Asian cinema

4 films
Travel to Asian countries
  • Happy Ending

    dir. Élodie Yung
    fab2022

    A secret from the past combined with the drudgery of everyday life in the company of sweating machos and patronising managers may turn out to be an explosive mixture worthy of Park Chan-wook’s cinema of vengeance and passion. But the film was made by young debutante Élodie Yung, who invites us to a massage parlour where a young immigrant from Cambodia offers her services.

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      Online edition of the 63rd KFF
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      From 2 to 18.06KFF VOD
  • Like Wave Like Cloud (Lànghuā xiàng shì yī duǒ yún)

    dir. Yulin Yang
    fab2023

    Two feet meet in the depth of an ocean. The next wave opens up a new chance for a wonderful surfer’s slide, you just need to let water and energy carry you without much thinking. Isn’t it also a recipe for a successful partnership? Somewhere at the end of the world, a relationship between two women is put to the test.

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      Online edition of the 63rd KFF
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      From 2 to 18.06KFF VOD
  • Onlookers

    dir. Kimi Takesue
    dok2023

    Onlookers offers a visually striking, immersive meditation on travel and tourism in Laos, reflecting on how we all live as observers. Traversing the country's dusty roads and tranquil rivers, we watch as elaborate painterly tableaus unfold, revealing the whimsical and at times disruptive interweaving of locals and foreigners in rest and play. Onlookers invites audiences to reflect on their own modes of tourism, while asking the looming existential questions: Why do we travel? What do we seek?

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  • Our Pain

    dir. Shunsaku Hayashi
    anim2023

    A visual attempt to capture the essence of pain, a universal phenomenon experienced individually by each person. The animation presents the phenomenon from a variety of perspectives – as physical suffering and emotional pain. Image deformation and jagged narration make the viewer feel anxiety and discomfort, too.

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      Online edition of the 63rd KFF
    • VOD
      From 2 to 18.06KFF VOD