World Cinema
Blackbird Blackbird BlackberryWhether villagers gossip, calling her a spinster, or her friends pity her for not having a husband or children, Etero is content with just a piece of sweet pastry. One day, narrowl...
World Cinema
Blaga′s LessonsTo make ends meet after retirement with her meager pension, Blaga offers Bulgarian language tutoring to immigrants. One day, she falls victim to a voice phishing call, losing her l...
Jiseok
BlesserSang-yeon is a confident and competent political reporter who lives a carefully planned life. After a long wait, she gives birth to twins, but the second one, Ji-woo, is diagnosed ...
New Currents
Borrowed TimeSoon-to-be married Mak Yuen-ting leaves for Hong Kong in search of her father, who left twenty years before. Her father, Mak Ka-fai, had come to Guangzhou for work, met Yuen-ting’s...
Jiseok
Bride KidnappingA diligent and cheerful young woman, Umut works as a nursing assistant with aspirations to become a certified nurse. She lives with her mother, and they depend on each other. Egeme...
Special Program in Focus
BurningBased on Murakami Haruki’s short story, “Barn Burning,” Burning is about the enigmatic relationship between three people. Jongsu meets childhood friend Haemi, who seems to b...
Wide Angle
Christmas in SummerSoon to be married, Eun-su heads to Gangneung to see her long-lost father. The old seaside town has changed dramatically from the one in her childhood memories. Exhausted from the ...
Special Program in Focus
Cigarette GirlSet in Indonesia in the 1960s when the clove tobacco industry was growing, Cigarette Girl tells the story of Dasiyah, who dreams of creating a tobacco aroma with an ‘unforge...
A Window on Asian Cinema
City of WindSeventeen-year-old Ze attends a modern school in Ulaanbaatar, while also leading a traditional life as a shaman and communing with ancestral spirits. Unlike his older sister, who i...
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Close Your EyesOne of the most deeply personal and moving films of this year, Close Your Eyes, is the fourth feature film by Victor Erice, a filmmaker who has created three masterpieces ov...