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Evoking the fantastical eroticism and unapologetic camp of James Bidgood’s queer classic Pink Narcissus, British auteur Peter Strickland packs kitsch erotics with intense emotion into this saucy, shimmering short. A potent merger of desire and memory that is most definitely NSFW!Read More »
2020s
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Peter Strickland – Blank Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp) (2022)
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Robert Hloz – Bod obnovy AKA Restore Point (2023)
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Set in central Europe during 2041, a female detective investigates the case of a murdered couple where a restoration team is able to bring one of them back to life.Read More » -
Kar-Wai Wong & Ronald Zee – Fan hua AKA Blossoms Shanghai (2023)
Kar-Wai Wong2021-2030ChinaDramaRomanceRonald ZeeQuote:
Set against the backdrop of massive economic growth in the 1990s, the story follows A Bao, a self-made millionaire and his journey from being a young opportunist with a troubled past to accumulating dazzling wealth in the city of Shanghai. It also follows his entanglement with four women who represent the pursuits of his life: adventure, honour, love and innocence.Read More » -
Philippe Garrel – Le Grand Chariot AKA The Plough (2023)
Philippe Garrel2021-2030DramaFranceThree siblings, a father and a grandmother run a business in the form of a travelling puppet show. When the father dies, the remaining family members try to keep his legacy alive.Read More »
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Topel Lee – Tayuan (2023)
2021-2030DramaPhilippinesTopel LeeElla meets Rico, a bus conductor, on her way to work. Even after finding out that Rico is married, she still pursues him. As their affair turns to adoration, it becomes harder for them to let go.Read More »
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Chloé Robichaud – Les Jours Heureux AKA Days Of Happiness (2023)
2021-2030CanadaChloé RobichaudDramaIn order to unlock the future she has dreamed of, a young up-and-coming orchestra conductor must learn to harness her past and long-repressed emotions.
Emma, a talented rising star on the Montreal stage, has a complicated relationship with her father, and agent, Patrick. Aware she is not reaching her full potential, she must decide if she is willing to do what it takes to succeed by facing her past and tapping into her emotions. If saving her career wasn’t enough pressure, she must also save a budding romantic relationship with Naëlle, a newly separated cellist and mother of a young boy.Read More »
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Víctor Erice – Cerrar los ojos AKA Close Your Eyes (2023)
2021-2030DramaSpainVictor EriceA Spanish actor disappears during the filming of a movie. Although his body is never found, the police conclude that he has suffered an accident at the edge of a cliff. Many years later, the mystery returns to the present day.Read More »
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Celine Song – Past Lives (2023)
2021-2030Celine SongDramaRomanceUSANora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
4 wins, 8 nominations.Read More »
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Bing Wang – Youth (Spring) (2023)
Bing Wang2021-2030DocumentaryFranceSynopsis:
Liming is a worker district close to Shanghai – the richest city in China. Every year, many young people leave their villages and move there. They are between 17 and 20, all from rural Yunnan province, 2,500 km west, where the Yangtze River has its source. These young Yunnaneses often live at their place of work, in dormitories, unsanitary rooms, or sometimes in small studios. Time and space to meet is missing them. So, they communicate through QQ, MSN China. They live as adults but they are teenagers.Read More »