Veteran French doc director Dominique Dubosc revisits the South American country where he taught ethnology, made his first films and got a taste of life under a military dictatorship.

Jerrold Tarog’s historical drama about a military commander's struggle for independence is the Philippines' submission for the best foreign language film Oscar next year.

Philippine director Jun Robles Lana's one-take, two-hour three-hander revolves around two refugees' interaction with a soldier in a village caught in the middle of brutal counter-insurgency operations.

Australia-based Chinese director Liu Shumin's debut, which bowed in the Venice Critics' Week sidebar, charts an old couple's cross-country journey to visit their children.