Special Programs in Focus

• Georgia
• 2014
• 80min

Working at a club and restaurant, Nana dreams of saving money and starting her own business. Niko, a policeman, approaches Nana, who is exhausted by the owner’s abuse and the problems with her coworkers. Gradually, the two develop...

Flash Forward

• Germany,Czech Republic
• 2014
• 101min

Julius Schmitke is a fifty-seven-year-old German wind turbine engineer. He feels ill and his body creaks, crunches and groans with age. One day, he is sent somewhere to the Czech side of the Ore Mountains to fix one of his old mod...

• Candidate for BUSAN Bank Award

Flash Forward

• Peru
• 2014
• 108min

Sebastian, a chef, hears that his mother is sick and returns to his Peruvian hometown after nine years. While nursing his mother, he finds out that his ex-girlfriend from nine years before had given birth to his son. His encounter...

• Candidate for BUSAN Bank Award

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Malaysia,Netherlands,Switzerland
• 2014
• 87min

A melancholic film set in a desolate seaside village reflects upon the idea of love and regret. A policeman, Tan, discovers that his wife and an old friend, Lai, have fled the village together, leaving him with Lai’s daughter Sand...

Flash Forward

• Israel
• 2014
• 89min

Israeli artist, Michal’s bed frame breaks and she wakes up by bumping her head on the floor. The injury might have caused Michal to be unable to remember her TV interview or the talk with her estranged husband. Meanwhile, Palestin...

• Cannes Film Festival (Critics′ Week)

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2014
• 98min

Veteran Iranian director Kamal Tabrizi’s new comedy-drama is about a middle aged, short-tempered man and the ridiculous events that occur following the death of his wife. Kamali holds a fancy funeral for his wife, but it is obviou...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2014
• 108min

‘The House of Isaac’ is a place which takes up kids who have nowhere to go. High schooler Youngjae who spent his childhood at this place sponsored by the Catholic church is reluctant to leave although he is too old to stay. He has...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2014
• 116min

Youngdo whose father was a merciless murderer had to endure being called ‘monster’ ever since he was a child. His father’s dark shadow is constantly drawn over him despite his death by execution. Youngdo vindictively lashes out to...

• 2014 ACF Post-production Fund

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2014
• 120min

On March 11, 2011, a great earthquake and tsunami rocked the Pacific coast along the northeastern region of Japan. This resulted in a terrible disaster that left 1,800 dead and the complete destruction of Fukushima. Shinozaki Mako...

Wide Angle

• Syria,France
• 2014
• 92min

Syrian director Ossama Mohamed was exiled to France in 2011 and was in tormented by the news of civil unrest in Syria. An online chat with filmmaker Bedirxan about what he would shoot were he still in Homs formed the genesis of th...