Sword in 21st Century

Nagabonar Becomes 2

2007 · ★ 6.8

In this sequel to Nagabonar (1986), the now old Nagabonar was asked to live with Bonaga, his foreign educated son, for a while in Jakarta. This was an effort by Bonaga to ask Nagabonar's permission to turn the family palm plantation into a resort. This outraged Nagabonar since the family cemetery was in the plantation. Distraught, he left his son's house and got himself lost in Jakarta.

Death of Logic

2024

On a voyage into the dark, we follow a man portraying an intens dialogue with the subconscious. A vignette into the process of looking inward, evaporates the ego and listens to what wants to be heard, on the road to letting go. A requiem for the death of the self.

Ole

2024 · ★ 8

Coping with his father's death, Ole takes himself into a vivid daydreaming moment, where he can finally forgive his father.

Blue Hour

2021 · ★ 6

A food delivery man’s first shif t falls on the night of June 11, 2019. Ka-ho is new to his job and needs his son to navigate for him. The two ride on the same motorbike and try their best to deliver their orders. In a bar, Tyson spends the night attempting to figure something out. Under the blue sky, up on the highway, they are heading to the next destination.

before it melts

2021 · ★ 5

When Lok's estranged father passed away, he left nothing but an ice cream motorcycle. Lok doesn't know how to ride one, so he has no way but to walk alongside it. During his trip, not only does Lok get to know more about his father, but it also leads him to reflect on his relationship with his son.

Mom's Secret

2025

After the sudden death of her mother, 13-year-old Yara struggles to find her place in a world that no longer feels familiar. Hoping for comfort, she returns with her father to the campsite where their family once spent every summer. But things have changed — their beloved caravan has been sold, and her father seems unwilling to face the grief they share. One night, Yara hears mysterious music coming from the direction of her old caravan. Together with her best friend Deon, she sets out to uncover its source. What begins as a haunting mystery slowly transforms into a tender journey of memory, love, and acceptance.

Birdwatcher

A withdrawn man's quiet birdwatching routine is disrupted by a lost dog, unearthing memories and forging an unlikely bond that challenges his isolation.

Ba

2026

As his grandfather falls ill back home, a Vietnamese writer and his emotionally distant father explore the complexities of their relationship and masculinity before it's too late.

Naukar

1955 · ★ 8

A poor servant and his wife agree to give their son to the childless woman of the wealthy family he serves. However, their sacrifice brings them only suffering and injustice in return.

Little War, Little man, Little Wish

Back in 1986, Phon said goodbye to his son, Ton, who had been sent to fight in the Ban Rom Klao battlefield in Phitsanulok. As time passed, while Phon waited for his son to return home, he encountered something he could never expected.

Sleeping Bear

1994

Over the course of a summer, two boys discover the magic of cinema and make their own movie about an old Native American legend called Sleeping Bear.

Malleable

2022 · ★ 8

In a desperate attempt to make ends meet, a father takes on a lucrative full-time job that emasculates him.