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- DirectorMing ZhangStarsJiamei FengJiawen LiXinran LiFour people go to remote mountains in Hubei province to survey exterior views for a new movie. They get lost in the mountain and have to face darkness and daze of themselves.
- DirectorPeng Fei SongStarsZe YingWenjie LuoFuyu ZhaoThe lives of three people entwine in Beijing's Underground City.
- DirectorShumin LiuStarsShoufang DengLijie LiuXiaomin LiuLiu and Deng are a couple both in their 70s who have been married for nearly half a century and lived in a small inland city of China. The family of Liu and Deng is a typical ordinary family of China. The eldest daughter Liqin, divorced with a teenage son, lives with them. The second daughter Xiaomin and youngest son Xujun live in far away cities, married and with their own families. They are also too busy to visit the parents, therefore the old couple decide to travel a long way to visit them. It will be a special journey where they will do everything they can to keep the family tied together despite the distance, being the family their sole purpose in life.
- DirectorAnqi JuStarsXianbo HouIn all its simplicity, a completely unique film, shot more than 10 years ago and only now edited. A poet sets off on a 'business trip' through inhospitable Xinjiang. The physically exhausting trip provides an existential brothel visit, bumping on bad roads and a glimpse of a disappearing world, but also 16 melancholy poems.
- DirectorHongqi LiStarsJinfeng BaiLei BaoHui WangAn ordinary village in Northern China, the last day of the winter vacation. Four idle, aimless adolescents gather at Zhou Zhixin's home, a friend who lives with his father, brother and nephew. Like most contemporary teenagers, these youths want to enjoy their last day of holiday and simply hang out in this place where nothing ever seems likely to happen. Their conversations are desultory and they sometimes seem to argue for argument's sake. One of them, Laowu, talks frankly with his girlfriend about how teenage love might affect their studies, while Laobao questions school's value and relevance to real life.
- DirectorPimpaka TowiraStarsHeen SasithornAukrit PornsumpunsukYosawat SitiwongLaila sets out on a road trip to Pattani, one of the three southernmost Thai provinces, to visit her long-lost aunt. Her brother and his friend are tagging along. The three take off from Bangkok during a time when the capital is going through radical conflict. Being from the city has prevented them from realizing much about the violent outbreaks that have been occurring around Pattani for many years. Meeting a suspicious soldier sent to fight the insurgents, the four head together to find Laila's aunt, where the route is leading them to discover a land stranger than that they are familiar with.
- DirectorAnocha SuwichakornpongStarsVisra Vichit-VadakanArak AmornsupasiriAchtara SuwanIn 1970, She was student activist, a waitress who keeps changing her job, now a film director. All lives loosely connected to each others.
- DirectorKim HiorthøyStarsNatalie PressTindra Hillestad PackPavle HeidlerWhen 10 year old Storm's father disappears, and her mother dwells into making instruction films with an eastern European guru, she has to decide which rules the world has to come down to, not to completely become a chaos.
- DirectorJonás TruebaStarsRenata AntonanteFrancesco CarrilVahina GiocanteVito, Luis and Francesco are three Spanish friends around thirty who travel by van to Paris for no apparent reason, just looking for a reunion with their respective ancient, idyllic and yet ephemeral love affairs, perhaps with the only mission of surprising themselves and continue to still feel alive.
- DirectorKoreyoshi KuraharaStarsKô NishimuraNobuo KanekoMari ShirakiA bank manager is blackmailed into robbing his own bank.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuKoreyoshi KuraharaStarsBunta SugawaraKeiko MatsuzakaKôichi SatôThe story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner.
- DirectorKoreyoshi KuraharaStarsNobuo NakamuraRuriko AsaokaAkira YamanouchiEtsuko, after her husbands death, moves in with her in-laws. With ambivalence, she finds herself sexually involved with her father-in-law. She then finds herself desiring young gardener Saburo, who has a relationship with the maid Miyo.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsPerry DizonRoeder CamanagHazel OrencioThe Philippines, 1972. Mysterious things are happening in a remote barrio. Wails are heard from the forest, cows are hacked to death, a man is found bleeding to death at the crossroad and houses are burned. Ferdinand E. Marcos announces Proclamation No. 1081 putting the entire country under Martial Law.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsAngeli BayaniPerry DizonRoeder CamanagThree people engage in a strange therapy to get away from their agonies.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsYul ServoJoel TorreGloria DiazA Filipino teenager is shot to death on a New Jersey, USA sidewalk: an investigation starts and his family and friends are interviewed. Along the way, more about him is revealed and so is more about the Filipino community in America in general, including the destructive effect of the drug "shabu" on its youth. The detective who handles the case also has his own personal demons to settle with his violent past.
- DirectorJi HuangStarsYixiang HuangXiaolin LiuPingao XiaoSet in her home village in rural Hunan province, Egg and Stone is a powerful autobiographical portrait of a 14-year-old girl's attempts to come to terms with her emerging sexual maturity.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsGerald MadridMarcus MadrigalMarco SalvadorFour high-school friends hatch a plan for a farcical heist that sends them spiraling into a series of surreal events littered with clowns, fast food, and 'rakenrol', in an even more absurd nation of squalor and entertainment.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsKlaudia KoronelJoel TorreElizabeth OropesaA priest estranged from the holy vows marries Clara and starts raising a family. After several incidents, he becomes wracked with melancholia and wanders aimlessly, unable to come to terms with his personal truths.
- DirectorShûji TerayamaStarsEimei SasakiMasahiro SaitoYukiko KobayashiAn angst-ridden teen dealing with his dysfunctional family hits the streets. The story is inter-cut with various psychedelic, energetic vignettes.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsKim Tae-wooUhm Ji-wonGo Hyun-jungDelightfully comic exploration of the emotional and social geography of an art-house film director.
- DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsNobuko OtowaAnriNoboru MatsuhashiThe relationship between a rich young student and his lower class friend changes when they start to live both at a guest house. Both will be attracted towards Iko, the beautiful daughter of their landlady.
- DirectorNaoko OgigamiStarsKazuyuki AsanoHôshi IshidaMasaki MiuraIn a small town on the countryside, every young boy is forced to have the same bowl-head haircut known as the "Yoshino-gari" hairstyle. Then one day, a drastic change occurs when a transfer student with bleached hair comes from Tokyo.
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsRena KomineTadanobu AsanoKotomi KyônoBus conductor Tomiko falls in love with driver Niitaka, even though she also suspects him of being a serial killer who killed his female conductors after tiring of them.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsShinji AoyamaShirô AtamiShingo IchizawaIn future Japan, a dangerous pollen falls upon Tokyo, endangering its populace. Two people volunteer to become tests subject for a drug that could possibly provide a cure.
- DirectorDaisuke ShimoteStarsDaisuke IijimaHikari KajiwaraAiri KidoThree young people in Tokyo. Kuro is a girl working a part-time job at a bakery. Eito is a photographer. Gou is a theater director. These three individuals meet by coincidence and, as a means to escape reality, begin living together at a deserted inn near the sea.
- DirectorKanji NakajimaStarsMitsuhiro OikawaEri IshidaHiromi NagasakuThe Clone Returns Home is a compelling meditation on the paradox of life and death, and the meaning of love and family. Set in an imaginary - yet utterly imaginable - future, this quietly provocative film skillfully transposes complex emotional drama into the realm of science fiction by exploring the influence of technology on human memory and experience. Filled with stunning imagery and haunting stillness, The Clone Returns Home deftly combines subtly nuanced sci-fi with a uniquely Japanese perspective on the universal themes of family, life, love, and death.
- DirectorKhavnStarsDido de la PazKhavnDaniel PalisaWhen a bank heist goes wrong, the boss of a merciless children's gang is sentenced to jail. After he reunites with the surviving gang members 20 years later, they soon start to disappear one by one.
- DirectorKhavnStarsDante PerezChris PasturanRaye LuceroWhat can a family do if someone disappears in a dictatorship? You can't go to the police for help or information. Many families were affected in this way by the cruelty of the Marcos dictatorship (1972-1986). The film shows one of them as an example of paradise lost.
- DirectorYi ChangStarsHui-Shan YangHsiang-Ping HuLi-Chun LeeThis film tells of a woman's never-ending struggle to keep herself and her family fed and clothed.
- DirectorToon WangStarsChun-Fang ChangPo-Chou ChangSheng-Li ChoChronicles the last days of Japanese rule in a Taiwanese village, in a quasi-comical style.
- DirectorToon WangStarsShih ChangKai-Chun ChenLung Fang"Door Latch" and his friend followed the KMT army and moved to Taiwan in 1949. They conceal their real name and get many trials and afflictions to adapt the circumstances in that special situation. Yueh-Shiang is a classic traditional woman from China country. For requiting the graciousness of being saved by Door Latch, she becomes Door Latch's wife. She suffers hardship to raise and teach their children without any complains. Door Latch wasn't well educated and can hardly read. However, he uses Yueh-Shiang's late husband's name and diploma to get himself a job. Even though there are a lot of embarrassing situations and he suffers many difficulties, Door Latch survives. Door Latch also looks after his old pal Lee Der-Sherng when Lee loses his mind. However, the KMT government released the restriction to visit Mainland China. They are able to visit their parents and relatives there. Their son finds "their" parents, but bigger secrets will unfold.
- DirectorToon WangStarsJen Chang-binXianmei ChenPin-Yuan HuangSet in 1920s Taiwan under Japanese rule, two men join the Chiu-Fen gold rush hoping for riches, while a widow struggles and a prostitute yearns for freedom. A mine collapse traps miners as the widow leaves town.
- DirectorToon WangStarsShu TaoChun ShihChuan WangIn 1949, the Communists take over mainland. The refugees and the military arrive in the Keelung Harbor in Taiwan. While the father holds secret meetings with other generals in attempt to recover the lost land, the kids still play games with their grandma who still enjoys the harmony and peace in hardship. Gradually, it seems that there was no hope to fight back the fatherland. The general turned father has to run a small business to support the family. He encounters a series of struggles. And finally his kids grow up.
- DirectorToon WangStarsJu-Feng MaEmily Y. ChangBing-Chen TengBandits trying to survive at the end of the Tang Dynasty.
- DirectorToon WangStarsAlan TamKuan-Chen HuLin HsiangTaiwanese film about the dark days of the Cultural Revolution and the young people who were destroyed by it, centered on a group of students who perform Nikolai Gogol's play The Inspector General.
- DirectorEric KotStarsCalvin ChoiTakeshi KaneshiroVincent KokDirector Eric Kot discusses the process of developing a love story, playing with various probabilities, and highlighting character feelings. These monologues are intercut with dramatizations of his evolving narrative.
- DirectorHsiao-Hsien HouChuang-Hsiang TsengJen WanStarsBor-Jeng ChenLi-Yin YangKuo-Feng TsengThree vignettes from three different directors that tell stories of ordinary people during Taiwan's Cold War period.
- DirectorTakis KanellopoulosStarsAimilia PittaFaidon GeorgitsisTakis EmmanuelThe experiences and suffering of a band of Greek soldiers during the 1939-45 war.
- DirectorTakis KanellopoulosStarsAntigoni DoudoumiSpyros FokasKostas LahasThe brief love story that Sonia lived in the summer with her teacher, an older man and married, in the 60's.
- DirectorDominga SotomayorStarsDemian HernándezAntar MachadoMagdalena TótoroDuring the summer of 1990 in Chile, people begin to feel a growing sense of freedom and three teenagers face their first loves and fears.