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In the year 2020, when the world was forced to ‘change’, I wanted to confirm what changed and what did not change in me. The white mask I wore became the screen projecting my past. My family is sometimes hurt, but support me as I suffer from schizophrenia. We live today while looking for the answer to ‘Who are we?’

2021 release

37st entry in the film series "「Iru.」~ Kowasugiru Tōkō Eizō 13-hon ~".

A time of crisis with a pandemic raging––these are dark days. Nevertheless, on a special errand, a little girl resolves to get through a city filled with viruses, made worse by people’s indifference. The little girl’s special errand is bringing her mother a magical rose. Her mother is courageously working in a hospital on the frontline against the pandemic. As with the battle against the pandemic out in the world, her journey is bumpy and frustrating but hope is never lost.

Danbi writes a letter to her mother. The letter is bottled and floated into the sea. Danbi earnestly hopes that the letter will arrive to her mother... . Danbi has a dog that are her best friends. But her soul mate seems to hurt. Danbi is worried.

Three passionate Hong Kongers strive to disrupt the textile and recycling industries by innovating sustainable solutions to change mindsets and transition towards a circular economy before the landfills overflow.

What is real and what isn’t in a replicated city? Ella Raidel made this penetrating ghost-town film in contemporary China, interweaving actors and ordinary people, sets and footage of the city. Aren’t the real estate agents, construction workers and investors simply playing a game? What remains of reality in a world dominated by the vagaries of capitalism? A Pile of Ghosts is a mysterious puzzle where the dividing line between fact and fiction becomes increasingly blurred. In this strange world, subjected to speculation, it actually doesn’t seem to matter anymore.

Q has been sent a package containing a tape recording of strange voice messages that were left on a woman's answering machine around the 90s.

An abstract film.

Grandfather has suddenly passed away. The relatives gather at home for the viewing. The boy, Yuito, is unable to look at his grandfather's face because of his guilty conscience. Grandpa, I'm sorry. He takes a small step forward to say just one word to his grandfather.

Armed with only one word - Teset - and fighting for the survival of his test scores, Josh journeys through a twilight world of time travel on a mission to save his grades.

The quiet Eun-young, meets the lively and generous Jay in her drawing class. Jay not only appreciates Eun-young's artistic talent, she also invites her to her secret hideout whether they can play in a world free from other people. One Day, Eun-young can no longer find Jay, and the other students seem to not even know who Jay is….

A couple is kidnapped by a serial killer on their first anniversary. The killer forces the couple to play rock paper scissors until one is dead. As the game goes on, the couple criticizes and ridicules each other to survive out of the game.

40st entry in the film series "「Iru.」~ Kowasugiru Tōkō Eizō 13-hon ~".

Kim Kyu-hyun, who wandered around the world in his youth and lived for his own satisfaction, decides to live for the rest of his life following the will of his wife who passed away a few years ago. He then visited Nepal, a country near the Himalayas, five years ago. Nepal does not include education for the arts such as art and music in its formal curriculum. Here, he has been an honorary principal in nearby schools and teaches children pictures. His children and residents call him Kim Sir. Having entered Korea in early 2020 to renew his visa, he cannot return to Nepal due to COVID-19. Ten months later, he barely returns to Nepal to meet his children. While the teacher was away, the children soothed their longing with the drawings he taught them. Kim Sir heads to their home with pictures of children in nice frames. A bright picture drawn by children is hung on the wall of a poor earthen house. Hope hangs on the wall.

SWA: the ‘Self’ is metaphorically hidden in a multi layered 5 sheath formation of interlocking caves we lose touch with our true subtle selves, when we identify with a fluctuating mind and the multiplicity of a manifest reality the film explores a vision... to experience and merge with the Universal Absolute; is the culmination of Inner Spiritual Wealth we need to be at peace with ‘Wholeness’ thus in our lucid states of meditation... our consciousness experiences a joyful sharing of the same space as the ETERNAL INFINITE; an eternal infinite, that supports all mutations... the effortless sublime state of ‘Samadhi’ we are enlightened... as the film, elevates human consciousness

Two young teenagers who are bullied in school and at home, create a master illegal plan.

A film by Hirobumi Watanabe.

Japanese CGI fan film inspired by the Hideki Anno Shin series made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Godzilla vs. Hedorah.

The film is a continuous time-lapse with multiple exposures of the sunset from the same angle and position on 16mm film. The shoot was done in a span of 5 years. The title 13 is because the time-lapse has a 13-second interval per frame.

Six of Japan’s emerging design talents collaborate with six models with diverse personalities and bodies, some accompanied by wheelchairs and prosthetic limbs. The Quest: to push the limits of fashion as we know it.

A man awakens in hospital, tied to the bed, with no idea where he is. His nurse says she will make him comfortable, but what excatly does that mean?

An art teacher returns to her childhood home to mourn the passing of her grandmother. As she pieces together the fragmented memories of her youth she finds herself coming face-to-face with the problematic issue of her country’s fractured history. Through an artistic duty that this teacher gives to students, a performance art process that has lasted for more than 10 years, a representational portrait of the island’s collective memory begins to emerge; and in so doing, these young artists have initiated a process by which Taiwan, an island forgotten by the world and in the midst of forgetting itself, can now remember itself and construct a new postcolonial identity through art.

Why did you draw? How did you begin to draw? Why did you stop drawing? How did you go back to drawing? Will you keep drawing?

Ji-young, who dreamed of becoming a travel writer, works as a civil servant in the office while compromising with reality. She lives a boring everyday life. Then one day, she gets pickpocketed on her way to deposit money in the bank, and gets help from Hyuk-jin, who works as a petition police officer at the bank. After that day, they come across at cafes, restaurants, and bookstores around them. Ji-young and Hyuk-jin often encounter each other, and they feel strange feelings. Meanwhile, Ji-young sees the ex-lover who came to Hyuk-jin and becomes jealous and realizes that she loves Hyuk-jin. Ji-young gradually decides to become a travel writer in search of her true dream and confesses love to Hyuk-jin.

Playing with Minsu and living a newlywed life. However, it is a famous flower snake in the neighborhood. Rumors are rife that she has already left her husband and brought an affair into the house. Yeon-joo, who does not give in to rumors, confidently delivers when Min-soo leaves the house. Chan-hyeok, a delivery man who always comes to Yeon-joo's house. I fall into the temptation of Yeon-joo and enjoy sex whenever I have time. One day, Min-ah, not Yeon-joo, is at the house I visit. The true identity of Min-ah, whom she only thought was Yeon-joo's younger sister...?

Images pool and stories flow.

Killer Cashy must kill the person she loves most in order to become the godmother's successor.

My friend Emi came out in a dream. I was so surprised that I couldn't look her in the eyes.

Hong Kong. 2020. A young couple consider their future.

An animated short by Rapparu.

Veronica, a superstar canton-pop female singer, is facing her career downturn.She got insomnia as she is always anxious about her career will be replaced by someone from the north. A mysterious female figure named Vanda emerged, who is trying her best to be the substitution of Veronica.

Yeon and Ju-hwang are close friends who look at each other affectionately. Every night, Ju-hwang is repeatedly exposed to her father's domestic violence. However, Yeon is unaware that Ju-hwang is distressed and lost in fear because of the situation. One fine day, Yeon is left shocked when she finds a self-inflicting Ju-hwang in their secret hideaway. Yeon tries to stop Ju-hwang from running away but fails. Its then that Yeon discovers a suicide note written by Ju-hwang at their secret space.

A bunny girl, who was having a mundane life, finds an ad on her phone that says they can make you ‘fall in love in a second.’ She gets curious and decides to try their free trial. Soon, just as she read in the ad, she bumps into a good-looking guy, and falls into a romantic relationship...

Suat-ah is a contrary and stubborn woman, One day, she suddenly left, and we lost her before we had time to say anything. Suat-ah is my mother. The son tried to reconstruct the documentary of his mother's memory figure in the non-existent reality, hoping that the memory and warmth of his mother could remain in this world.

Bella is a young transgender woman living in Bangkok. She is bright and beautiful and has a positive attitude towards life, no matter the hardships she’s been through. She mourns the death of her closest friend, a trans woman too, who could not cope with rejection and bullying and took her own life, but Bella does not let this tragedy change her optimism.

55th entry in the 'Sealed Video' franchise from the production team of 'Honto ni Atta. Noroi no Video'.

In the winter of 2019, Jungeun Lee recruited eight Korean queer women who have migrated to France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Jungeun Lee meets with them and hears their stories, and the six characters—Beer, Hanseo Oh, Jerry Ahn, Yeon, Yeonju Yoo, and Yogue—openly reveal themselves in front of the camera. The main topic is the overlapping identities of women, immigrants, and queers, and the experience of otherization resulting from those identities. Their confession seems to be summed up in a few keywords, but the 'better life' they think of extends in different directions.

Filmed during lockdown, Back to Back is a performance film about care centred around a phone conversation between a cleaning agency employee and a woman trying to empty a locked fridge. When the two women meet-up they engage in a strange dance through the streets of Seoul, locked together back-to-back in a movement of mutual support and dependence.

A woman’s boyfriend is missing but he returns as a vampire and then things get weird.

Xia Anan, the Flower Fairy Magic Messenger from Earth, accompanied by the arrogant young prince Kukuru, embarked on a mission to the edge of the World Sea—the legendary Flower Kingdom of Labelle Continent—to avert the crisis caused by the Dark Demon's invasion. However, at the same time, her arch-rival, the mysterious prince Tabas, returned to the side of the evil goddess, stealing all the flower fairy spirits Xia Anan had painstakingly gathered, and turning her three closest friends into dark witches. What was once beautiful has turned evil, and former friends have become enemies! In the face of disaster, it seems there is no hope of victory! So, what will be the outcome of this adventure?

Contemporary Japanese painting animation using painting materials such as mineral pigments, mud pigments and metallic foil. It sensuously depicts joy and anxiety, daily elusive emotions and the subtleties of interacting with people.

This animation film proves that a fascinating story can be told with simple means, provided the narrator's fantasy is without limits. The young artist lives in the wooden house at the city edge; among his neighbors are a dead yakuza, a quirky old custodian, and a lady with a son, who hides in boxes all the time. The trouble starts when the protagonist finds a naked girl called Otohime who says she is from the distant future. In 20,000 years, everything is dead on the planet after the nuclear war, but giant computers still produce content using genetically modified dinosaurs for aliens' entertainment...

Where do you go when you die? What were we born for? These are some of the questions that a teenage boy named Takeaki wrestles with as his mother Sayuri is hospitalised for a serious illness. Immature and frustrated, he lashes out with acts of destruction while locking himself in his shell. His turmoil is shared by his father, a taciturn and domineering man who hides his feelings, and sister Juri, who will bring a new life into the world in difficult circumstances. However, each person thinks only about themselves and the family falls apart as they struggle with the pain, loneliness, and meaning of living alone but it is through recognising the suffering of the mother and her overwhelming love for her family that a small change occurs in the heart of her husband which unlocks the rebirth of their family.

Yui has become estranged from her boyfriend, who doesn't even wish her happy birthday. Her friend Aya introduces a fortune teller said to be the real deal. What does destiny hold for them? This is a romantic comedy made during self-quarantine.

In the summer of 2025 of the ‘new normal era’, where gravity changes are the norm, an unlikely bond forms between a film nerd and a dancer as they contend with strange gravity powers. Shot entirely in a vertical frame, New Normal is a dystopian look at Singapore through a sci-fi fantasy lens.

Ming, travels to Hong Kong with her mother to search for her younger brother, Aki, who left home with dreams of becoming a star, only to discover that Aki has become a male prostitute. A-Ming gradually leaves her hometown and becomes close with the people living in the dormitory for staff at an abandoned pharmaceutical factory. Through her interactions with them, she develops an inseparable brotherly bond. However, cold-hearted authorities invade the crumbling temporary paradise built on the ruins.