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A Window on Asian Cinema

The Salesman
  • Asghar FARHADI
  • Iran,France
  • 2016
  • 123min

A psychodrama by Asghar Farhadi, an Iranian director who as been hailed for his outstanding depictions of human relationships. Young husband and wife Emad and Rana move into a ne...

  • 칸영화제 남우주연상, 칸영화제 각본상
World Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Happiness
  • SABU
  • Japan,Germany
  • 2016
  • 90min

Kanjaki, a middle-aged man, goes to a quiet countryside village. He puts his helmet on a shrunken old woman whom he meets by chance in a shop. As soon as he presses the buttons on ...

Asian Premiere

Wide Angle

The Marvelous Spiral
  • Massimo D’ANOLFI,Martina PARENTI
  • Italy,Switzerland
  • 2016
  • 122min

While French actress Marina Vlady recites Jorge Luis Borges’ story “The Immortal” in an abandoned theater, Japanese marine biologist Kuboda praises the “immortal jellyfish” on the ...

  • 베니스영화제 경쟁부문
Korea Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Harmonium
  • FUKADA Koji
  • Japan,France
  • 2016
  • 118min

Toshio runs a blacksmith’s workshop and lives with his wife Akie and little daughter Hotaru, but he is strangely indifferent to his family. His old friend Yashaka visits him after ...

  • 칸영화제 주목할만한시선 심사위원상
Asian Premiere

Flash Forward

Heartstone
  • Guðmundur ARNAR GUðMUNDSSON
  • Iceland,Denmark
  • 2016
  • 129min

Tor and Kristjan spend a turbulent summer in a remote fishing village. Tor’s best friend Kristjan is always protecting him from his sisters at home and others outside. Both are fro...

  • 베니스영화제 베니스데이즈
International Premiere

World Cinema

May God Save Us
  • Rodrigo SOROGOYEN
  • Spain
  • 2016
  • 127min

August 2011 in Madrid. A record-breaking heat wave hovers oppressively over the city as 1.5 million citizens await the Pope’s visit. Despite the tight security, there occur rape-mu...

Asian Premiere

Flash Forward

Hounds of Love
  • Ben YOUNG
  • Australia
  • 2016
  • 108min

During the summer of 1987, women are disappearing from the streets of Perth at the hands of serial killer couple John and Evelyn White. Until now the picturesque city has been unaw...

  • 베니스영화제 베니스데이즈
Asian Premiere

Wide Angle

J: Beyond Flamenco
  • Carlos SAURA
  • Spain
  • 2016
  • 90min

Beginning with Flamenco in 1995 and Flamenco, Flamenco in 2010, the dance form’s pre-eminent advocate finishes the unofficial trilogy with J: Beyond Flamenco. ...

Korea Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

One Night Only
  • Matt WU
  • China
  • 2016
  • 102min

Gao Ye, who has lost his entire family’s fortune to gambling, rejoins society after several years in prison. Shortly after being released, he meets Momo, a prostitute who sympathiz...

Asian Premiere

Flash Forward

The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis
  • Andrea TESTA,Francisco MARQUEZ
  • Argentina
  • 2016
  • 80min

Buenos Aires in 1977 under military dictatorship. Francisco Sanctis, an office-dweller in his 40s, is only concerned about his long-awaited promotion. But what lies ahead of him is...

  • 칸영화제 주목할만한시선
Busan Office 3rd Floor, BIFF HILL, Busan Cinema Center, 120, Suyeonggangbyeon-daero, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48058, Korea
Seoul Office #1601, GARDEN TOWER, 84, Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03131, Korea
Busan Office 3rd Floor, BIFF HILL, Busan Cinema Center, 120, Suyeonggangbyeon-daero, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48058, Korea
Seoul Office #1601, GARDEN TOWER, 84, Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03131, Korea