Special Programs in Focus

• Portugal
• 2011
• 116min

[Past and Present], first film of the ‘Thwarted Love’ tetralogy is being introduced in Korea for the first time. Vanda gathers her friends together to mourn her first husband’s death. Soon after her second husband Firmino jumps ou...

Gala Presentation

• Korea
• 2011
• 119min

A sensational visit from a welcome guest of this year’s Busan International Film Festival! The existing 2D movie The Host underwent transformation into 3D and makes its world premiere. [The Host 3D] is a significant accomplishment...

Flash Forward

• Italy
• 2011
• 100min

Yssouf moves from North Africa to Campania in South Italy looking for work. The lives of African immigrants there are worse than expected and his uncle, once an artist, has become a midlevel boss of a narcotics ring. A conflict wi...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• India
• 2011
• 100min

Here is a-tail-wagging-the-dog situation: a soldier murders an officer in India’s newly created armed forces after gaining independence from the British. The culprit is Ramachandran, a highly praised soldier due to his distinguish...

Midnight Passion

• Canada
• 2011
• 92min

Lance Preston and the crew of ‘Grave Encounters’, a ghost-hunting reality television show, are shooting an episode inside the abandoned Collingwood Psychiatric Hospital, where unexplained phenomena has been reported for years. All...

Wide Angle

• India
• 2011
• 11min

A group of men are in a cafe looking for a man, tipped off by an errand boy. However, the subject of the film is neither the group nor the target. Instead it’s the boy. The camera portrays his psychological stress and anxiety in a...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2011
• 144min

[Glove] is a relatively under-rated film of the year along with [Hanji]. It can be said Kang Wooseok’s version of [Take Off] and baseball version of [Shilmido]. Although its box office score is far less impressive compared to thos...

World Cinema

• Chile
• 2011
• 85min

A 17 year old girl Natalia, the daughter of an upper-class family goes out with Rodrigo, the son of a working-class family. Unaware that she is pregnant until late-term, Natalia decides to obtain medication that will induce an abo...

Flash Forward

• France,Canada
• 2011
• 82min

French reporter, Ada Servier, arrives in Kobe, Japan, a city full of gray buildings. She has come to cover the mysterious phenomena known as ‘Death By Loneliness’, which has occurred with regulartity following the earthquake in Ja...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2011
• 128min

In a village where it rains ash from an active volcano in the Kyushu region, brothers Koichi and Ryu, living apart as a result of their parents’ divorce, spend everyday on the phone. Unlike the laid-back younger brother Ryu living...