Focus: Migrations
A cinematic journey focused on the experience of relocation – voluntary and forced, individual and collective. Migration shapes contemporary societies in East and Southeast Asia, bringing multiculturalism and rich identities, but also various tensions. It is no longer possible to define social structures within simple national frameworks. The selected films therefore tell stories of searching for roots, of people standing at the crossroads of cultures and languages, trying to find closeness despite the burden of exclusion and a sense of not belonging.
dir. Park Joon-ho /
South Korea 2025, 123’
dir. Cecilia Kang /
Argentina 2025, 118’
dir. Phuttiphong Aroonpheng /
Thailand, France, China 2018, 105’
dir. Chia Chee Sum /
Malesia, Singapore, France 2023, 89’
dir. Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou /
United States 2004, 87’
dir. Park Ri-woong /
South Korea 2024, 113’
dir. Lau Kek-Huat /
Taiwan 2025, 99’
