Death of a Tea Master

Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country.

Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eventually becomes one of the primary influences upon the Japanese tea ceremony. With his elegant esthetics, Sen no Rikyu is favored by the most powerful man in Japan Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Nao Omori) and becomes one of his closest advisors. Due to conflicts, Toyotomi Hideyoshi then orders Sen no Rikyu to commit seppuku (suicide). Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's award-winning novel of the same name received the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 37th Montréal World Film Festival, the Best Director Award at the 2014 Osaka Cinema Festival, the 30th Fumiko Yamaji Cultural Award and the 37th Japan Academy Film Prize in nine categories, including Best Art Direction, Excellent Film and Excellent Actor.

李诺的梦想

Making Up is set in the late 1980s, framed within the gritty drag scene of London's east end. The short film stars BIFA award-winning Dave Johns, Jessica Ellerby and Carey Thring and follows Ted who is diagnosed with a hereditary illness. Ted must therefore reconcile with estranged daughter, Cassandra. However, being a celebrated drag queen, paired with the bitter feelings Cassandra harbours over their past, presents a larger obstacle for Ted to overcome.

Brutally self-aware, promiscuous love addict Stella Fox moves to New York after a devastating break-up and pursues disappointing romantic dalliances over the course of a summer.

Takeharu Samejima is a reticent photographer who runs a deserted photo studio. Taiichi Igarashi, a talented photographer captivated by his photos, gives up his brilliant career to become his apprentice. Taiichi, who has even avoided communication with his family, cannot hide his ...

An outspoken woman hosts a dinner party to an interesting array of characters, only to uncover an interesting detail of her life.

Aya and Asuka work in the sex industry. Despite clashing personalities, they somehow get along, spending every spare moment chatting aimlessly as they hang out in coffee shops, smoke together outside, or ride together in their work van. One day, the van breaks down, and they find themselves walking through the city at night. Wandering aimlessly and talking, their trivial chatter gradually takes on a greater depth.

This summer, Ksenia, along with her mother and sister, is forced to pick blueberries in a Kyiv forest to earn a living for the family. But she is distracted by waiting for her lover Misha. Flirting, they go deeper and deeper into the forest, unaware of the danger.

A spacefaring robot’s quest to cure his loneliness is interrupted by the discovery of a strange new creature: a human.

After being saved from a harsh bullying, Grayson finds mentorship in Lenny, a not so great guy.

Loudness

After receiving a book donation, a librarian finds a clue surrounding a closed case from 20 years earlier.

The wedding story of a southern Muslim bride named Sofia with her Isan university senior Khai who is Buddhist. The two have cultural and religious differences, but it doesn't seem like they'll pose much of a problem given the strength of their love.

A suicidal man possessed by four ghosts is forced grant their wishes, and in the process, his own wish of having a family comes to life.

TRANS LOS ANGELES is an anthology of four stand-alone short films and their unifying theme is that they all feature a Trans character in the lead and they all take place in a different part of Los Angeles. These stories are character-driven/slices of life and they demonstrate the rich diversity within the trans community.

Hostages

Vanished! A Video Seance is a true story. In 1932 elderly parents and their young daughter came to live in isolation on a windswept hill on the west coast of the Isle of Man. Gef, an entity or familiar or presence, attached itself to the family for six years. It proclaimed its identity in a number of ways, one being, "I am the ghost of a mongoose with tiny yellow hands". The notoriety and investigations of the event are now all but forgotten, the house where they lived erased. Only fragments and shadows can be summoned to bear witness to that which has vanished.

Vajíčko

The Elephant and Moska