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• United States
• 2025
• 111min

The Mastermind is the latest film from director Kelly Reichardt, who, along with Sean Baker, is one of the most important voices in contemporary American independent cinema. Having attempted to subvert the Western in Meek’s Cutoff...

• Cannes Competition

On Screen

• Korea
• 2025
• 109min

“When the people keep their mouths shut, that is when peace reigns.” Written by Chun Sungil, the screenwriter of The Slave Hunters, The Murky Stream marks his return to the action period drama after 14 years. The film depicts the ...

Vision

• Korea
• 2025
• 107min

Se-oh, who has spent his life constantly having to explain his origins and nationality because of his appearance, one day seeks a travel companion?offering a luxury suitcase and the mysterious item inside as a reward. While most r...

Flash Forward

• Chile/France/Germany/Spain/Belgium
• 2025
• 110min

In a desolate mining town in 1980s Chile, a small bar?the only refuge for local laborers?hosts performances by gay and transgender artists. One day, a mysterious disease begins to spread, said to be transmitted through a mere glan...

• Cannes Un Certain Regard Award

Vision

• Korea
• 2025
• 155min

Linking three stories together, The Observer’s Journal showcases director Lim Junghwan’s signature knack for balancing tension and humor, while also signaling a shift in his style. Alongside his long-time ‘cinema friends,’ new fac...

• 2025 ACF Post-Production Fund Recipient

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2025
• 133min

The story of a legendary killer who grows old and frail. From its very premise, the film sparks the imagination, and with action that heightens curiosity about the killer’s past, it evolves into a tale of people searching for mean...

• Berlin Berlinale Special

Wide Angle

• United States/Japan
• 2025
• 140min

The Ozu Diaries is a documentary about the life and cinematic world of Japanese master filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu. Daniel Raim, who has created around 30 documentaries on great filmmakers for The Criterion Collection and Criterion Cha...

• Venice Venice Classics

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2025
• 108min

Actor Ha Jung-woo’s fourth directorial work, The People Upstairs, is a carefully mischievous and oddly spirited farce, as well as a dense and provocative chamber drama infused with sharp humor. Jung-ah (Kong Hyo-jin) and her husba...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iraq/United States/Qatar
• 2025
• 106min

The President′s Cake is a film that stirs both the heart and the mind. As the first Iraqi film ever invited to the Cannes Film Festival, it achieved the rare feat of winning both the Camera d′Or and the Audience Award in the Direc...

• Cannes Directors′ Fortnight Camera d′Or, Audience Award

On Screen

• Taiwan
• 2025
• 100min

Wang Hui-chun and Chao Ching are mothers whose daughters were kidnapped by a scam organization. Hui-chun’s daughter Jin Jin has been in a coma for years, and Ching’s daughter Hsin-yi was brutally murdered. Chang Shih-kai, who vici...