FILMeX Competition
The World of Love
South Korea / 2025 / 119min /
Director：YOON Ga-eun
The 17-year-old high school girl protagonist of Yoon Ga-eun’s latest film is cheerful and fearless. Some careless words spoken in anger spark an uproar at school, and an anonymous letter she receives is only the start of the breakdown of her once calm daily existence. A delicately depicted story about a young girl confronting a past she’d rather forget, as she tries to regain a semblance of normality.
Girl
Taiwan / 2025 / 125min /
Director：SHU Qi
Introverted girl Xiaoli’s encounter with free-spirited classmate Lili marks the beginning of her liberation from a repressive life, and her search for her own path. As she grows, she finds herself caught in a struggle between the sorrow she has inherited from her mother, and her passionate longing for freedom.
Lucky Lu
US, Canada / 2025 / 103min /
Director：Lloyd Lee CHOI
Renowned Taiwanese actor Chang Chen plays Lu, a Chinese delivery worker. Separated for many years from his wife and daughter, he has been earning money to pay the apartment deposit so they can start a new life together, when his electric bike—his means of livelihood—is stolen, along with the deposit. Driven by the hope to reunite with his family, he works fiercely to recover both his bike and the money.
Dry Leaf
Germany, Georgia / 2025 / 186min /
Director：Alexandre KOBERIDZE
In the countryside of Georgia, Irakli searches for signs of his daughter Lisa who has suddenly vanished. Accompanying him on this journey is Lisa’s friend Levani, who for reasons unknown is invisible. Wandering the region seeking leads, they encounter all kinds of landscapes and strangers.
Amoeba
Singapore, the Netherlands, France, Spain, South Korea / 2025 / 99min /
Director：TAN Siyou
Xin Yu, who has transferred to an elite Singapore girls school finds kindred spirits in three outsiders. Exasperated by the school’s hierarchy and strict rules, the four form a gang as a testament to their friendship, filming their mischief and rebellious acts on video. When the school confiscates their camcorder, their footage faces exposure, putting both their friendship and their futures to the test—just as they are on the verge of entering the real world.
Left-Handed Girl
US, UK, France, Taiwan / 2025 / 108min /
Director：TSOU Shih-Ching
A single mother and her two daughters start a noodle stall at a Taipei night market to rebuild their life. The older daughter is rebellious yet carries worry and unease about the future; the younger daughter feels guilt about her dominant left hand which was called a "devil hand" by her grandfather. A human drama of two girls facing unique struggles and temptation, while floundering to maintain the family bond.
Inside Amir
Iran / 2025 / 103min /
Director：Amir AZIZI
Tehran youth Amir is on the verge of emigrating to Italy, to reunite with his partner Tara and start a new life. Amir’s beloved bicycle is both a tool to earn a living from deliveries and a gateway to enjoying riding with friends. Cherishing each moment with his beloved friends, Amir contemplates time spent with Tara, silently facing the question of “to leave or to stay.”
Cactus Pears
India, UK, Canada / 2025 / 112min /
Director：Rohan Parashuram KANAWADE
When his father dies, Mumbai youth Anand returns to his hometown in western India to observe a traditional mourning ceremony. While facing pressure from local traditions and relatives twisting his arm to get married soon, Anand reunites with childhood friend Balya, who faces the same pressure from his family. As the two spend time together, a secret bond grows between them. After the 10th day of mourning, where will this bond take them?
THE SITE
France, Luxembourg / 2025 / 92min /
Director：HATA Akihiro
Vincent works the night shifts on the large-scale futuristic development site ‘Grand Ciel’. When a worker goes missing, Vincent and his colleagues suspect that their superiors are covering up an accident. As another worker goes missing, the workers unite to solve the mystery.
NUMB
Japan / 2025 / 118min /
Director：UCHIYAMA Takuya
In a coastal town by the Sea of Japan, a tyrannical father has rendered his son mute. Now the boy lives with his mother, but she is barely home working in the nightlife industry. Without a place to belong, the boy decides to go to his birthplace to search for his father. This action changes the course of his life.