2024 QCinema International Film Festival
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Opening filmDirector's Factory Philippines
Closing filmCloud
by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
LocationQuezon City, Philippines
Festival dateNovember 8–17, 2024
| Opening film | Director's Factory Philippines |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Cloud by Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| Location | Quezon City, Philippines |
| Festival date | November 8–17, 2024 |
| Website | qcinema |
The 12th QCinema International Film Festival took place from November 8 to 17, 2024 in Quezon City, Philippines. A total of 77 films were screened during the festival.[1] The festival opened with the anthology project Director's Factory Philippines, held by Directors' Fortnight section at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. The initiative paired eight filmmakers from the Philippines and other neighboring countries to produce four short films.[2] It closed with Kiyoshi Kurosawa's psychological thriller film Cloud.[3]
Asian New Wave
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Cry, Butterfly | Mưa trên cánh bướm | Dương Diệu Linh | Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore |
| Happyend | Neo Sora | Japan, United States | |
| Mistress Dispeller | Elizabeth Lo | China, United States | |
| Moneyslapper | Bor Ocampo | Philippines | |
| Pierce | 刺心切骨 | Nelicia Low | Singapore, Taiwan, Poland |
| Tale of the Land | Loeloe Hendra | Indonesia, Philippines, Qatar, Taiwan | |
| Việt and Nam | Trong lòng đất | Minh Quý Trương | Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, France, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, United States |
New Horizons
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Sun Palace | Constance Tsang | United States | |
| Cu Li Never Cries | Cu Li Không Bao Giờ Khóc | Phạm Ngọc Lân | Vietnam, France, Norway, Philippines, Singapore |
| The Major Tones | Los tonos mayores | Ingrid Pokropek | Argentina, Spain |
| Santosh | Sandhya Suri | United Kingdom, India, Germany, France | |
| Toxic | Akiplėša | Saulė Bliuvaitė | Lithuania |
RainbowQC
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baby | Marcelo Caetano | Brazil, France, Netherlands | |
| The Balconettes | Les Femmes au balcon | Noémie Merlant | France |
| My Sunshine | ぼくのお日さま | Hiroshi Okuyama | Japan |
| Pooja, Sir | Deepak Rauniyar | Nepal, Norway, United States | |
| Sebastian | Mikko Mäkelä | Finland, United Kingdom, Belgium, France | |
Special Screenings
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Thousand Forests | Hanz Florentino | Philippines | |
| An Errand | Dominic Baekart | Philippines | |
| If My Lover Were a Flower | Kaung Zan | Myanmar | |
| Lost Sabungeros | Bryan Brazil | Philippines | |
QCinema Selects
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Cat Anzu | 化け猫あんずちゃん | Yōko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita | France, Japan |
| No Other Land | لا أرض أخرى | Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor | Palestine, Norway |
| Shahid | Narges Kalhor | Germany | |
| The Sparrow in the Chimney | Der Spatz im Kamin | Ramon Zürcher | Switzerland |
| Sujo | Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez | Mexico, United States, France | |
| Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In | 九龍城寨之圍城 | Soi Cheang | Hong Kong |
Screen International
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoons of Solitude | Tardes de soledad | Albert Serra | Spain, France, Portugal |
| All We Imagine as Light | പ്രഭയായ് നിനച്ചതെല്ലാം | Payal Kapadia | France, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
| Anora | Sean Baker | United States | |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Le Comte de Monte-Cristo | Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière | France |
| The End | Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States | |
| Grand Tour | Miguel Gomes | Portugal, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan | |
| Phantosmia | Lav Diaz | Philippines | |
| The Room Next Door | La habitación de al lado | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| Simon of the Mountain | Simón de la montaña | Federico Luis | Argentina, China, Mexico, Uruguay |
| When Fall Is Coming | Quand vient l'automne | François Ozon | France |
Before Midnight
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Samurai in Time | 侍タイムスリッパー | Junichi Yasuda | Japan |
| Gazer | Ryan J. Sloan | United States | |
| Infinite Summer | Igavene suvi | Miguel Llansó | Estonia, Spain, United States |
| Motel Destino | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil, France, Germany | |
| The Wailing | El llanto | Pedro Martín-Calero | Spain, Argentina, France |
Contemporary Italian Cinema
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabolik | Manetti Bros. | Italy | |
| Io capitano | Matteo Garrone | Italy, Belgium, France | |
| Kidnapped | Rapito | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Germany |
| La chimera | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, France, Switzerland, Turkey | |
| My Summer with Irène | Quell'estate con Irène | Carlo Sironi | Italy, France |
| Palazzina Laf | Michele Riondino | Italy, France | |