We take a look at the Asian films that will be screened at the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival which will take place from April 14 – 23, 2023 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

– Feature Films –

After the death of his mother, Meng, a sixteen-year-old teenager, spends his days lounging at home. He doesn’t have many friends, and, at school, is pressured into bullying other boys. His life changes when a new adventure transports him to an exciting and unknown landscape

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Byung-soo, a film director, and his daughter, with whom he doesn’t have much of a relationship, go to visit a four-story building. There they will be welcomed by Mrs. Kim who will show them the recent renovations that the girl, as a future interior designer, wants to study. The lives of the different tenants will be transformed by the encounter

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– Short Films –

Teenager Yiyi is the passenger of Zhao Mei, a woman who works as a rideshare driver to support her family. While they drive to the destination, the woman starts to question her role as a mother as she learns more about the girl

The 1990 Asian Games comes to the end, and the collective enthusiasm dies down in China. Xiao Zhou takes care of her mother while working at the state-owned film studio as a receptionist. Li Mo returned from a faraway place, having seen the Gobi and the mountains. On cold nights, the cinema is a harbor for the two

Trailer:

A crush gone moldy…

* Official Selection
More information: https://www.lpafilmfestival.com/en