A giddy work of dissident art, No One Knows About Persian Cats follows two recently imprisoned musicians speeding around Tehran on the back of a motorbike, attempting to secure travel documents for a gig in London.
The Happiness of the Katakuris is Japanese provocateur Takashi Miike’s deliciously bizarre song-and-dance remake of the darkly comic Korean film The Quiet Family, telling the story of a family of innkeepers whose guests keep dying and need to be disposed of.
Legendary Egyptian director Youssef Chahine’s Destiny is an opulent large-scale musical spectacle revolving around 12th century Arab Andalusian philosopher Averröes.
Office is Hong Kong director Johnnie To’s gorgeously art-directed and wholly intoxicating star-studded widescreen musical set before, during, and after the 2008 global financial crisis.
