Emperor Visits the Hell

King of Comedy(cn)

Wan Tin-Sau is an actor who cannot seem to catch a break, since his only professional jobs are limited to being a movie extra. As well as being an actor, he is also the head of his village's community center.

Like Father and Son(zh)

Guoren travels the villages, selling goods of all kinds while he hunts for the man who stole the money for his son's care. Madou, one of the many abandoned children in the villages, hides in Guoren's truck so he can look for his father. A powerful but cathartic trip through rural China with a neorealist touch and non-professional actors who add authenticity to the story, prompting spontaneous laughter despite the challenging issues involved.

F3: Fun and Frustration(te)

Venky and Varun Yadav are ordinary guys with ordinary lives. Their struggle is all about money. One day they hear about a wealthy industrialist in Vijayanagaram who is looking for his heir. What happens when Venky, Varun and the gang arrive at his doorsteps pretending to be his heir.

+TIC Elder Sister Kurii Cha(ja)

The Playground Once Again(zh)

Jeet Kune Do(zh)

"Jeet Kune Do" tells the story of a Bruce Lee obsessed country bumpkin (Chen Tien-Xing) who practices Jeet Kune Do all day long, much to the dismay of his father (Bruce Leung), who had hoped his son would perfect the family's own martial art style, the Chen fist. Chen Tien-Xing travels to the city to enter a Jeet Kune Do competition. This experience makes him learn the true meaning and spirit of Jeet Kune Do.

The 100th Love with You(ja)

On July 27th, university student Aoi Hinata has an accident. When she wakes up, Aoi Hinata finds herself in a classroom from one week before the accident.

Rabbit(en)

Rabbit was shot in two days in a closed down part of Rikers Island. The short was selected this year in the U.S Narrative Short Competition of the Sundance Film Festival where it won the NHK award. She also got into the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, with the first version of her feature screenplay (penned by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold) and later into the Directors Lab. She is about to start prepping the film, and the production should start soon. The film is produced by the French production company Légende (La Vie en Rose).

Tragic Cabaret(es)

Young woman is sorta trapped into working as a bar-girl because of her unwitting complicity in a murder. Meanwhile, the tough broad who owns the bar faces problems of her own, mostly centered around a philandering boyfriend and an over-ambitious adopted daughter.

Making Family(ko)

An independent career woman who wants a family without a husband and a man who has no interest in a family of his own, one day go through something unexpected and become a family.

Together For Ever(lt)

The plot follows an ordinary woman whose family are becoming estranged. Her daughter is a compulsive liar, and her husband seeks escape by working as a stuntman in a B movie with a third-rate film company. The chances of him dying while filming are high, and everybody in the family knows it. Tormented by the thought that she is no longer needed and is unloved by her family, the woman will go to any extreme to prove the opposite, and to keep her family together for ever.

1985(en)

When an adventurous Hmong teen discovers a secret map to a mythical dragon, he and his three best friends decide to go on a quest that leads them on a journey filled with danger, excitement, and self-discovery.

Walking Street(ko)

Tae-seong (Baek Seong-hyeon), who dreamt of a fancy life as a martial arts fighter, goes to Thailand with his brother Tae-gi (Lee Si-gang) who has no hopes or dreams and causes trouble wherever he goes. On Working Street where there are drugs and prostitutes, they meet Jenna (Lee Song-i) and their lives turn upside down. Escape, roam and sex...the passion of youth erupts!

Final Scandal: Madam Likes It Hard(ja)

A lusty woman runs a dormitory and a pawn shop for needy male college students. The only payment she asks for is a little nightly servicing.

Fast Life(en)

A man is tried and convicted for the murder of a man who flirted with his wife., and sentenced to death However, it turns out that he is innocent of the murder and that the real killer has close ties to a powerful politician.

My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday(ja)

Takatoshi Minamiyama majors in art at an university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all his courage, he speaks to her. They begin to date and enjoy happy days together, but Emi reveals her secret to him.

Devil's Paradise(de)

At the start of the 20th century, a man lives in solitude on an island. One day on the mainland, he saves a young woman from some nasty folk and takes her with him to his island. Her former captors soon find the island as well.

Bagasje(no)

Demoni(en)

Three women, three stories, one film.

Bragas húmedas(es)

Caught by the Tides(zh)

Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.

The Young One(en)

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

Gigi & Nate(en)

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.

One Second(zh)

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.

Buddha Mountain(zh)

In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.

Hardball(en)

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

Pickpocket(zh)

A small town pickpocket whose friends have moved on to higher trades finds himself bitter and unable to adapt.

American Dreams in China(zh)

Three Chinese friends build a successful English language school to help Chinese teenagers fulfil their dreams.

Black Dog(zh)

On the edge of the Gobi desert in Northwest China, Lang returns to his hometown after being released from jail. While working for the local dog patrol team to clear the town of stray dogs before the Olympic Games, he strikes up an unlikely connection with a black dog. These two lonely souls embark on a journey together.

So Long, My Son(zh)

Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.

Tigertail(en)

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

What Time Is It There?(zh)

A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.

The Boys from Fengkuei(zh)

Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an apartment through relatives, and Ah-Ching is attracted to the girlfriend of a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city.

Come Sunday(en)

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

The Continent(zh)

Three men living in the Eastern most island of China go on a road trip to the Western most end of the country, and facing crises of love, friendship, and faith on their journey to the West.

Deep in the Heart(zh)

An unrecognizable, charred corpse discovered in a remote mountain village in China connects three local stories.

White Vengeance(zh)

White Vengeance tells the story of two brothers contending for supremacy during the fall of the Qin Dynasty, which ruled Imperial China from 221 to 206 BC. As rebels rose, the nation fell into chaos. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, became leaders of the rebellious army, and also became sworn brothers in battle.Xiang Yu and Liu Bang are close friends who both serve King Huai of Chu. King Huai uses a plot, saying that whoever can subvert the Qin kingdom in Guanzhong would be the Lord Qin, in order to benefit from the competition between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. Xiang Yu is over-confident. He fights against the main force of Qin army, and entrusts Liu Bang with Yu Ji, the woman he loves.Liu Bang expresses his love to Yu Ji and takes the chance to invade Guanzhong first when most of Qin army is outside fighting against Xiang Yu’s army.

Norman(en)

A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness.

One Week Friends(zh)

A high school student suffers from a strange amnesia, causing her memories to only last a week. After she befriends a new student, his kindness and persistence make her gradually open up.

Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains(zh)

In the Chinese town of Fuyang, four brothers go about their day-to-day lives, their destinies shaped by love and challenges.