Steel City Bloom(2023)

The Assassin(zh)

9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.

Drive My Car(ja)

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.

Sit With Me and Do Nothing for a While(en)

A woman meditates on her life in an 80-minute unbroken zoom shot.

The World Is Not Enough(cn)

The short film captures the memory of an apartment and its surroundings: a young adult man lives his daily life, a journalist interviews a retired novelist who grapples with the idea of the end of the world, and two young boys searching for portals. Three storylines intertwine as the film progresses.

LIGHTS(es)

A boy who finished school and spends time at home, between routine and sleep, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Un día de marzo(es)

I Gave Myself Depression for One Month(en)

A vlogger's bid for virality leads her to experiment with a depression-inducing pill, all while she grapples with the aftermath of her fractured relationships.

A Brighter Summer Day(zh)

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

Static(en)

A group of young people grapple with identity, guilt and mourning after learning of a close friend's death.

Pounds of Matter(en)

A kaleidoscopic perspective into one woman's experience with self-dissolution and urban alienation.

Filthy Rags(en)

A person attempts to rid their apartment of cat urine smell.

Grieve(en)

A man engulfed in the suffocating grip of loss finds his life fragmented. Struggling to navigate through his emotional fog, his mother suggests a retreat to her cabin – but an ancient entity that thrives on sorrow has taken root. The New England winter punctuates this love letter to creeping horror and slow cinema.

A Haunting of Past Ink(en)

A person receives old entries from their diary, unsure of who is sending them. They eventually arrive at a moment of transcendence.

Breadcrumb Trail(en)

A person performs routine tasks and relaxing activities to fight a troubling zeitgeist.

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles(fr)

A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores and takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. Slowly, her ritualized daily routines begin to fall apart.

Weeknights(en)

Three guys working the graveyard shift around a deserted urban college campus try to make it through a long and lonely night on the job.

I Did Nothing Today...Nothing at All(en)

A thoughtful and meditative coming of age film that follows a meandering young adult. He, while on a call with a friend, realizes that it is the end of summer. Over the last few days of summer he struggles to face the nothingness of his future.

The Days Left(en)

A man loses a close person in his life, and is forced to experience the consequences.

The Turin Horse(hu)

A monumental windstorm and an abused horse's refusal to work or eat signal the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter.

Morning as a Mayfly(en)

After a night of heavy drinking a young man has a dream where an angel tells him the world will end if he doesn't make a sacrifice.