Berlinale EFM 2021
Market Premiere
This Day is Over
Premiering at HKIFF 2021 (March)
In the mountains, girls are growing like wild flowers. An anonymous love letter shames them to the core. They decide to leave the mountains together, to look for their fathers, who work in far-off Shenzhen.
Premiering at HKIFF 2021 (March)
In the mountains, girls are growing like wild flowers. An anonymous love letter shames them to the core. They decide to leave the mountains together, to look for their fathers, who work in far-off Shenzhen.
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Death Knot directed by Cornelio Sunny
Post-production A mother's dying warning fails to keep her estranged children away from the homestead. Siblings Hari and Eka return to find that their mother's reputation as a witch precedes her. Based on rumors of seasonal suicides by hanging in rural Indonesia, Death Knot is rising star Cornelio Sunny's feature debut. |
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Survive directed by Trần Hữu Tấn
Post-production A fight between friends results in a hiker going rogue on one of the most dangerous treks in Vietnam. Against their guide's instructions, his friend goes after him, deep into the wilderness. For five days and five nights, he follows a familiar shadow, a beckoning voice, always just ahead of him... |
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Money Has Four Legs directed by Maung Sun A young director is funded to shoot a film based on his father's reputation. His producer is breathing down his neck about censorship; his actors would rather be live-streaming; his alcoholic brother-in-law breaks the camera. His rent is going up; his wife is losing hope. Money has four legs, and it's only ever running away from him. A comedy of errors which pays homage to Myanmar's rich history of cinema (and its struggle with censorship), Maung Sun's debut feature is bound to have you facepalming and laughing through the darkness. Busan International Film Festival 2020 Official Selection Production Country : Myanmar Production Year : 2020 Running Time : 98min Genre : Comedy, Thriller, Crime Production Company : Electronic Pictures Production |
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All the Things We Never Said directed by Yuya Ishii Ishii, known for Sawako Decides and The Tokyo Night Sky is the Densest shade of Blue, revisits the loneliness of modern urbanites at a slightly older note with higher stakes. Cast:
Territories available excluding Japan, Korea, and China. Release scheduled for Fall 2020. PIA Film Festival Opening Film, Busan Film Festival Kim Ji Seok Award Competition. Presented by The Hong Kong International Film Festival Collection |
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Me and the Cult Leader directed by Atsushsi Sakahara
In 1995, Aum Shinrikyo, a Tokyo-based Doomsday cult, conducted the largest terrorist attack in Japan’s history. 13 people were killed and 6000 people were injured as a result of Aum’s sarin gas attack perpetrated on three crowded Tokyo subway trains during rush hour on the morning of March 20, 1995. Director Atsushi Sakahara was on one of those cars and has suffered lifelong damage to his nervous system and effects of PTSD as a result. Twenty-years later, Atsushi faces the cult. Presented by The Hong Kong International Film Festival Collection |
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Drama Queen directed by Kay Nguyen
Duong (Huong Giang, Miss International Queen 2018) has never felt comfortable in their body until surprise circumstances force them to go into hiding. Suddenly, they are finally able to transition into the body she has always wanted. When her father becomes ill, she enrolls in a pageant hoping to win the cash prize for his hospital bills, unknowingly attracting undue attention from the goons who forced her into hiding in the first place. One of the few films from Asia featuring a trans-woman actor, Drama Queen is a marvelously fun gem full of surprises. In collaboration with Skyline Media in Vietnam for European territories |
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Goodbye Mother
Van returns home with his boyfriend, Ian, on the anniversary of his father's death. He's come to help move the tomb, come out to his mother, and introduce Ian to his family. Unable to find the right moment as his relatives bombard him with questions about his future, he finds out one night that his mother is seriously ill. In collaboration with Skyline Media in Vietnam for European territories |
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Two Blue Stripes - Gina Noer
Dara (Zara JKT48) and Bima are pregnant and trying to hide it until graduation. But once the secret is out, they find themselves subject to the many societal pressures and expectations. In this non-conventional teen pregnancy story, prolific screenwriter Gina S. Noer (POSESIF, BEBAS) tackles the divide between the old and the new, and the many ways families are made in her directorial debut |