Wide Angle

• Philippines
• 2016
• 78min

Christians constitute over 90% of the population of Catholic Philippines. Historically, however, an Islamic dynasty had settled in the Philippines long before the Spanish invasion, which pushed the Muslims to Mindanao, in the sout...

Flash Forward

• France
• 2016
• 108min

The Dancer, set during France’s 19th century Belle Epoque, is a dramatic biography of Marie-Louise (stage name Loie Fuller). Loie Fuller paved the road to modern dance against the backdrop of the passionate and brilliant city of a...

• Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard)

Opening Film & Closing Film

• Iraq,Germany,Qatar
• 2016
• 92min

A film about innocent love, traditional values and the collision of conflicting religious beliefs, The Dark Wind is the third feature film by Hussein Hassan, a renowned actor and writer in Kurdistan, Iraq making its international ...

World Cinema

• France,Portugal,Spain
• 2016
• 115min

August 1715. Louis XIV complains of leg pains in the middle of night. For days afterwards, he tries to perform his official duties despite the pain, but his body weakens and soon he is not able to rise from bed. An ulcer is found ...

• Cannes Film Festival (Special Screening)

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2016
• 27min

Seonduk Arts High school sets a “moral distance rule”, forbidding physical contact between boys and girls. The school recommends Byeonchan and Seohyun, who have been meeting for 700 days, to transfer to another school because of t...

World Cinema

• Argentina,Spain
• 2016
• 117min

Nobel laureate Daniel is an international author whose arrogance knows no limits. Refusing all lecture requests and autograph events, he shuts himself up in a mansion in Barcelona. One day, he receives an invitation from his homet...

• Venice Film Festival (In Competition)

New Currents

• China
• 2016
• 105min

The Donor describes the dark side of modern Chinese society by telling a story where the good will to protect a family brings about tragedy after all. Yang Ba is not able to give financial support to his family and decides to sell...

Wide Angle

• China
• 2016
• 29min

Liang is the breadwinner of his family by transporting coal. Wang is a boss of a local mine with a beautiful wife who is pregnant. Chang is running a small restaurant along the road to serve the passing-by driver. Everything seems...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2016
• 95min

An old man and Amir are struggling to restore a waterway in their village, though based on differing beliefs: religion versus science or the inevitability born by faith versus logic and progress. It is difficult to find the key to...

Korean Cinema Retrospective

• Korea
• 2016
• 101min

Sodol, recently released from jail after serving 5 years for suspicion of murder, moves back to his island home following the death of his mother. Soon after his return, seaweed that’s being farmed starts to go rotten and a long-d...