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One Hundred and One Dalmatians

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One Hundred and One Dalmatians
  • United States
  • 2017
  • 79min

When a litter of Dalmatian puppies is abducted by the minions of Cruella de Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement. One Hundred and One Dalmatians is a 1961 American animated advent...

  • Disney & Pixar Special Screening
International Premiere 667

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667
  • Singapore
  • 2017
  • 80min

The size of the film industry and the number of film productions in Singapore is relatively small, but it has excellent directors. Historically and socially, this multicultural country has gone through a lot of ups and downs, and ...

World Premiere Courtesy to the Nation

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Courtesy to the Nation
  • Korea
  • 2017
  • 90min

Men are social animals. The film discusses this from a personal perspective: Cahng Kihoon, who lived through the struggle for democracy in the 1980s and 1990s. The Cahng Kihoon Fake Will Scandal is said to be behind the patriotic ...

World Premiere Goodbye My Love North Korea

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Goodbye My Love North Korea
  • Korea
  • 2017
  • 89min

A story about 8 people who left North Korea during the Korean War to study at the Moscow Film School. Known as the Moscow 8, they opposed the idolization of Kim Il Sung, and defected to Moscow despite promising futures. The surviv...

World Premiere The Day I Am Gonna Come

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The Day I Am Gonna Come
  • China
  • 2017
  • 17min

This autobiographical short tracks the single day the filmmaker’s parents?dad, a recycling center worker and mom, already a mother, newly wed to him and pregnant with Hong?went from essentially strangers to intimate lovers and par...

World Premiere The Road

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The Road
  • Iran
  • 2017
  • 18min

As a mechanic and a man with a broken down car get to chatting by the side of a desolate road, it soon becomes clear that the car owner also owns the factory the mechanic’s brother was recently fired from.

International Premiere NAGISA

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NAGISA
  • Japan
  • 2017
  • 18min

The poolside conversations between a boy and his classmate linger in his mind after her sudden death in this coming-of-age tale that recalls one boy’s remembrances of what he considers the time of his life.

World Premiere In the Claws of a Century Wanting

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In the Claws of a Century Wanting
  • Philippines,Germany,Qatar
  • 2017
  • 123min

A documentary about people living around Manila, In the Claws of a Century Wanting explores the harsh lives led in the backstreets of the port, a world of busy working people, ships, cranes and stacks of huge containers. We follow...

  • 2013 AND BIFF Mecenat Fund
i′ve got the blues

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i′ve got the blues
  • Hong Kong,China,France
  • 2017
  • 90min

From the very beginning, the documentary takes an entirely unexpected direction. At first, Angie Chen seems to depict Wong Yan-kwai’s artistic aspects as diligently as possible. When Chen meets Wong, she asks questions about his a...

  • 2017 AND BIFF Mecenat Fund
World Premiere Away from Home

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Away from Home
  • Korea
  • 2017
  • 18min

Hyeok-su’s family lives in the countryside. His elder sister Bong-seon leaves the house after a quarrel with father. Several days later, mother tells Hyeok-su to go and see his big sister, saying Bong-seon now lives in Seoul.

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Korea Hydro & Nuclear Co., Ltd.
NUTRILITE
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PARADISE HOTEL BUSAN
Korea Exchange
POSCO
Shinhan Card
Debeach Golf Club
TOPTEN10
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Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Busan Metropolitan City
Korean Film Council
BUSAN CINEMA CENTER