We present the Asian films that will be screened at the Indie Cork Film Festival which will take place from December 10 – 17, 2023 in Cork, Ireland.

– Feature Films –

Perfect Days by Wim Wenders – Japan | 2023 – 123 minutes

A highly anticipated return to fiction feature filmmaking from Wim Wenders, Perfect Days takes the writer-director to Tokyo to tell a story celebrating the hidden joys and minutiae of Japanese culture. Koji Yakusho, stars as Hirayama, a contemplative middle-aged man who lives a life of modesty and serenity, spending his days balancing his job as a dutiful caretaker of Tokyo’s numerous public toilets with his passion for music, literature and photography. As we join him on his structured daily routine, a series of unexpected encounters gradually begin to reveal a hidden past that lies behind his otherwise content and harmonious life.

Combining a refreshingly unstereotypical depiction of the Japanese capital with a soundtrack comprised of iconic hits from the 60s and 80s, this is a subtle, shimmering and ultimately life-affirming reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us. (IndieCork 2023)

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Till Love Do Us Part by Ran LI – China, Czechia | 2022 – 110 minutes

30 year-old college lecturer Shu falls madly in love with a theatre director Fan in Prague, during a work trip to Europe. But with a fiancé and a decent middle-class life waiting for her in China, Shu faces a dilemma that has deep societal consequences.

Written and directed by Ran Li, her debut feature is a deeply personal, beautifully shot, romantic drama about a woman whose reality is turned upside down and she finds herself between traditional culture and a modern open-minded one. (IndieCork 2023)

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– Short Films –

A Room Without Sound by Takayuki Nakama – Japan | 2021 – 13 minutes

In an old flat, a room sits in silence. A delivery man knocks on the door, but there is no answer. On the tiny balcony, a mother sits, staring into the distance. In the next room her daughter sleeps on the bare floor. (IndieCork 2023)

A Strange Wine Pot by Rui Wang – China 2023 – 23 minutes

When a despondent man is bizarrely guaranteed immortality by a fortune teller, his life transforms as inhibitions vanish in the face of an endless future. In the end, it’s the search itself that gives life meaning, whenever the final curtain falls. (IndieCork 2023)

More information: https://indiecork.com