New Currents

• Hari VISWANATH
• India
• 2015
• 83min

This film tells the story of Arunachalam, an old man alienated from his children. All his life, Arunachalam has worked in a cotton mill, and the only happiness he has is listening ...

New Currents

• Hadi MOHAGHEGH
• Iran
• 2015
• 94min

Young Ebrahim lives with his grandfather Ayaz, a guilt-ridden old man, who suffers unbearably following the loss of his family in an accident. His remorse is not without reason; Ay...

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• Jihane CHOUAIB
• France,Switzerland,Belgium,Lebanon
• 2015
• 110min

A film about a woman who must struggle against the precariousness of her own memories. Nada, who lives in France, returns home to Lebanon. Her grandfather has been murdered by peop...

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• NAKAMURA Takuro
• Japan
• 2015
• 125min

West North West depicts the story of young people who have lost a sense of direction in their lives. For them, “empathy” is more important than “understanding.” The film mos...

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• Shahram ALIDI
• Iran,Turkey
• 2015
• 88min

Aseke is a member of a group of young people on a mission to propagate Kurdish culture in Turkey, where doing so is prohibited by law. While taking part in this dangerous undergrou...

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• Yerlan NURMUKHAMBETOV
• Kazakhstan
• 2015
• 81min

Walnut Tree is film about a wedding that introduces, with compassion, warmth, and laughter, the everyday lives of people living in a small village in Kazakhstan. The wedding...

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• LEE Seung-won
• Korea
• 2015
• 103min

This black and white film with a 4:3 aspect ratio unfolds following an abnormal couple. An eight-minute long take intro doesn’t show the main character’s face, but shows the other ...

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• JUNG Sung-il
• Korea
• 2015
• 235min

Chinese director Wang Bing is well known for TieXiQu: West of the Tracks, his nine-hour documentary. Korean film critic Jung Sung-il is famous for long, prolix film reviews. So it ...