Fran Borgia is a Spanish-born film producer based in Singapore since 2004. He is the founder of film production company Akanga Film Asia.
Village Rockstars is a 2017 Indian Assamese language coming-of-age drama film written, edited, co-produced and directed by Rima Das, who is a self-taught filmmaker. The story follows a 10-year-old girl who befriends a group of boys and dreams of becoming a rock star.
Rima Das is an Indian filmmaker best known for her 2017 film Village Rockstars, which won several national and international awards and became India's official entry for the 90th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Chosen out of 28 other entries in India, it was also the first Assamese film to be submitted for Oscars. The film won India's National Award for Best Film and Best Editor.
Bhanita Das is an Indian actress who works in Assamese language films. She is known for her role as Dhunu in the 2017 drama Village Rockstars that won many awards including four National Film Awards. The film was also selected as India's official entry to the 91st Academy Awards. Bhanita is a recipient of the National Film Award for Best Child Artist.
A Traveler's Needs is a 2024 South Korean drama film, written and directed by Hong Sang-soo, starring Isabelle Huppert.
Favoriten is a 2024 Austrian documentary film, named after Vienna's tenth district in which the action is set, directed by Ruth Beckermann. It is a film about teaching and learning in what some consider the equivalent of an inner-city school in Austria's largest city in response to recent migrations. It is a hopeful movie, with often surprising experiences oscillating between the roles of learner and teacher. The central theme revolves around a class of 25 elementary students whose engaged teacher is doing what is in her might to create chances for her students that they otherwise, for a lack of education in the parental home and a lack of school-institutional support alike, would not have.
Shambhala is a 2024 drama film directed by Min Bahadur Bham from a screenplay written by Bham and Abinash Bikram Shah. Starring Thinley Lhamo, Tenzin Dalha and Sonam Topden. Shambhala is the most expensive movie of Nepal made on the budget रू15 crore (US$1.1 million). It was selected in the Competition at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Bear. The film narrates the life trajectory of a Tibetan female refugee who is feeling the brunt in search of her missing husband, a task which she has to do it amidst being pregnant under challenging precarious circumstances.
Sex is a 2024 Norwegian romantic drama film written and directed by Dag Johan Haugerud for Viaplay. The film starring Jan Gunnar Røise and Thorbjørn Harr, is the first instalment in the new "Sex Dreams Love" trilogy. It follows two men in heterosexual marriages whose unexpected experiences challenge their perceptions of sexuality, gender and identity.
No Other Land is a 2024 documentary film directed by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor in their directorial debut. The film was made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four activists in what they describe as an act of resistance on the path to justice during the ongoing conflict in the region.
Paradise is a 2023 Sri Lankan-Indian co-produced drama film co-written and directed by Prasanna Vithanage. The film is presented by Mani Ratnam and Siva Ananth under his Madras Talkies banner and produced by Newton Cinema. It stars Roshan Mathew, Darshana Rajendran, Shyam Fernando and Mahendra Perera and tells story of a married couple whose anniversary vacation goes awry in Sri Lanka.
The 29th Busan International Film Festival opened on October 2 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, with South Korean film Uprising by Kim Sang-man, and screened 278 films from 63 countries, including 224 officially invited films and 54 community beef screenings. Park Bo-young and Ahn Jae-hong hosted the opening ceremony.
Tale of the Land is a 2024 thriller drama film directed and written by Loeloe Hendra in his directorial debut, and starring Shenina Cinnamon, Arswendy Bening Swara and Angga Yunanda.
Welcome Home Baby is an upcoming Austrian-German horror film directed and co-written by Andreas Prochaska. Starring Julia Franz Richter as Judith, an emergency doctor from Berlin, who inherits a villa in Austria. The film opens floodgates of her origins and questions everything she thought about her life. The film selected in Panorama 2025 will have its premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2025.
Khartoum is an upcoming documentary film directed by Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, with creative director and writer Philip Cox. The film relives survival and quest for freedom through dreams, rebellion, and civil strife of five Khartoum residents, who are compelled to flee Sudan for East Africa due to the onset of conflict.
Yalla Parkour is a 2024 documentary film written and directed by Areeb Zuaiter in her directorial debut feature. The film follows Areeb Zuaiter in pursuit of a memory that reinforces her sense of belonging, and she crosses paths with Ahmed, a parkour athlete in Gaza.
The Old Woman with the Knife (Korean: 파과) is an upcoming South Korean action thriller film directed by Min Kyu-dong. The film based on the novel of the same name by Gu Byeong-mo, follows Hornclaw, a legendary assassin in her 60s, specialises in eliminating the scum of the earth.
Reflection in a Dead Diamond is an upcoming action thriller mystery film directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani. The film centres on a septuagenarian retired spy living in Côte d’Azur, who fears his former enemies are back for a final fight when his intriguing next-door neighbour mysteriously disappears.
The Blue Trail is an upcoming science fiction, fantasy film directed by Gabriel Mascaro. The film follows Tereza, 77, who defying government order to relocate, embarks on a journey through the Amazon that changes her destiny forever.
What Marielle Knows is an upcoming German drama film written and directed by Frédéric Hambalek. The film follows Julia and Tobias, who discover that their daughter Marielle has suddenly developed telepathic abilities and can see and hear everything they do.
Shadowbox is an upcoming Bengali-language drama film co-directed by Tanushree Das and Saumyananda Sahi in their directorial debut. The film starring Tillotama Shome as Mays is set against the backdrop of a dusty Kolkata suburb, and is a powerful narrative of love, resilience, and the quiet strength of a working woman.
