rely on Nora to the point of becoming like a burden. ...

• Ensemble prize at Cannes Film Festival

World Cinema

• Austria/Germany
• 2021
• 117min

Great Freedom asks if love and freedom can exist in incarceration. It follows a journey of a man imprisoned for nearly twenty-years (from 1945 to 1969) for being a homosexual. It is a political movie that deals with the oppression...

• Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard