House on Fire International

Aya, a young Ivorian woman in her early thirties, says no on her wedding day, to everyone’s astonishment. After emigrating to Asia, she works in a tea export shop with Cai, a 45-year-old Chinese man. Aya and Cai fall in love but can their affair survive the turmoil of their past and other people’s prejudices?

A nearly blind reclusive physicist is forced to share a hospital room with an eccentric woman photographer suffering from dementia. Despite his wish for isolation, he finds himself ever more drawn into her puzzling world, and surprisingly he needs her presence to prevent the fading light from disappearing for good.

An ordinary worker witnesses the extrajudicial killing of a teenage boy by police officers. Inspired by real-life events during the Philippine anti-drug campaign, the film tracks the lone witness who risks his safety in an attempt to make the truth known.

Dié Mèi and Ace are like brother and sister. One became a pop star in Taipei while the other joined the mafia there, even betraying members of the Amis tribe to which they both belong. After the death of her mother, Dié Mèi loses her voice and questions her career. Ace, seeking redemption, must confront attacks from his former gang. Like in the Amis myth of their childhood, they both try to escape the deluge.