Gorgeously photographed in outskirts of the Himalayas, WHITE SUN explores the damage done to the fabric of Nepalese society by the decade-long civil war between the Maoists and Nepal's monarchical government. On the occasion of his father's funeral, Chandra returns to the village he left years earlier to join the Maoists, and finds himself revisiting frayed family relations and unspoken divisions among neighbors. Past traumas return and cause tensions to boil over. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival** and nominated for the Venice Horizons Award at the **Venice Film Festival**.

A hitman falls in love with the crime boss's girl. Now the pair must run for their lives as the boss brings down the full fury of his mob upon them. Nominated for the Tokyo Grand Prix at the **Tokyo International Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **London Film Festival**.

Piolo Pascual portrays two characters in this fractured tale of darkness and light, exposing the seedy underbelly of the city that surrounds him. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival**. Nominated for the Free Spirit Award at the **Warsaw International Film Festival.** *"Moody black-and-white realism, with a dash of genre thriller..." - Jonathan Romney, **ScreenDaily***

The conversion of a state-owned munitions factory into luxury high-rise apartments allows for an acute appreciation of Socialism's impact on the Chinese people and the complex social changes transforming the country in this masterful new documentary from Jia Zhang-ke. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival**. "*One of the world's preeminent filmmakers. A masterful and moving portrait.*" -J. Hoberman, ***The Village Voice***

Korean auteur Kim Ki Duk returns to form with this award winning Hitchcockian thriller. After two years together, Seh-hee thinks Ji-woo no longer finds her attractive and disappears. Reappearing six months later with a new name and surgically altered face, she competes against her own memory, wooing her lover to move past his heartbreak.. When she eventually confesses her deception, their rediscovered romance is forced to walk a tightrope of tragedy.

Akiko Takakura is one of the last survivors of the atomic bomb explosion of Hiroshima. During Obon, she receives the spirits of her parents and is haunted by memories. Her father is an authoritarian and traditional man. Akiko's childhood consists of constant rejections and beatings. But the horrors of the atomic bomb and Japan's subsequent capitulation change everything. Finally Akiko experiences fatherly love in the midst of Hiroshima's ruins. Official Selection at the **Krakow Film Festival**.

Rafiq and his family are struggling to come to terms with the loss of his older brother Tauqir, who is one of the thousands of young men who have disappeared since the onset of the military insurgency in Kashmir. After an unsuccessful attempt to cross the border into Pakistan to become a militant, Rafiq returns home to an aimless existence. Until one day, he accidentally finds his brother's old camera, which promises to reveal secrets of Tauqir's hidden life. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.

In the mountains of Pakistan, a young mother's life takes an unexpected turn. Allah Rakhi kidnaps her ten-year-old daughter Zainab to save her from a child marriage to a tribal leader. Their escape is a damning loss of honor for the two families so a deadly hunt for them begins. Desperate for help, Allah Rakhi strikes an unlikely deal with Sohail, a cynical ex-Mujahid truck driver to take them to the city of Lahore. What follows is an epic journey through the sweeping landscape of Pakistan where the search for freedom and love comes with a price. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*A gorgeous, suspenseful cinematic achievement.*" - ***The Los Angeles Times***

An elderly folk singer and grassroots organizer is arrested on a trumped-up charge of inciting a sewage worker to commit suicide. His trial is a ridiculous and harrowing display of institutional incompentence, with endless procedural delays, coached witnesses for the prosecution, and obsessive privileging of arcane colonial law over reason and mercy. Winner of the Luigi De Laurentiis Award and the New Horizons Award at the **Venice Film Festival** and nominated for Best New Director at the **San Francisco International Film Festival**. *This isn't your typical courtroom drama about an idealistic attorney with a savior complex per se. The film dramatizes how authorities can systematically police thought and harass radicals with bogus charges."* - Martin Tsai, ***The Los Angeles Times***

When home entertainment enters the market in 90's Beijing, a former projectionist ropes his young son into starting their own pirate movie company, but easy money comes with its own price tag. Nominated for Best International Picture at the 2017 **Tribeca Film Festival**.

One of Himalayan Buddhism's most revered lamas, Khyentse weaves parallel fable-like tales about two men who seek to escape their mundane lives in TRAVELERS & MAGICIANS. Young government official Dondup dreams of escaping to America while stuck in a ravishingly beautiful but isolated village. Along the way, a perceptive yet mischievous monk tells Dondup a story of another young man who sought a land far away: a tale of lust, jealousy and murder that holds up a mirror to the restless Dondup and his blossoming attraction to the innocent Sonam. TRAVELERS & MAGICIANS is a magical mixture of rustic road movie and mystical fable...a potpourri of desire and its consequences, set in a breathtaking landscape. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival** and the **Venice Film Festival**. *"It's a leisurely yet resonant film that reinforces the power of cinematic storytelling." - Phillip Wuntch, **Dallas Morning News***

A successful Bangkok architect in the midst of a midlife crisis is reunited with an elephant he knew growing up. The two embark on a road trip to the man's childhood home in the idyllic Thai countryside. Along the way, they meet a colorful cast of characters, including a pair of nonplussed local police officers, a forlorn transgender sex worker, and a mysteriously wise drifter. As the encounters mount and the bond between man and elephant deepens, filmmaker Kirsten Tan weaves a strikingly universal tale in this feature debut. Winner of the Screenwriting Award for World Cinema - Dramatic at the **Sundance Film Festival** and the Big Screen Award at the **Rotterdam Film Festival**. "*A joy. Warm yet unsentimental.*"- Maggie Lee, ***Variety*** "T*he thinking person's feel-good film of the summer.*" - Christopher Kompanek, ***The Washington Post***