A Window on Asian Cinema

• Italy,Philippines,Japan
• 2015
• 77min

Money can’t buy everything, but it’s surprising what people think it can buy. Young Blanka makes her living begging and stealing on the streets of Manila, dreaming of saving up enough money to “buy” a mother. After meeting Peter, ...

• Biennale College - Cinema at Venice International Film Festival / 2015 ACF Post-Production Fund

World Cinema

• Italy,France,Switzerland
• 2015
• 107min

A convent in Bobbio, Italy, serves as the setting for the two stories that unfold in this haunting and uniquely crafted film. In the first, set in the 17th century, Federico, a young man-at-arms, attempts to restore his family’s h...

• Venice International Film Festival (In Competition)

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2015
• 100min

In a tranquil countryside hospital, radiologic technician Yeonwu suffers from a mental disorder, the result of a childhood trauma in which he witnessed his younger brother die in a car accident. Wonhee, the hospital’s newest nurse...

World Cinema

• Poland
• 2015
• 92min

Olga hates her body; it’s unattractive and it’s useless. She wants to be free from the trap of physical appearance and it′s the reason why she is unhappy. Olga’s father, who is a prosecutor, feels sorry for her but can nothing to ...

• Silver Bear (Best Director) at Berlin Film Festival

Wide Angle

• China
• 2015
• 95min

Boonie Bears started out as a popular TV animation series produced by CCTV, the Chinese national broadcasting channel. Based on its some 200 episodes, CCTV produced an animated theatrical feature, Boonie Bears: To the Rescue (2014...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2015
• 18min

An alcoholic father beats his wife and son every day. The boy suffers the violence in silence and begins seeking out a way to console himself. He finds a guitar in his cousin’s room and decides to learn to play.

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2015
• 104min

Boys Run portrays two youths, Minsoo and Sangho, growing up in the Sungmisan Hill Community, demonstrating the community’s simultaneous commonplaceness and specialness. There, freedom to wander is allowed in a natural pace, one th...

Open Cinema

• India
• 2015
• 159min

Set in one of the world’s most troubled regions, the India-Pakistan border, this film tells the story of six-year-old Shahida, a smart, mute girl who lives in a small village in Pakistan. One day, on the way to New Delhi, she lose...

Wide Angle

• Belgium,France,Netherlands
• 2015
• 92min

Cafard begins at the junction of the best and the worst moments of a man′s life. The very second wrestler Jean Mordant wins the World Championship, his 15-year-old daughter becomes pregnant after being gang raped by German soldier...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Thailand,UK,France,Germany,Malaysia,Korea,Mexico,United States,Norway
• 2015
• 121min

Apichatpong Weerasethakul′s new film is just what you′d expect. Apichatpong continues to take further rhetoric and character. They are evident in such elements ass the Isan province of Thailand, the forest, the ghost, the soldier,...

• Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard)