A Window on Asian Cinema

• Nepal/United States/Norway
• 2024
• 119min

In a Nepalese border town inhabited by the Madhesi people, two boys are kidnapped, and Detective Pooja arrives to solve the case. Upon her arrival, the region is in the throes of protests against racial discrimination, and trust i...

• Venice Orizzonti

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2024
• 137min

Director Yamanaka Yoko was invited to the Forum section of the Berlin Film Festival with her debut work Amiko (2017), which she made at the age of 20. The lead actress, Kawai Yuumi, says that meeting Yamanaka Yoko after watching A...

• Cannes Directors′ Fortnight FIPRESCI Award

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran/France/Sweden/Germany
• 2024
• 96min

This Iranian film, invited to the Berlin Film Festival following their previous film, Ballad of a White Cow (2021), has gained much acclaim from festival audiences. While it does touch upon aspects of contemporary Iranian society,...

• Berlin Competition FIPRESCI Prize

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2024
• 101min

A new film by female animation director Yamada Naoko, who directed A Silent Voice (2016) and Liz and the Blue Bird (2018). The team that worked with Yamada Naoko, including screenwriter Yoshida Reiko and music composer Ushio Kensu...

• Annecy Competition

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Vietnam/Singapore/Philippines/Indonesia
• 2024
• 98min

Ignored, resentful and sad, the ‘middle-aged woman’ can also redeem herself as the heroine of her life. Combining the genres of fantasy and horror with a comic drama as its base, Vietnamese film Don’t Cry, Butterfly is a quirky fi...

• Venice Critics′ Week Grand Prize

A Window on Asian Cinema

• India/United States/Vietnam
• 2024
• 107min

The father, who “ran, ran, and flew” from the source of the Mekong River, sings to his young daughter. Yangchen, who lives in India, meets with her sister, who has returned from France for their mother’s funeral, and reveals the w...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Malaysia/Hong Kong, China
• 2024
• 98min

Once the top horsemen, friends Saina and Hasa now perform in traditional horse shows to make a living. Unlike Hasa who sells all his horses and sheep after deciding to move to the city, Saina tries to hold on to his beloved horses...

• 2023 ACF Script Development Fund Recipient, 2023 APM Project

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China
• 2024
• 104min

In a quiet seaside village, Xiao Kui, a lively girl with many dreams, is just as eager to help her mother Hongjv with her Maoqiang opera performances as she is to play with her friends. Since Xiao Kui’s father never returned from ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Taiwan/Singapore/France
• 2024
• 130min

A group of undocumented migrant workers secretly reside in the mountains of Taiwan. They’ve handed over their passports to the man they call Boss in exchange for jobs as caregivers, but they haven’t been paid in two months. Among ...

• Cannes Camera d′Or Special Distinction

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China
• 2024
• 101min

Kai, a 27-year-old who recently got a job at an advertising company, dyes his hair blue and sets out to start anew. But following him, as they have since the day he was born, are aliens carrying cameras and lights. Just as they be...