OPENING FILM
Love Education
Mother intends to relocate Grandpa’s grave so he could be re-buried with Grandma. However, her decision sparkles a conflict with Nana, Grandpa’s first wife. Weiwei, caught between her mother and Nana, is turning the fight over the grave into a reality TV show. However, after having spent time with Nana, she learns a new understanding of life.
SOUTHEAST ASIAN FOCUS
ADIWIRAKU
Set in rural Malaysia where poverty forces children to choose between learning and making a living, English teacher Cheryl Ann Fernando encourages her students daily to overcome. Together, they work tirelessly to prepare for a choral competition, prevailing over tragedy, hardship, and illness. Based on a true story, Adiwiraku is an inspirational story about modern poverty and a teacher’s will to see her students to succeed.
By The Time It Gets Dark
The interwoven stories of several characters: a film director and her muse; a waitress who keeps changing jobs; an actor; and an actress. Their lives are loosely connected by an almost invisible threads. The narrative sheds its skin several times over the course of the film, to reveal upon layer of the complexities that make up our lives.
Shuttle Life
One day, a car runs a red light and hits Ah Qiang and his 5-year old sister Hui Shan. Unfortunately, Hui Shan gets killed in the accident. Ah Qiang desperately tries to see Hui Shan but he has no documents to prove their relationship. As their mother has mental problems, Ah Qiang is forced to face the incident alone.
AQERAT
Hui Ling’s life will truly begin as soon as she makes it to Taiwan. Or so she thinks. Right now, she is in the Thai-Malaysian border, working odd jobs and saving money. Determined to make it even when she loses all her s