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International Premiere The Last Verse

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The Last Verse
  • Taiwan
  • 2017
  • 100min

In the summer of 2000, a couple meets at the brightest point of their lives. The Last Verse follows their subsequent stormy 20 years. Ren-jie and Xiao-ping fall in love and promise each other the future together. Ren-jie, who is a...

World Premiere How to Breathe Underwater

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How to Breathe Underwater
  • Korea
  • 2017
  • 96min

Junseok is the head of human resources at a car parts plant. His boss tells him to cut down the number of people on the production line, and he must meet with each department head to make difficult choices. At home, his wife is su...

World Premiere Last Child

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Last Child
  • Korea
  • 2017
  • 123min

A couple that owns an interiors shop had a son, Eunchan, who died saving a friend, Gihyeon, from drowning during a trip six months earlier. The father is still suffering from the loss and is barely holding on. One day, he witnesse...

  • 2017 ACF Post-Production Fund
World Premiere One Night on the Wharf

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One Night on the Wharf
  • China
  • 2017
  • 97min

One Night on the Wharf is a satirical black comedy with unique characters in a series of accidents. The members of a poetry-loving club in a village near the Yangtze leave for a picnic. After flirting with the worker at the snack ...

World Premiere Ashwatthama

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Ashwatthama
  • India,Korea
  • 2017
  • 120min

Ishvaku is enjoying his vacation at home and is immersed in Ashwatthama, the warrior from the Indian myth “Mahabharata” told by his mother every night. Lord Krishna curses Ashwatthama to meander the world for eternity for his thir...

  • 2017 ACF Post-Production Fund
World Premiere End of Summer

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End of Summer
  • China
  • 2017
  • 102min

Soccer became popular in China thanks to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Xiaoyang, who loves soccer, wants to get onto the school’s team, but his father doesn’t allow him, saying it’s more important for him to study. An old man next door...

World Premiere After My Death

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After My Death
  • Korea
  • 2017
  • 113min

A girl goes missing. Suicide is suspected, but nothing is certain, as no body, suicide note, or evidence is found. When she arrives at school, Yeong-hui discovers that she was the last one to spend time with the missing girl. Amid...

World Premiere Somewhere Beyond the Mist

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Somewhere Beyond the Mist
  • Hong Kong,China
  • 2017
  • 86min

Angela is a cop in charge of the murder of a married couple. Her father, who suffers dementia, has always been a pain in her neck. Sensitive from pregnancy, Angela discovers strange aspects of the murder while investigating Connie...

International Premiere Blockage

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Blockage
  • Iran
  • 2017
  • 82min

Ghasem is a temporary worker who cracks down on illegal street stalls in Tehran. His hot temper always invites trouble, and recently, he was caught getting kickbacks from stall keepers, impeding his chance to resign the contract. ...

World Premiere ajji

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ajji
  • India
  • 2017
  • 104min

An older woman goes out looking for her granddaughter Manda, who hasn’t come home yet, and finds her abandoned next to the local railroad. While taking care of her granddaughter, who has been raped, she asks the police for help. T...

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