Special Programs in Focus

• Iran,France
• 2016
• 98min

Abbas Kiarostami sets out again. As did all his other selves, another of his alter egos, Badii, ventures out in search of something. Kiarostami, who searched for hope in his Koker Trilogy, now searches for life’s meaning and value...

Korean Cinema Retrospective

• Korea
• 2016
• 101min

Sodol, recently released from jail after serving 5 years for suspicion of murder, moves back to his island home following the death of his mother. Soon after his return, seaweed that’s being farmed starts to go rotten and a long-d...

Korean Cinema Retrospective

• Korea
• 2016
• 158min

While investigating the murder of brewery owner Yang Dalsu, detective Oh becomes embroiled in a case that dates back to the Korean War involving his mistress, Sohn Jihye, her husband, Hwang Bawu, and the commander of a guerilla un...

Opening Film & Closing Film

• Korea
• 2016
• 101min

Life is tough for Ye-ri, a young woman who runs a bar and takes care of her unconscious, paralyzed father. Three men, Ik-june, Jong-bin, and Jung-bum, all try to woo her, but they don’t have much success for each is flawed in thei...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2016
• 78min

Jihyun attends an interview in Seoul before taking a train back to his hometown of Chuncheon. On the way he sits next to a middle-aged couple. The film soon separates into two stories, one following Jihyun and the other following ...

Wide Angle

• China
• 2016
• 19min

Thirteen-year-old Hu Wei’s parents die in an accident and he is forced to face the rest of life all by himself. Gossip about his parents constantly assails him, and he can do nothing but bear it alone.

Wide Angle

• Canada
• 2016
• 16min

Francis must reconcile his relationship with his abusive father who suffers from Huntington’s Disease. Francis’ younger brother, Ed--the cameraman--records their dysfunctional lives with his Super 8 camera as their relationship wi...

Open Cinema

• Taiwan,China
• 2016
• 103min

The irony of love is that the more beautiful and passionate it is, the more tragic a separation becomes. High school companions Min-Liu and Xin-Rui are attracted to each other, but when they go to different universities in differe...

Special Programs in Focus

• Colombia
• 2016
• 208min

It All Started at the End, focuses on two of Cali Croup’s central figures, Andres Caicedo and Carlos Mayolo as seen by Luis Ospina, who presents himself as the narrative prologue and epilogue. Along with testimony by the group’s f...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2016
• 114min

Ordinary housewife Inyeong meets carpenter Huisu by chance in a cafe and for fun they decide to become coffee mates: friends who only meet in cafes and nowhere else. Although they don’t make calls or send texts, they can talk to e...