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A showcase of eight new international works that present strong attitudes of personal, social and political consequences. As filmmakers convey their truths, we hope audiences will also find their own standpoint as they bear witness to a myriad of experiences.

Featured Films

Myanmar Diaries

Following Myanmar’s military coup in 2021, locals resist and negotiate life in a regime of terror.

Myanmar Film Collective Netherlands, Myanmar, Norway 70 mins M18 (Mature Content) Southeast Asian Premiere

A House Made of Splinters

A sobering window into the little lives and high hopes of three children seeking refuge at a temporary shelter in eastern Ukraine.

Simon LERENG WILMONT Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine 87 mins PG13 (Some Coarse Language) Asian Premiere

Jiseok

A stirring tribute to the late Busan International Film Festival co-founder, director and prominent champion of Asian cinema, Kim Ji-seok.

KIM Young-jo South Korea 116 mins PG Southeast Asian Premiere

I Didn’t See You There

A disabled filmmaker confronts the harmful legacy of freak shows in this poetic and incisive documentary.

Reid DAVENPORT USA 76 mins PG13 (Some Coarse Language) Asian Premiere

We Don’t Dance For Nothing

In a parallel to the 2019 Hong Kong protests, a young Filipino domestic worker dreams of escaping her suffocating reality in the city.

Stefanos TAI Hong Kong, Philippines 86 mins NC16 (Some Coarse Language) Singapore Premiere

The Eclipse

A forceful work of personal geography that makes visible the former Yugoslavia’s traumatic breakup.

Nataša URBAN Norway 110 mins NC16 (Some Coarse Language) Southeast Asian Premiere

Geographies of Solitude

A timeless portrait of Sable Island through a poetic immersion into its ecosystem.

Jacquelyn MILLS Canada 103 mins PG (Some Disturbing Scenes) Southeast Asian Premiere

How to Save a Dead Friend

A couple find solace in each other amid an alienating existence where hope at times feels out of reach as despair threatens to overwhelm.

Marusya SYROECHKOVSKAYA Sweden, Norway, France, Germany 103 mins NC16 (Some Drug Use and Mature Content) Southeast Asian Premiere