now available: wong kar-wai’s filmography 🇭🇰
the cinema of karwai is a dance of light and shadow, where vibrant colors meet melancholy. his poetic stories explore love and loneliness, revealing the human soul in all its complexity and beauty.
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now available: satoshi kon's filmography 🇯🇵
“satoshi kon, a visionary, a master creator and an inspiration to all who enter and consume the prolific world of anime”
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guys!! today the 100th film was posted, and I'm really happy about it. with that in mind, I created a website where you can check out the complete asian film files catalog. each film has its own link, making access easier from now on. please enjoy it!
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now available: soulmate (2023), directed by min yong keun 🇰🇷
the film is a coming-of-age story where two friends first meet at 13 years old and spend the course of 14 years remaining close and sharing experiences in both friendship and romance.
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now available: manila in the claws of light (1975), directed by lino brocka 🇵🇭
a fisherman searches for his missing girlfriend in the city, confronting death, corruption, and civil unrest while working a low-wage job.
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now available: rookie (2023), directed by samantha lee 🇵🇭
a tall, awkward teen relocates to a new town and must join her new all-girl catholic high school's volleyball team. everything shifts when she develops feelings for the team captain.
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now available: billie & emma (2018), directed by samantha lee 🇵🇭
billie, a teenage rock star, moves to the province and meets emma, a model and almost the perfect example of a good daughter. together, they go through the experience of first love.
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20th century nostalgia (1997), directed by masato hara 🇯🇵
a young student thinks an alien spirit has possessed him to study humanity's downfall. he replicates the alien spirit in a girl and they document japanese society with video cameras.
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now available: my broken mariko (2022), directed by yuki tanada 🇯🇵
After the friend she protected since childhood dies by suicide, Tomoyo goes to great lengths to help her one last time — and to say goodbye.
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now available: cleaners (2019) directed by glenn barit 🇵🇭
different students from a high school cleaners group each deal with different pressures of being clean and pure while also discovering that the world is dirty and superficial to begin with.
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now avaliable: ode to nothing (2018), directed by dwein ruedas baltazar 🇵🇭
sonya, an old maid, is about to give up on herself until, one day, she meets a corpse in her family's embalming business that changes her life.
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now available: the handmaiden (2016), directed by park chanwook 🇰🇷
in 1930s korea, a swindler and a young woman pose as a japanese count and a handmaiden to seduce a japanese heiress and steal her fortune.
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now available: john denver trending (2019), directed by arden rod condez 🇵🇭
A fourteen-year-old farm boy’s life is suddenly upended when a video of him brutally attacking a classmate goes viral.
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i'm so sorry this is the only way we can watch your work 😓. since we're from brazil, there aren't many opportunities for us to watch asian movies on the big screen, or on streamings.
thank you for noticing us and being so kind ❤️
a filmmaker from Malaysia just asked me this morning, "how does a film get bootlegged?" i honestly don't know. it's his wish to have his films pirated. well, at least it already happened to my debut film. thanks? ahaha.
sige na nga, sa inyo na yan. kahit papano naka-roi na kmi.
linda linda linda (2005), directed by nobuhiro yamashita 🇯🇵
the film revolves around high school students who come together to form a band and perform "linda linda" at their school's festival, while facing personal challenges along the way.
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now available: ran (1985), directed by akira kurosawa · remastered 🇯🇵
in medieval japan, an old warlord retires, passing his empire to his three sons. but he doesn't realize how power will corrupt them, leading to betrayal among them... and him.
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now available: past lives (2023), directed by celine song 🇺🇲🇰🇷
nora and haesung were schoolmates in seoul. they lost touch when nora moved to canada. twelve years later, they reconnect online, and after another twelve years, they meet in new york.
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now available: love letter (1995), directed by shunji iwai 🇯🇵
the story is about a woman who writes a letter to her deceased lover and receives a response from another woman with the same name, unraveling a tale of love and loss.
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sympathy for lady vengeance (2005), directed by park chanwook 🇰🇷
after being wrongfully imprisoned for 13 yrs, a woman plots revenge against the man responsible. upon her release, she starts her elaborate plan but uncovers a horrifying truth
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now available: ritual (2000), directed by hideaki anno 🇯🇵
a disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young woman who has a ritual of repeating "tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. he tries to communicate with her through his video camera.
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now available: magnifico (2003), directed by maryo j. de los reyes 🇵🇭
despite academic struggles and a disadvantaged background, magnifico's generous spirit and boundless optimism empower him to aid both his family and the community.
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now avaliable: Insiang (1976), directed by lino brocka 🇵🇭
a story about the life of a young girl living with her mother in the slums of manila, which becomes unbearable when her mother’s young boyfriend moves in with them.
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now available: happy together (1997) directed by wong karwai 🇭🇰
the film portrays the tumultuous relationship of two gay men, ho po-wing and lai yiu-fai, as they travel from hong kong to argentina, exploring themes of love and identity.
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like grains of sand (1995), directed by ryosuke hashiguchi 🇯🇵
a coming-of-age story. shuji, a japanese teen, is falling in love with his friend hiroyuki, however, hiroyuki is attracted to kasane, the new girl in their class.
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now available: the breaking ice (2023), directed by anthony chen 🇸🇬
the film follows the blossoming relationship among three young adults in their twenties, set over a short few days in the winter snow.
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now available: chungking express (1994), directed by wong karwai 🇭🇰
two melancholic hong kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents.
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now available: the time to live and the time to die (1985), directed by hou hsiao-hsien 🇹🇼
a family moves from china to taiwan, creating a generation gap as ah-ha, a young boy, navigates maturity amidst changing traditions.
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now available: die tomorrow (2017), directed by nawapol thamrongrattanarit 🇹🇭
A collection of short stories from across the country of Thailand about the last days of various people's lives inspired by newspaper headlines.
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now available: we made a beautiful bouquet (2021), directed by nobuhiro doi 🇯🇵
a man and woman miss the last train in tokyo, become acquainted, and embark on a 5-year romance, which develops, blossoms, and cycles through its phases.
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blue gate crossing (2002), directed by yee chinyen 🇹🇼
chen is obsessed with her classmate shihao but is too shy to confess. she asks her best friend, kerou, to help, but shihao ends up falling for kerou, who is uncertain about her feelings.
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now available: the dream songs (2022), directed by cho hyunchul 🇰🇷
semi, after a strange dream on the eve of her school trip, visits haeun to convey long-hidden feelings. yet, despite her overflowing heart, their bond keeps fracturing.
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now available: happy old year (2019), directed by nawapol thamrongrattanarit 🇹🇭
while decluttering her home, a woman’s hefty house renovation leads her back to the past when she uncovers her ex-boyfriend’s belongings.
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now available: miao miao (2008), directed by hsiao-tse cheng 🇹🇼
a teenage girl develops an attraction to a female friend, who falls for the owner of a music store.
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now available: farewell my concubine (1992), directed by chen kaige 🇨🇳
from the twenties to the seventies, from the Warlord era to the communist cultural revolution, the story of two actors and a concubine in the fifty years that changed china.
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now available: the decaying · nabubulok (2017), directed by sonny calvento 🇵🇭
a woman disappears in a small town, triggering a series of disturbing events that shock the residents as they prepare to celebrate a festival.
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nana (2005), directed by kentaro otani 🇯🇵
two twenty-year-old girls, both named nana, meet on a night train to tokyo and become friends. one is a pop rock singer with dreams of stardom, while the other wants to support her boyfriend.nd.
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sila sila (2019), directed by giancarlo abrahan 🇵🇭
a ghost story about a man whose breakups tend to be messy and traumatic not only for him but also for the receiving end
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now available: before, now & then · nana (2022) directed by kamila andini 🇮🇩
a woman's second marriage offers fleeting comfort amidst patriarchal norms and infidelity. She allies with her husband's mistress in pursuit of freedom.
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now available: microhabitat (2017) directed by jeon go-woon 🇰🇷
miso trades her home for cigarettes and whiskey amid financial strains. couch-surfing with friends, she confronts life's hurdles, prompting a reassessment of her decisions and values.
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now available: your name engraved herein (2020), directed by liu guanghui 🇨🇳 🇹🇼
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma
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joyland (2022), directed by saim sadiq 🇵🇰
as a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.
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now available: house of hummingbird (2018) directed by kim bora 🇰🇷
eunhee seeks sweetness in life amid neglect from her parents and abuse from her brother. she escapes by roaming with her bff, embarking on adventures, and experiencing young love.
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now available: this is my country · bayan ko (1984) directed by lino brocka 🇵🇭
a laborer gets money for his wife's pregnancy from his boss on the condition that he will not join the union.
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ma' rosa (2016), directed by brillante mendoza 🇵🇭
rosa, a mother of four, runs a small store in manila. to survive, she and her husband engage in selling narcotics. when they're arrested, their children attempt to free them from corrupt police.
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in the absence of the sun ‘selamat pagi, malam’ (2014), directed by lucky kuswandi 🇮🇩
a tender, melancholic night is experienced through the eyes of three women as they struggle to find themselves in this ever-changing jungle of jakarta.
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tokyo story (1953) directed by yasujirō ozu 🇯🇵
the film depicts an elderly couple's tokyo visit, revealing emotional gaps with their children. It explores aging, family dynamics, and fleeting connections, offering poignant reflections on life
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the boys from fengkuei (1983), directed by hou hsiao-hsien 🇹🇼
three friends from a coastal town embrace city life, facing challenges while cherishing friendship and youth. this tale encapsulates the essence of coming of age and forging one's path.
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now available: the vertical ray of the sun (2000), directed by tran anh hung 🇻🇳
on their mother's death anniversary, three close siblings gather at the eldest sister's café. despite their openness, each harbors a concealed secret.
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now available: swing girls (2004) directed by shinobu yaguchi
a tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school’s brass band.
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now available: isa pa, with feelings (2019), directed by prime cruz 🇵🇭
a frustrated architect finds solace with a deaf neighbor. but their relationship is faced with challenges as miscommunications kicked in.
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now available: poetry (2010), directed by lee chang-dong 🇰🇷
mija, 60, battles alzheimer's while attending a poetry class. when her grandson is implicated in a heinous crime, her poetry becomes her refuge from shame.
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gie (2005), directed by riri riza 🇮🇩
gie was a central yet unknown activist/writer who lived in Indonesia in the sixties. his life was a clash between the high drama of national political events and the small world of friendship and romance.
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the flower girl (1972), directed by hak pak and choe Ik-gyu 🇰🇵
koppun, a girl living under japanese occupation, sells flowers on the street to help care for her sick mother and her little sister, who was blinded by a landlord's wife.
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now available: comrades, almost a love story (1996), directed by peter chan 🇭🇰
jun comes to hong kong to make money for marriage. be befriends qiao, and their friendship turns into love, but they face obstacles to being together.
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children of heaven (1997), directed by majid majidi 🇮🇷
after a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. when he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.
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now available: burning (2018), directed by lee chang-dong 🇰🇷
an aspiring writer goes to the airport to pick up a high school friend returning from a trip to africa but is disheartened to see her with another man.
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bad genius (2017), directed by n. poonpiriya 🇹🇭
this amazing thriller tells the story of lynn, a brilliant student, who, after helping her friends get the grades they need, develops the idea of starting a much larger exam-cheating business.
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now available: kids return (1996) directed by takeshi kitano 🇯🇵
shinji and masaru, school troublemakers, pursue different paths after dropping out: shinji becomes a boxer, while masaru joins the yakuza. tough realities await them.
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now available: guang (2018), directed by quek shio chuan 🇲🇾
the film tells the story of an autistic young man with a hidden musical talent who struggles to find a job, and his relationship with his brother.
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now available: SoulMate (2016), directed by derek tsang 🇨🇳
the movie covers two decades, using flashbacks from when qiyue and ansheng were thirteen, depicting their unbreakable bond disrupted by a boy, causing significant life changes.
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now avaliable: mary is happy, mary is happy (2013), directed by nawapol thamrongrattanarit 🇹🇭
a lively title for a whimsical film about mary's amusing adventures in her senior year of high school. a twitter-inspired comedy.
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now avaliable: on the beach at night alone (2017), directed by hong sang soo 🇰🇷
the movie follows actress younghee navigating love and loneliness, reflecting on a past affair with a married director during her introspective journey in germany.
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now available: bleak night (2011), directed by yoon sung-hyun 🇰🇷
the film is a south korean drama that follows the aftermath of a high school student's suicide and the impact it has on his friends and father as they search for answers.
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now avaliable: a bride for rip van winkle (2016), directed by shunji iwai 🇯🇵
nanami is an apathetic, part-time junior high school teacher, whose only solace comes from connecting with others on "planet".
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tampopo (1985), directed by jūzō Itami 🇯🇵
in this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker horo who rides into town like a modern shane to help tampopo set up the perfect fast-food noodle restaurant.
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now available: chess of the wind (1976) directed by mohammad reza aslani 🇮🇷
in a candlelit mansion in 1920s tehran, a murder mystery unfolds as heirs vie for control of their recently deceased matriarch's fortune, culminating in a fierce final act
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now available: tropical fish (1995) directed by chen yu-hsun 🇹🇼
young boy, ahjiang, a school failure and day dreamer witnesses the kidnapping of a child. after being taken hostage by a corrupt family, he begins an unusual adventure away from home.
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grave of the fireflies (1988), directed by Isao takahata 🇯🇵
after their mother dies following an air raid, a young brother and sister in japan at the height of world war II struggle to survive and protect one another in an abandoned shelter.
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the other side of the mountain (2012) directed by in hak jang 🇰🇵
during the korean war, a north korean nurse and a south korean soldier fall in love, facing lifelong consequences, separation, and pain, yet holding onto hope for a reunion.
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now available: I am belmaya (2021), directed by sue carpenter 🇳🇵
a revolutionary tale of a young nepali woman’s determination to challenge social norms and transcend the life she was born into, through documentary filmmaking.
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now available: oldboy (2003), directed by park chanwook · remastered 🇰🇷
"oldboy" is a south korean thriller about oh dae-su, imprisoned for 15 years without knowing why. upon release, he seeks revenge and uncovers a twisted conspiracy.
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now avaliable: millennium mambo (2001), directed by hou hsiao-hsien 🇹🇼
a young woman's romances with two different young men at the dawn of the 3rd millennium is recalled 10 years later.
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now avaliable: perfect days (2023) directed by wim wenders 🇯🇵
hirayama, a tokyo toilet cleaner passionate about music, books, and photography, sees his simple life unravel with unexpected encounters revealing his mysterious past.
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now available: the monk and the gun (2023), directed by pawo choyning dorji 🇧🇹
an american seeks a prized antique rifle in bhutan and encounters a young monk on a mission of redemption amidst the tranquil mountains.
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now available: transfer student (alt: i are you, you am me), directed by nobuhiko obayashi 🇯🇵
9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple and through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched.
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now available: sakuran (2006), directed by mika ninagawa 🇯🇵
a young girl is sold into a red-light district brothel and tries to adapt to life as a courtesan - but she wants to be free
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buddha mountain (2010), directed by li yu 🇨🇳
this film tracks three youths avoiding exams and university aspirations, plus a grieving retired chinese opera singer. It delves into themes of teenage rebellion and life's impermanence.
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now available: I saw the devil (2010), directed by kim jee woon 🇰🇷
the film is about a special agent seeking revenge on a psychopath who killed his fiancée, leading to a brutal pursuit and exploration of vengeance and morality.
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now avaliable: wheel of fortune and fantasy (2021), directed by ryusuke hamaguchi 🇯🇵
unexpected love, a thwarted seduction, and a misunderstanding shape the stories of three women, intertwining their choices and regrets in three distinct movements
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now available: josée, the tiger and the fish (2003), directed by isshin inudo
An employee in a mahjong parlour runs across a young woman, who is unable to walk, in a baby carriage. They become friends and he begins to feel enamoured with her.
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now available: the seen and unseen · sekala niskala (2018), directed by kamila andini 🇮🇩
a young girl seeks out imaginative ways to cope with the death of her twin brother.
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now available: heart attack (2015) directed by nawapol thamrongrattanarit 🇹🇭
a diligent freelancer falls for a doctor amidst worsening circumstances, seeking a way to transcend his troubles.
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now avaliable: like someone in love (2012), directed by abbas kiarostami 🇯🇵🇫🇷
a tokyo-based prostitute, her client, and her academic boyfriend navigate complex relationships, revealing the transient nature of human connections.
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now available: four sisters (1985), directed by nobuhiko obayashi
Four sisters are living together since childhood. When facing misfortune and grievances in lives, they give support and encouragement to each other.
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now avaliable: farha (2021), directed by darin j. sallam 🇯🇴
a 14-year-old girl in 1948 palestine watches from a locked cellar as catastrophe consumes her home.
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now avaliable: the scent of green papaya (1993), directed by tran ahn hung 🇻🇳
Mui starts working as a maid at a very young age. Years later, she is employed under a young pianist who soon finds himself growing fond of Mui, more than he should.
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turtles can fly (2004), directed by bahman ghobadi 🇮🇷🇮🇶
this latest film from Iranian kurdish director ghobadi immerses us in the life of a Turkish/Iraqi border refugee camp, where scrambling hordes of orphaned children await the US invasion.
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now avaliable: what's up with Cinta? (2002), directed by rudy soedjarwo 🇮🇩
a popular high school girl strains her relationship with her close-knit clique when she begins falling for a reclusive, lower-class schoolmate.
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now available: the seen and unseen · sekala niskala (2018), directed by kamila andini 🇮🇩
a young girl seeks out imaginative ways to cope with the death of her twin brother.
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a city of sadness (1989), directed by hou hsiao-hsien 🇹🇼
the story delves into the personal and societal challenges faced by the lin brothers and their community against the backdrop of taiwan's complex historical transitions between 1945 and 1987
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