Special Screening
THE SUN RISES ON US ALL
China / 2025 / 131min /
Director：CAI Shangjun
Former lovers Meiyun and Baoshu meet by chance in the hospital, returning to each other’s lives after a long separation. Meiyun is pregnant with the child of her fiancée, but when she learns Baoshu—recently released from prison and living in the same city—has stage IV cancer, she takes him into her apartment to care for him and help him focus on his treatment.
Living the Land
China / 2025 / 129min /
Director：HUO Meng
China, 1991. Chuang, the third child born in the family, was left behind when his parents decided to leave their village with his older siblings to seek work in the southern city of Shenzhen. Moving into his relatives’ in another village, Chuang continues to live under his original surname. Although he never fully feels a sense of belonging at his new home, Chuang continues his quotidian routine, adored by his great-grandmother and aunt.
This City is A Battlefield
Indonesia / 2025 / 117 min /
Director：Mouly SURYA
Jakarta, 1946, under Dutch colonial rule. Isa, a violin teacher involved in the resistance movement, is ordered to carry out the assassination of a Dutch official. Meanwhile, Hazil—his comrade and collaborator—is having an affair with Isa’s wife, Fatimah.
Back Home
Taiwan / 2025 / 65min /
Director：TSAI Ming-Liang
This documentary captures Anong—an actor known for appearing in many of Tsai Ming-Liang’s more recent films—returning to his home village in Laos. The film records Anong spending time at his family home, in addition to houses and various local structures, and local craftsmen carving Buddhist statues.
Human Resource
Thailand / 2025 / 122min /
Director：Nawapol THAMRONGRATTANARIT
Fren, a HR officer, interviews countless numbers of new employees everyday. Through these interviews, she observes various paths of lives and ways of thinking very closely. One day Fren discovers that she is pregnant.
Yes
France, Israel, Cyprus, Germany / 2025 / 150min /
Director：Nadav LAPID
After the 2023 October 7th incident in Israel, a struggling musician Y takes an offer to compose a new patriotic song that screams for the annihilation of Gaza and stands obviously pro-war to pay his bills. Y is tormented by anguish of conscience as an artist and as a citizen, while his dancer wife, Jasmine, also begins to feel doubts and emotional distance from him.
Put Your Soul on your Hand and Walk
France, Iran / 2025 / 113min /
Director：Sepideh FARSI
A documentary created by Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi, out of about a year of video calls with local Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona, to convey the reality of life in blockaded Gaza. The lives of people surviving with strength amidst bombings and hunger are captured through her eyes.