Special Program in Focus
The Sea Calls for MeSura, an orphaned boy, lives a lonely life in a fishing village, earning a penny for his labor. Wandering the beach in the vague expectation that his father may return, he discover...
Special Program in Focus
Vania on Lima StreetVania lives in a large Chinese medicine store. She wants to be helpful to adults but is too young. On a quiet night, she finds an injured thief running away from mobs. She invites ...
Special Program in Focus
Dancing ColorsDika is an adolescent with extraordinary sensitivity. His parents want to have a ritual to turn their son back to “normal.” An imam is summoned to chase the jinn away, but his acti...
Special Program in Focus
Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending ComedyBasri and Salma have been married for five years. Together, they run a small amusement ride for children. Their peaceful daily routines begin to reveal small cracks in their facade...
Jiseok
At the End of the FilmAfter a decade of false starts and failed projects, film director Si-won (Park Jong-hwan) is about to make a mountain movie. However, the film faces another setback, and then the d...
A Window on Asian Cinema
ScreamBorn without legs, Melis lives with his young son in a small rural village. There is a weapons test site near the village, but Melis and other villagers lead a peaceful life. Zhalg...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Remembering Every NightRemembering Every Night follows three women in one spring day in Tama, a satellite city of Tokyo. Chizu, forty-four, receives a postcard from an old friend inviting her to c...
Opening Film & Closing Film
The Movie EmperorIn 2006, Ning Hao delighted his fans in Busan with the closing film, Crazy Stone, at the Busan International Film Festival. This year, he returns after seventeen years with ...
Korean Cinema Today
Sorigouldari: The Sound UnderpassIn 2046, an AI named Salvation senses the end of the world. A group of artists are the only ones who can stop it. The Resisters, as they call themselves, recognize that their artis...
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On the AdamantAdamant is a hospital psychiatric center. This film follows patients, caregivers, and doctors as they travel to and from the center, which floats on the Seine River. The director w...