How many wars has the United States of America fought, provoked, or unleashed?

How many coups d'état have organised? How many enemies have died, been injured and tortured?

The answer from filmmaker Ibrahim Nash'at, in his documentary Hollywoodgate, is certain: it was the ruthless Afghans who attacked the United States. The American soldiers had only defended their homeland by building the first defensive line 11,925 kilometres from home?

Hollywoodgate was presented at the 80th Venice Film Festival.

Directed: Hoon-jung Park

Starring: Seung-Won Cha, Tae-goo Eom, Yeo-bin Jeon

Country: South Korea

Year: 2020

Could a mother plan a merciless and cruel revenge to punish the one who caused the death of her son? The Korean mothers of director Kim Ki-duk in the film Pietà - Pieta have a deep hatred when someone is violent with their children. In the film, presented at the 69th Venice Film Festival, solitary characters appear, endowed with a violent inclination, with the structural sadism and masochism of Korean daily life. Kim Ki-duk's films, like Park Chan-wook's, represent a specific aspect of Korean life.