A Window on Asian Cinema

• Malaysia,Philippines
• 2016
• 143min

Pepe has been an impersonator of legendary rock musician Joey Smith for thirty years. He ekes out a living by singing at a shabby bar, his performances gradually getting worse. Nevertheless, his heart is full of the rock n’ roll s...

• Venice Film Festival (Critics Week)

Wide Angle

• Taiwan,Malaysia
• 2016
• 84min

Perak, Malaysia. For over 30 years, a picture of a man has hung on the wall of an old house. The family who lives there is reluctant to talk about it and who he was. Absent Without Leave delves into the history of this mysterious ...

• 2015 AND DongSeo Asia Fund

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2016
• 186min

The Iranian master filmmaker Majid Majidi’s epic drama about the prophet Muhammad, from the time of his birth until the age of thirteen. This film is the first part of a trilogy planned to depict the life of Muhammad. With the hig...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2016
• 125min

By Nakano Ryota, Her Love Boils Bathwater is a family drama evoking both laughter and tears but at the same time delivering a strong feminist message. Miyazawa Rie gives an impassioned performance as Futaba, who embraces all love ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2016
• 95min

An old man and Amir are struggling to restore a waterway in their village, though based on differing beliefs: religion versus science or the inevitability born by faith versus logic and progress. It is difficult to find the key to...

Midnight Passion

• Japan
• 2016
• 132min

A body mauled to death by dogs is found and other heinous murders follow. Mysterious notes are left at the crime scenes, hinting the killings were done to punish each victim and the bodies presented in a way as though to be found....

A Window on Asian Cinema

• United States,India
• 2016
• 85min

Mi Amor is the sixth film from Suman Ghosh, who is well-known to BIFF. By focusing on the gap between the rich and the poor as well as the conflicts between generations, his previous films set out to discover the value of universa...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• India
• 2016
• 88min

Dasgupta Buddhadeb, one of India’s most well-known independent film directors over the last 40 years, displays lyrical and cinematic charms in his most recent work, which reminds us of Fellini’s surrealistic mysticism and Makhmalb...

Open Cinema

• India
• 2016
• 132min

Inspired by Mirza Sahiban, one of India’s most tragic love stories, this new film entitled Mirzya is an epic story of love defying destiny, cleverly portrayed with frequent flashbacks. A boy and a girl are best friends but after a...

Flash Forward

• Spain,France,Morocco,Qatar
• 2016
• 93min

A dying Arabian Sheikh travels across the Moroccan Atlas Mountains in a caravan to be buried in his hometown. When he dies along the way, most of the caravan give up the journey for fear of the mountain. Only Ahmed and Said keep t...

• Nespresso Grand Prize at Critics′ Week, Cannes Film Festival