Korean Cinema Today
The EmperorEarly one morning in Gangnam, three grim-faced individuals get into a black van. They will face their final moments in life in a secluded countryside motel. In the hushed silence of the motel room, the three are set to spend their...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Carousel Never Stops TurningThis movie was not written by somebody, but it deals with history witnessed by things. However, the level of history here is neither the record of a unique moment, such as a great invention, nor a revolutionary moment like the ove...
Wide Angle
HugoDzidek, the retired king of amusement parks, lives with his seven-year-old grandson Hugo Huang in one of the left over caravans on the site of a once prospering business. The growing bond and relationship between them is valued ab...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
A Day OffThe film never made opening night and was forgotten until rediscovered as one of director Lee Manhee’s best films. It’s the story about a poor, young couple’s Sunday. Shin Seong-il appears as penniless Heo Uk, the image of the des...
World Cinema
CarbonAntoine Roca’s firm is going bankrupt. His rich father-in-law wants to take his wife and son away for their safety. In his desperation, Antoine hears from his lawyer that there is a way to buy and sell carbon tax on line. He earns...
World Cinema
The Other Side of HopeA Syrian refugee, Khaled, sneaks onto a coal freighter and smuggles himself into Helsinki. He seeks asylum only to be turned down, which leaves him no choice but to live on the streets. Then a dorky Finn, Wikstrom, takes him to hi...
Korean Cinema Today
A Haunting HitchhikeSixteen-year-old Jeong-ae lives with her father in a redevelopment area in Seoul. Her father is diagnosed with terminal cancer, but has given up and is awaiting death. He tells her that everything becomes easy when you give up. On...
Flash Forward
M.F.A.Noelle, an art student struggling to find her voice, is sexually assaulted by a fellow classmate. Attempting to cope with her trauma, she impulsively confronts her attacker, leading to a violent altercation that culminates in his ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
#BKKYJojo, 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
[Special Screening] RewardKamal 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...