Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2016
• 98min

Two boys go to live in a temple. Sundong is sent there when his mother is deported, while Sundoo goes voluntarily when he is tempted to kill himself after suffering from school violence. The film starts with a scene where two boys...

• 2015 AND BIFF Mecenat Fund

World Cinema

• Iceland
• 2016
• 103min

Finnur is a prominent thoracic surgeon. After losing his first wife, he remarries and forms a new family, which includes Anna, his daughter from his first marriage. After finding out that Anna’s boyfriend deals drugs, he takes dra...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China
• 2016
• 142min

Tabei has led a hard life of violence and murder. One day, he sees a deer swallowing a holy relic and decides to kill it in order to take the treasure. However, lightning suddenly strikes and kills him. A living Buddha brings his ...

Wide Angle

• India
• 2016
• 24min

The film is based on the issue of honor killing. Due to these issue a family took very hard decision for his girl. It also show how family relation are changed due to social pressure and very cruel face of Society.

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China
• 2016
• 93min

Wen Jie meets and befriends Yang Dan, an actress, at a theater workshop. She also meets her boyfriend, Li Yihuan. A strange emotional vibe develops between the trio, and, when Li Yihuan’s father goes bankrupt, the three new friend...

Flash Forward

• Italy,France
• 2016
• 104min

As a Jehovah’s Witness, Giulia lives in a world shaped by a religion that strictly excludes outsiders, filled with restraint, pressure and scriptures. She falls in love with Libero, an ex-convict working for her father. Libero is ...

• Venice Film Festival (Venice Days)

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran,France
• 2016
• 123min

A psychodrama by Asghar Farhadi, an Iranian director who as been hailed for his outstanding depictions of human relationships. Young husband and wife Emad and Rana move into a new apartment while preparing for their roles in the...

• Best Actor Award at Cannes Film Festival, Best Screenplay Award at Cannes Film Festival

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2016
• 76min

Excruciatingly lonely, Junho contemplates suicide. As he’s about to kill himself, a total stranger, Scarlet, unexpectedly visits his home. To stave off his loneliness, Joonho pays Scarlet to spend a few days with him before his de...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Indonesia
• 2016
• 98min

While helping factory workers on strike, Indonesian poet and activist Wiji Thukul is struck in the face and loses the sight from one of his eyes. To find sanctuary during the nationwide crackdown against the People’s Democratic Pa...

Wide Angle

• Philippines,United States
• 2016
• 12min

In some provinces in the Philippines, boys are circumcised at 10 by a man called mang tutuli. When Rene-boy, the son of mang tutuli Itoy, flees his circumcision, his shame forces him to face the ultimate challenge: proving to his ...