New Currents
Memories in MarchThis film is the story of a middle-aged woman who realizes the meaning of love through a meeting with the person that her son and his colleague loved, following the tragic news of her son’s death. Having lived by herself after h...
A Window on Asian Cinema
A Beautiful MistakeTo see a movie a boy borrows the money from an old man, the town’s undertaker. For this repayment, the boy shows him the scene of a neighbor girl taking a shower through a hole in his room. The simple desires of the boy and the ol...
Wide Angle
Amin[Amin] portrays determination of a musician trying to preserve traditional music. For his doctorate dissertation for the Kiev Conservatory, Amin does research on the endangered music of the Qashqai region in Iran. As he participa...
Korean Cinema Today
Father Is a DogSince [Tropical Manila], director Lee Sangwoo has picked up his pace in making films. Besides [Mother is a Whore], Lee has finished two films a year and has grown to be an important figure in the independent film scene. While [Mot...
Wide Angle
Papa’s LullabyYurim is a five-year-old who lives in a mountain valley. Her main dissatisfaction in life is the incessant snoring of her dad, a comic book artist. One afternoon soon after her mom leaves for work, she falls asleep. In her dream s...
A Window on Asian Cinema
OutrageThe 15th PIFF invites films by Japanese directors who have special bonds with Pusan, and one of the most anticipated of such films is [Outrage] by director Kitano Takeshi. This movie is his 15th film as director and symbolizes his...
Wide Angle
My Sweet Baby[My Sweet Baby] is another story of a mother and the sequel to the director’s previous piece, [Mother…]. The movie is based on the director Ryu Mirye’s personal story. The documentary director captures 10 years of her life, includ...
Korean Cinema Today
The Man from NowhereTaesik works at a pawnshop and one day goes in search for the kidnapped girl next door. Blood is spilled in every crime hole he finds and villains try everything they can to get rid of him. Through the encounter with Somi, who rep...
World Cinema
MorgenNelu, a man in his forties, works as a security guard in the local supermarket in Salonta, a small town on the Romanian-Hungarian border. Salonta is a town full of illegal emigrants trying to cross over to Hungary, then further to...
Midnight Passion
I Saw the DevilAfter a secret agent, Soohyun’s fiancee is murdered, he can not forgive himself for not being able to protect her. He tracks a serial killer who murdered her, and his most brutal revenge begins. When the expurgated edition of [I s...