World Cinema

• İlker ÇATAK
• Germany
• 2023
• 99min

Far from the romanticized depictions of school with kind-hearted teachers and contemplative children, The Teachers’ Lounge delves into the problems of school life from the o...

• Berlin Label Europa Cinemas, C.I.C.A.E. Award

Flash Forward

• Dani ROSENBERG
• Israel
• 2023
• 98min

The Vanishing Soldier is the story of a young man who unintentionally deserts during a mission in the Gaza Strip. A naive eighteen-year-old young man with an innocent face s...

• Locarno Competition

Wide Angle

• Soo-nam PARK,Maeui PARK
• Korea/Japan
• 2023
• 137min

Park Soo-nam, a second-generation Zainichi director, discovered that she was losing her sight just as she set out to digitally restore her 16 mm films with the assistance of her da...

Wide Angle

• Niranjan Raj BHETWAL
• Nepal
• 2023
• 15min

As Sridhar prepares for his coming-of-age celebration, his grandfather tells him a shocking story about his family. As he pushes for the truth, his mother is caught in a dilemma be...

New Currents

• 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 ...

Wide Angle

• Eun-grace KO
• Korea
• 2023
• 15min

Two strangers have an argument in an empty field in the early morning. When the argument escalates, the two are sent to the First-Encounter Dispute Resolution Committee, where they...

Flash Forward

• Mariana ARRIAGA,Santiago ARRIAGA
• Mexico/Spain
• 2023
• 117min

Fernando and Salvador embark on an expedition across northern Mexico to find the culprit behind the traffic accident that claimed their father’s life. Their uninvited stepsister Pa...

• Venice Orizzonti

Special Program in Focus

• Bayu Prihantoro FILEMON
• Indonesia
• 2022
• 24min

Vania lives in a large Chinese medicine store. She wants to be helpful to adults but is too young. On a quiet night, she finds an injured thief running away from mobs. She invites ...

On Screen

• Jeongyeol CHOI
• Korea
• 2023
• 130min

Kim Jiyong (Nam Joohyuk) is a diligent and brilliant student at the police academy. However, during weekends, he assumes the role of a vigilante to apprehend wrongdoers who evade t...

World Cinema

• Stéphan CASTANG
• France/Belgium
• 2022
• 108min

Vincent’s life is a nightmare. At work, on the street, in his apartment, and everywhere else, he is beaten for no reason. Unable to go to work or see anyone, Vincent flees to his c...

• Cannes Critics′ Week, Fantasia Film Festival Cheval Noir