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World Cinema
Familia
Family/Child
Crime/Violence
True Story
Una Femmina: The Code of Silence
(2022), delves deeper into the same themes in
Familia
. Opening with partially blurred flashbacks, both films follow protagonists recovering from distorted memories of the past to uncover the truth. The father, after painful years in and out of prison, seeks to reunite with his family. Though the family accepts his tearful apology, his old violent tendencies and paranoia soon resurface.
Familia
contrasts the father, who controls the family, with the son, who gets involved in an extremist organization, as he grapples with the cycle of violence passed through generations. The film is an allegory that flips the “prodigal son” narrative and reinterprets the hero of the Greek tragedy through the protagonist struggling to escape the chains of fate. (LEE Yong Cheol)
Wide Angle
Night Walkers
Family/Child
Coming of Age
A group of middle school girls on the verge of graduation roam their neighborhood at night. As they move from one friend’s house to another, and eventually to the empty home of a stranger, their one-night adventure turns into a precarious act of rebellion. The film captures the fleeting sensations of youth that feel like a dream—or a nightmare. (KANG Sowon)
A Window on Asian Cinema
Pierce
Family/Child
Crime/Violence
Psychology/Mystery/Suspence/Thriller
Coming of Age
Sports
High school fencer Zijie is shocked to learn that his older brother, Zihan, is being released early from prison. Zijie’s mother, who is about to marry a kind, wealthy man named Zhuang, wants to erase or downplay Zihan’s existence. But Zijie remembers his older brother as the one who saved him from drowning and the winner of three national fencing championships. Was Zihan really a psychopath who deliberately killed his opponent, as their mother claims, or was it an accident? If fencing is ‘chess with swords,’ requiring strategic anticipation of the opponent’s moves, the characters in
Pierce
are players, each moving their own pieces on the board of truth. In her directorial debut, former fencer Nelicia Low captures the dangerous yet beautiful art of fencing in a tale of brotherhood, earning her the Best Director Award at the 2024 Karlovy Vary Film Festival. (CHOI Eun)
Wide Angle
XiXi
Family/Child
Women
Art/Artist
Wu Fan, a director from Taiwan, becomes fascinated by the free spirit of XiXi, a dancer and performance artist she meets by chance while studying in Berlin. XiXi, originally from Shanghai, marries a French husband and moves to France, where she gives birth to a daughter. However, believing that freedom is the most important value in life, XiXi leaves her home to wander across Europe for her artistic pursuits. Her husband, unable to understand this way of life, declares divorce and attempts to keep her away from their daughter. Now, her lifestyle faces a major challenge. Director Wu captures the results of a free lifestyle and the impact of such a life closely, based on her intimate relationship with XiXi, exploring the value of freedom, self-identity, femininity, and the effects of intergenerational wounds and trauma. It is a remarkable and intense film that leads the audience towards introspection. (JO Ji-hoon)
World Cinema
Dying
Family/Child
Music/Dance
The protagonist of
Dying
, a Berlin Film Festival award-winning screenplay, says: “Not everyone has the talent to be happy.” Matthias Glasner’s characters choose pain and unhappiness over lukewarm love or the pursuit of happiness. Over the course of six chapters - Lissy, Tom, Ellen, Thin Line, Love, and Life - the nearly three-hour epic explores the life issues faced by humanity. The film deals with themes such as illness, death, family, and work, and it seems to be the director’s intention not to touch the emotional lines. He doesn’t force beautiful relationships or ideal ways of living. As indicated by the fact that the music performed within the film shares its title,
Dying
centers on how each person’s depths are portrayed from an artistic standpoint. The dilemma from Glasner’s representative work,
The Free Will
(2006), is repeated at the climax of
Dying
, and the film surprisingly responds with a controversial development. Art is not about suggesting the best answers. (LEE Yong Cheol)
Wide Angle
Suintrah
Psychology/Mystery/Suspence/Thriller
In
Suintrah
, Jor and his son move to a remote village due to financial difficulties. The villagers are extremely quiet and have superhuman hearing abilities. What is the source of their fear? (PARK Sungho)
Wide Angle
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989
True Story
Politics
History/War
The extraordinary unearthing of more than three decades of extensive news report footage on Israel and Palestine by Swedish national public broadcaster SVT, runs at only two hundred minutes. Documentarist Göran Hugo Olsson is well known for his works based on archival materials such as
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
(2011),
Concerning Violence
(2014), and
That Summer
(2017). His newest film presents both sides of the story through the eyes of a neutral nation, and it is evident that the filmmaker has taken tens of thousands of hours to painstakingly select the images that depict how the harrowing history of conflict runs its course. This is not just about what happened in the past, but about what is actually going on in this world we live in today. (Karen PARK)
Wide Angle
Escape Velocity
Family/Child
Women
Jaehyeon, who works at a bike shop, learns that the owner of a motorcycle that was left unclaimed for several months has died in an accident. He delivers the bike to the man’s widow. What follows is a beautiful ride shared by two people, each grappling with the vast and immeasurable gap between “hard to accept” and “impossible to fathom” in the face of tragedy. (KANG Sowon)
Wide Angle
Ainu Puri
Family/Child
True Story
Food/Beverage
Environment/Nature
Shige, an indigenous Ainu person from Shiranuka, Hokkaido, goes Marek fishing with his 10-year-old son Motoki. After praying to the gods dwelling in all things, he skillfully catches a large salmon, which he then prepares for that evening’s meal. The daily life of Shige’s family unfolds like a meticulously crafted narrative film. Rather than highlighting the struggles of the Ainu, who have long lost their territory and now their language, and have faced discrimination,
Ainu Puri
focuses on the strength and beauty of Shige and Motoki’s life together. Director Fukunaga Takeshi avoids exoticizing or othering the Ainu people and instead captures their journey with a natural, fluid narrative that leads to a certain conclusion. The film’s intelligent and thoughtful gaze creates intriguing shots that evoke a cinematic sense in this modern ethnographic study. (KANG Sowon)
Wide Angle
Another Home
Family/Child
True Story
Food/Beverage
On Cheung Chau Island, located 10 kilometers south of Hong Kong, A-Cheung and his wife run an old food stall that serves simple fare like dried grilled seafood and beer. The stall has served a loyal customer for over ten years, nicknamed “Plumpy.” Plumpy, a tomboyish regular, shares a close bond with A-Cheung, despite their 40-year age difference. They are a perfect pair, who spend their days drinking beer, smoking, chatting, and playing mahjong. But when it comes to the current state of Hong Kong, which is just a ferry ride away, their views could not be more different. Leisurely pastimes and the intense rhythm of revolution clash in
Another Home
, which uses the food stall as a stage to observe how the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests and the subsequent pandemic transform their lives. With the mood of a feature film, this documentary offers a portrait of everyday life, capturing the end of better times with striking simplicity. (KANG Sowon)
A Window on Asian Cinema
Soldier of Love
Family/Child
Love/Romance
Music/Dance
Art/Artist
Alma and Beybut are a happy couple expecting their first child. A talented singer-songwriter and guitarist, Beybut is gaining recognition and expanding his career. One day, Beybut meets the charming dancer Zhul and becomes infatuated with her, leading to conflicts with Alma. While the story of a free-spirited musician and the devoted woman waiting for him is too familiar, what sets this narrative apart is its musical format. Unlike his previous works, which were sharply focused on social issues, director Farkhat Sharipov brings this film to life with beautiful music, captivating dance scenes, and, notably, a breathtaking group dance sequence in the stairwell, that are sure to leave a lasting impression on the viewers. (PARK Sun Young)
World Cinema
Dog on Trial
Comedy/Satire
Environment/Nature
Lawyer Avril decides to defend Cosmos, a dog who is facing trial for biting three people. If they lose the case, Cosmos is at risk of being euthanized. To save Cosmos facing a life-or-death decision under human law for the crime of biting people, Avril begins by examining the dog’s legal status. So, according to the law, are dogs considered people or objects? In court, a discussion unfolds with ecologists, philosophers, and religious figures debating the ethics and soul of animals. The trial also explores why Cosmos only bit women, leading to the absurd claim that ‘Cosmos is a misogynist.’ This comedy, which is both incredibly funny and ultimately serious, is based on a true story. Laetitia Dosch, a former actress, directs and stars as Avril. Cosmos (Kodi) won the prestigious ‘Palm Dog’ Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for the best performance by a dog. (LEE Juhyun)
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SUL Kyung-gu
12:00 (KST), Oct 3 (Thu)
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The Golden Era of Ann HUI
19:00 (KST), Oct 3 (Thu)
Actors' House
PARK Boyoung
18:00 (KST), Oct 4 (Fri)
Actors' House
HWANG Jung-min
20:00 (KST), Oct 4 (Fri)
Master Class
Miguel GOMES, a filmmaker of Joyful Melancholy
14:30 (KST), Oct 5 (Sat)
Actors' House
CHUN Woo-hee
19:00 (KST), Oct 6 (Sun)
Master Class
KUROSAWA Kiyoshi: At the forefront of genre cinema
10:30 (KST), Oct 6 (Sun)
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Program Director NAM Dong-chul
Presenting The Kinder Programmer: The Kinder Programmer is a project designed to bring to our audience members and subscribers recommendations from this year's selection, hand-picked by BIFF's very own programmers. Program Director NAM Dong-chul "Notable Japanese and Iranian Films" Two new films by Kurosawa Kiyoshi Serpent's Path (2024) Cloud Kurosawa Kiyoshi, the recipient of this year’s Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award, released two new feature films in 2024: Serpent’s P
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