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Lotus Sports Club Lotus Sports Club
Lotus Sports Club and About Us But Not About Us
About Us But Not About Us (Country: Philippines; Year: 2022; Director: Jun Robles Lana; Writer: Jun Robles Lana; Stars: Romnick Sarmenta, Elijah Canlas)
Two men and a mysterious manuscript.
Bad Women Of China (Country: China; Year: 2021; Director: He Xiaopei)
A documentary charting the experiences and desires of three generations of Chinese women as they come to terms with political and social change.
Let Me Hear It Barefoot (Hadashi De Narashite Misero) (Country: Japan; Year: 2021; Director: Kudo Riho; Writer: Kudo Riho; Stars: Jun Fubuki, Kaho Ito, Masahiro Kômoto, Shion Sasaki)
Naomi, a student dropout, only believes in things he can touch. However, when he really wants to touch someone, he recoils. As is the case when he befriends Maki, a happy-go-lucky young man who lives with Midori, a blind woman who dreamily expounds about places she has never been.
Lotus Sports Club (Country: Netherlands, Cambodia; Year: 2022; Director: Tommaso Colognese, Vanna Hem; Writer: Tommaso Colognese, Vanna Hem, Martina Serafin)
The story of Leak, a teenage trans man who plays football in the under-21s women's team of Kampong Chhnang, and Pa Vann, the coach and father-figure to Leak and other LGBTQ+ players on the team.
The Love Eterne (Country: China; Year: 1963; Director: Han Hsiang Li; Writer: Han Hsiang Li; Stars: Betty Loh Ti, Ivy Ling Po, Chang Li-Chu, Chen Yanyan)
A young woman disguises herself as a man in order to access a university education.
Rebels Of The Neon God (Qing Shao Nian Nuo Zha) (Country: Taiwan; Year: 1992; Director: Tsai Ming-liang; Writer: Tsai Ming-liang; Stars: Chen Chao-jung, Jen Chang-bin, Lee Kang-sheng, Lu Yi-ching, Tien Miao)
Within the urban gloom of Taipei, four young people face alienation, loneliness, and moments of existential crisis amidst a series of minor crimes.
What Happened To The Wolf? (Country: Myanmar; Year: 2021; Director: Na Gyi; Writer: Na Gyi; Stars: Paing Phyo Thu, Eaindra Kyaw Zin, Lwin Moe, Kyaw Htet Aung, Aung Myint Myat, Htoo Thar)
Two desperately ill women find solace in each other's company. They journey towards the fabled 'sea of clouds' before dying, not knowing that destiny has a twist in store for them.
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