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Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
When a man who thinks his child has been kidnapped discovers they've nabbed the wrong kid, he has to decide if the life of another's son is equally worth saving.
A civil servant, told he has incurable cancer, resolves to change his mundane life before he dies. Out on re-release.
A thief is draughted in to impersonate a warlord in medieval Japan.
A warlord splits his kingdom between his sons only to see the older two cause chaos as they battle for supremacy in this vivid Japanese reworking of King Lear.
Four separate versions of a death in the forest.
A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.
A village enlists a group of samurai to defend them from bandits.
The Scottish play transposed to a misty compound on the desolate slopes of Mount Fuji.
A mysterious ronin finds his services are popular in a town where two gangs are trying to wipe each other out.
A graveyard smash Larry Fessenden and Aitana Doyle discuss Trauma Or, Monsters All
Inside the box Mark H Rapaport on controlling environments, hidden truths and Godhead
Personal monsters Tim Riedel on exploring idigenous trauma through horror in Ancestral Beasts
Creature feature Nick Taylor on Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters Of Steve Johnson
Stories and communication Marc Isaacs on generative AI, people playing themselves, and Synthetic Sincerity
Brenda Fricker dies at 81 Tributes to My Left Foot Oscar winner and Irish 'national treasure'
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MIFF Prize winners announced
