Wide Angle

• Korea,South
• 2013
• 32min

A Korean-Chinese working at a karaoke bar tries to avoid other people in her Korean class. She lies to another Korean-Chinese in her class that she works at a restaurant, but witnesses that other girl working at a karaoke bar too....

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea,South
• 2013
• 90min

Haewon is dating a married professor, Sungjoon, and when they accidentally run into other students and try to hide their relationship, it doesn’t come easily. She tries to end the relationship repeatedly, but that’s not easy eithe...

Wide Angle

• Korea,South
• 2013
• 90min

What happened in Korean society in the 1990s? The film starts with the Jijon-pa (Supreme Gangsters) case. The shocking story is narrated through the discussion by the two detectives who arrested the gangsters, of details of the ro...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Philippines
• 2013
• 250min

Lav Diaz?famous for his epic running times, long takes and slow-paced stories?is back with a new feature inspired by Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. This epic about crime, guilt and salvation starts in a small village called N...

• Cannes Film Festival- Un Certain Regard

Flash Forward

• UK
• 2013
• 102min

This typical romantic comedy succeeds thanks to the attractive and experienced performers. The rising starlet Karen Gillan plays the role of the young novelist Jane from Glasgow, whose first novel gets success with the help of Tom...

• Edinburgh Film Festival (Closing Film)

Midnight Passion

• Germany
• 2013
• 110min

Young Tore belongs to the Jesus Freaks, a Christian punk movement rebelling against established religion whilst at the same time following Jesus′ precepts of love. One day, in what appears to be a miracle, Tore manages to repair a...

• Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard)

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Palestine
• 2013
• 94min

The latest film of Hany Abu-Assad, who constantly brings Palestinian issues to his films, conveys the dismal reality in the Israeli-Palestinian relationship that is threatened by Israel’s persistent effort to build psychological a...

• Cannes Film Festival- Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize

Special Programs in Focus

• Ireland
• 2013
• 86min

John Carney’s Once is a modern-day musical. Set on the streets of Dublin, it features eight songs by Glen Hansard ? of Irish band The Frames ? who also stars in the film. Once tells the story of a busker and an immigrant, who fall...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Vietnam
• 2013
• 107min

This film is a fantasy martial art blockbuster starring, written and directed by Dustin Tri Ngyuen, who’s known for acting in Hollywood and for The Rebel (2006) and The Legend Is Alive (2009). On one side, it is a typical Western ...

Wide Angle

• Korea,South
• 2013
• 26min

In despair of selling her nail shop and getting evicted, Choa goes to the zoo with her exboyfriend, Seogi. Although Choa is hungry, he keeps taking pictures for others and giving directions to foreigners. Seogi then ruins their ro...