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MagellanMagellan is a historical drama by Filipino master Lav Diaz that reenacts the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan, who set out on a voyage to circumnavigate the globe, in a manner that is as raw as possible. Burning with ambition, Por...
Vision
MalikaMalika, a 12-year-old girl, leads a happy and free life with her divorced mother. Then one day, her father storms in after hearing about her mom’s new relationship, and Malika learns crushing news: if her mother remarries, her fat...
Special Program in Focus
Marx Can WaitMarco Bellocchio’s Eyes and Mouth (1982) begins with the protagonist returning to his hometown upon hearing the news of his twin brother’s suicide. In one scene, the protagonist asks his brother to read Capital: A Critique of Poli...
Vision
MazeAfter dealing with her father’s death which was categorized as an ‘unclaimed body,’ Hee-mi quits her job working at a detective agency. That same day, a man who lost his wife in a traffic accident visits the office. He commissions...
Open Cinema
Measure in LoveAfter a massive earthquake, the world is split into two?Aurora Zone and Evergreen Zone?separated by the Wall of Gravity, which distorts time and gravity differently on both sides. One day in the Aurora equals an entire year in the...
Special Program in Focus
Memento MoriMemento Mori, co-directed by Kim Tae-yong and Min Kyu-dong in their feature debut, was marketed as a sequel to Whispering Corridors (1998), yet it takes a decisively different path. While the first film focused on the confrontatio...
World Cinema
MeteorsHubert Charuel?who won the Cesar Award for Best First Feature with Bloody Milk (2017), a story about a young dairy farmer struggling to protect his cattle?returns with a new tale about youth in crisis. Mika and Daniel, bickering u...
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Mirrors No. 3When young pianist Laura survives a car accident, she is taken in by a stranger named Betty at her countryside home. While Betty is friendly, her husband and son are cold and hostile toward Laura. Within the family’s mysterious at...
Vision
MothernetHow can we fill the void if the person we love most disappears in an instant? Mothernet explores the relationship between Rama (Ali Fikry), a boy going through a tumultuous adolescence, and an artificial intelligence. In the near ...
Special Screening
Mr. Kim Goes to the CinemaThe first feature documentary directed by Kim Dong-ho, former festival director of the Busan International Film Festival, this film captures the present landscape of theaters and films across Asia through the eyes of a seasoned fi...