Special Program in Focus

• Celine SONG
• United States/Korea
• 2023
• 105min

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea to Canada. Two decades later, they are reunited in New Y...

• Berlin Competition

Korean Cinema Today

• Yong-gyun KIM
• Korea
• 2023
• 115min

Eun-sim (Na Moon-hee), at the age of eighty, has returned to her hometown after more than sixty years. She is relieved to spend some time with her old friends Geum-soon (Kim Yeong-...

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• Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO
• Brazil
• 2023
• 93min

The pandemic has changed everything about our daily lives, including the ways we view movies. Now we search for ratings to determine if a movie is worth spending money and time on,...

• Cannes Special Screenings

Special Screening

• Chang-dong LEE
• Korea
• 2010
• 139min

A poem emerges from pain, much like a bird breaking free from its shell. Only when the world is dismantled can a poem stand whole. Mija (Yun Jung-hee) aspires to write poems. She s...

• Cannes Best Screenplay Award

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• Yorgos LANTHIMOS
• United Kingdom
• 2023
• 141min

From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and...

• Venice Golden Lion

Special Program in Focus

• Edwin
• Indonesia
• 2017
• 102min

Lala, a young diving athlete, meets with Yudhis, a handsome transfer student. Although the film’s set-up sounds like a typical teenage romance, Posesif quickly shifts gears ...

Wide Angle

• Byung-hun MIN
• Korea
• 2023
• 84min

Nine-year-old Si-woo often cries at night, missing his late mother. In those moments, his father Min Byung-hun embraces him, offering comfort and solace. The bereaved father and so...

Midnight Passion

• Paris ZARCILLA
• United Kingdom
• 2023
• 100min

A bold coming-of-rage story, Raging Grace details the life of Joy, an undocumented Filipina immigrant who is struggling to do the best she can for her daughter, Grace, when ...

• SXSW Thunderbird Rising Award

Korean Cinema Today

• Seong-hun KIM
• Korea
• 2023
• 132min

Even if it’s clear where we’re headed, we’re going all the way together without a single glance away. Filled equally with suspense and laughter, Ransomed is the latest film ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Dominic SANGMA
• India/China/Qatar/Switzerland/Netherlands
• 2023
• 127min

While catching cicadas in the middle of the night with other villagers, Mangkungchi suddenly vanishes. Believing the rumors that he has been kidnapped by organ traffickers, Kasan’s...

• Locarno Filmmakers of the Present