Spotlight on India
The light, the lives, and the textures of contemporary, working-class Mumbai are explored and celebrated by writer/director Payal Kapadia, who won the Grand Prize at this year''s Cannes Film Festival…
Made In Hawaii
Misha Miyamoto, 29, lives alone in the house her grandmother left her, has held the same job since high school, and likes her life as is: simple. Unfortunately, her satisfaction…
Kau Ka Hōkū Award Nominee, Spotlight on Japan
Kana (Yuumi Kawai), 21-years-old, works as an assistant at a beauty salon. Thinking about the future is too tedious for her and she doesn’t even know what she wants in…
Spotlight on India
In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, a model student, 16-year-old Mira (Preeti Panigrahi in a radiant debut performance), despite her ambition and primness, is overcome by desire…
Spotlight on Korea
Jae-hee (Kim Go-eun) is a free-spirited young woman, who is completely unconcerned with other people’s opinions and draws attention with her bold style and daring attitude. Heung-soo (Steve Sanghyun Noh,…
Spotlight on Hong Kong
Are online “romance scams” always destructive? In this moving, absorbing feature debut from Ho Miu-ki, Sandra Ng (HIFF44’s SPOTLIGHT ON HONG KONG Filmmaker In Profile) plays Veronica, a wealthy, widowed…
Special Screening, Spotlight on Hong Kong
One fateful night in 1937, amidst the bombings of Shanghai, Tung (Kenny Bee), a young soldier, and Shu (Sylvia Chang) find solace under the bridge. In the semi-darkness, though unable…
Spotlight on Taiwan
In 1994, Taiwanese students were in the midst of a protest. Chi-wei, a female college student joins the strike to fight for their freedom of expression. During the protest, Chi-wei…