Special Program in Focus

• Japan/Myanmar
• 2022
• 98min

A film depicting the difficulties faced by a Myanmarese family living in Japan as they await their refugee status determination. Passage of Life is Fujimoto Akio’s feature-length directorial debut that won him the Best Asian Futur...

World Cinema

• Belgium/France/Costa Rica
• 2022
• 100min

Eva (Daniela Marin Navarro), a sixteen-year-old girl, is confused as her parents divorce. She lives with her mother, a little sister, and a cat, but her heart often clings onto her father, Martin (Reinaldo Amien Gutierrez). She ...

• Best Director Award, Best Actress Award, Best Actor Award at Locarno International Film Festival

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2022
• 118min

One a bright spring day before a school trip, Semi, falls asleep on one side of the classroom, and suddenly awakens in tears over an ominous dream. She runs to Ha-eun, who is in the hospital after injuring her leg in a bicycle ...

Special Program in Focus

• Japan/France
• 2022
• 100min

The latest film by Miyake Sho, one of the most anticipated Japanese filmmakers, is a creative, never-before-seen movie about boxing based on the autobiographical story of Ogasawara Keiko, the first hearing-impaired professional bo...

• Berlin International Film Festival Encounters

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• Iran
• 2022
• 107min

Jafar Panahi is a renowned Iranian filmmaker who won the Cannes Golden Camera Award with The White Balloon (1995), the Venice Golden Lion with The Circle (2000), and the Berlin Silver Bear with Offside (2006). However, in 2010, he...

• Venice Film Festival In Competition

New Currents

• Germany/Iran/Turkiye
• 2022
• 113min

Ayaz is an ordinary man who wishes for his own home. His brother-in-law left Iran for a long time due to his anti-government activities, but the news of his possible return reaches Ayaz. Concerned that he might have to leave home ...

Gala Presentation

• France
• 2022
• 99min

Is it possible to laugh a dark era in which terrorism is so rampant? This is the question Alain Guiraudie asks in his unique comedy, Nobody′s Hero. When Mederic (Jean-Charles Clichet) meets Isadora on a street and falls in love wi...

• Opening Film at Berlin International Film Festival Panorama

Wide Angle

• Korea/Hong Kong, China
• 2022
• 150min

Lash is the third feature film by director Jung Yoon-suk, who received attention at home and abroad with Non-fiction Diary and Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno. An international project that spans across Korea, China, and Japan, L...

• 2017 AND BIFF Mecenat Fund

New Currents

• Thailand
• 2022
• 190min

Ay is a mixed race child of a Thai mother and a white man. As she is much taller than others and has brown hair instead of black, she looks distinguished by appearance. She majors in fashion in Bangkok to contribute to the family ...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2022
• 139min

Sohee (Kim Si-eun) gets a job as a field trainee at the customer service center of an Internet company just before her high school graduation. She is excited about getting a job at a large company, but the reality is different ...

• Closing Film at Cannes Film Festival Critics′ Week