New Currents

• Arden Rod CONDEZ
• Philippines
• 2019
• 96min

John Denver is a quiet, ordinary eighth grader who lives with his mom. During a school dance practice, a classmate who is broadcasting the practice on social media plays a mean pra...

New Currents

• Ji LI
• China
• 2019
• 98min

Qiqihar, Dongbei Province, used to be the economic center of China. However, with factories shutting down one after another and people leaving for bigger cities to look for jobs, t...

New Currents

• Aoqian SUN
• China
• 2019
• 105min

Eleven-year-old Xiaojie is a troublemaker who loves the sea. He lives with his uncle and his angelic daughter, who run a restaurant together. One day, Xiaojie has to prepare for a ...

New Currents

• KIM Dukjoong
• Korea
• 2019
• 98min

The plot of The Education is simply summed up. Seonghee, who is taking care of the disabled, visits the Hyeonmok′s house. Hyeonmok′s mother is a severely disabled person who...

New Currents

• Mohanad HAYAL
• Iraq,Qatar
• 2019
• 79min

Baghdad, 2006. In the city occupied by the U.S. military, Haifa Street has become a living hell, devastated by al-Qaeda militants and their snipers. After 20 years of living in the...

New Currents

• SUZUKI Sae
• Japan
• 2019
• 63min

Ray, a mid-teen girl, lives with her Taiwanese mother, but runs away from home to avoid her mother’s beating and abuse. Ray calls for help in the street and meets Aoi, ends up stay...

New Currents

• LIM Sun-ae
• Korea
• 2019
• 100min

Hyo-jeong, a 69-year-old woman, is raped by a male nurse aide. But few people, including the police, are willing to believe her words. Most people question whether that handsome yo...

New Currents

• Kek Huat LAU,Vera CHEN
• Taiwan
• 2019
• 109min

The Malaysian communist party engaged in decades-long armed struggle in the jungle to gain independence. Babies who were born during the war were sent outside the jungle for surviv...

New Currents

• Kislay KISLAY
• India
• 2019
• 120min

In the outskirts of a small village in India, Mrs. Sharma is forced to remain a respected middle-class wife and a faithful, wise old woman upon her husband’s death. Her son and his...

New Currents

• Mohammadreza KEIVANFAR
• Iran
• 2019
• 76min

Iran’s border region, where there is no sign of life. After climbing the green hills and sand dunes and passing through a cemetery full of phallic sculptures, Amir finally arrives ...