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World Premiere

World Cinema

Epifanía
  • Oscar RUIZ NAVIA,Anna EBORN
  • Colombia,Sweden,Denmark
  • 2016
  • 72min

On the remote island of Faro in Sweden a woman experiences the death of her mother. ”As she died, my dream was born, for her return”. In Colombia a mother attempts to soothe her sp...

International Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Tam Cam: The Untold Story
  • NGO Thanh Van
  • Vietnam
  • 2016
  • 114min

Tam Cam: The Untold Story confirms the present state of the growing Vietnamese entertainment industry. Adapted from a Vietnamese fairy tale, Tam Cam: The Untold Story...

World Cinema

Foreign Body
  • Raja AMARI
  • France,Tunisie
  • 2016
  • 92min

After informing on her radical Islamist brother, Samia flees Tunisia for France and seeks shelter in the house of her childhood friend, Imed. She soon begins to work for the widowe...

Open Cinema

Godzilla Resurgence
  • Hideaki ANNO,Shinji HIGUCHI
  • Japan
  • 2016
  • 120min

In Tokyo Bay, a giant creature emerges from the water and destroys the city. This monster evolves, getting bigger at each appearance. After declaring a national emergency, the Japa...

Gala Presentation

your name.
  • Makoto SHINKAI
  • Japan
  • 2016
  • 106min

The much-anticipated new animated film from Shinkai Makoto, hailed by some as even the “Post Miyazaki Hayao”. It features an all-star line-up of filmmakers, musicians, and voice ac...

Open Cinema

Mirzya
  • Rakeysh OMPRAKASH MEHRA
  • India
  • 2016
  • 132min

Inspired by Mirza Sahiban, one of India’s most tragic love stories, this new film entitled Mirzya is an epic story of love defying destiny, cleverly portrayed with fr...

World Cinema

The Reconquest
  • Jonás TRUEBA
  • Spain
  • 2016
  • 108min

As they had promised, high school lovers Manuela and Olmo meet again after 15 years apart. They search for memories of their former selves; words and emotions that could explain th...

Korean Cinema Today

THE NET
  • KIM Ki-duk
  • Korea
  • 2016
  • 114min

A North Korean fisherman drifts into Southern waters when his boat’s engine fails. The National Intelligence Service proceeds to interrogate him on suspicion of being a spy. Two NI...

  • 베니스영화제 비경쟁부문
World Premiere

Opening Film & Closing Film

A Quiet Dream
  • ZHANG Lu
  • Korea
  • 2016
  • 101min

Life is tough for Ye-ri, a young woman who runs a bar and takes care of her unconscious, paralyzed father. Three men, Ik-june, Jong-bin, and Jung-bum, all try to woo her, but they ...

World Premiere

Korean Cinema Today

The Priests
  • JANG Jae-hyun
  • Korea
  • 2016
  • 108min

In Seoul 2015, a girl displays strange symptoms after a hit-and-run. Having gotten into trouble with the church due to frequent, unexpected behavior, Priest Kim has his own plans f...

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