Flash Forward

• France/Japan/Germany/Belgium/Italy/Cambodia
• 2021
• 165min

Onoda Hiroo, a Japanese soldier who refuses to accept the fact that the war ended in 1945, spends the next twenty-nine years fighting tirelessly. This film is the second feature by director Arthur Harari, who is widely renowned fo...

• Opening film at Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard

Wide Angle

• Japan/United States/France
• 2021
• 114min

"Odoriko" refers to Japanese female dancers who mainly perform striptease shows. They are the creators who choreograph their dances, choose their own costumes, and plan their shows, but with the changing times, their stage is grad...

• 2018 AND BIFF Mecenat Fund

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Philippines
• 2021
• 209min

Justice is nowhere to be found when the world is overwhelmed by corruption and violence. The talented director from the Philippines, Erik Matti, has created a chronicle of the experiences of a people whose lives intersect. There i...

• Best Actor Award at Venice International Film Festival in Competition

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2021
• 73min

The protagonist, a film director, prepares to start a new project. He visits the home of a woman with whom he appears to be friends, following a failed romance. The man tells the woman the story of his new film. Then, the developm...

Special Program in Focus

• Saudi Arabia/Germany
• 2021
• 97min

Wadjda, a 10-year-old girl who wants a bicycle, decides to enter the Quran reciting competition with a prize of 1000 riyals. Through Wadjda′s struggle to own a bicycle, this film exposes the reality of Saudi Arabian women. Wadjda,...

• Venice International Film Festival In Competition

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2021
• 102min

The life of Kim Jong-boon, who has been a peddler in Wangshimni for 50 years, is admirable. At the age of 83, she no longer has to earn a living at her street stall, but she keeps working because she still has customers. The same ...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2021
• 80min

When a miracle appears at your door, it usually does so in silence. Hochul(Kim Ju-hun) and Youngran (Ryu Hyun-kyung), the owners of two cafes, fall in love with each other and plan to live together. However, they must wait for the...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2021
• 19min

The only school in the riverside village is about to close. A year ago, middle school student Sanha's friend threw herself in the river. Sanha's novelist mother writes a terrifying yet sad story under her daughter’s name. Th...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2021
• 79min

While preparing to shut down the photo studio business that he has been running, a man (Yoon Jemoon) hears that someone named Chulsu has died. The man contacts several friends in the hope of finding to attend the funeral with him....

Gala Presentation

• Japan
• 2021
• 122min

Hamaguchi Ryusuke once mentioned Eric Rohmer as his inspiration for Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy. He said thematically he wanted to focus on coincidences that Eric Rohmer often featured in his films, and he finds short films appea...

• Grand Jury Prize at Berlin International Film Festival