Shenhze Zhu PRESENT.PERFECT United States, Hong Kong, 2019, 124' Weaving together footage filmed and broadcasted by little-known Chinese live-streaming anchors, who struggle with real-life face-to-face social interaction because of their identity, disability and social-economic status, this cinematic collage explores how individuals satisfy their cravings for human connection through virtual togetherness, ... Read More

Ai Weiwei THE REST Belgium, Netherlands, 2018, 78' Documentary about refugees who have arrived in Europe, the world’s bastion of human rights, but now live in limbo within a disintegrating humanitarian aid system. In recent years, these refugees fled war and persecution in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and other conflict-ridden countries in Africa, Central ... Read More

Ton van Zantvoort SCHAPENHELD Netherlands, 2018, 81' SHEEP HERO Ten years ago, director Ton van Zantvoort became friends with one of the last traditional shepherds in the Netherlands. He had a perfect life: a loving wife, a flock of sheep, and was living in nature as we all once did and often still long ... Read More

Anna Odell X&Y Sweden, Denmark, 2018, 113' In X&Y the model of society is even more reduced, basically to the size of a bedroom. As the title suggests, the manifestation of masculine and feminine under the sexual dynamic is central. Anna Odell and Mikael Persbrandt, play themselves. They act out their own public ... Read More

Brillante Mendoza ALPHA – THE RIGHT TO KILL Philippines, 2018, 94’ Set against the backdrop of the Philippines Government's crackdown on illegal drugs, a SWAT led police force launches an operation to arrest Abel, one of the biggest druglords in Manilla. Police Officer Espino and Elijah, a small-time pusher turned informant, ... Read More

Ash Mayfair THE THIRD WIFE Vietnam, 2018, 94' Entrapped in a cocoon of traditions, newly-wed May must realize that flying free will become at a high price. In 19th century rural Vietnam, 14-year-old May becomes the third wife of wealthy landowner Hung. Soon she learns that she can only gain ... Read More

Xing Jian WINTER AFTER WINTER China, 2019, 110' Winter after Winter, shot in black-and-white, is set during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. It is 1944 and the Japanese are searching for young men who can work as forced labour. In order to secure the bloodline, father Lao Si asks his youngest ... Read More