History

World Premiere a Wild Roomer

New Currents

a Wild Roomer
  • Korea
  • 2022
  • 136min

Gi-hong is a carpenter who makes his living by taking on small interior work. He has become close to the young landlord and his wife and spends more time hanging out with them. Meanwhile, small but strange things happen to Gi-hong...

World Premiere The Winter Within

New Currents

The Winter Within
  • India/France/Qatar
  • 2022
  • 99min

Working as a domestic helper, Nargis looks everywhere to find out whether her husband Manzoor, who was arrested after joining the armed rebellion, is dead or alive. She is fired when her employer learns that Manzoor is a militant....

World Premiere Shivamma

New Currents

Shivamma
  • India
  • 2022
  • 104min

Shivamma is an ardent sales rep for the energy drink Nuracle. The multilevel marketing method at Nuracle is her only belief and motivation for life. To Shivamma, living in a poor town on the outskirts of a city with her bed-ridden...

World Premiere No End

New Currents

No End
  • Germany/Iran/Turkiye
  • 2022
  • 113min

Ayaz is an ordinary man who wishes for his own home. His brother-in-law left Iran for a long time due to his anti-government activities, but the news of his possible return reaches Ayaz. Concerned that he might have to leave home ...

World Premiere Blue Again

New Currents

Blue Again
  • Thailand
  • 2022
  • 190min

Ay is a mixed race child of a Thai mother and a white man. As she is much taller than others and has brown hair instead of black, she looks distinguished by appearance. She majors in fashion in Bangkok to contribute to the family ...

World Premiere MEMENTO MORI: EARTH

New Currents

MEMENTO MORI: EARTH
  • Vietnam
  • 2022
  • 85min

Memento Mori: Earth presents the final emotional life of a young mother who is about to die. The film, set on a coffee farm in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, unfolds in non-linear fashion. Van looks fondly at her husband who ca...

World Premiere Ajoomma

New Currents

Ajoomma
  • Singapore/Korea
  • 2022
  • 90min

A Singaporean auntie (“ajoomma” in Korean language) lives alone with her estranged son. Her only pleasure in life is to watch Korean TV series, clumsily imitating the dialogues. She and her son book a tour in Korea for holidays, b...

World Premiere Hail to Hell

New Currents

Hail to Hell
  • Korea
  • 2022
  • 109min

Na-mi and Sun-woo, who have been suffering from bullying and school violence throughout their school days, attempt suicide while their classmates go on a school trip. The story makes us anticipate unbearable tragedies, but the sto...

World Premiere Thousand and One Nights

New Currents

Thousand and One Nights
  • Japan
  • 2022
  • 126min

Tomiko, a middle-aged woman, waits patiently for her husband, who disappeared thirty years ago, to return. She lives alone in a declining fishing village, and continues to search tirelessly for her husband. One day she meets Nami,...

World Premiere A Place Called Silence

New Currents

A Place Called Silence
  • Malaysia
  • 2022
  • 104min

Three students from Jing Mu Girls’ Middle School go missing and turn up dead. Xiao Tong, a special education student with speech impairment, feels like someone is watching her. During the rehearsal for the school’s foundation day ...

1
BNK Busan Bank
GENESIS
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Co., Ltd.
NUTRILITE
NAVER
카카오 오픈채팅
PARADISE HOTEL BUSAN
Korea Exchange
POSCO
Shinhan Card
Debeach Golf Club
TOPTEN10
CJ CGV
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Busan Metropolitan City
Korean Film Council
BUSAN CINEMA CENTER