The Power of Expression: The Minamata Producer Speaks

Feature-length documentary by directors Kataoka Nozomi and Inoue Minoru of Kiraigo - Town Where Ogres and Buddha Live. Interweaves interviews and film excerpts to create a contemporary rendition of the filmmaking methods…

Mitsuaki Iwago's World "Cats" Travelogue

9.0

Mitsuaki Iwago embarks on a journey around the world to film cats for the first time.

Mabuigumi

On his first visit to New Caledonia, Miki meets the elder Kana Obry, who has been searching for word about his father ever since war tore him from the family some sixty years ago. When Miki returns to Okinawa he uses…

Jung Il Woo, My Friend

Born in the United States, Jung Il Woo (Jesuit Father John Vincent Daly until his 1998 naturalization as a Korean citizen) lived in Korea since the 1960s and advocated for the poor until his death in 2014. He set an…

Face Taiwan

30 years after the Taiwanese New Wave first emerged, the veterans such as Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming Liang remain active in their careers. Ten of Edward Yang’s former assistants have become directors. The filmmakers…

Onna ni Naru

Documentary that captures the genuine emotional state of a college student with Gender Identity Disorder who undergoes sex reassignment surgery. Miyu has dreamed of becoming a female since early childhood and undergoes…

The World’s “Top” Theater

Sakata, a merchant town that is half the adage “Sakai in the west, Sakata in the east,” was home to the Green House—a cinema dubbed “the world’s most deluxe theater.” It all but disappeared from popular…

Old Marine Boy

8.2

The story of a father and husband whose unwavering love and devotion for his wife and two children lead him to work hard after they escape from North Korea with nothing. He works hard as a deep-sea diver to feed his…

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Where Is Your Hometown?

The story of Koreans stranded in Russia after the war who dream of being buried back home.