The Alleys
116'
Jordan
P&I Selection 2022
Naomi, a student dropout, only believes in things he can touch. However, when he really wants to touch someone, he recoils. As is the case when he befriends Maki, a happy-go-lucky young man who lives with Midori, a blind woman who dreamily expounds about places she has never been. When Midori becomes seriously ill, Maki and Naomi send her tapes from an imaginary trip around the world. Their relationship becomes more intimate whilst recording, but they only dare engage in rough, painful horseplay.
Hesitations, feints, social pressure and awkwardness colours this sensitively told tale of two young men as they become intimate with one another – a rare story of a gay relationship in Japanese indie film. Simultaneously, Kudo Riho expands on matters by depicting the obstacles to finding one's way in life, the fraught contact between Naomi and his father, and the tension between what is and isn’t real.
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P&I Selection 2022
Programme IFFR 2022
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Jordan
P&I Selection 2022
Twin sisters Zahra and Fatima make a second perilous attempt to reach Europe. A moving and urgent feature by Mijke de Jong.
80'
Netherlands
P&I Selection 2022
Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET
195'
Indonesia
P&I Selection 2022