Manta Ray

Director: Phuttiphong Aroonpheng

Country: Thailand/France/China

Release Date: Sept 7, 2018

Genre: Drama

Description: The film focuses on a mute Rohingya man who is rescued by a Thai fisherman after he is washed ashore near the Thai-Myanmar border. The two become friends and the fisherman names the Rohingya man Thongchai. After the fisherman suddenly vanishes at sea, his ex-wife alters the physical appearance of Thongchai to resemble that of the fisherman and lives with him in her old house.

Castle of Dreams

Director: Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi

Country: Iran

Release Date: Jan 31, 2019

Genre: Drama

Description: When the mother is critically ill in a hospital, her husband makes a return after many years of absence. Though anxious and hesitant, he has no choice but to take their son and daughter with him. He manages to build the dream castle that the mother envisioned for the children.