Wide Angle

• France
• 2017
• 96min

Makala means coal in Swahili. To Kabwita, who lives in the Congolese forest, coal is the fortune with which to build a house and future for his family. Portraying the tough journey to sell coal, the film presents courage, inspirat...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Thailand
• 2017
• 94min

Director Anucha Boonyawatana’s lovers’ story unfolds with a perspective of karma and reincarnation. Shane is beautiful in body, but loved ones leave him one by one. Pich loves him, but also becomes terminally ill. Pich runs away t...

Gala Presentation

• Hong Kong,China,China
• 2017
• 111min

As a remake of YouMust Cross the River of Wrath (1976), dedicated to the late Takakura Ken, Manhunt follows the journey of upstanding lawyer Du Qiu (Zhang Hanyu), who is unwittingly drawn into amurder case when all the evidence at...

Flash Forward

• Italy
• 2017
• 97min

When Manuel turns 18, he returns home from the foster care facility where he stayed since his mother was sent to prison. As he wanders about the streets, he feels freedom is half bitter. He tries to prove that he is a grown-up who...

Special Programs in Focus

• Russia
• 2017
• 20min

The man was travelling in winter and got lost. Almost frozen to death, he finds an abandoned yurt. When he wakes up, he sees a girl named Mappa, who had looked after him until he recovered. They eventually fall in love. Later, the...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Indonesia,France,Malaysia,Thailand
• 2017
• 95min

Unfolding in the titular four acts, the film transforms Indonesia’s eastern island of Sumba into a stunningly beautiful yet somewhat sinister stage for a tale of rape-revenge, motherhood and quest for justice. Marlina, a young chi...

• APM 2015

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2017
• 103min

A fantastic animation directed by Yonebayashi Hiromasa, who used to work for Studio Ghibli. Mary is a twelve-year-old girl with curly red hair. Although she makes lots of mistakes, she’s cheerful and full of curiosity. While spend...

Midnight Passion

• United States
• 2017
• 86min

A dangerous virus, one that prevents the infected from controlling their compulsions, is discovered in a corporate law office, the very same firm that recently cleared an infected man on murder charges. When a quarantine is issued...

Flash Forward

• Bosnia and Herzegovina,Slovenia,Croatia,Germany
• 2017
• 100min

The armed conflicts of the 1990s not only visibly destroyed the land of the former Yugoslavia, but also left the deepest wounds in the memory of each of its belligerent nations. There are as many different interpretations of that ...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2017
• 110min

Youngju, a professional swimmer with a serious alcohol problem, is fired from her job at the aquarium. Learning that a synchronized swimming coach is needed for a special program on Jeju Island, Youngju goes there. Her new job is ...

• 2014 ACF Script Development Fund