Five Flavours Film Festival 2023
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- DirectorYusuke MoriiStarsKana ÔsawaArata IuraMachiko OnoAmiko isn't like other children. Her endless energy and curious eccentricities make her an outcast at school and get her in trouble at home. When a painful family loss disrupts her seemingly idyllic seaside life, her sense of isolation intensifies, yet it doesn't stop Amiko from inviting people into her world.
- DirectorMakbul MubarakStarsKevin ArdilovaArswendy Bening SwaraHaru SandraA young man working as a housekeeper in an empty mansion. When its owner returns to start his mayoral election campaign, the young man bonds with him and defends him when his campaign is vandalized, setting off a chain of violence.
- DirectorLay Jin OngStarsKang Ren WuJack TanKim Wang TanAbang and Adi are undocumented orphans in Malaysia. While the older brother, a deaf mute, has resigned himself to a life of poverty, his younger sibling burns with indignation. A brutal accident upsets their relationship's fragile balance.
- DirectorKing HuStarsPolly Ling-Feng Shang-KuanChun ShihYing BaiWhen the children of an executed General are pursued in 1457 China, some heroic martial arts swordsmen intervene.
- DirectorHae-Young LeeStarsSol Kyung-guLee HaneePark So-damAn action, spy film set in the backdrop of the Japanese colonial era.
- DirectorAnamika HaksarStarsRavindra SahuRaghubir YadavGopalanA testament of time written in Old Delhi, past and present plotted in its lanes. The narrative moves like a homeless migrant, changing space and structure with each unfolding event, living in the twilight between the real and the dream.
- DirectorNaoko OgigamiStarsTamae AndôNoriko EguchiAkira EmotoA repressed matriarch and unfortunately over-the-top circumstances - a disquieting earthquake, crushing debt, a dying ex-husband, a raging co-worker, and her son's girlfriend that take her to the brink.
- DirectorLaha MebowStarsKagaw PilingWilang LalinTing-li LinA widely-revered elder of an indigenous community in northeastern Taiwan, Hayung passes away in his sleep, leaving behind a family troubled with a land dispute and financial problems. His widow, two sons, and their loved ones must stick together to overcome whatever challenges lying ahead. Unplanned, one of Hayung's granddaughters gets pregnant with a baby boy, whom Hayung's widow decides to name after her late husband. What will become of Hayung's family through their struggles to finance a risky mayoral campaign, the stake of which is so high that Hayung's sons would resort to anything to win? What are the consequences of violating Ga Ga, the forgotten traditional tribal norms?
- DirectorTsai Ming-liangStarsKang-sheng LeeShiang-chyi ChenKiyonobu MitamuraOn a dark, wet night a historic and regal Chinese cinema sees its final film. Together with a small handful of souls they bid "Goodbye, Dragon Inn".
- DirectorAbhishek ShahStarsShraddha DangarJayesh MoreTejal PanchasaraA group of suppressed women from a village in Gujarat find someone in the desert and their lives are changed forever.
- DirectorPeter Ho-Sun ChanStarsMaggie CheungLeon LaiEric TsangTwo Chinese-mainlanders living in Hong Kong form a close friendship. Over the years this grows into love, but there are obstacles.
- DirectorJun LanaStarsKokoy De SantosSue PradoElora EspañoRelationship between a hard-working mother and her son is challenged when she invites one of her students to their home.
- DirectorNelson YeoStarsPeter YuKelvin HoDoreen TohThree middle aged individuals who are forced to confront their inner demons as a long buried love triangle between them resurfaces
- DirectorShahrukhkhan ChavadaStarsBilkish RefaiFahim ShaikhImtiyaz ShaikhAn unemployed Razzak wants to own an auto, and his daughter Ruba craves for a 100-rupee drink she cannot afford. An unexpected move threatens to alter their life.
- DirectorMabel CheungStarsChow Yun-FatCherie ChungDanny Bak-Keung ChanFilmed in New York, story of naive young woman from Hong Kong who goes to New York to study. Street-wise cabbie cousin takes care of her in the big city.
- DirectorKing HuHsing LeeChing-Jui PaiStarsHsueh-Fen PengHuo-Yen ChiangChun ShihThree people with their karma entwined meet in three different periods of Chinese history: Ming Dynasty China, early Republican China, and modern-day Taiwan.
- DirectorKing HuStarsChun ShihFeng HsuSylvia ChangA scholar, tasked to copy a sutra, meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains.
- DirectorHsiao-Hsien HouStarsShu QiJack KaoChun-hao TuanThe ethereally beautiful Vicky recalls her romances with Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.
- DirectorJunta YamaguchiStarsRiko FujitaniManami HonjôGôta IshidaOn a calm winter's day, a mountain inn becomes trapped in a time loop.
- DirectorKing HuStarsPei-Pei ChengHua YuehChih-Ching YangBandits kidnap a governor's son and demand their imprisoned leader to be set free in exchange. The governor's daughter, a skilled martial artist, is sent to rescue him, but eventually finds herself overmatched and in need of assistance.
- DirectorBui Thac ChuyênStarsHoang Le CongBao Ngoc Doling JulietPhuong Anh DaoRelationships between three women and their partners in a southern seaside village.
- DirectorLang WuStarsKang-sheng LeeMeng LiKe RenHan Jiangyu, who has been away from his hometown for ten years, returns to his hometown, trying to regain his old love with his former lover Su Hong. Han's old friend Chen Kai participated in the house purchase plan, so Han Jiangyu and Su Hong had to face their own problems and face the difficulties of life together.
- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsTeng ShenJackson YeeYi ZhangA pawn tries to get rid of a traitorous minister, Qin Hui, when he leads an army to the border for talks with a Jurchen mission.
- DirectorPa. RanjithStarsAryaPasupathyJohn KokkenWhen Sarpatta Parambarai is challenged to a do-or-die match, will Kabilan, a young labourer, put on the gloves himself and lead his clan to victory, or be dissuaded by his disapproving mother and dangerous politics?
- DirectorJoko AnwarStarsTara BasroEndy ArfianNasar AnnuzWhen the heavy storm hits, it wasn't the storm that a family should fear but the people and non-human entities who are out for them.
- DirectorLijo Jose PellisseryStarsKainakary ThankarajChemban Vinod JoseVinayakanSet in Chellanam, Kochi, the story of Ee. Ma. Yau revolves around the death of Vavachan Mesthiri in a coastal village. It showcases the events that unfold between two evenings and looks at death from different perspectives.
- DirectorWei ShujunStarsZishan YangMiyi HuangYang LiuFollows a big star who brings a film crew to her remote hometown for a shoot, and while the production is afflicted by disagreements between the crew, a bored local restaurant owner finds excitement to be the stand-in for the star.
- DirectorAnastasia TsangStarsSylvia ChangSimon YamHenick ChouDevastated by the loss of her skilled neon-sign-making husband, a wife decides to carry on his unfinished dream of making neon signs.
- DirectorJeong-Hong LeeStarsGi-hong ParkJoomin AhnJeon-gil KimGi Hong is a carpenter who makes his living by taking on small interior work. He has become close to the young landlord and his wife and spends more time hanging out with them. Meanwhile, small but strange things happen to Gi Hong.
- DirectorAdam WongStarsCherry NganBabyjohn ChoiLok Man YeungThe rise, fall, and rise again of a Hong Kong street dance crew.
- DirectorChihiro ItôStarsKentarô SakaguchiAsuka SaitôKôdai AsakaMysterious young man Miyama has the ability to sense the thoughts of other people. The secrets of his background linger emerge when he confronts the thoughts of Kusaka, his junior in high school, and the past that he ran away from.
- DirectorLawrence Kwan Chun KanStarsDavid ChiangJennifer YuPui-Yue BoPosing as the granddaughter of a private extended care-home patient, an investigative journalist uncovers a culture of abuse and corruption at the facility.
- DirectorChihiro ItôStarsSatoru IguchiFumika BabaYumi KawaiAn awkward and sensitive dentist who is troubled by love.
- DirectorLim Oh-JeongStarsOh Woo-riHyo-rin BangYi-ju JungNa-mi and Sun-woo plan suicide over school bullying. On verge of success, find tormentor Chae-lin has moved on. Decide on revenge first. Confront her but see a changed person, foiling their scheme.
- DirectorDominic SangmaStarsHandam R. MarakBalsrame A. SangmaCelestine K. SangmaSince the church foretold that an 80-day apocalyptic darkness would come, a community has lived in constant fear of kidnappers. A ten-year-old youngster who is night blind has never found the village to be more frightful.
- DirectorMasayuki SuzukiStarsTôma IkutaGaku HamadaKanna HashimotoTwo estranged brothers inherit a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other a struggling architect as lucrative real estate for condos.