A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran,UK
• 2016
• 63min

When looking at the filmography of Mohsen Makhmalbaf, we’ve been noticing a title Nights of Zayande-rood. Thinking about Makhmalbaf style and the subjects he has usually been interested to depict, we were so curious to know what ...

• Venice Film Festival (Classics)

Special Programs in Focus

• Colombia
• 2016
• 25min

Flash Forward

• Canada
• 2016
• 106min

1:54 is a psychological thriller about a high school student who is pushed to the edge because of the pressure he endures and where human limits reach the point of no return. At the age of 16, Tim is both intelligent and talented ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Iran
• 2016
• 04min

"I first conceived of 24 Frames while reflecting on the works of iconic painters whose pieces were created prior to the advent of cinema; I pondered the aspiration of artists in this era to capture reality with precision. This is ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Kazakhstan
• 2016
• 103min

Akzhol loses his parents in an accident and he is left responsible for his four younger sisters. Diligent and strong-willed, Akzhol drops out of university and starts working, but it’s hard for him to endure day to day and to face...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Hong Kong,China
• 2016
• 83min

It’s 1997. Hong Fen, her husband Wei Dong, his father, and their 8-year-old daughter live 800 meters above sea level in the mountains near the Three Gorges Dam in China, where construction is in full swing. Adhering to government ...

World Cinema

• Italy,France
• 2016
• 107min

Taking her son Valerio with her, Anna runs from her abusive husband and hides at her long-time friend Carla’s home. Theater actress Carla is unceremonious and liberal, and though not rich, warmly welcomes her friend in peril. Anna...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2016
• 90min

Ghashang and Farang are two elderly sisters who decided to live together following the death of Ghashang’s husband. Bachman, Ghashang’s son, joins them after getting divorced from his wife, a painter who left him because of his ob...

Wide Angle

• Taiwan
• 2016
• 24min

A documentary about Nogami Teruyo, who for nearly half a century stood by Akira Kurosawa as a screenwriting collaborator, a script supervisor, and a companion.

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Vietnam
• 2016
• 87min

A typical married couple who have spent a long, long together. The wife nitpicks at her husband for drinking too much beer, and he tells her off for gaining weight. Due to a lack of economic affluence, a moneylender visits their h...