HIFF 2024

An aging farmer moves to the city for the first time and forms a bond with a paper boy.

Follows two colleagues who in different ways struggle with the same issues about their sexuality.

Max, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel.

Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in NY. As time runs out on his work visa, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country.

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

Fifteen-year-old Fanny spends the summer with her parents at their vacation home, cherishing time with her terminally ill mother through simple pleasures like swimming and walks, creating final memories before an impending loss.

Three siblings are brought together when their mother refuses to move from a couch in a furniture store.

Maria juggles with four children and a demanding career while her second husband, Sigmund, travels all the time. One day they get into an ugly argument which led Sigmund to eventually ask her for a divorce.

Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou's criminal family.

Tackling erotic taboos and spirituality, 'For Boys' tells the story of a dying photographer forced to confront his vanity, as a deceived young man unexpectedly shows affection towards him, challenging societal norms of age and desire.

Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences.

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house, offering residents a comfortable escape to nature.

Filmed entirely with an industrial thermal camera, Failed Emptiness describes a three-week vacation in the middle of a heatwave. It shows the familiar experience of emptiness when responsibilities end.

A fable about musician Abdo, who rebels against his elders, seeking freedom through his art in a confined world outside of time.

Ze, a 17-year-old, studies hard at school to succeed in the cold, callous society of modern Mongolia. When Ze encounters Maralaa, his senses are awakened and another reality seems possible.

After his release from a juvenile center, Wellington finds himself homeless in São Paulo. At a porn theater, he meets Ronaldo, who mentors him in street survival. Their bond evolves into a turbulent affair.

Suomi, wife of wealthy Shizuo Samukawa, vanishes. Five men who loved her - her current husband and four ex-husbands - gather at his mansion, each holding completely different memories of her looks and character.

When his dangerous older brother is released from prison, high school fencer Jie helps him, defying their mother's attempts to bury his existence.

A 16-year-old boy who spends the summer with his grandparents falls in love with an older young man, but when tragedy strikes he falls into a dark hole of self-harm, lust, and loneliness.

A French woman drinks makgeolli in Korea after losing her means of income, then teaches French to two Korean women.

Angie and Pat have been together for over four decades but after Pat's unexpected death, Angie finds herself at the mercy of Pat's family as she struggles to retain her dignity and the home that both had shared for over thirty years.