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Asian Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait
  • Khyentse NORBU
  • Bhutan
  • 2016
  • 95min

Deep in the dense forest of Bhutan, apart from secular society, a unique ceremony takes place every Year of the Monkey, which comes in every twelfth year in Buddhist monk and direc...

Asian Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

A Yellow Bird
  • K. RAJAGOPAL
  • Singapore,France
  • 2016
  • 112min

Recently released from prison, Siva works part time at funerals while searching for his wife and daughter, who left him shortly after he was put away. In spite of his desperate eff...

  • 칸영화제 비평가주간
International Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Desperate Sunflowers
  • Hitomi KUROKI
  • Japan
  • 2016
  • 105min

Natsuko is a natural-born, self-centered con artist. Her cousin, Tetsuko, is disciplined and has worked hard to become a successful attorney. Although Tetsuko is married and has a ...

Asian Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Singing in Graveyards
  • Bradley LIEW
  • Malaysia,Philippines
  • 2016
  • 143min

Pepe has been an impersonator of legendary rock musician Joey Smith for thirty years. He ekes out a living by singing at a shabby bar, his performances gradually getting worse. Nev...

  • 베니스영화제 비평가 주간
World Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Chronicles of Hari
  • Ananya KASARAVALLI
  • India
  • 2015
  • 105min

Chronicles of Hari begins with two young documentary filmmakers interviewing Yakshagana artists. Yakshagana is a type of Indian folk theater in which all the characters are ...

Asian Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

The Long Excuse
  • NISHIKAWA Miwa
  • Japan
  • 2016
  • 124min

The Long Excuse tells the story of a husband left alone by his wife’s sudden death after 20 years of marriage. Sachio is a writer living a celebrity life occasionally aired ...

  • 2014 APM 프로젝트
Asian Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Solo, Solitude
  • Yosep Anggi NOEN
  • Indonesia
  • 2016
  • 98min

While helping factory workers on strike, Indonesian poet and activist Wiji Thukul is struck in the face and loses the sight from one of his eyes. To find sanctuary during the natio...

Asian Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Apprentice
  • BOO Junfeng
  • Singapore,France,Germany,Hong Kong,China,Qatar
  • 2016
  • 96min

Is it be possible to become friends with the person who took the life of a family member? Aiman, a young prison guard, is transferred to the country’s most secure prison where he m...

  • 칸영화제 주목할만한시선, 2012 ACF 인큐베이팅펀드
Korea Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Diamond Island
  • Davy CHOU
  • Cambodia,France,Germany,Thailand,Qatar
  • 2015
  • 101min

A little known story, but one worth telling is the story of the hopes and dreams of younger generations in a fast-developing world. Development has been repeated many times, but no...

  • 칸영화제 비평가주간, 2014 APM 프로젝트, 2014 ACF 인큐베이팅펀드
International Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Expressway
  • Ato BAUTISTA
  • Philippines
  • 2016
  • 93min

A thriller about a contract killer who wants to retire. Ben used to have a wife and son but ended up lonely after living for decades traversing the dark underworld. He wants to mak...

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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