Cross the Hu-du-men – the demarcation between the back and front stage in Cantonese opera – and you leave yourself behind to totally absorb in your character. Lang Kim-sum is…

Former criminal Sergei meets Vera – an elderly unhappy woman who lives in a dormitory. After Sergei commits another crime, they run together and along the way they accidentally get…

In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother.

Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against the Japanese…

An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn’t even know he exists.

An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.

The corner Schönhauser Allee in East Berlin is the main meeting-point for a group of adolescents. Dieter is a construction worker who falls in love with Angela. She, in turn,…

A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognition. He eventually gives it…

An architect engages in conflict with an activist who lives in a dangerous complex the architect designed.

Young teenager Bo is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth. Lonely and scared, he finds a…

A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness…

In 1910 Manhattan, Victoria Van Brett, a bitter spinster heiress lives an isolated life with her sister Caroline. Her domineering urges go into overdrive when their half-brother Rip brings a…