Finding himself in a house in the north of Iran by the Caspian Sea, the director picked up his handheld DV camera and began filming the seemingly anodyne events happening on the 500 metres of beach in front of his house—a piece of wood toyed with by the waves, people walking by the sea, indistinct shapes on a wintry beach or noisy ducks.

Commemorating the 120th anniversary of Ozu Yasujiro's birth, six up-and-coming filmmakers remade six of his early silent films as a contemporary mini-series.

Nabua’s spaceship as an ideally manufactured vessel slowly lifts off from the ground and flutters in the air for a moment. Then it moves back down to the earth. This loop portrays a never-really-taking-off spaceship.

Nabua’s spaceship as an ideally manufactured vessel slowly lifts off from the ground and flutters in the air for a moment. Then it moves back down to the earth. This loop portrays a never-really-taking-off spaceship.

"As a film format 16mm is quintessentially 'vintage': it has a softness of definition and a quality of colour saturation that bespeak a bygone age that is presumed to be kinder and gentler - perhaps because many of us are looking back on imperfectly remembered childhoods. Compared to today's HD-everything, 16mm is aestheticized, it is a romanticising filter that Instagrammers aspire to.

"As a film format 16mm is quintessentially 'vintage': it has a softness of definition and a quality of colour saturation that bespeak a bygone age that is presumed to be kinder and gentler - perhaps because many of us are looking back on imperfectly remembered childhoods. Compared to today's HD-everything, 16mm is aestheticized, it is a romanticising filter that Instagrammers aspire to.

A food company president is promoted to chairman, but his continued involvement creates leadership confusion.

After seven years in a Thai prison, a former Muay Thai champion joins a controversial government program that allows inmates to fight for their freedom. A victory in his final fight will grant him a royal pardon and bring him one step closer to the son he left behind.

In London, a city of millions, teenager Ash is lost. He wants to be the big man, but reality doesn’t quite deliver. A chance encounter leads him to make a dangerous decision, starting a chain reaction that plays out across these five connected short films.

In London, a city of millions, teenager Ash is lost. He wants to be the big man, but reality doesn’t quite deliver. A chance encounter leads him to make a dangerous decision, starting a chain reaction that plays out across these five connected short films.