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In this compelling documentary, members of the Thai youth soccer team tell their stories of getting trapped in Tham Luang Cave in 2018 — and surviving.

The loss of biodiversity is highly alarming: our planet is currently experiencing the greatest extinction since the age of the dinosaurs. This film documents the extinction of species currently happening around the world. But it also highlights hopeful initiatives as committed men and women on every continent fight to save endangered species and work towards improving biodiversity.

With only a photograph and a name, a group of passionate puzzle players have been trying without success to answer the question: "Who is this man?" Finding Satoshi is a playful documentary that finally solves the 14 year mystery.

Purple colors the city of Los Angeles, as BTS brings their "Permission to Dance" concert to SoFi Stadium for the first time in two years. In a stadium radiating anticipation and cheer, splendid performances from "On" to "Permission to Dance" glorify the stage that now comes to life on screen. Be united once again by the power of music.

A girl named Ban Hee-Soo who records the NewJeans members as they are dancing and playing around as friends usually do in her video recorder. As the music video goes on, we'll see that Ban Hee-Soo starts noticing a boy while she was recording NewJeans. She seems to have a little interest in him and so does he. There is a lot more to this.

Since 2017, the cognitive ability of Yin's grandma began to deteriorate. Since then, Yin has become one of the caregivers in her family, taking care of her granny's diet, health and emotion. Before the epidemic, every summer, granny would return to her hometown in Xiamen in the mainland China to gather with her sons and other relatives there. During granny's visit to her hometown, Yin would take this opportunity to get some rest and do her own business. However, after the outbreak, Yin's granny has not returned to Xiamen for more than two years. Now she stays at home almost every day. Her cognitive decline seems to become more serious, and she is more eager to keep her family members close to her, especially Yin.

The documentary portrayed one of the most established dance companies in Hong Kong which has a history of over four decades. With a tradition of blending Chinese dance and ballet together in the training, the dance company has set sail to re-evaluate its artistic essence by adapting new physical disciplines and philosophy, picking up different cultural traces, meditation and Chinese martial arts. Through monologues of the company members, the film unveiled their fears, self-doubts, and findings in their quest to refine their dance forms and express their cultural roots. It's an uncertain journey towards the cultivation of inner peace and the essence of movement and stillness.

A documentary showing the seven-year history of MAMAMOO, one of South Korea's most famous and powerful girl groups, from their debut to global triumph, culminating in their world tour.

Although the Chinese government promised that Hong Kong would retain separate status until 2047, in recent years the Chinese state has consolidated its power over the metropolis. Large-scale protests by the populace have been brutally suppressed. This mix of documentary, fiction, and visions of the future reveals the current state of desolate depression among the people of Hong Kong. “A desperate attempt to capture the final moments of a sinking island”, as maker Chan Tze-woon himself puts it.

IU officially bids farewell to her 20s and welcomes her 30s with her "IU Documentary 'Pieces: 29th Winter'". Artist IU, Ordinary Lee Ji Eun. The top soloist gathers pieces of memories and remarkable moments of her 13-year journey as a singer-songwriter. Through the past undisclosed clips and IU’s most honest thoughts that were not publicized on purpose, and the stories of those who have seen IU closest, we meet her twenties and the pieces in between.

Drama, heritage, soul; Actor Toma Ikuta trains for his first kabuki theater performance with his long-time friend, kabuki actor Matsuya Onoe.

On July 28, 2021, the long-awaited CD debut of Naniwa Danshi was announced at Yokohama Arena during the #Naniwa Danshi Shika Katan tour, the group's first and last arena tour as Kansai Johnny's Jrs. Relive the happy, teary moment when the members were surprised with the news of their debut, not to mention their energetic performances, in this live release. "Naniwa Danshi National Championship #Oreshika Katsutan" digest is included as bonus video.

Follow LEE Je-hoon, an actor who continuously strives to make breakthroughs in his performance, as he ventures his past, potential and future visions.

Amidst the protests for freedom in Hong Kong, a domestic worker plans to break free and run wild, towards her dreams of independence, romantic love, and true motherhood.

Anzai, Mutoh, Hamada, Hagiwara, and Miru are in a car headed to a love hotel used by the Sugiyama Clan for money laundering. This one night only gang succeed in robbing them blind and though they were supposed to go their separate ways after splitting the money, the five end up being hunt down by a detective hired by the clan and clan members themselves. An ending nobody ever even dreamed of.

A young photographer wanders through the city as Taiwan is preparing for the presidential election. Constantly questioning his talent as an artist, he suffers from the uncertainty facing his future as he is about to turn 30 - a watershed age in one's life according to traditional Taiwanese culture. His accidental encounter with an ex-girlfriend propels him to reconsider his past, present and future in the river of time.

The 3rd ASTROAD to Seoul 'STARGAZER' is ASTRO’s first concert in over three years. Each member is filled with excitement and anticipation at the thought of reuniting with AROHA, but preparing for a live concert amidst busy schedules doesn’t prove easy. Like a dark night sky kissed by starlight, will ASTRO chase away the darkness and greet the welcoming wave of AROHA violet? Intimate interviews and an honest look behind-the-scenes are captured alongside ASTRO’S concert performance in

Hong Kong started and flourished as a fishing port in the past, and its people have long been committed to worshipping ancient deities for their blessings. With over a hundred Tin Hau temples (Goddess of Sea) in Hong Kong, there are three on Lamma Island alone, located respectively in Sok Kwu Wan, Luk Chau and Yung Shue Wan. The film documents the states of Tin Hau temples on the island and beyond, as an attempt to contextualise the everyday practice of the fishing community, islanders and city dwellers visiting the temples.

On February 20, 2022, the closing ceremony of the 24th Winter Olympic Games was held at the Beijing National Stadium.

Features powerful performances, in-depth interviews with the 13 members, and commentaries on their past, present, and future they will create with CARATs.

The life of the epoch-making master of martial arts cinema, King Hu.

Jonasz studies insects and fishes, Signe leaves and herbs. After a day spent in gardens and libraries, they meet, take the train and leave the city, pitching their tent on the shores of a lake. As they read, eat fruit, wander the forest and swim in the cold water, the outside world feels further and further away. A stranger appears and a trio is formed. But there are also other trios, other lakes, different places, different times.

The Opening Ceremony of the XIII Paralympic Winter Games, held in Beijing, China at 4 March 2022.

The ninth opus of his Walker Films series, which was shot at Centre Pompidou.

Last year, my mother used her mobile phone to read the news every day to earn gold coins. The gold coins earned at the end of the day could be withdrawn for a few cents. She started to get pain in her wrists from using her cell phone too much. I made a deal with her, asking her to shoot videos for me, and I would give her 1 yuan for each video. Starting from June 30, she would send me videos every week. Until today, she has sent 165 videos, and The materials I shot were edited together to form a book from two places... About the Author Dai Xu, male, born in 1995, is from Yunnan. Graduated from Hebei University, worked in documentary media and short video companies, and now is a bookstore clerk. In 2021, I will film my own life with my mother. The new film "A Book from Two Places" comes from the material shot by myself and my mother.

The No. 6 People’s hospital is one of the largest hospital in Shanghai. Through a range of crossed stories, of weakened lives, this is a portrait of China today that stands out.

The final act of BKPPproject from the I Told Sunset About You installments.

Hinata Sato, Moka Koizumi, Manatsu Murakami, Toruka Moriya, and Aina Aiba on location in Fukui! The long-awaited Fukui location for "Hinata Sato, Moeka Koizumi's Battle Dinosaur☆" will be released on Blu-ray! The show features battles and dinosaurs at sightseeing spots such as Tojinbo and the Dinosaur Museum, and the audience enjoys Fukui Prefecture to the fullest. Manatsu Murakami and Toruka Moriya of DIALOGUE+, who have appeared on the show before, and semi-regular(?) Aina Aiba, who is good friends with the two of them, also make guest appearances.

The brand-new film features high-energy performances with the seven members captured during their second solo concert, NCT DREAM TOUR "THE DREAM SHOW 2 : In A DREAM", at the iconic Olympic Stadium, the largest stadium in South Korea and the dream venue for music artists. This unmissable event also includes behind-the-scenes footage, exclusive backstage interviews, and a look at the future the members envision away from the stage!

Documentary about the Buddhist nun Setouchi Jakucho, who continued writing until her death in November 2021 at the age of 99. Features words of wisdom and personal revelations in never-seen-before footage captured by Nakamura Yu over a 17-year period. Setouchi Jakucho achieved undisputed acclaim as a feminist author with numerous semi-autobiographical novels based on personal experiences, including affairs and elopement. The film shows her attitude of fully embracing life even after becoming a Buddhist nun at age 51, which earned her wide-spread popularity in Japan.

Skate Dreams, the first feature documentary about the rise of women’s skateboarding, profiles a group of women whose pursuit of self-expression, equality, and freedom have created an international movement on and off their skateboards. From their boycott of the X-Games, to their defiance of traditional skateboarding gatekeepers, through grueling worldwide skate competitions in the run up to the Olympics, Skate Dreams showcases the charismatic personalities, indomitable spirits and amazing talent of these trailblazing pioneers.

Brash and opinionated, Christine Choy is a documentarian, cinematographer, professor, and quintessential New Yorker whose films and teaching have influenced a generation of artists. In 1989 she started to film the leaders of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests who escaped to political exile following the June 4 massacre. Though Choy never finished that project, she now travels with the old footage to Taiwan, Maryland, and Paris in order to share it with the dissidents who have never been able to return home.

Gekijōban Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Orchestra Concert (劇場版 「少女☆歌劇 レヴュースタァライト」オーケストラコンサート; "Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight" the Movie Orchestra Concert) was a live concert event that took place on February 6, 2022 at Makuhari Messe Event Hall in Chiba, Tokyo.

Is Korea a democratic republic or a prosecution republic? Can you be confident that the blade of the prosecution is not aiming at you? Their hunt has begun. Following the coordinates thrown by the prosecution, the media gathers, and rumors circulate. Prosecutors wield a sword before the angry public. Who is the one being chased over there? Are you confident that you are not the one?

Confronting half of her mother’s life—her mother who had survived the Jeju April 3 Incident—the director tries to scoop out disappearing memories. A tale of family, which carries on from Dear Pyongyang, carving out the cruelty of history, and questioning the precarious existence of the nation-state.

As a child, Victor Starffin fled the Russian Revolution and settled in Japan, where he grew up to find success as a baseball superstar. However, he constantly battled to overcome many hardships such as poverty, xenophobia, and a world war. Starffin is survived by his two daughters who take us on a wild ride of shifting identities, international rivalries, tragic love, and one heck of a fastball.

Gong Hyo-jin, Korea's greatest rom-com queen Lee Chun-hee, an actor reborn as a furniture businessman Jeon Hye-jin, a housewife with 11 years of experience as a child actress Three people from different backgrounds with different intentions unite for the sake of the Earth! They attempt to live a carbon-free life at Jukdo, the only energy-independent island that's left! After discovering a lot of plastic bottles on the beach, they call the water bottle company and start inviting unexpected people to the island! Gong Hyo-jin X Lee Chun-hee X Jeon Hye-jin's Zero Carbon Project! How are they so sincere about the Earth?! (Source : Hancinema)

A documentary filmmaker captures the final days of the last standalone cinema in Thailand as former employees return to help close it down.

Fewer number of indigenous people in Taiwan still believe in Shamanism. Shamans bore responsibility for communicating with the spirit world, and relied on rituals to help others to avoid misfortune. However, both the suffering patient who wishes to have a ritual performed and the shaman performing the ritual have their own troubles. Can these wounded spirits find healing in beliefs?

The challenging daily routine of Ceará-born jockey Antonio Davielson and his family living in a foreign country on the other side of the planet.

A new interpretation of SEVENTEEN’s DK on the legend of King Arthur, ‘a hardworking genius vocalist’, DK’s own documentary of King Arthur! The ‘brilliant journey’, which you must see if you love DK, begins with a fresh start. Dubbed as the most perfectly prepared ‘Arthur’, DK went through an intense vocal training to become ‘Arthur’ in the musical with his innate singing ability. Besides his powerful vocals that are a given to be acknowledged by everyone, DK’s voice that has an appeal to make your heart ache will be part of the 2021 [XCALIBUR] live performance, providing the best spectacle. With DK, a member of SEVENTEEN who stood on stage as a confident leading musical actor, this documentary includes the journey of XCALIBUR that went by for three months, as well as the recording studio behind the scenes of the song ‘When Will We Learn’.

Of the president, by the president, for the President of the Republic of Korea. On March 9, 2022, the 20th presidential election begins again! A documentary ahead of the 'presidential election', Korea's best event which happens every five years. It contains honest, A to Z information about the 'President of the Republic of Korea' heard directly from politicians for the people.

Odoriko performances are intense, sometimes acrobatic choreographies, performed in sumptuous costumes—at least, until the costumes come off, because these dancers practice the Japanese form of striptease theater. The art was once popular, but is now seen only in a few clubs in the country. Filming on mini-DV tape, as if he is not actually in the room, director Yoichiro Okutani observes the unusual, traditional profession of the odoriko and the contrast with the modern, everyday questions the women struggle with.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, girls aged 12 to 16 began working at Pyeonghwa Market. Running sewing machines, they also study the Labor Standards Act under the tutelage of Jeon Taeil. On September 9, 1977, they were imprisoned fighting against the government that closed labor classes, shouting, “The next Jeon Taeil will be a woman!” Now the middle-aged girls recall the memories of the life of female workers, social contempt, and stigma. Watching the sunrise in the East Sea, they admire, ‘How fair it is because everybody can see it.’ Sewing Sisters rewrites the history of maledominated Korean labor struggles in the 1970s with news interviews of female workers belonging to the Cheonggye Clothes Union.

Acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa has been misunderstood. Despite his public perception an a perfectionist who would clash with anyone in his way, the real Kurosawa was actually a very gentle and soft-spoken director. This documentary depicts the human being Akira Kurosawa on the set of his masterpiece "Ran".

A documentary short about a B&B owner with right hand cut off.

The movie, which seemed likely to be a video study by a local researcher on comfort women in the military camp town, is becoming an increasingly fictional world, including visits by the dead, resulting in historical, fantastic and allegorical results.

The Chun Doo-hwan regime seized power in a coup d'etat, massacred peaceful protesters. People from all walks of life have been fighting the military dictatorship in their own way. And the story of reporter Lee Sang-ho, who has been covering for over 30 years, begins.

Zombie Land Saga LIVE ~3D Virtual Franchouchou Live & Illusion!!~ is a two-part event that took place in late October 2022 at Makuhari Messe. The first part consisted of a Franchouchou concert, with the seven zombie idols appearing as newly designed 3D virtual characters. The concert was carried out by several segments where most of the series' songs were sung and intermissions showed some magic tricks on the screen where the event was projected. As in the promotional image, they wore their idol costumes from the final episode of the show's second season, ZOMBIE LAND SAGA REVENGE. The second half of the event was a talk show with live appearances by Kaede Hondo (No.1/Sakura), Asami Tano (No.2/Saki), Risa Taneda (No.3/Ai), Maki Kawase (No.4/Junko), Rika Kinugawa (No.5/Yugiri), and Minami Tanaka (No.6/Lily). Where numerous questions were asked to the voice actresses about curiosities of the series.