LEAFF 2024
OFFICIAL SELECTION
strangers when we meet
Dir. Zhang Guoli | China | 2024 | 108 mins | 18
Saturday October 26, 20:30
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The film is based on the true story of “The Murder Girl Wearing a Wedding Dress.” After serving a 30-year sentence, QIN starts a new life with a government compensation of 1.5 million yuan for land expropriation. Being in his middle age, QIN only wishes to marry, have children, and live a stable and peaceful life. However, his life takes a complete turn when the 24-year-old girl, Chang Juan, enters his life. QIN realizes that Chang Juan, who shares the same fate as a wanderer, carries hidden secrets within her.
the chronicles of libidoists
Dir. Yang Ya-che | Taiwan | 2024 | 105 mins | 18
Sunday October 27, 20:30
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Four individuals, adrift in their pursuit of sexual gratification, find themselves inextricably linked by a shared longing for a deeper, purer connection that transcends carnal desires.
the clinic
Dir. Midi Z | Taiwan, Myanmar | 2024 | 87 mins | 18
Tuesday October 29, 20:30
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A matter-of-fact yet mesmerizing portrait of a couple who are both artists and doctors. They try to alleviate the collective trauma of their damaged country in their own unique way in a shabby clinic in Yangon, Myanmar.
high forces
Dir. Oxide Pang | Hong Kong and Mainland China | 2024 | 115 mins | 18
Friday November 1, 20:30
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Gao Haojun, an international security expert, is hijacked by gunmen on the first flight of A380 airliner, and his blind daughter is one of the undercover hostages, a fact that he doesn't know.
cloud
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan | 2024 | 123 mins | 18
Saturday November 2, 18:00
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Yoshii, a young man who resells goods online, finds himself at the center of a series of mysterious events that put his life at risk.
viet and nam
Dir. Minh Quy Truong | Philippines, France, Singapore, Italy, Germany, Vietnam | 2024 | 129 mins | 18
Sunday November 3, 15:00
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In the underground coal mines, Nam and Viet, young miners, face danger and darkness. One prepares to leave for a new life, but they must find Nam's father's remains, a soldier lost in a faraway forest, retracing the past through memories.