Flash Forward
OmahaWhat do we live by? Set in 2008 during the global financial crisis, the film follows the journey of one family. Martin hurriedly wakes his children, Ella and Charlie, and bundles them into the car. Together with their dog, the fam...
Vision
On Your LapSartika, a young pregnant woman, flees to a small coastal village in search of a better life for herself and the baby she is carrying. She must build a new life, but with no particular skills, she has few means to support herself....
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OrphanCall it like father, like son: just as his father Andras Jeles often did, Laszlo Nemes also turns his focus to the generation of sons and daughters. The difference is that Nemes tends to delve into the dark chapters of 20th-centur...
Wide Angle
Panic ButtonSamara Sagynbaeva’s debut feature Panic Button opens on a chaotic road where cars and horses race side by side, with no lanes to separate them. It’s a neverbefore-seen scene of near-collision, yet somehow a sense of order emerges?...
Korean Cinema Today
People and MeatHyeong-jun and Woo-sik, who once traded insults and even fists, sit around a table sharing beef and radish soup with Hwa-jin, who used to scold them for such behavior. Enduring each day by collecting waste paper and selling vegeta...
World Cinema
Phantoms of JulyIn the 18th century, Lotte, who serves a prince, dreams of escaping to France with her beloved as she believes that revolutionary France would offer far more freedom than Germany. Pursued while on the run, she hides in a cave. The...
Wide Angle
Please P(r)ay AttentionOnce full of dreams, a young couple now scrapes by without decent jobs after graduating from college. One day, after bringing home a ‘lucky tree,’ their lives seem to turn around. But for ordinary citizens, how much is a dream rea...
Wide Angle
Poetry SyndromeTwo young souls meet for a poetry reading in an urban forest pavilion. The woman begins: “If you love too much, you become a ghost.” She hopes to convey her feelings through poetry, but the man is fixated on the form. Then comes a...
Special Program in Focus
PortobelloCan a justice system, executed in the name of justice itself, become the very force that gives rise to the gravest injustice? Walking the line between tragedy and thriller, Portobello retraces the shocking true story of Enzo Torto...
Korean Cinema Today
Project YThe brighter the lights, the deeper the city’s shadows. Mi-sun (Han So-hee) and Do-kyung (Jun Jong-seo) endure the harsh realities of life by relying solely on each other. Dreaming of a quiet life after retirement, they scrape tog...