Parasite

Parasite

Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Picture, Parasite is a genre-defying masterpiece that fuses dark comedy, social satire, and psychological thriller with remarkable precision. Directed by Bong Joon-ho, the film explores class division and social inequality through the intertwined lives of two families—one rich, one poor—whose relationship shifts from mutual dependence to devastating confrontation.

The Kim family—resourceful but struggling—finds an opportunity to infiltrate the luxurious home of the affluent Park family, posing as skilled professionals. What begins as a clever scheme of survival soon spirals into a gripping moral parable, revealing the fragile boundaries that separate privilege from desperation.

Parasite received widespread critical acclaim for its sharp screenplay, layered storytelling, and Bong’s meticulous direction. It became the first South Korean film to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes and made history at the 92nd Academy Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film—the first non-English-language film ever to claim the Best Picture Oscar. It also earned the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and BAFTA Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Not in the English Language.

Celebrated by critics worldwide, Parasite is frequently cited as one of the greatest films of the 21st century for its incisive social commentary, masterful construction, and daring tonal balance. It is at once thrilling, tragic, and darkly funny—a universal story about class, ambition, and the quiet violence of inequality.

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Unmasking

Canadian Shorts Showcase

In a world where everyone wears masks to hide their true selves, a woman must choose to reveal herself to her boyfriend.

12 mins
Canada, 2019
Dir. Rob Comeau
Language: English

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