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  • Location: Colombo

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

1990: A  satire set amid the murderous mayhem of Sri Lanka beset by civil war.

  • Location: Armenia

The Spice Box Letters

1915, 1985, 2000s: A scent box leads a woman on a journey for the truth.

  • Location: Cuba, Spain, Indonesia, Japan, Sweden

Historias en guagua: Trayectos de ficción por Cuba, España, Indonesia, Japón y Suecia

2000s: Short stories of journeys on public transport around the world

  • Location: South Korea

Violets

1970s rural South Korea: a young girl is set on a troubling path of quashed desire and isolation.

  • Location: China, Bejing

The Forbidden City

1960s: A teenage girl becomes a poster child for the country’s Cultural Revolution.

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The Convenience Store by the Sea

2000s: Welcome to Tenderness, Japan!

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