Open Cinema

• France,Belgium
• 2017
• 80min

Zombillenium is an unusual amusement park that employs genuine zombies and vampires. Unlike vampires, who are the celebrities of the park, other monsters live a dull life. When Hector, a compliance officer of Zombillenium, comes t...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• India
• 2017
• 95min

Animals in the zoo do not need a way to survive because the cage is in charge of protection and oppression at the same time. The story dealing with addiction is about five people running into danger due to their methods of surviva...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Thailand
• 2016
• 75min

Jojo, a 17-year-old girl from Bangkok, is about to graduate from high school. After her friend Q reveals a secret to her, the two girls grow close and spend all their time together. Jojo’s father wholeheartedly approves of the fri...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2016
• 98min

Kamal Tabrizi is a veteran filmmaker who has been always interested to depict the themes that others hesitate to approach to. He made Leily is with me (1995) in the midst of Iran-Iraq war, when no one could ever dared to make a co...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran,UK
• 2016
• 63min

When looking at the filmography of Mohsen Makhmalbaf, we’ve been noticing a title Nights of Zayande-rood. Thinking about Makhmalbaf style and the subjects he has usually been interested to depict, we were so curious to know what ...

• Venice Film Festival (Classics)

Flash Forward

• Canada
• 2016
• 106min

1:54 is a psychological thriller about a high school student who is pushed to the edge because of the pressure he endures and where human limits reach the point of no return. At the age of 16, Tim is both intelligent and talented ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Iran
• 2016
• 04min

"I first conceived of 24 Frames while reflecting on the works of iconic painters whose pieces were created prior to the advent of cinema; I pondered the aspiration of artists in this era to capture reality with precision. This is ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Kazakhstan
• 2016
• 103min

Akzhol loses his parents in an accident and he is left responsible for his four younger sisters. Diligent and strong-willed, Akzhol drops out of university and starts working, but it’s hard for him to endure day to day and to face...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Hong Kong,China
• 2016
• 83min

It’s 1997. Hong Fen, her husband Wei Dong, his father, and their 8-year-old daughter live 800 meters above sea level in the mountains near the Three Gorges Dam in China, where construction is in full swing. Adhering to government ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Iran
• 2016
• 76min

This documentary film reflects 76 minutes and 15 seconds of exceptional moments of Abbas Kiarostami’s daily life in respect of 76 years and 15 days of his fruitful and creative life in this material world. The shots of the film a...