A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2017
• 120min

The impact of the great earthquake that hit East Japan on March 11 is still being felt, particularly unimaginable pain by those who used to live near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. A husband who lost his wife has quit ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China,France
• 2017
• 101min

In a village in southern China, where a river passes through, some women are raped. However, rather than causing an uproar, the village is silent. Instead, the villagers whisper behind backs, and a racketeer even preys on the pare...

• APM 2015, 2017 ACF Post-Production Fund

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Philippines
• 2017
• 112min

A boy’s body is found in a waste disposal site in Manila. The case intrigues Father Gus, a Jesuit specializing in forensic medicine. Collaborating with Father Jerome and helped by his disciple and journalist Joanna, Father Gus goe...

Flash Forward

• Romania,Serbia,Belgium
• 2017
• 119min

Adi, a shy and introverted anthropologist who recently got dumped by his girlfriend, moves to Ferentari, the most notorious outcast neighborhood in Bucharest. He plans to write a study on manele music, the pop music of the Roma co...

New Currents

• Hong Kong,China
• 2017
• 86min

Angela is a cop in charge of the murder of a married couple. Her father, who suffers dementia, has always been a pain in her neck. Sensitive from pregnancy, Angela discovers strange aspects of the murder while investigating Connie...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2017
• 89min

Nowadays, the only ones remaining in Korean rural villages are senior citizens, farming and living in harmony with nature. Although the rhythm of their lives differs from that of city dwellers, they do no harm, and yet the governm...

Wide Angle

• Philippines
• 2017
• 16min

Shooting a documentary on the drug trade quickly descends into a dangerous obsession for two student filmmakers. With brothers Betong and Roel as underworld guides, the students become characters in their own film as the night wea...

Flash Forward

• Spain
• 2017
• 96min

Based on the director’s own true story and superbly depicting the world of children, Summer 1993 follows Frida, a child of few words, capturing details of not only children’s behavior, but also some of what’s in their minds, encou...

Special Programs in Focus

• Russia
• 2017
• 64min

A middle-aged man returns to his native village to buy an abandoned house, where he spent his childhood, although locals don’t support his decision. Soon, the man finds himself trapped between two realities. Baffled, he is trying ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2017
• 114min

Little body, stubby arms and legs, awkward gait: meet Yokohama-based 27-year-old Ryutaro (played by director Ninomiya Ryutaro himself), the laconic, heavy smoking and drinking protagonist of Sweating the Small Stuff. From the very...