World Cinema

• France,Georgia
• 2015
• 117min

Winter Song starts with an absurd scene of an aristocrat with a pipe in his mouth, getting his head cut off during Reign of Terror right after French Revolution. Then the camera jumps to the year 2000 and war between Georgia and R...

World Cinema

• Italy
• 2015
• 118min

Retired celebrated conductor Fred recalls his youth while taking a vacation in the Alps with his old film director friend, Mick. They spend their days quietly watching people when suddenly, some of the British Royal family ask Fre...

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2015
• 152min

Henry Mittwer is a 93-year-old Zen monk living in Kyoto. Despite his age, he’s determined to make a film about an orphaned girl’s longing for her mother. The idea for the film isn’t too dissimilar from Henry’s own life. Born in Ja...

• 2013 AND Dongseo Asia Fund

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Taiwan
• 2015
• 96min

A film about the hundred-day mourning period that a man and a woman who have lost their loved ones must go through. Wei and Ming lose their life partners in traffic accidents on the same day, and they are devastated. Wei loses his...

Opening Film & Closing Film

• India
• 2015
• 110min

Zubaan depicts a young man who searches for the real values in life and his true self. Born to a poor Punjab family, Dilsher moves to the big city in hopes of success. He pays a visit to the corporate head Gurcharan Sikand, who he...

New Currents

• Taiwan
• 2014
• 107min

This is a film that depicts the mental state of the people involved in a court case involving a school rape. Huihua, a music school freshman, is raped by Professor Lee. She files a suit against him with the help of another profess...

• 2013 APM Project

Wide Angle

• Singapore
• 2014
• 90min

In 2012, 82% of Singaporeans lived in apartments. This was accomplished by government efforts beginning in the 1960s to improve poor living conditions and address housing shortages. Not only did the efforts provide physical living...

New Currents

• Iran
• 2014
• 94min

Hooman Seyedi’s debut film 13 is about a 13-year-old boy’s loneliness and rebellious rage at the violence that surrounds him. Struggling with an abusive father at home and bullied by his classmate at school, it is clear that no on...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2014
• 15min

In financial trouble, Do-yeon plans to apply for a scholarship from a church for her daughter. She finds, however, the application period is over and asks for help from her close friend who has influence in the church. (NAM Dong-c...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Vietnam
• 2014
• 98min

A science-fiction thriller set in the near future, 2030 introduces those living in southern Vietnam where global warming has impacted the land. While thematic images of water, the horizon and sea burials reveal a unique lyricism, ...

• Berlin Film Festival (Panorama)