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Where the Wild Frangipanis Grow
  • Nirartha Bas DIWANGKARA
  • Indonesia
  • 2023
  • 15min

Aditya is a personal assistant serving a Hindu guru who is a charismatic spiritual leader. He develops romantic feelings toward a new innocent recruit, but is helpless against expl...

World Premiere

Wide Angle

Everybody’s Gotta Love Sometimes
  • Sein LYAN TUN
  • France/Myanmar/Indonesia
  • 2023
  • 15min

Two months after fleeing Myanmar and arriving in Paris, Phyo, whose status is uncertain, dreams of romance with another man. He dances freely with a sensual dancer in front of the ...

World Premiere

Wide Angle

She Wants True Love
  • On YEOM
  • Korea
  • 2023
  • 30min

Deok-hee often ruins relationships by being excessively direct. Today, once again, P pushes her away. Amid the erratic life of a distinctly eccentric character, reality and cinemat...

World Premiere

Korean Cinema Today

House of the Seasons
  • Jung-min OH
  • Korea
  • 2023
  • 121min

House of the Seasons is a unique film that weaves the intricate family stories of three generations into a mysterious and atmospheric narrative. Seong-jin heads to his famil...

World Premiere

Jiseok

Paradise
  • Prasanna VITHANAGE
  • Sri Lanka/India
  • 2023
  • 93min

Indian film producer Kesav and blogger Amritha are a married couple who arrive in Sri Lanka to tour the ancient sites of the Hindu epic Ramayana. On the first day of their j...

World Premiere

Special Program in Focus

Sara
  • Ismail BASBETH
  • Indonesia
  • 2023
  • 99min

After many years of living in the city, a transgender woman has to go back to her remote hometown to attend her father’s funeral. She finds the village has changed greatly, and tha...

World Premiere

Wide Angle

MYDEAR
  • Dohee JEON,Sohee KIM
  • Korea
  • 2023
  • 25min

In 2027, Ga-eul, a hearing-impaired college student, learns about the app MYDEAR and becomes immersed in conversations with an AI presence. The app’s features easily help her overc...

World Premiere

Wide Angle

Rather be Ashes Than Dust
  • Alan LAU
  • Hong Kong, China/Canada/United Kingdom
  • 2023
  • 119min

Alan Lau, a journalist and documentary director, lived very near the site of the 2019 Hong Kong pro-democracy protests. He witnessed numerous events, captured every moment on film,...

World Premiere

New Currents

The Wrestler
  • Iqbal H. CHOWDHURY
  • Bangladesh/Canada
  • 2023
  • 92min

Moju, a middle-aged man living in a Bangladeshi fishing village, trains rigorously for boli, a traditional form of wrestling in Bangladesh. He challenges Dofor, the village’s boli ...

Korea Premiere

Special Program in Focus

Jamojaya
  • Justin CHON
  • United States/Indonesia
  • 2023
  • 93min

Jamojaya tells the story of James, a young Indonesian rapper with a rising career who is soon to have his debut album in U.S., and his father, who is still mourning the deat...

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Seoul Office #1601, GARDEN TOWER, 84, Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03131, Korea
Busan Office 3rd Floor, BIFF HILL, Busan Cinema Center, 120, Suyeonggangbyeon-daero, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48058, Korea
Seoul Office #1601, GARDEN TOWER, 84, Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03131, Korea