Miss Baek (South Korea, 2018) [NYAFF Winter Showcase 2019]
Director Lee Ji-won’s first feature, Miss Baek, follows a child abuse survivor who comes out of the shadows to help an abused little girl. Women...
Pumpkin and Mayonnaise (Japan, 2017) [Japan Foundation Film Tour 2019]
Masanori Tominaga’s relationship drama Pumpin and Mayonnaise is a determinedly low-key affair that shows a fair amount of questionable behavior within its succinct 90 minute...
Her Love Boils Bathwater (Japan, 2016) [Japan Foundation Film Tour 2019]
Being nominated for a string of awards as a director’s sophomore feature is no easy feat, let alone winning most of them – all whilst...
My Friend ‘A’ (Japan, 2018) [Japan Foundation Film Tour 2019]
After sensitively refuting prejudice towards the porn industry with The Lowlife (2017), prolific veteran filmmaker Takahisa Zeze now turns his attention to the scorn that...
Blindly in Love (Japan, 2013) [Japan Foundation Film Tour 2019]
Blindly in Love is a sensitive, understated commentary on not only the relationship between a young couple, but also the relationship between parents and children—and...
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (Japan, 2017) [Japan Foundation Film Tour 2019]
Kamakura is one of the old capitals of Japan and the most magical place in the country according to Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura. In...
Nightshooters (UK, 2018)
In the bloody tradition of 1996’s From Dusk ‘Til Dawn (bank robbers vs. vampires!) and 2015’s Green Room (punks vs. neo-Nazis!), the British action-comedy Nightshooters...
An Ethnographic Exercise in Laos: An Analysis of The Rocket (Australia/Laos/Thailand, 2013)
Hailing from Australia, writer and director Kim Mordaunt rose to fame in 2013 with his first narrative feature, The Rocket. The film is set in...
Turtle Rock (China, 2017) [CVF/BFI Southbank Chinese New Year 2019]
The documentary Turtle Rock, set in the mountain village of Tuan Yu Yan, may be artist Xiao Xiao’s first venture into filmmaking (Wu Wenguang and...
Dreaming Murakami – 48-Hour Free Global Streaming Premiere
Festival favorite Dreaming Murakami will be released for worldwide streaming, free of charge, for 48 hours from 7pm (CET) on January 19th to 7pm (CET)...