Mekong 2030

The Forgotten Voices of the Mekong

March 2020 •English

The Forgotten Voices of the Mekong

Mekong Hotel

July 2012 •Thai

Shifting between fact and fiction in a hotel situated along the Mekong River, a filmmaker rehearses a movie expressing the bonds between a vampire-like mother and daughter.

Operation Mekong

September 2016 •Chinese

Inspired by the true story known as the Mekong Massacre--two Chinese commercial vessels are ambushed while traveling down the Mekong River in the waters of the Golden Triangle, one of the largest drug-manufacturing regions in the world. 13 sailors are executed at gunpoint, and 900,000 methamphetamine pills are recovered at the scene. Upon discovery, the Chinese government immediately sends a band of elite narcotics officers led by Captain Gao Gang (Zhang Hanyu) to the Golden Triangle to uncover the truth behind the murders. Tea field owner and Golden Triangle-based intelligence officer Fang Xinwu (Eddie Peng) joins the investigation. After it is discovered that the drugs seized on the Chinese ships had been planted by the henchman of a notorious drug cartel leader named Naw Khar, the governments of Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and China launch a joint task force to apprehend the criminal. The road to justice is, however, paved with dangerous and deadly obstacles.

Mekong - kun kalat katosivat

April 2023 •Finnish

China, Laos and Cambodia are building more and more dams on Mekong river. Electric companies collect the profits, but river's ecosystems are losing and people are losing their livelihood.

Wonders of the Monsoon

October 2014 •English

The wildlife and cultures of southern Asia have been shaped by one of the greatest phenomena on Earth: the mighty monsoon winds that sweep across this vast region, turning drought into deluge. All life – human and animal – is dominated by this rampaging weather system. From the northern shores of Australia to the highest peaks of the Himalayas and the wind-blown deserts of northern India to the lush equatorial forests of Borneo, this series makes an exhilarating journey through the lands of the monsoon. Along the way, it offers a taste of the variety and colour of the different regions’ most extraordinary wildlife and cultures and the way they cope with the tumultuous weather. This is the story of a relationship between humans and nature that has grown across thousands of years – all living in the shadow of the monsoon.

Apne Huye Paraye

January 1964 •Hindi

Rekha is in love with Shankar since childhood. But Rekha's adopted sister, Lata, has an affair with Shankar and breaks their union with the help of her maid.

Opa

January 2023 •English

A young woman faces an unexpected pregnancy and must inform her father.

The Burden of the Past

March 2023 •Japanese

Japan has a recidivism rate of 50%. The staff at a magazine called CHANGE want to lower that by rehabilitating former prisoners. This forms the basis of FUNAHASHI Atsushi’s ensemble docudrama, which tells the story from both the perspectives of the editorial team and ex-cons.

Collateral Damage

August 1993 •English

Glen is surprised when a news anchor stops reporting on the Gulf War and begins talking directly to him through the television set.

Miracle in East Texas

February 2020 •English

Two creative con men romance widows to invest in their worthless oil well during the Great Depression. Hilarity ensues when they accidentally make the biggest oil strike in the world, pitting them against jilted lovers, angry investors and a no-nonsense judge.

Shadow Brother Sunday

March 2024 •English

An unlucky musician returns back home on the day of his younger brother's movie premiere to steal and sell his computer to the paparazzi.

Uchū no natsu

October 2003 •Japanese

After losing her parents, Kanako moves in with her grandmother in a town by the sea.

I'm Leaving

February 2023 •Greek

Eleonora is trapped in her marriage with Achilleas. Her brother, Vagelis, unwillingly offers her a possible way out.

Techno Brothers

April 2023 •Japanese

The band "Techno Brothers" played by Watanabe, brother Watanabe Yuji and pal Kurosaki Takanori, go to find fame and fortune in Tôkyô. It’s more accurate, though, to call it their manager’s plan. Named Himuro, she channels the look and attitude of famed Vogue editor Anna Wintour, from her bobbed hair and ever-present sunglasses to her commanding air and iron will.

Nouveaux meurtres à Saint-Malo

April 2023 •French

As It Was

May 2023 •Ukrainian

Lera has been living in Berlin for almost a year after the start of the war in Ukraine. Lera does not feel well in Berlin and makes an impulsive decision to go to Kyiv, for the first time during the war. On the way to Kyiv, she learns that her family is not in Kyiv, and will come only the next day. Therefore, she meets her friend Kyryl, with whom she spends the day, as she used to before the war. In the morning, Lera meets her mother and sister, and finally feels at home. But she still doubts whether she will stay in Kyiv or go back to Berlin.

Kulambadikal

October 1986 •Malayalam

King

October 1998 •Kannada

An old and ailing king decides to hand over the reins of the kingdom to his son. However, on the day of the coronation, several contenders appear and claim to be the rightful heir to the throne.

Le Crime des Renards

March 2005 •French

Alien: Transmission

April 2023 •English

Set within the far reaches of space, Alien: Transmission finds Jo Denton fighting for the life of her son as she battles the demons of her past.