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100 Times Reproduction of Democracy
100 Times Reproduction of Democracy
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[ International Premiere]
A tongue-in-cheek docufiction that turns authenticity on its head in this interrogation of centralised power.
21 Days
二十一天
21 Days
二十一天
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[World Premiere]
Jin and his family are in mourning following his mother’s death. While her spirit has returned to visit her husband, Jin is desperately looking for signs of her.
A Perfectly Normal Family
En Helt Almindelig Familie
A Perfectly Normal Family
En Helt Almindelig Familie
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
A young girl struggles to deal with her transgender father’s transition in this contemplative semi-autobiographical debut.
A Trip to Heaven
A Trip to Heaven
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Singapore Premiere]
Fifty-year-old Mdm Tam joins a bus tour to the Mekong Delta with a friend. On the trip, she bumps into her high school sweetheart and embarks on a mission of reconciliation.
A WeirdO Never Fever OverRy
A WeirdO Never Fever OverRy
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
Arnont Nongyao’s ‘travelogue’ about his personal history and stories is a hallucinatory journey into a fog of glitch, noise and fragments of memories, where bliss resides in the fuzzy edges of meaning.
After Noon
After Noon
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[World Premiere]
Two teenage boys idle away a seemingly ordinary afternoon, but as events stir up hidden feelings, confusion leads to the testing of boundaries.
And They Roamed
And They Roamed
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[World Premiere]
Two schoolgirls encounter the ghost of a former student in an abandoned school. Enlisting their help to pass into the afterlife, the ghost brings them around the building, reliving painful and joyous memories.
Beginning
დასაწყისი
Beginning
დასაწყისი
This stellar, award-winning debut examines the extreme isolation of a woman’s suffering that is quiet, though no less acute.
Brave Revolutionary Redubbed
Brave Revolutionary Redubbed
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
A close study of the cathartic final scene of Hindi box office hit Krantiveer (Brave Revolutionary), now a popular meme, reveals the instability of meaning and the power of one’s subjectivity.
Casting a Spell to Alter Reality
Casting a Spell to Alter Reality
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
Using scenes from Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s Coming of Age’ trilogy, Pam Virada presents an entrancing, lyrical study of physical and psychological interiors shaped by spellbinding magic-realist stories.
Citizen Hustler
好公民
Citizen Hustler
好公民
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[World Premiere]
Work and welfare take many forms in this free-wheeling and unapologetically rowdy documentary centred on a used-goods trader.
Death of Soldier
Death of Soldier
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
A montage featuring scenes of soldiers’ deaths in Vietnamese propaganda war films reveals striking similarities, highlighting their crass nationalist agenda.
Denise Ho: Becoming the Song
Denise Ho: Becoming the Song
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
In this story of courage and finding one’s true voice, acclaimed Hong Kong singer Denise Ho searches for her identity.
Downstream to Kinshasa
En Route Pour Le Milliard
Downstream to Kinshasa
En Route Pour Le Milliard
[Asian Premiere]
Dieudo Hamadi’s latest documentary on the survivors of Congo’s Six-Day War is a triumphant show of the strength of the human spirit.
East Coast Park Lovers
East Coast Park Lovers
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[World Premiere]
In this microcosm of the modern world, three couples, each at a different stage of their lives and relationship, face up to the conflicts of their differing cultures, backgrounds and beliefs.
Encore Screenings
Encore Screenings
Using scenes from Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s Coming of Age’ trilogy, Pam Virada presents an entrancing, lyrical study of physical and psychological interiors shaped by spellbinding magic-realist stories.
Faces Places
Visages Villages
Faces Places
Visages Villages
Iconic photographer/muralist JR strikes up an unlikely friendship with illustrious French New Wave filmmaker Agnès Varda as they embark on a tender, enchanting road trip through the French countryside.
Faraway My Shadow Wandered
Faraway My Shadow Wandered
[World Premiere]
A young man and a dancer, as well as choreography and reality, cross paths in a documentary that entangles as much as it explores.
Filipiñana
Filipiñana
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
At a dream-like golf course on an idyllic day, Isabel, the new ‘tee girl’, struggles to understand her role on the greens, from social hierarchy to staving off her youthful curiosity.
Flower Shadow Serenade
花影小夜曲
Flower Shadow Serenade
花影小夜曲
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Asian Premiere]
In this ode to memory and loss, a familiar song leads a grandmother’s spirit back to her family during the Chinese ghost month.
Genus Pan
Lahi, Hayop
Genus Pan
Lahi, Hayop
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
A haunting fable about myths and violence, Genus Pan charts humanity’s dark impulses through a gold miner’s tragic homecoming.
Ghost Like Us
Ghost Like Us
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
A multilayered, haunted film that invokes the spectres of Indonesian horror cinema to examine the othering of people on the peripheries.
Her Five Lives
Her Five Lives
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
The modern history of Uzbekistan is told through its cinematic history, focusing on the evolution of female heroine archetypes in Uzbek films.
Here is Not There
这里不是那里
Here is Not There
这里不是那里
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Singapore Premiere]
Against the stillness of the graveyard shift, two lovers reflect on the transitory lives they lead in Singapore. They wrestle with the inevitability of their fates, unwilling to give in.
Here We Are
Here We Are
An uplifting drama about a father’s love for his son and the difficulties of letting go.
Holding On, Letting Go
释怀
Holding On, Letting Go
释怀
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[World Premiere]
After the death of her beloved grandmother, Ting struggles to cope with the loss, unsure of the lively funeral rituals. But, beneath strong appearances, everyone copes with grief differently.
How To Die Young in Manila
How To Die Young in Manila
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
An allegory for distraction, a teenage boy roams Manila looking for an anonymous hookup. The men he eyes end up dead, and he must now find his true desire.
Identifying Features
Sin Señas Particulares
Identifying Features
Sin Señas Particulares
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
In Mexico’s northern frontier region, lyrical and horrific moments follow a mother who knows no bounds in finding her missing son.
Keep Rolling
好好拍電影
Keep Rolling
好好拍電影
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
Brimming with life and humour, Keep Rolling is a warm and richly humane portrait of celebrated Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui.
Milestone
Meel Patthar
Milestone
Meel Patthar
[Singapore Premiere]
Facing obsolescence, a stoic truck driver tries to retain control of his life in this gritty take on what it means to become one’s work.
My Brother
Mera Bhai
My Brother
Mera Bhai
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Singapore Premiere]
Ram reluctantly becomes a brother figure to a young and helpless boy, both undocumented workers. Living in such intense precarity, mutual support might be the only way to survive.
New Order
Nuevo orden
New Order
Nuevo orden
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
In this taut dystopian thriller, a posh wedding is interrupted by unwelcome guests who seek to destabilise the current social order in Mexico.
Night of the Kings
La Nuit Des Rois
Night of the Kings
La Nuit Des Rois
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
The condemned do not go gently into the good night, fighting with their stories instead, in this kinetic and dizzying thriller.
No Love For The Young
Tiada Cinta Selama Muda
No Love For The Young
Tiada Cinta Selama Muda
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[World Premiere]
Poetry, movement and theatre are fused in this lyrical experiment to express the ineffable feeling of being young in today’s Malaysia.
Not My Mother’s Baking
不是我妈妈的烘焙
Not My Mother’s Baking
不是我妈妈的烘焙
[World Premiere]
An unexpected romance between a Malay Muslim woman and a Chinese man whose parents run a roast pork stall.
Nursery Rhymes
童谣
Nursery Rhymes
童谣
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[World Premiere]
Drawing inspiration from his memories of his grandmothers, Michael Kam imagines their childhood spent under different imperialist rule.
People on Sunday
People on Sunday
[Singapore Premiere]
In this homage to Menschen am Sonntag (1930), the watchful surveillance of the camera captures the paradox of actors trying to relax while working, revealing the artificiality of the moving image.
Red Aninsri; Or, Tiptoeing on the Still Trembling Berlin Wall
Aninsri daeng อนินทรีย์แดง
Red Aninsri; Or, Tiptoeing on the Still Trembling Berlin Wall
Aninsri daeng อนินทรีย์แดง
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Singapore Premiere]
In an undercover spy mission, a transgender woman disguises as a masculine man to lure a student activist, only to fall in love.
Reminiscences
Reminiscences
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
With his father, grandfather and uncles involved in Burmese cinema in one way or another, Maung Okkar’s family history is inextricably entwined with Myanmar’s film history.
Rocketship
Rocketship
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Asian Premiere]
Ten-year-old Samuel takes it upon himself to save his parents’ marriage by recreating a precious shared memory.
Saved by the Party-state
Saved by the Party-state
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
Maja Korbecka offers a sharp, feminist analysis of two Chinese films made during different turning points in China’s history, both dealing with Mao’s campaign to ‘re-educate’ former sex workers.
Sexy Sushi
セクシーな寿司
Sexy Sushi
セクシーな寿司
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Asian Premiere]
Life on a conveyor belt seems great for Sushi and his Topping friends. But as he begins to contemplate his existence, Sushi wonders if there's more to life than pimping himself out to savage consumers.
Spirit Film
Spirit Film
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
Using archival footage, Raya Martin resurrects the fraught history of Philippine film, which leads us to wonder about the future of cinema—as the film asks, “How do we watch movies without cinema?”
Sunrise in My Mind
ថ្ងៃរះក្នុងចិត្ត (Tngaireah knong chet)
Sunrise in My Mind
ថ្ងៃរះក្នុងចិត្ត (Tngaireah knong chet)
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
A young beautician working late at night in a salon tentatively gives in to her desires for a young delivery driver who cruises the streets of Phnom Penh on his motorbike.
Tellurian Drama
Tellurian Drama
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[World Premiere]
A docufiction that investigates alternative Indonesian histories through a rumination of colonial ruins, the role of technology, and the invisible power of indigenous ancestry.
The Cloud in Her Room
她房间里的云
The Cloud in Her Room
她房间里的云
[Southeast Asain Premiere]
A young woman returns to her hometown where she connects with the old, the new, the city and herself.
The Salt in Our Waters
Nonajoler Kabbo
The Salt in Our Waters
Nonajoler Kabbo
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Singapore Premiere]
A sculptor from the city visits a remote coastal village in Bangladesh where he faces challenges to his world views and beliefs.
The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs
Laila aur satt geet
The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs
Laila aur satt geet
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
A lyrical tale of the circumstances of a young woman from a nomadic tribe doubles as a timely comment on the tense Kashmiri situation today.
The Smell of Coffee
The Smell of Coffee
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Asian Premiere]
In the wake of his grandfather’s passing, Raga accompanies his grieving grandmother. A faint yet familiar smell piques his curiosity, leading him on a journey of self-discovery in the fading apartment.
The Truffle Hunters
The Truffle Hunters
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
Old-timers and their canine friends go on perilous journeys for elusive truffles in this insightful and sumptuous documentary.
The Unseen River
Giòng Sông Không Nhìn Thấy
The Unseen River
Giòng Sông Không Nhìn Thấy
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Singapore Premiere]
Along the Mekong River, a woman reunites with her ex-lover at a hydroelectric plant. Meanwhile, a young man travels downstream to a temple in search of a cure for his insomnia.
The Wasteland
Dashte Khamoush
The Wasteland
Dashte Khamoush
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
In this bleak study of human agency, a brick factory and its community fall apart in quiet desolation.
The Woman Who Ran
도망친 여자
The Woman Who Ran
도망친 여자
[Singapore Premiere]
Continuing in his signature of repetition and difference, Korean auteur Hong Sang-Soo’s latest focuses on women’s interactions, revealing undercurrents of ambivalence.
Tiong Bahru Social Club
Tiong Bahru Social Club
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
Wes Anderson meets Black Mirror in this light-hearted satirical comedy that questions the construct of happiness in Singapore.
To Calm the Pig Inside
Ang Pagpakalma sa Unos
To Calm the Pig Inside
Ang Pagpakalma sa Unos
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[Singapore Premiere]
Myths and memories meet in this contemplation of a typhoon’s devastation on a seaside city.
True Mothers
朝が来る
True Mothers
朝が来る
A subtle yet electrifying mystery drama that sensitively deconstructs the ideal of a nuclear family.
Veins of the World
Die Adern der Welt
Veins of the World
Die Adern der Welt
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
A young boy must decide between supporting his family or honoring his father’s traditions in this gentle and uplifting Mongolian drama.
Watermelon Please
Watermelon Please
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[World Premiere]
How does one change after having stared death in the face? In this hand-drawn animated short, a man’s love for watermelon becomes the catalyst for introspection.
Wife of A Spy
スパイの妻
Wife of A Spy
スパイの妻
After stumbling across an alarming national secret, a Japanese businessman and his wife embark on a treacherous journey to bring this discovery to light.
Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine
Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino
Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine
Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino
[Southeast Asian Premiere]
In this poetic, magic-realist film, a portal is a chance for connections—but only if we embrace the unknown.
Yellow Cat
Zheltaya Koshka
Yellow Cat
Zheltaya Koshka
Q&A with filmmaker(s)
[World Premiere]
A girl and a gun may be all you need to make movies, but it takes a lot more to open a cinema in the Kazakh steppes, it seems.
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