History

Open Cinema

Dying to Survive
  • Muye WEN
  • China
  • 2018
  • 116min

Based on true events that took place in China. Cheng Yong is a poor, divorced man of no consequence who owns an Indian herbal oil shop. His life is turned upside down when a man ap...

World Premiere

Wide Angle

Once in a Child′s Life
  • Jesahel Newton,Sara Momtazian,Mafer Agahi
  • SouthAfrica,Ecuador,Colombia
  • 2018
  • 69min

An omnibus film led by world renowned Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf along with three young female directors he met though the workshop “Films that Change Society”. These stori...

A Window on Asian Cinema

Bulbul Can Sing
  • Rima Das
  • India
  • 2018
  • 95min

The film beautifully portrays miraculous moments in Bulbul’s oppressed life, a teenage girl living in India’s Assam region. The film depicts the power of pioneering a harsh life, c...

Wide Angle

A Gift
  • Aditya Ahmad
  • Indonesia
  • 2018
  • 15min

Isfi is the lead troublemaker among a group of boys in male uniform, but is a little smaller and prettier than the rest. When going over to friend Nita’s house, Isfi must wear a hi...

  • 베니스영화제 오리종티, The Future of Lion 단편 대상
World Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Round Figure
  • Hardik MEHTA
  • India
  • 2018
  • 111min

Sudhir had a brilliant career as an actor, though mostly in supporting roles or as the villain. Still, he boasted of having famous lines and fancy action scenes on his resume. Now,...

World Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Sincerely Yours, Dhaka
  • Nuhash HUMAYUN,Syed Ahmed SHAWKI,Rahat RAHMAN,MD Robiul ALAM,Golam Kibria FAROOKI,Mir Mukarram HOSSAIN,Tanvir AHSAN,Mahmudul ISLAM,Abdullah Al NOOR,Krishnendu CHATTOPADHYAY,Syed Saleh Ahmed SOBHAN
  • Bangladesh
  • 2018
  • 134min

The year 2018 will be recorded as the year an unusually high number of omnibus projects were made in Asia, from the Ten-Year International Project involving Thailand, Taiwan and Ja...

Wide Angle

A Cold Summer Night
  • Yash SAWANT
  • India
  • 2018
  • 21min

It was just a normal summer night for Ketan until a random driver hits his parked car and everyone finds out that he was cheating on his wife while she was in labor. Everyone who h...

Wide Angle

The Open Door
  • Jamyang Jamtsho WANGCHUK
  • Bhutan,UK
  • 2018
  • 15min

This short film is made up of four chapters: lotus/purity, pig/ignorance, bird/desire, and snake/anger. Each chapter also represents the moments when Pema is born, grows up, become...

International Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

The Man From the Sea
  • Koji FUKADA
  • Japan,Indonesia,France
  • 2018
  • 107min

In Indonesia’s Aceh, where the villagers still struggle with the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami disaster from a decade ago, a mysterious man emerges from the sea and colla...

Gala Presentation

Killing
  • Shinya TSUKAMOTO
  • Japan
  • 2018
  • 80min

Multi-talented director Tsukamoto Shinya returns with a classic yet modern samurai film. It is mid-19th century, and Mokunoshin is a young man maintaining his swordsmanship skills ...

  • 베니스영화제 경쟁부문
BNK Busan Bank
GENESIS
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Co., Ltd.
NUTRILITE
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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
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