Special Programs in Focus

• Belgium,UK,Korea,North
• 2012
• 81min

Kim Young-mi is a miner dreaming of becoming an acrobat with the Pyeongyang Circus Troupe. Jang Pil, a handsome and proud aerialist is looking for a new partner after his current partner announces her retirement. When he meets You...

Special Programs in Focus

• Poland
• 2012
• 63min

A wonderful example of a film about children that avoids traditional pitfalls of the genre, e.g. oversimplifying the characters or having them deliver messages in discrepancy with their age. Kedzierzawska masterfully directs child...

Wide Angle

• Korea,South
• 2012
• 18min

Pubescent Hyo-ju lives with her dad, who’s doing his best to take care of her. That only embarrasses her more, particularly when she has to teach him the art of text messaging. Mackerel is an honest portrayal of a father-daughter...

Flash Forward

• Czech Republic
• 2012
• 91min

Jarda’s family lives in a small border village. His job is to control railway signals. He spends his spare time making models in bottles. He is also a slot machine addict. His wife, Kamila, cleans train station’s public washrooms....

Wide Angle

• Iran
• 2012
• 65min

Negahdar Jamali has been making western films in Iran for 35 years. Not screened in normal theaters, and with few?or no?sponsors let alone producers, his films are made and watched by and with people in his neighborhood. This enga...

World Cinema

• Kenya,Germany
• 2012
• 96min

A teenage boy travels from inland Kenya to Nairobi in order to realize his dream of becoming an actor. However, he immediately experiences for himself why Nairobi is nicknamed "Nairobbery". While he acclimatises to this new world ...

Gala Presentation

• Korea,South
• 2012
• 110min

Director Chung Ji-Young recently directed another film concerned to the matter of justice, followed by (2011). The film is based on the memoir written by the late Kim Geuntae, a famous politician in Korea and former Minister of H...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea,South
• 2012
• 97min

Based on a middle length novel by AHN Jung-hyo, this experimental film describes a woman’s psychological and behavioral changes when she misunderstands a harmless letter from her bored husband. It could also be described as theatr...

Special Programs in Focus

• Australia
• 2012
• 93min

Dave, Alice, Steph and Jeremy are on holiday in Cambodia when Jeremy disappears. Desperate for answers, Dave and Alice return home, but when Alice arrives the first of many nasty secrets begins to surface. is a psychological dram...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea,South
• 2012
• 100min

A filmmaker goes out to the countryside to get some rest every weekend while a nurse travels into Seoul during the same period to enjoy some culture. details the process of how and when they meet and become close. It’s an enterta...