World Cinema

• Croatia,Serbia
• 2013
• 93min

The Catholic priest pierces the condoms to be sold, while the pharmacist substitutes contraception pills with vitamins to boost the birth rate. Unwanted pregnancies occur, bringing unwanted babies into the world, and the priest fo...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• India
• 2013
• 153min

‘Satyagraha’ is the philosophy of nonviolent resistance that was created by Mahatma Gandhi. It means “insistence on truth” in Hindi, but Gandhi used the movement to protest against injustice and oppression. The film reinterprets t...

Flash Forward

• Italy,Argentina
• 2013
• 96min

The drastic reversal of fortunes for two Sardinian third league teams, the corruption scandal that destroyed an international referee’s career and the ancient codes of sheep breeding are among the stories woven around each other i...

• Venice Film Festival (Official Selection of Venice Days), BUSAN Bank Award Candidate

Midnight Passion

• Spain
• 2013
• 98min

Kate and Alex make an enviable couple: They are young, successful and very much in love. Kate works at the hospital in the Return Unit, helping those who have been infected by the virus. Kate’s dedication to her work is absolute, ...

Flash Forward

• Sweden
• 2013
• 89min

What happens when the hidden truth behind an old rivalry is challenged? Artist Anna Odell stars as herself (sort of) in this drama about a class reunion. In doing so, she reveals unseen hierarchies and the nature of power and excl...

Flash Forward

• Australia,Thailand
• 2013
• 96min

No matter how privileged we are, everyone knows the paranoia of feeling cursed and has tasted the fear of being cast out of our home environment. With The Rocket, Australian director Kim Mordaunt takes this universal theme and app...

• Berlin Film Festival - Best Debut Film

Flash Forward

• Ireland,UK
• 2013
• 86min

This journey to the past takes us to a summer of tragedy. A middle-aged artist returns to an Irish beach town following his wife’s death. The visit reminds him of the romantic yet disturbing past when he became sexually aware and ...

Flash Forward

• UK
• 2013
• 90min

The Selfish Giant is a modern fable about a 13-year-old boy called Arbor and his close friend Swifty. Director Clio Bernard says that he has always wanted to dramatize The Selfish Giant, the fairy tale by Oscar Wilde that inspired...

• Cannes Film Festival Directors′ Fortnight Europa Cinemas

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2013
• 80min

The surroundings in this film is not merely a background, but a key axis of the images. A young couple from Tehran moves to a temporary residence in a hope to make a better loving relationship. The wife lost all her family members...

Special Programs in Focus

• Ireland
• 2013
• 94min

Hugh O’Conor plays Fionnan the hapless bride groom whose camping weekend is hijacked by his future brother in law, a psychopath known only as the Machine. A crazed force of nature, the Machine leads the group into the wild mountai...