Wide Angle
The Witch HuntersEleven-year-old Jovan dreams of becoming a superhero to teach his school bullies a lesson. In reality, he is simply a quiet boy who has cerebral palsy. After charismatic Milica is transferred to his class, she drops in for a surpr...
Korean Cinema Today
The Witch: Part 1. The SubversionJa-yoon (Kim Da-mi) lost all her memories in a mysterious accident during childhood, and now lives in a peaceful farming village. She grows up to be a cheerful high school student and tries to help out at home by winning the prize...
BUSAN Classic
The Year of the DragonDirector Choi Kook-in, a North Korean defector born in Seongjin, North Hamgyong Province, studied film at the Moscow State Film School. After criticizing Kim Il-sung’s August Incident, he sought political asylum with the Soviet Un...
A Window on Asian Cinema
They Sing up on the HillThey Sing up on the Hill is a film that expands the perception of what Mongol means in the world. Instead of ambitiously revealing the whole of Mongolia, or the entirety of Ulaanbaatar, the film uses a peripheral tactic following ...
Special Programs in Focus
Third World HeroAs a film marrying satire and documentary, more than a century after his death, two filmmakers struggle to make sense of the mystery that surrounds the events of the last day in the life of the Filipino hero Jose Rizal. Their atte...
Special Programs in Focus
Three Godless YearsA Filipino-Japanese soldier falls in love with a Filipina during World War II. The war shatters the idyllic life of Rosario, a schoolteacher. Captain Masugi, a Philippine-born Japanese, chances upon Rosario’s house. Having too muc...
Wide Angle
till next timeJin-hua and Jin-tien are twin sisters. Quiet and shy Jin-tien is an animal trainer at an aquarium. When her sister suddenly goes missing, Jin-tien must stand in for her in a magic show. While inside the box, she is confronted with...
Wide Angle
Tokyo 21st OctoberFifty-two-year-old Sakiko visits her son living in Tokyo. As she has dinner with him in a sushi restaurant with a strange server, she speaks ill of her mother-in-law and gets angry all of a sudden. The unique stop motion animation...
Wide Angle
Tranny FagLinn da Quebrada is a transgender woman from a Brazilian slum. She performs for colored queers. She shakes the stage with the passionate twerking, flashy costumes and powerful rap music that resists the heteronormative gender orde...
Flash Forward
Treat Me Like FireElla works at her father′s restaurant where Abel comes by to deliver ingredients. Her simple, repetitive routine is shaken up by Abel’s spontaneous attitude. His provocations awaken her intrinsic passion and the two fall in love. ...