Special Program in Focus

• Hong Kong, China
• 2022
• 129min

2046, whose production began at around the same time as In the Mood for Love, feels like the latter’s sequel but does not remain in its shadow. In Hong Kong during the Cultural Revolution of 1966, Chow Mo-wan stays in Room 2046 at...

• Cannes Film Festival Competition

Special Program in Focus

• Japan
• 2022
• 73min

A sisterhood drama about an unlikely friendship between two women who find themselves entwined together. The process of two different women beginning to form a bond as they work on a screenplay together is intriguing. This is the ...

Special Program in Focus

• Canada
• 2022
• 81min

A documentary about a city’s history and the director’s personal history, created by the Canadian director Guy Maddin, who was commissioned to make a film about his hometown of Winnipeg. My Winnipeg is an autobiographical film tha...

• Best Canadian Feature Film Award at Toronto International Film Festival

Special Program in Focus

• Japan/France
• 2022
• 114min

A commercial feature directorial debut for Kawawada Emma, who joined the Bun-Buku production company headed by Kore-eda Hirokazu and has since served as his assistant director. My Small Land follows the story of 17-year- old Sarya...

• Berlin International Film Festival Generation Kplus

Special Program in Focus

• Japan/Myanmar
• 2022
• 98min

A film depicting the difficulties faced by a Myanmarese family living in Japan as they await their refugee status determination. Passage of Life is Fujimoto Akio’s feature-length directorial debut that won him the Best Asian Futur...

Special Program in Focus

• Japan/France
• 2022
• 100min

The latest film by Miyake Sho, one of the most anticipated Japanese filmmakers, is a creative, never-before-seen movie about boxing based on the autobiographical story of Ogasawara Keiko, the first hearing-impaired professional bo...

• Berlin International Film Festival Encounters

Special Program in Focus

• Hong Kong, China
• 2022
• 104min

Executive produced by Wong Kar Wai and directed by Jeffrey Lau, The Eagle Shooting Heroes is a comic martial arts film made during Wong Kar Wai’s short break from Ashes of Time (1994). Give the genre a try and you will encounter a...

Special Program in Focus

• France/United States/United Kingdom
• 2022
• 93min

A monumental documentary filmed from an anthropologist’s perspective by directors Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor of the Harvard University’s Sensory Ethnography Lab. Two directors board a trawler with twelve GoPro camer...

• FIPRESCI Prize at Locarno International Film Festival

Special Program in Focus

• Hong Kong, China
• 2022
• 101min

"Mugando," the road to hell where extreme suffering is eternal, is the original title for the film Infernal Affairs, which tells the story of two men who are enemies but also the only people who can understand each other. Chen Win...

Special Program in Focus

• Japan
• 2022
• 91min

Katayama Shinzo poured his heart and soul into the film, serving as director, writer and editor on this portrayal of a brother and a sister struggling to survive which was shot over four seasons. Having served as an assistant dire...