New Currents

• Iran
• 2014
• 94min

Hooman Seyedi’s debut film 13 is about a 13-year-old boy’s loneliness and rebellious rage at the violence that surrounds him. Struggling with an abusive father at home and bullied by his classmate at school, it is clear that no on...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2014
• 15min

In financial trouble, Do-yeon plans to apply for a scholarship from a church for her daughter. She finds, however, the application period is over and asks for help from her close friend who has influence in the church. (NAM Dong-c...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Vietnam
• 2014
• 98min

A science-fiction thriller set in the near future, 2030 introduces those living in southern Vietnam where global warming has impacted the land. While thematic images of water, the horizon and sea burials reveal a unique lyricism, ...

• Berlin Film Festival (Panorama)

Gala Presentation

• China
• 2014
• 109min

A story of long awaited love is always touching. Director Zhang Yimou’s Coming Home, adapted from Geling Yan’s novel, The Criminal Lu Yanshi, tells a story of true love. During the Cultural Revolution, professor Lu Yanshi is brand...

• Cannes Film Festival (Out of Competition)

Wide Angle

• Thailand
• 2014
• 28min

Sick of her insincere grandchildren pretending to care so that they can get their share of Grandma Pao’s wealth, the former professional singer decides to go missing. Destiny introduces Pao to the much poorer Grandma Ngern who als...

New Currents

• Lebanon,Qatar
• 2014
• 100min

Miracles come from the heart and in Amin Dora’s heart-warming debut, a baby boy is born with the blessing of everyone in a close-knit small village in Lebanon. His name is Ghadi, and he was a child with Down syndrome. One day, bec...

Wide Angle

• France,Indonesia
• 2014
• 77min

A documentary exploring the history of Indonesian action films from the birth of the local film industry in the 1920 and ’30s, its heydays of the ’70s, its decline in the early to mid-’90s to its resurgence in a new generation aft...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2014
• 135min

A series of mishaps occur overnight at a love hotel located in the famous Kabukicho red light district, where people with shady secrets and conspiracies flock to. The film begins on a light note, with a young lady singing and play...

Korean Cinema Retrospective

• Korea
• 2014
• 105min

This is a film that questions the moral issues of the day through a college student’s love story and is every bit as ominous as Anna Karenina. Yu Jiin, who also played Myung-hee in the next year’s Good Windy Day, plays Jang-mi, bo...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Kyrgyzstan
• 2014
• 178min

In the village, in a small house by the river, an old man lives with his granddaughter. They live a simple life in harmony with the extensive nature. One day, the man’s daughter, living in the city and doing everything in order to...