Special Programs in Focus

• Iran
• 2016
• 94min

An ideal reflection of director Abbas Kiarostami’s cinematic philosophy and warm personality, this film begins with the massive earthquake that struck northern Iran in 1990, three years after Where is the Friend’s Home was produce...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2016
• 114min

A North Korean fisherman drifts into Southern waters when his boat’s engine fails. The National Intelligence Service proceeds to interrogate him on suspicion of being a spy. Two NIS officers with opposing views take on the case; o...

• Venice Film Festival (Out of Competition)

World Cinema

• Germany
• 2016
• 102min

Helene is suffering both from her failed marriage and from the absence of God in her life. She meets psychologist Eduard to sort out the emptiness in her heart. They become inexplicably close and end up sharing their troubles and ...

Flash Forward

• Bulgaria,Greece
• 2016
• 101min

Tsanko, a slowcoach railwayman, discovers a pile of money on the railroad and reports it to the police. He becomes nationally famous for his actions and is suddenly praised as a hero. The Ministry of Transportation holds a congrat...

New Currents

• China
• 2016
• 93min

Wang Xuebo’s debut feature film focuses on the mutual understanding between a man and a cow. In a mountain village in Ningxia, China, where the Hui people live, old man Majishan’s wife passes away, and his family decides to do a p...

Wide Angle

• Germany
• 2016
• 80min

Life for a mouse, a rooster and a pig has never been better, so when unwanted guests arrive and disturb the peace they take it on themselves to set things right. Set on the lovely and quiet farm of Mollywoop, life comes under thre...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2016
• 100min

Sohyun, a runaway, is left alone after her close friend Jungho disappears. By accident, she gets to know a transgender woman named Jane. She joins Jane and her close-knit community of runaways, who are as comforting and loving as ...

• 2016 ACF Post-Production Fund

World Cinema

• Chile,France
• 2016
• 128min

Twenty-year-old Alejandrito travels to Santiago against his parents’ wishes. Full of energy for life and desire for creativity, he joins a group of young intellectual artists who are experimenting with avant-garde fashion. Here, h...

• Cannes Film Festival (Directors′ Fortnight)

World Cinema

• UK
• 2016
• 100min

59 year old Daniel Blake has worked as a joiner most of his life in Newcastle, England. He has been independent all his life. But he needs help from the State for the first time ever after he falls ill with heart disease. He appli...

• Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival

World Cinema

• Australia
• 2016
• 112min

It’s Halloween 1997 - the last night of high school for Corey, Jango and their skater gang, The Gromits. Childhood is over and adult life beckons. But for Corey, his past has some unfinished business. When he encounters Jonah, a f...

• Venice Film Festival (Orizzonti)