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Reviews‘Early Days’ review: Elegant Mumbai-set debut explores intrusive impact of social media
Red Sea New Visions title is a strong calling card for writer/director Priyankar Patra
Reviews‘Under Current’ review: ‘Infernal Affairs’ co-director Alan Mak serves up flat Hong Kong actioner
Aaron Kwok, Simon Yam and Francis Ng star in entertaining but silly crime thriller
Reviews‘Nighttime Sounds’ review: Confident, lyrical drama focuses on marginalised women in rural China
Zhang Zongchen’s follow-up to ‘The Last Farewell’ now plays in Red Sea competition
Reviews‘Tere Ishk Mein’ review: Tamil star Dhanush stars in glossy, engaging Bollywood love story
Aanand L Rai’s feature debuts at IFFI Goa alongside a day and date rollout across various territories
Reviews‘Gondhal’ review: An Indian wedding party turns sour in polished Marathi-language debut
Santosh Davakhar’s impressive first feature premieres in Goa competition
Reviews‘White Snow’ review: Deceptively powerful Kashmiri drama celebrates freedom of expression
Praveen Morchhale’s fifth feature is based on a real incident and makes its debut in Goa’s Indian Panorama
Reviews‘Vanya’ review: An elderly man fights forced relocation in timely, uneven Indian drama
The latest from Badiger Devendra features a strong central performance from Vaijanath Biradar
Reviews‘Whispers Of The Mountains’ review: Balanced drama explores cost of mining in northwest India
Jigar Nagda’s quietly agitating feature premieres in Goa and revolves around a mute pre-teen boy
Reviews‘Shape Of Momo’ review: Stirring, authentic drama sees a woman return to her Indian home village
Tribeny Rai’s impressive debut is both culturally specific and universally recognisable
Reviews‘Night Flower’ review: A Japanese woman is pushed to the limit in Eiji Uchida’s gritty Tokyo drama
Uchida’s latest feature premieres at Tokyo film festival before opening in Japan at the end of November
Reviews‘Morte Cucina’ review: A female chef serves up revenge in ambitious, enigmatic Thai thriller
Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s latest has its Asian premiere in Tokyo competition
Reviews‘Halo’ review: Gruelling South Korean debut leans into the grind of the gig economy
A delivery driver is pushed to his limit in Roh Young-hwan’s debut feature
Reviews‘We Are The Fruits Of The Forest’ review: Compelling Rithy Panh doc follows Cambodia’s Indigenous Bunong people
The documentarian’s latest film was shot over four years and premieres in Tokyo competition
Reviews‘Mothertongue’ review: Zhang Lu explores Chinese language and identity in meditative drama
The Korean-Chinese director’s follow-up to his Busan-winning ‘Gloaming In Luomu’ features the same cast and crew
Reviews‘Mother Bhumi’ review: Fan Bingbing impresses in atmospheric, overstuffed 90s-set Malaysian drama
Director Chong Keat-aun’s Tokyo premiere is an uneasy blend of political commentary and supernatural mysticism
Reviews‘Blonde’ review: A Japanese teacher faces a student rebellion in messy yet entertaining satire
Yuichiro Sakashita’s Tokyo premiere features a strong performance from singer-dancer Takanori Iwata
Reviews‘Climbing For Life’ review: Sayuri Yoshinaga lifts flat biopic of Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei
Junji Sakamoto’s Tokyo opener turns a pioneering life into a traditional melodrama
Reviews‘Kokuho’ review: Lee Sang-il’s propulsive, lavish drama is a window into the Japanese art of kabuki theatre
Ken Wanatabe, Ryusei Yokohama and Soya Kurokawa star in Japan’s Oscar submission, which closes Bangkok
Reviews‘Tharae: The Exorcist’ review: Thai horror blends familiar possession narrative with religious folklore
Taweewat Wantha’s gory thriller sees an ancient demon terrorise a Catholic village
Reviews‘Spying Stars’ review: Vimukthi Jayasundara meditates on grief in lyrical Sri Lankan sci-fi drama
A scientist returning from space to bury her father encounters a dystopic world in Busan Competition title