AMIKO

Dir. Morii Yusuke | Japan | 2022 | 104 mins | U

Monday October 23, 18:30
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Amiko isn’t like other children. Her endless energy makes her an outcast at school and gets her in trouble at home. When a painful family loss disrupts her seemingly idyllic seaside life, her sense of isolation intensifies, yet it doesn’t stop Amiko from inviting people into her world.

Coo-coo 043

Dir. Chan Ching-Lin | Taiwan | 2022 | 135 mins | 12

Saturday October 21, 11:00
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In Taiwanese filmmaker Ching-lin Chan’s bracing feature debut, a pigeon returns after seven years, reopening a family’s old wounds and festering resentments in a town enmeshed in the illegal pigeon racing circuit.

the CORD OF LIFe

Dir. Sixue Qiao | China | 2022 | 96 mins | 12

Saturday October 28, 9:30
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Alus is a Mongolian electronic musician confused about what he wants in life. He also cannot bear to see his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, living like a captive in his brother’s city apartment, so he decides to take her back to the grassland in search of the home she yearns for. As his mother’s condition worsens Alus tries to stop her from getting lost by tying his mother to him with a rope. The rope is like an umbilical cord that reconnects him to his mother’s thoughts, his hometown and his native culture.

DAY OFF

+ Q&A with Director Fu Tien-yu

Dir. Fu Tien-yu | Taiwan | 2023 | 106 mins | 12

Saturday October 21, 18:00
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For forty years A-Rui has been running a barbershop, a small place where she has seen happiness and sorrow, ebb and flow. Faced with all the troubles in her life, A-Rui fully commits to her work and defeat is never an option for her, but her children never appreciate it and treat her profession with disdain. One day, A-Rui receives a phone call from the family of an old regular client who moved far away a long time ago. The family asks A-Rui if she would be willing to travel to cut the hair for the bedridden old man.

double thomas

Dir. Yang Tianshuo | China | 2023 | 81 mins | 18

Sunday October 22, 9:30
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The story is about the daily life of a female student who was isolated in Britain during the epidemic. When she was troubled by chaotic desires and imagination, she met a Chinese boy who lost his mother, and two lonely souls embraced each other in cyberspace. Double Thomas is a bold attempt of externalising the internal perception of studying abroad with diverse media forms and it attempts to summon two different cities in an internal space through the medium of the senses.

GAGA

Dir. Laha Mebow | Taiwan | 2022 | 112 mins | 12

Thursday October 19, 17:00
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The Hayung family inhabit the highlands of Taiwan along with other indigenous Atayal people. Held in high esteem by the community, they make a steady living from agriculture and tourism, while the men sometimes have too much to drink. Even when their days are met by ruptures like an elder’s death or land surveys, their faiths—a syncretic mix of their Gaga belief system and Christianity—appear to prevail.

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+ Q&A with Director Kim Chang-hoon, Actor Hong Xa-bin

Dir. Kim Chang-hoon | Korea | 2023 | 133 mins | 18

Saturday October 28, 17:30
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Yeon-gyu is a teenage boy who wants to escape his hometown where violence is commonly enacted among neighbors. He only hopes to have a peaceful life with his mother. However, the world never allows him to have a dream nor hope for life. When Yeon-gyu needs a hand from grown-ups, Chi-geon, a thug of the town, offers a favor. The simple favor leads Yeon-gyu to explore the world of Chi-geon. It ironically results Yeon-gyu gradually falling into Chi-geon’s life. Grasping a hope to run away from where he is, he struggles between the border. Can he escape from the town at the end?

IRON MASK

Dir. Kim Sung-hwan | Korea | 2023 | 100 mins | 15

Saturday October 28, 15:00
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Jae-woo, who was selected in the survival process to enter the final entry of the national kendo team, meets Tae-su there, who killed his older brother when he was young. He faces Tae-su as a competitor but Tae-su is invincible. Seeing Tae-su in peace and not being able to outdo him constantly suffocates Jae-woo. He becomes agitated as the training comes to an end and his feelings in his deepest mind starts to burst out.

KISSING THE GROUND YOU WALKED ON

Dir. Heng Fai Hong | Macao | 2023 | 93 mins | 15

Sunday October 22, 11:00
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Chou, a writer who has not written for years, is looking for a tenant to share a spare room in his house. One day, an actor called Chiang comes to rent the room. His clear and innocent eyes have evoked the writer's interest. Chou finds out that the daily life of Chiang is a performance in itself, he begins to refer to the new tenant as the blueprint of his novel.

STAND UP STORY

+ Q&A with Director Au Cheuk Man, Ng Siu-hin

Dir. Au Cheuk Man | Hong Kong, China | 2023 | 105 mins | 12

Sunday October 22, 12:00
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From a young age, Mancer had always known that his father Wah is different from other adults; he speaks illogically, he has slow comprehension and he’s quite easily deceived. After growing up, Mancer finally understood that Wah is intellectually disabled. After his mother ran away from home, Mancer was forced to become his father’s primary caregiver. By chance, Mancer joins a stand-up comedy competition for the prize money and becomes instantly hooked. He’s addicted to the joy he feels from making people laugh.