Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
105 min
Directed by Academy Award® winner Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (DRIVE MY CAR, HIFF 2021), EVIL DOES NOT EXIST is an empathetic, simmering slow burn. In the rural Japanese village where Takumi (Hitoshi Omika) and his young daughter live, tensions rise when two agents arrive with plans to build a glamping site for tourists. As villagers…
Directed By Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Documentary Short
Short Films
17 min
East Coast Premiere
An insightful look into the working lives of undocumented farmworkers in America and their experiences with migration, exploitation, and…
Directed By Andrés Lira
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
147 min
Three-time Academy Award® nominee Agnieszka Holland's (THE SECRET GARDEN, EUROPA EUROPA) eye-opening new feature immerses audiences in the dangers faced by asylum seekers along European borders while reflecting the moral choices that fall to ordinary people every day. Set in the treacherous forests that make up the so-called…
Directed By Agnieszka Holland
Narrative Feature
Conflict & Resolution
113 min
North American Premiere
Legendary, two-time Palme d’Or-winning British director Ken Loach (I, DANIEL BLAKE, SORRY WE MISSED YOU) returns to HIFF with what may be his final film, a timely and deeply affecting drama set in a once-thriving mining village in northern England. The Old Oak is the last pub standing, a gathering space for a community that has…
Directed By Ken Loach