Special Program in Focus

• Bing WANG
• France
• 2012
• 153min

Arguably one of the most important directors of our time, Wang Bing is one of the first filmmakers to come to mind when considering the achievements of cinema in the digital age. H...

• 베니스영화제 오리종티 작품상

Special Program in Focus

• Gianfranco ROSI
• Italy/France
• 2013
• 95min

Gianfranco Rosi spent two years on and around the Grande Raccordo Anulare (GRA), a ring-shaped road that encircles the city of Rome. Rosi’s method, which involves getting to know t...

• 베니스영화제 황금사자상

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• Verena PARAVEL,Lucien CASTAING-TAYLOR
• France/United States/United Kingdom
• 2012
• 93min

A monumental documentary filmed from an anthropologist’s perspective by directors Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor of the Harvard University’s Sensory Ethnography Lab. Two...

• 로카르노영화제 FIPRESCI상

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• Yujiro HARUMOTO
• Japan
• 2020
• 153min

A Balance is one of the most challenging Japanese independent films in recent years. Inspired by a true story, the film follows a female documentary filmmaker, Yuko, who is ...

• 부산국제영화제 뉴커런츠상

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• Sho MIYAKE
• Japan/France
• 2022
• 100min

The latest film by Miyake Sho, one of the most anticipated Japanese filmmakers, is a creative, never-before-seen movie about boxing based on the autobiographical story of Ogasawara...

• 베를린영화제 엔카운터

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• Natsuka KUSANO
• Japan
• 2014
• 73min

A sisterhood drama about an unlikely friendship between two women who find themselves entwined together. The process of two different women beginning to form a bond as they work on...

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• Kohei IGARASHI,Damien MANIVEL
• Japan/France
• 2017
• 89min

A joint project that came together through an encounter between Igarashi Kohei and Damien Manivel at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival. Set in Hirosakishi, Aomori Prefec...

• 베니스영화제 오리종티

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• Akio FUJIMOTO
• Japan/Myanmar
• 2017
• 98min

A film depicting the difficulties faced by a Myanmarese family living in Japan as they await their refugee status determination. Passage of Life is Fujimoto Akio’s feature-l...

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• Yui KIYOHARA
• Japan
• 2017
• 80min

The winner of the Grand Prize at the 2017 Pia Film Festival, directed by Kiyohara Yui over the course of her 20s. With a powerful idea full of logical leaps and meticulous descript...

• 베를린영화제 포럼

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• Shinzo KATAYAMA
• Japan
• 2018
• 91min

Katayama Shinzo poured his heart and soul into the film, serving as director, writer and editor on this portrayal of a brother and a sister struggling to survive which was shot ove...