We present the Asian films that will be screened at the IBIZA CINEFEST, Ibiza Independent Film Festival (Spain) which will take place from February 17 – 26, 2023.

A young woman arrives in a new city. She looks at the people around her and realizes that she doesn’t belong to that world, that everything is alien to her. Even so, she tries to pretend to be one of them, to fit into this strange place. (IMDb)

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A short film about ties and gaps between a child and a parent. The author rediscovers letters her dad used to write her from prison. That love seems to be gone now. She decides to write back in hope to find the connection again. She puts in writing what could not be said: blaming him for family’s break-up but also trying to understand. (IMDb)

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Zara, a schoolgirl in Karachi, shares a sensual dance video with her virtual boyfriend, who then blackmails her. (Mubi)

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It is a bittersweet moment. Now she lives 540 km away from her mother. It is a restless moment. Her mother is awaiting her news. It is a nostalgia moment. She remembers those vanished years. (IMDb)

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(PLASTIK) follows a child who looks through a telescope she made out of a plastic bottle and experiences glimpses of our plastic-polluted future.

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A mother, trapped in the comfort of memory and mourning, confronts her grief when she is invited to the wedding of her late son’s childhood sweetheart. (IMDb)

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Xiao Xian is in charge of finishing a dress. Her mother has decided that she is going to take care of it that night, and she obeys, as usual. Sheng Xia, her best friend, shows up at her house to convince her to go partying. Xiao Xian accepts, but she cannot imagine what will end up happening that night. (FilmAffinity)

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More information: https://ibizacinefest.com/