The 19th

Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festi ...

was held in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

from October 2 to October 11, 2014, and was hosted by

Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in '' Letters from Iwo Jima'' and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in ''The Last Samurai'', for which he was nomi ...

and

Moon So-ri Moon So-ri (born July 2, 1974) is a South Korean actress, film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her acclaimed leading roles in '' Oasis'' (2002) and '' A Good Lawyer's Wife'' (2003). Career After graduating with a degree in Ed ...

. A total of 312 films from 79 countries were screened with total attendance of 226,473.

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

director

Ann Hui Ann Hui On-wah, (; born 23 May 1947) is a film director, producer, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong who is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave. She is known for her films about social issues in Ho ...

receives the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award. The closing film was ''

Gangster Payday ''Gangster Payday'' (大茶飯) is a 2014 Hong Kong action comedy drama film directed by Lee Po-cheung. It was the closing film at the 19th Busan International Film Festival. It was released on 6 November. Cast * Anthony Wong *Charlene Choi * W ...

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Program

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Paradise in Service ''Paradise in Service'' is a 2014 Taiwanese historical period film directed, co-written and co-produced by Doze Niu. Set in Kinmen in the 1960s and 1970s, the film focuses on Unit 831, a Republic of China Armed Forces military brothel in existen ...

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Doze Niu Doze Niu (, also known as Niu Chen-zer; born June 22, 1966) is a Taiwanese actor, film director, show host, screenwriter, and producer. As a film director, he is best known for the Taiwanese film '' Monga''. Early life Niu was born in Taipei, ...

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Gala Presentation

*'' Coming Home'' -

Zhang Yimou Zhang Yimou (; born 2 April 1950) is a Chinese film director, producer, writer, actor and former cinematographer.Tasker, Yvonne (2002). "Zhang Yimou" i''Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers'' Routledge Publishing, p. 412. . Google Book Search. Retriev ...

(China) *'' The President'' -

Mohsen Makhmalbaf Mohsen Makhmalbaf ( fa, محسن مخملباف, ''Mohsen Makhmalbaaf''; born May 29, 1957) is an Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer. He has made more than 20 feature films, won some 50 awards and been a juror in more than 1 ...

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Revivre ''Revivre'' (; lit. "Cremation" or “Cosmetics”) is a 2014 South Korean drama film directed by Im Kwon-taek and starring Ahn Sung-ki. It premiered in the Out of Competition section of the 71st Venice International Film Festival in 2014, and w ...

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Im Kwon-taek Im Kwon-taek (born December 8, 1934) is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors. In an active and prolific career, his films have won many domestic and international film festival awards as well as considerable box-office success, and h ...

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The Golden Era ''The Golden Era'' was a 19th-century San Francisco newspaper. The publication featured the writing of f.e.g. Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Charles Warren Stoddard (writing at first as "Pip Pepperpod"), Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Adah Isaacs Menken, Ada Clar ...

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A Window on Asian Cinema

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Peter Chan Peter Ho-sun Chan (born 28 November 1962) is a film director and producer. Early life Chan was born in British Hong Kong to parents China. He and his family moved to Thailand when he was 12, where he grew up amongst the international Chines ...

(Hong Kong, China/China) *''

Haider Haider is a predominantly Arabic name, with alternative spellings such as Haidar, Haydar and Heydar. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Haider Al-Abadi, Iraqi politician *Haider Ackermann (born 1971), French fashion designer *Haid ...

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Vishal Bhardwaj Vishal Bhardwaj (born 4 August 1965) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer. He is known for his work in Hindi cinema, and is the recipient of seven National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award. Bha ...

(India) *''Song of the Phoenix'' - Wu Tianming (China) *''Bwaya'' - Francis Xavier Pasion (Philippines) *''Gentle'' - Le-Van Kiet (Vietnam/United States) *''

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Han Han Han Han (born September 23, 1982) is a Chinese best-selling author, professional rally driver, singer, creator of ''Party'', One (App magazine) and China's most popular blogger. He has published seven novels to date, and is represented by the ...

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Suntali ''Suntali'' ( ne, सुन्तली) is a 2014 Nepali black-comedy film, directed by Bhaskar Dhungana. The film is produced by Bhaskar Dhungana, Jaya Shah, and Prachanda Shrestha under the banner of Blue Poppy Films. It stars Priyanka Karki, ...

'' - Bhaskar Dhungana (Nepal) *''Sun Station'' -

Saman Salur Saman Salur (born 1976) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He graduated from Soore University with a Bachelor of Film and Television in Directing. He is known for directing and writing the comedy feature 'A Few Kilos of Dates for a F ...

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Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 ''Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2'' is a 2014 romantic comedy film directed by Johnnie To. A sequel to the 2011 film ''Don't Go Breaking My Heart'', it stars returning cast members Louis Koo, Gao Yuanyuan and Daniel Wu alongside new cast members V ...

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Johnnie To Johnnie To Kei-fung (born 22 April 1955) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and film producer. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas. Intensely prolific, To has made films in a variety of genres, though in ...

(Hong Kong, China) *'' Fires on the Plain'' -

Shinya Tsukamoto is a Japanese filmmaker, film producer, screenwriter, editor, director, cinematographer, art director, production designer and actor. With a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad, Tsukamoto is best known for his body horro ...

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Over Your Dead Body is a 2014 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Miike. It was released on 23 August 2014. Summary A star, Miyuki Goto ( Kō Shibasaki) plays Oiwa, the protagonist in a new play based on the ghost story '' Yotsuya Kaidan''. She p ...

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Takashi Miike is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films run through a variety of different genres, and range from violent an ...

(Japan) *'' Flapping in The Middle of Nowhere'' - Nguyen Hoang Diep (Vietnam/France/Germany/Norway) *''The Furthest End Awaits'' - Chiang Hsiu-chiung (Japan/Taiwan/Korea) *''So Be It'' - Kongdej Jaturanrasmee (Thailand) *''

Tokyo Tribes ''Tokyo Tribes'', known in Japanese as , is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga series written and illustrated by Santa Inoue. A previous series titled was published into a single-volume in 1993. ''Tokyo Tribes'' was originally serialized from 19 ...

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Sion Sono Sion may refer to * an alternative transliteration of Zion People * Sion (name) or Siôn, a Welsh and other given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Shion or Sion, a Japanese given name Plac ...

(Japan) *''W'' - Chonlasit Upanigkit (Thailand) *''Taksu'' - Kiki Sugino (Japan/Indonesia/Thailand/United States) *''A Corner of Heaven'' - Zhang Miaoyan (China/France) *''Sharing'' -

Makoto Shinozaki (born 1963 in Tokyo) is a Japanese film director. Career Born in Tokyo, Shinozaki attended Rikkyo University, where he studied under Shigehiko Hasumi, made 8mm films, and appeared in the then amateur works of other Rikkyo graduates such as Kiy ...

(Japan) *''Second Life of Thieves'' - Woo Ming Jin (Malaysia/Netherlands/Switzerland) *''The Inseminator'' - Bui Kim Quy (Vietnam) *''

Finding Fanny ''Finding Fanny'' is a 2014 Indian English- language satirical road film directed and written by Homi Adajania and produced by Dinesh Vijan under Maddock Films and presented by Fox Star Studios. Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Pankaj Kapur, D ...

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Homi Adajania Homi Adajania (born 1972) is an Indian film director and writer. He made his directorial debut with ''Being Cyrus'' (2006), an English-language psychological drama. He followed this with the commercially successful Hindi-language romantic comedy ...

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Margarita with a Straw ''Margarita with a Straw'' is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Shonali Bose. It stars Kalki Koechlin as an Indian teenager with cerebral palsy who relocates to America for her undergraduate education and comes of age follow ...

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Shonali Bose Shonali Bose (born 3 June 1965) is an Indian film director, writer and film producer. Having made her feature film debut in 2005, she has since won such accolades as a National Film Award, a Bridgestone Narrative Award, and a Sundance Mahindr ...

(India) *''The Monk'' - The Maw Naing (Myanmar/Czech Republic) *'' Trench 143'' - Narges Abyar (Iran) *''

Black Coal, Thin Ice ''Black Coal, Thin Ice'' () is a 2014 Chinese thriller film written and directed by Diao Yinan, and produced by Vivian Qu. The film won the Golden Bear award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot The following summary refers to ...

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Diao Yinan Diao Yinan (; born 1969 in Xi'an, Shaanxi) is a Chinese director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival for the widely acclaimed Chinese neo-noir film ''Black Coal, ...

(China/Hong Kong, China) *''Labour of Love'' - Adityavikram Sengupta (India) *''

A Few Cubic Meters of Love ''A Few Cubic Meters of Love'' ( fa, چند متر مکعب عشق, ''Chand Metre Moka'ab Eshgh'') is a 2014 Iranian-Afghan romance film directed by Jamshid Mahmoudi. It was selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the ...

'' - Jamshid Mahmoudi (Iran/Afghanistan) *''

Red Amnesia ''Red Amnesia'' () is a 2014 Chinese thriller film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai. The film deals with the psychological impact of an elderly retired widow (played by Lü Zhong)'s past. Wang considers ''Red Amnesia'' to be the last film of his Cult ...

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Wang Xiaoshuai Wang Xiaoshuai (; born May 22, 1966) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He is commonly grouped under the loose association of filmmakers known as the "Sixth Generation" of the Cinema of China. Like others in this gener ...

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Still the Water is a 2014 Japanese romance film directed by Naomi Kawase. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toro ...

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Naomi Kawase is a Japanese film director. She was also known as , with her former husband's surname. Many of her works have been documentaries, including ''Embracing'', about her search for the father who abandoned her as a child, and ''Katatsumori'', about ...

(Japan) *''Fah-Gam-Toh'' - Parm Rangsi (Thailand) *''

Kabukicho Love Hotel is a 2014 Japanese drama film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki, starring Shota Sometani and Atsuko Maeda. It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Having lost hi ...

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Ryūichi Hiroki is a Japanese film director. He won critical acclaim for ''800 Two Lap Runners''. Film critic and researcher Alexander Jacoby has described Hiroki as "one of the modern Japanese cinema's most intelligent students of character". Biography ''Pink ...

(Japan) *''The Sacred Arrow'' - Pema Tseden (China) *''The Move'' - Marat Sarulu (Kyrgyzstan) *''

Goli Soda ''Goli Soda'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by S.D. Vijay Milton, who handled the Cinematography as well. Produced by his brother Bharath Seeni under Roughnote Production, the film stars Kishore, Sree Raam ...

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Vijay Milton S. D. Vijay Milton is an Indian cinematographer and director working in Tamil films. He directed the romantic comedy film ''Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu'' (2006) starring Bharath and Mallika Kapoor. He received critical acclaim for his ...

(India) *''Our Family'' - Yuya Ishii (Japan) *'' My Man'' -

Kazuyoshi Kumakiri is a Japanese film director. Career Kumakiri debuted with ''Kichiku'' in 1997. His 2001 film, ''Hole in the Sky'', starred Susumu Terajima and Yuriko Kikuchi. His 2004 film, ''Green Mind, Metal Bats'', screened at the International Film Fest ...

(Japan) *''We Have a Guest'' - Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour (Iran) *''Zahir'' -

Sidhartha Siva Sidhartha Siva (born 5 May 1985) is an Indian film director, producer, actor, screenwriter and lyricist, who works in Malayalam cinema. Early life His hometown is Kaviyoor in Kerala. He is the son of filmmaker Kaviyoor Sivaprasad. Film career ...

(Iran) *''Sensitive Floor'' -

Kamal Tabrizi Kamal Tabrizi ( fa, کمال تبریزی, born 28 October 1959) is an Iranian film director. He was born in Tehran, with his parents having moved there from Tabriz. A newly released picture shows that he was as a photographer and reporter among ...

(India) *''

Fantasia Fantasia International Film Festival (also known as Fantasia-fest, FanTasia, and Fant-Asia) is a film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. Regularly held in July of each year, it is valued by both hardcore ...

'' - Wang Chao (China) *'' Partners in Crime'' - Chang Jung-Chi (Taiwan) *'' The Owners'' - Adilkhan Yerzhanov (Kazakhstan) *''Daughter..Mother.. Daughter'' - Panahbarkhoda Rezaee (Iran) *'' Men Who Save the World'' -

Liew Seng Tat Liew Seng Tat (born 30 September 1979) is a Malaysian filmmaker based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Early life Liew Seng Tat was born in an area of Kuala Lumpur called Jinjang. He graduated from the Multimedia University in Cyberjaya, majoring ...

(Malaysia/Netherlands/Germany/France) *''

Dukhtar ''Dukhtar'' (; ) is a 2014 Pakistani drama-thriller film directed by Afia Nathaniel. The film stars Samiya Mumtaz, Mohib Mirza, Saleha Aref, Asif Khan, Ajab Gul and Samina Ahmad. The film is Afia Nathaniel's feature directorial debut; she also ...

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Afia Nathaniel Afia Serena Nathaniel (born 1974) is an independent Pakistani filmmaker who works primarily as a writer, director, producer and editor. She is a graduate of the Film Division at the Columbia University School of the Arts (2006). Early life ...

(Pakistan/United States/Norway) *'' The Coffin in the Mountain'' - Xin Yukun (China) *'' Teacher's Diary'' -

Nithiwat Tharathorn Nithiwat Tharatorn ( th, นิธิวัฒน์ ธราธร) is a Thai film director. He made his directorial debut alongside five other directors on the 2003 childhood romantic comedy '' Fan Chan'' (2003) and his solo debut with the r ...

(Thailand) *''Taxi and Telephone'' - Ernest Abdyjaparov (Kyrgyzstan/Germany) *'' Tales'' - Rakhshan Bani-E'temad (Iran) *''

Ant Story ''Ant Story'' ( bn, পিঁপড়াবিদ্যা) is a 2013 Bangladeshi drama film directed & written by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and starring Sheena Chohan, Noor Imran Mithu and others. Plot Everyday on the way back to his suburban ...

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Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (born 2 May 1973) is a Bangladeshi film director, producer and screenwriter. His films ''Third Person Singular Number'', ''Television'', ''No Bed Of Roses'' were critically acclaimed across the world and received numero ...

(Bangladesh) *''Exit'' - Chienn Hsiang (Taiwan/Hong Kong, China) *''

Memories on Stone ''Memories on Stone'' ( ku, Bîranînen li ser kevirî) is a 2014 Kurdish-language German-Iraqi film directed by Shawkat Amin Korki. It was produced by mitosfilm and mitosfilm Iraq. It describes the struggles of schoolfriends Alan and Hussein of ...

'' - Shawkat Amin Korkiv (Kurd/Germany) *''

Journey to the West ''Journey to the West'' () is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. It is regarded as one of the greatest Classic Chinese Novels, and has been described as arguably the most popu ...

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Tsai Ming-liang Tsai Ming-liang (; born 27 October 1957) is a Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker. Tsai has written and directed 11 feature films, many short films, and television films. He is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese ...

(France/Taiwan) *'' 2030'' -

Minh Nguyen-Vo {{Orphan, date=December 2021 Minh (Chữ Nôm: 明) is a popular unisex given name of Vietnamese origin, written using the Chinese character (明) meaning "bright", and is also popular among other East Asian names. The Chinese name Ming has the sa ...

(Vietnam) *''One Summer'' - Yang Yishu (China)

New Currents

*'' Mariquina'' - Milo Sogueco (Philippines) *'' Jalal's Story'' -

Abu Shahed Emon ''Jalal's Story'' ( bn, জালালের গল্প) is a 2014 Bangladeshi film directed by Abu Shahed Emon and produced by Faridur Reza Sagar. Character actors Arafat Rahman and Mohammad Emon play the lead roles. The film was selected as ...

(Bangladesh) *''We Will Be Ok'' - Baek Jae-ho (South Korea) *''

End of Winter ''End of Winter'' () is a 2014 South Korean drama film. Directed by Kim Dae-hwan in his feature debut and a project of the Graduate School of Cinematic Content at Dankook University, it explores the breakup of a family. It made its world premiere a ...

'' - Kim Dae-hwan (South Korea) *'' Ghadi'' -

Amin Dora Amin Dora ( ar, أمين درة, born 1980 in Zahle, Lebanon) is a film director, visual artist and professor at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts. In 2010, he directed the first Arabic web drama series, ''Shankaboot'', winner of the Digital Emm ...

(Lebanon/Qatar) *''Don't Say that Word'' - Takuma Sato (Japan) *''

Nezha Nezha ( 哪吒) is a protection deity in Chinese folk religion. His official Taoist name is "Marshal of the Central Altar" (). He was then given the title "Third Lotus Prince" () after he became a deity. Origins According to Meir Shahar, Nez ...

'' - Li Xiaofeng (China) *'' What's the Time in Your World?'' - Safi Yazdanian (Iran) *'' (Sex) Appeal'' - Wang Wei-ming (Taiwan) *''Sunrise'' -

Partho Sen-Gupta Partho Sen-Gupta (also spelled Partho Sen Gupta or Partho Sengupta pronounced ''Partho Shen-Goopto'') is an independent film director and screenwriter. He is a French citizen, of Indian origin. He has a post-graduate in Film Direction from FEMI ...

(India/France) *''13'' - Hooman Seyedi (Iran) *''The Face of the Ash'' - Shakhwan Idrees (Iraq)

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

*''Han River'' - Lee Moo-young (South Korea) *''

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Park Jung-bum Park Jung-bum (born 1976) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and actor. Park wrote, directed, and acted in his directorial debut '' The Journals of Musan'' (2011), which won the New Currents Award and FIPRESCI Award at the 15th Bus ...

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Thread of Lies ''Thread of Lies'' (; lit. ''Elegant Lies'') is a 2014 South Korean film based on the 2009 bestselling novel ''Elegant Lies'' by Kim Ryeo-ryeong. Directed by Lee Han, it starred Kim Hee-ae (in her first film in 21 years), Go Ah-sung, Kim Yoo-jung ...

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Lee Han Lee Han (born 1970) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the coming-of-age film ''Punch'', which became one of the biggest hits on the South Korean box office in 2011. Career Lee Han graduated from Hanyang Un ...

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Venus Talk ''Venus Talk'' (; lit. "The Laws of Pleasures") is a 2014 South Korean film about the sex and love lives of three women in their forties, played by Uhm Jung-hwa, Moon So-ri and Jo Min-su. The romantic dramedy is directed by Kwon Chil-in. The scr ...

'' - Kwon Chil-in (South Korea) *''

Haemoo ''Sea Fog'' (; ''Haemoo'') is a 2014 South Korean film directed by Shim Sung-bo. The film is adapted from the 2007 stage play ''Haemoo'', which in turn was based on the true story of 25 Korean-Chinese illegal immigrants who suffocated to death i ...

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Shim Sung-bo Shim Sung-bo (born 1972) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Filmography *''Memories of Murder'' (2003) - screenwriter, assistant director, script editor, actor *''Visiting Report in Korea'' (short film, 2004) - director *''What ...

(South Korea) *''Love Never Fails'' - Min Byung-hun (South Korea) *'' The Pirates'' -

Lee Seok-hoon Lee Seok-hoon (born January 6, 1972) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Lee began his directorial debut with the high school comedy '' See You After School'' (2006), followed by romantic comedy '' Two Faces of My Girlfriend'' ...

(South Korea) *'' The Admiral: Roaring Currents'' -

Kim Han-min Kim Han-min (born November 5, 1969) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He directed the feature films ''Paradise Murdered'' (2007), '' Handphone'' (2009), '' War of the Arrows'' (2011), and '' The Admiral: Roaring Currents'' (2014). ...

(South Korea) *'' The Tenor – Lirico Spinto'' -

Kim Sang-man Kim Sang-man (; born January 28, 1970) is a South Korean film director and art director. Career Kim Sang-man began his career in films designing posters, starting with '' The Contact'' in 1997. He had designed posters for about 30 films when he w ...

(South Korea) *''

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Bong Joon-ho Bong Joon-ho (, ; Hanja: 奉俊昊; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. The recipient of four Academy Awards, his filmography is characterised by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black h ...

(South Korea) *''Half'' - Kim Se-yeon (South Korea) *'' Kundo: Age of the Rampant'' -

Yoon Jong-bin Yoon Jong-bin (; born December 20, 1979) is a South Korean film director. Career Yoon Jong-bin's Chung-Ang University graduation thesis film was '' The Unforgiven'', which portrayed masculine codes in the Korean military with honesty and sensit ...

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Hill of Freedom ''Hill of Freedom'' () is a 2014 South Korean arthouse film written and directed by Hong Sang-soo. It premiered in the ''Orizzonti'' ("Horizons") section of the 71st Venice International Film Festival, and won Best Film at the 34th Korean Associa ...

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Hong Sang-soo Hong Sang-soo (홍상수, born 25 October 1960) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Early life Hong's parents owned the film production company Cinetel Soul. Hong took the entrance exam and entered the theater department at Chun ...

(South Korea) *''Timing'' - Min Kyung-jo (South Korea) *''

Gyeongju Gyeongju ( ko, 경주, ), historically known as ''Seorabeol'' ( ko, 서라벌, ), is a coastal city in the far southeastern corner of North Gyeongsang Province in South Korea. It is the second largest city by area in the province after Andong, ...

'' - Zhang Lu (South Korea) *'' One on One'' -

Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-duk ( ; 20 December 196011 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of ...

(South Korea) *''

A Girl at My Door ''A Girl at My Door'' (; lit. “Do-Hee”) is a 2014 South Korean drama film directed by July Jung and stars Bae Doona as a policewoman who takes in an abused girl played by Kim Sae-ron. The film screened in the Un Certain Regard section at th ...

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July Jung Jung Joo-ri (born 1980), also known as July Jung, is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Jung's directorial debut feature ''A Girl at My Door'' won the Best First Film at the 25th Stockholm International Film Festival. She also won t ...

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A Hard Day ''A Hard Day'' (; lit. "Take It to the End") is a 2014 South Korean action thriller film written and directed by Kim Seong-hun, and starring Lee Sun-kyun and Cho Jin-woong. It was selected to compete in the Directors' Fortnight section of the ...

'' - Kim Seong-hun (South Korea) *''

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Ku Hye-sun Koo Hye-sun (; born November 9, 1984) is a South Korean actress, singer-songwriter, director and artist. She gained widespread recognition in the television dramas ''Pure in Heart'' (2006), ''The King And I'' (2007), ''Boys Over Flowers'' (2009) ...

(South Korea) *'' The Target'' - Chang (South Korea) *''

The Fatal Encounter ''The Fatal Encounter'' (; lit. ''The King's Wrath'') is a 2014 South Korean film based on a real-life assassination attempt on King Jeongjo. Jeongjo is portrayed by Hyun Bin, in his first role in a period drama and first acting project after being ...

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Lee Jae-kyoo Lee Jae-kyoo (born October 7, 1970) is a South Korean television and film director. Lee directed the television series, '' Damo'' (2003), '' Fashion 70's'' (2005), '' Beethoven Virus'' (2008), ''The King 2 Hearts'' (2012) and '' All of Us Are De ...

(South Korea)

Korean Cinema Today - Vision

*''A Midsummer's Fantasia'' - Jang Kun-jae (South Korea) *''

Socialphobia ''Socialphobia'' () is a 2015 South Korean thriller/drama film starring Byun Yo-han, Lee Joo-seung, and Ryu Jun-yeol. It was co-written and directed by Hong Seok-jae in his directorial debut, based on a real-life story that explores the social i ...

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Hong Seok-jae Hong Seok-jae (born 1983) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Hong wrote and directed his thriller feature debut ''Socialphobia'' (2015), which won the NETPAC Award and DGK Award for Best Director at the 19th Busan International ...

(South Korea) *'' Set Me Free'' -

Kim Tae-yong Kim Tae-yong (born December 9, 1969) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. After his feature directorial debut '' Memento Mori'' (1999), he helmed the critically acclaimed ''Family Ties'' (2006), and the English-language remake '' ...

(South Korea) *''So Very Very'' - Park Je-wook (South Korea) *''The Liar'' - Kim Dong-myung (South Korea) *''Entangled'' - Lee Don-ku (South Korea) *''Shadow Island'' - Son Seung-ung (South Korea) *''Wild Flowers'' - Park Suk-young (South Korea) *'' A Matter of Interpretation'' -

Lee Kwang-kuk Lee Kwang-kuk (born 1975) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. An acclaimed indie filmmaker who was a former assistant director to Hong Sang-soo, Lee debuted with ''Romance Joe'' (2011), and has since directed another two features ' ...

(South Korea) *''Gifted'' -

Juhn Jai-hong Juhn Jai-hong (; born 1977) is a South Korean film director. He directed ''Beautiful (2008 film), Beautiful'' (2008) and ''Poongsan'' (2011). Career Early life Juhn Jai-hong was born in Seoul, and began receiving vocal lessons in the third gra ...

(South Korea)

Korean Cinema Retrospective

Reminiscing the timeless filmmaker, Jung Jin-woo

*''The MA-NIM'' -

Jung Jin-woo Jung Jin-woo (born January 17, 1938) is a South Korean film director and producer. Jung made his directorial debut with ''The Only Son'' (1963) at the age of 23, setting the Korean record for the youngest person to direct a movie. After finish ...

(South Korea) *''Does Cuckoo Cry at Night'' -

(South Korea) *''The Rose That Swallowed Thorn'' -

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Oyster Village ''Oyster Village'' ( ko, 석화촌; ''Seokhwachon'') is a 1972 South Korean drama film directed by Jung Jin-woo. It was awarded Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 22nd Berlin Internationa ...

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The Student Boarder ''The Student Boarder'' () is a 1966 South Korean film. It was presented at the 27th Venice International Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Bie ...

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(South Korea) *''Border Line'' -

(South Korea)

Archeology of Korea Cinema

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Sad Story of Self Supporting Child ''Sad Story of Self Supporting Child'' ( 저 하늘에도 슬픔이 - ''Jeo haneuledo seulpeumi'') ''aka'' ''Sorrow in the Heavens'' is a 1965 South Korean film directed by Kim Soo-yong. It was awarded Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards cerem ...

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Kim Soo-yong Kim Soo-yong (born September 23, 1929) is a South Korean film director. Kim made his debut in 1958 with ''A Henpecked Husband'' and directed more than 100 movies through 1999 with ''Scent of Love'' (2000). He made many popular commercial films o ...

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World Cinema

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Fatih Akin Fatih Akin (Turkish: Fatih Akın, born 25 August 1973) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent. He has won numerous awards for his films, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film '' Head- ...

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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence ''A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence'' ( sv, En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron) is a 2014 internationally co-produced black comedy-drama film written and directed by Roy Andersson. It is the third installment in ...

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Roy Andersson Roy Arne Lennart Andersson (born 31 March 1943) is a Swedish film director, best known for ''A Swedish Love Story'' (1970), '' About Endlessness'' (2019) and his "Living trilogy," which includes '' Songs from the Second Floor'' (2000), '' You, ...

(Sweden) *''

Gurov and Anna ''Gurov and Anna'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Rafaël Ouellet and released in 2014. The film stars Andreas Apergis as Ben, a literature professor in Montreal who is obsessed with Anton Chekhov's short story "The Lady with the Dog", and ...

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Rafaël Ouellet Rafaël Ouellet is a Canadian screenwriter and film director from Dégelis, Quebec. He is most noted for his 2012 film '' Camion'', for which he received Jutra Award nominations for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Editing at the 15th Jut ...

(Canada) *''

Cymbeline ''Cymbeline'' , also known as ''The Tragedie of Cymbeline'' or ''Cymbeline, King of Britain'', is a play by William Shakespeare set in British Iron Age, Ancient Britain () and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concerni ...

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Michael Almereyda Michael Almereyda (born April 7, 1960) is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Early work Almereyda studied art history at Harvard but dropped out after three years to pursue filmmaking. He acquired a Hollywood agent on ...

(United States) *''

The November Man ''The November Man'' is a 2014 spy action thriller film based on the novel ''There Are No Spies'' by Bill Granger, which is the seventh installment in ''The November Man'' novel series, published in 1987. A British-American production, it stars P ...

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Roger Donaldson Roger Lindsey Donaldson (born 15 November 1945) is an Australian-born List of New Zealand film makers, New Zealand film director, producer and writer whose films include the 1981 relationship drama ''Smash Palace'', and a run of titles shot in ...

(United States) *'' Getúlio'' - João Jardim (Brazil/Portugal) *'' Return to Ithaca'' -

Laurent Cantet Laurent Cantet (; born 11 April 1961) is a French director, cinematographer and screenwriter. His film ''Entre les murs'' ('' The Class'') won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. Biography Laurent Cantet was born in 1961 in the town ...

(France) *'' The Drop'' -

Michaël R. Roskam Michaël R. Roskam (; born 1972, in Sint-Truiden) is a Belgium, Belgian film director. Career Roskam attended St. Lucas Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, where he studied painting and contemporary art, and the Binger Film Institute in Amsterdam ...

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Kill Me Three Times ''Kill Me Three Times'' is a 2014 black comedy thriller film directed by Kriv Stenders, which follows a hit man who falls into schemes of blackmail, murder, and revenge. It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at ...

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Kriv Stenders Kriv Stenders is an Australian writer, producer and director best known for the film '' Red Dog'' and the thriller film ''Kill Me Three Times''. He started off directing music videos for many famous Australian bands, including Go Betweens, M ...

(Australia) *'' Eden'' -

Mia Hansen-Løve Mia Hansen-Løve (born 5 February 1981) is a French film director, screenwriter, and former actress. She has won several accolades for her work. Her first feature film, '' All Is Forgiven'', won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film in 2007 ...

(France) *''

The Homesman ''The Homesman'' is a 2014 Western historical drama film set in the 1850s Midwest and directed by Tommy Lee Jones. The screenplay by Jones, Kieran Fitzgerald, and Wesley Oliver is based on the 1988 novel of the same name by Glendon Swarthout. ...

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Tommy Lee Jones Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and film director. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film '' The ...

(United States) *''Waste Land'' - Pieter Van Hees (Belgium) *'' X+Y'' -

Morgan Matthews Morgan Matthews may refer to: * Morgan Matthews (figure skater), American ice dancer * Morgan Matthews (filmmaker), English filmmaker *Morgan Matthews, a character from the TV series ''Boy Meets World'' {{hndis, Matthews, Morgan ...

(United Kingdom) *'' Hungry Hearts'' -

Saverio Costanzo Saverio Costanzo (born 28 September 1975) is an Italian film and television director. Biography Early life Costanzo was born in Rome, the son of journalist and TV presenter Maurizio Costanzo and writer Flaminia Morandi, and the brother of wri ...

(Italy) *''

Manglehorn ''Manglehorn'' is a 2014 American drama film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Paul Logan. The film stars Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine, and Chris Messina. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venic ...

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David Gordon Green David Gordon Green is an American filmmaker. He directed the dramas ''George Washington'' (2000), '' All the Real Girls'' (2003), and '' Snow Angels'' (2007), as well as the thriller '' Undertow'' (2004), all of which he wrote or co-wrote. In ...

(United States) *''Ciudad Delirio'' - Chus Gutierrez (Colombia/Spain) *'' Black Souls'' - Francesco Munzi (Italy) *'' The Kindergarten Teacher'' -

Nadav Lapid Nadav Lapid () is an Israeli screenwriter and film director. Film critics consider him to be among the most internationally acclaimed filmmakers from Israel. Biography Lapid was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. ...

(Israel/France) *''The Absent'' -

Nicolás Pereda Nicolás Pereda (born 1982) is a Mexican-Canadian film director. To date, he has directed nine features and three short films. Personal life Pereda was born in Mexico City in 1982; he holds dual Mexican and Canadian citizenship and is a resid ...

(Mexico) *'' The Dinner'' - Ivano De Matteo (Italy) *''

Leopardi Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (, ; 29 June 1798 – 14 June 1837) was an Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist. He is considered the greatest Italian poet of the nineteenth century and one of ...

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Mario Martone Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His film '' L'amore molesto'' was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film ''Noi credevamo'' c ...

(Italy) *'' Life of Riley'' -

Alain Resnais Alain Resnais (; 3 June 19221 March 2014) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included ...

(France) *'' The Price of Fame'' -

Xavier Beauvois Xavier Beauvois (; born 20 March 1967) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Career His film ''Don't Forget You're Going to Die'' was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize. His film '' Of Gods an ...

(France/Switzerland/Belgium) *''

Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...

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Abel Ferrara Abel Ferrara (born July 19, 1951) is an American filmmaker, known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies and his use of neo-noir imagery and gritty urban settings. A long-time independent filmmaker, some of his best kn ...

(France/Italy/Belgium) *'' Métamorphoses'' -

Christophe Honoré Christophe Honoré (born 10 April 1970) is a French writer and film and theatre director. Career Honoré was born in Carhaix, Finistère. After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in ''Les Cahiers du Cinéma''. He started writing soon aft ...

(France) *''

The Face of an Angel ''The Face of an Angel'' is a 2014 British psychological thriller directed by Michael Winterbottom and written by Paul Viragh. The film was inspired by the book ''Angel Face'', drawn from crime coverage by ''Newsweek''/Daily Beast writer Barbie ...

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Michael Winterbottom Michael Winterbottom (born 29 March 1961) is an English film director. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his films—''Welcome to Sarajevo'', ''Wonderland'' and ''24 Hour Party People''—h ...

(United Kingdom) *''Inferno'' -

Vinko Möderndorfer Vinko Möderndorfer (born 22 September 1958) is a Slovene writer, poet, playwright and theatre and film director. Möderndorfer was born in Celje in 1958. He studied at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana Ljubl ...

(Slovenia) *'' Queen and Country'' -

John Boorman Sir John Boorman (; born 18 January 1933) is a British film director, best known for feature films such as ''Point Blank'' (1967), ''Hell in the Pacific'' (1968), ''Deliverance'' (1972), ''Zardoz'' (1974), '' Exorcist II: The Heretic'' (1977), ...

(United Kingdom/France/Ireland/Romania) *''Misunderstood'' -

Asia Argento Asia Argento (; born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with ...

(Italy/France) *'' Jimmy's Hall'' -

Ken Loach Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is a British film director and screenwriter. His socially critical directing style and socialist ideals are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty (''Poor Cow'', 1967), homelessne ...

(United Kingdom) *''

Alleluia Alleluia (derived from the Hebrew ''Hallelujah'', meaning "Praise Yahweh") is a Latin phrase in Christianity used to give praise to God. In Christian worship, Alleluia is used as a liturgical chant in which that word is combined with verses of ...

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Fabrice Du Welz Fabrice Du Welz (born 21 October 1972 in Belgium) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He has directed several films including '' Calvaire'' in 2004, '' Vinyan'' in 2008 and '' Message from the King'' in 2016. Career Fabrice du Welz ...

(France/Belgium) *''

Goodbye to Language ''Goodbye to Language'' (french: Adieu au Langage) is a 2014 French-Swiss 3D experimental narrative essay film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It stars Héloïse Godet, Kamel Abdeli, Richard Chevallier, Zoé Bruneau, Jessica Erickson ...

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Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran� ...

(France) *''

Bridges of Sarajevo ''Bridges of Sarajevo'' (french: Les Ponts de Sarajevo) is a 2014 anthology film exploring Sarajevo present and past, directed by thirteen different directors. It was shown in the Special Screenings section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Cre ...

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Aida Begić Aida Begić (born 9 May 1976) is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. Education and career She graduated in Film and Theater Directing from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo in 2000. Her graduation film "The First Death Experience ...

, etc. (a total of 13 directors) (France/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Switzerland/Italy/Germany/Portugal) *''

These Are the Rules ''These Are the Rules'' ( hr, Takva su pravila) is a Croatian 2014 drama film written and directed by Ognjen Sviličić. Plot Maja (Jasna Žalica), Ivo ( Emir Hadžihafizbegović) and their 18-year-old son Tomica (Hrvoje Vladisavljević) are an o ...

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Ognjen Sviličić Ognjen Sviličić (born 1971 in Split) is a screenwriter and film director, based in Berlin noted for his critically acclaimed 2007 films Sorry For Kung Fu, '' Armin and These Are the Rules'' Career Sviličić was born 1971 in Split, in a fami ...

(Croatia/France/Serbia/Macedonia) *''

Clouds of Sils Maria ''Clouds of Sils Maria'' (known simply as ''Sils Maria'' in some territories) is a 2014 psychological drama film written and directed by Olivier Assayas, and starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, and Chloë Grace Moretz. The film is a Fren ...

'' - Olivier Assayas (France) *''

Corn Island The Corn Islands are two islands about east of the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, constituting one of 12 municipalities of the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region. The official name of the municipality is ''Corn Island'' (the English name is ...

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Giorgi Ovashvili Giorgi Ovashvili ( ka, გიორგი ოვაშვილი; aka George) is a Georgia (country), Georgian film director and screenwriter, known for his 2014 film ''Corn Island (film), Corn Island''. Early life and education Giorgi Ovashvi ...

(Georgia/Germany/France/Czech Republic/Kazakhstan) *'' The Wonders'' -

Alice Rohrwacher Alice Rohrwacher (, ; born 29 December 1980) is an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter. Her film '' Le pupille'' was nominated for Oscar in 2023 in short film categories. Early life Rohrwacher was born in Fiesole, in Tuscany, to an ...

(Italy/Germany/Switzerland) *''

Leviathan Leviathan (; he, לִוְיָתָן, ) is a sea serpent noted in theology and mythology. It is referenced in several books of the Hebrew Bible, including Psalms, the Book of Job, the Book of Isaiah, the Book of Amos, and, according to some ...

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Andrey Zvyagintsev Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev (russian: Андре́й Петро́вич Звя́гинцев, p=ˈzvʲæɡʲɪntsɨf; born 6 February 1964) is a Russian film director and screenwriter. His film '' The Return'' (2003) won him a Golden Lion at ...

(Russia) *''

Stations of the Cross The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows or the Via Crucis, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of Crucifixion of Jesus, his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. The station ...

'' - Dietrich Brüggemann (Germany) *'' The Fool'' -

Yuri Bykov __NOTOC__ Yuri Anatolyevich Bykov (Russian: Ю́рий Анато́льевич Бы́ков; born August 15, 1981) is a Russian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for directing the films '' The Major'', '' The Fool'' and the T ...

(Russia) *''

Behavior Behavior (American English) or behaviour (British English) is the range of actions and mannerisms made by individuals, organisms, systems or artificial entities in some environment. These systems can include other systems or organisms as wel ...

'' - Ernesto Daranas (Cuba) *'' Mommy'' -

Xavier Dolan Xavier Dolan-Tadros (; born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian filmmaker, actor and costume designer. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2 ...

(Canada) *''

Timbuktu Timbuktu ( ; french: Tombouctou; Koyra Chiini: ); tmh, label=Tuareg, script=Tfng, ⵜⵏⴱⴾⵜ, Tin Buqt a city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River. The town is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrativ ...

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Abderrahmane Sissako Abderrahmane Sissako (born 13 October 1961) is a Mauritanian-born Malian film director and producer. His film '' Waiting for Happiness'' (''Heremakono'') was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival official selection under Un Certain Regard, ...

(France/Mauritania) *''

White God ''White God'' ( hu, Fehér isten) is a 2014 Hungarian drama film directed by Kornél Mundruczó and starring Zsófia Psotta. The film premiered on 17 May 2014, as part of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film follows the mixed-breed dog ...

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Kornél Mundruczó Kornél Mundruczó (; born 3 April 1975) is a Hungarian film and theatre director. He has directed 18 short and feature films between 1998 and 2020. His film ''Johanna'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2005 Cannes Film Fest ...

(Hungary) *'' Saint Laurent'' -

Bertrand Bonello Bertrand Bonello (; born 11 September 1968) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and composer. His background is in classical music, and he lives between Paris and Montreal. His work has also been associated with the New French Extre ...

(France) *''

Jauja Jauja (Shawsha Wanka Quechua: Sausa, Shawsha or Shausha, formerly in Spanish Xauxa, with pronunciation of "x" as "sh") is a city and capital of Jauja Province in Peru. It is situated in the fertile Mantaro Valley, to the northwest of Huancayo ( ...

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Lisandro Alonso Lisandro Alonso (born 2 June 1975) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He has directed six feature-length films and a short film since 2001 and is loosely associated with the ''New Argentine Cinema'' movement. His film '' La libertad ...

(Argentina/Denmark/Mexico/United States) *''

Two Days, One Night ''Two Days, One Night'' () is a 2014 Belgian-French-Italian drama film written and directed by the Dardenne brothers, starring Marion Cotillard and Fabrizio Rongione. It competed for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Can ...

'' - Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne (Belgium) *''

Maps to the Stars ''Maps to the Stars'' is a 2014 internationally co-produced satirical drama film directed by David Cronenberg, and starring Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson, Olivia Williams, Sarah Gadon, and Evan Bird. The screen ...

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David Cronenberg David Paul Cronenberg (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation ...

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Alexander Mitta Alexander Naumovich Mitta (russian: Алекса́ндр Нау́мович Митта́; born 28 March 1933 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor. Mitta's birth name was Alexander Naumovich Rabinovich (russian: ...

(Russia) *'' Winter Sleep'' -

Nuri Bilge Ceylan Nuri Bilge Ceylan (, born 26 January 1959) is a Turkish photographer, filmmaker and actor best known for the Palme d'Or winning ''Winter Sleep (film), Winter Sleep'' (2014). Early life Ceylan was born in Istanbul on 26 January 1959. His interes ...

(Turkey/Germany/France) *'' The Lamb'' -

Kutluğ Ataman Kutluğ Ataman (born 1961 in Istanbul Turkey) is an acclaimed Turkish-American contemporary artist and feature filmmaker. Ataman's films are known for their strong characterization and humanity. His early art works examine the ways in which peo ...

(Turkey/Germany) *'' Aloft'' -

Claudia Llosa Claudia Llosa Bueno (born 15 November 1976) is a Peruvian film director, writer, producer, and author. She is recognized for her Academy-Award-nominated film ''The Milk of Sorrow''. Early life Claudia Llosa was born on November 15, 1976 in L ...

(Spain/Canada/France) *'' Boyhood'' -

Richard Linklater Richard Stuart Linklater (; born July 30, 1960) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for films that revolve mainly around suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. His films include the comedies '' ...

(United States)

Flash Forward

*''Cruel'' - Eric Cherriere (France) *''

Fair Play Fair play or Fairplay usually refers to sportsmanship. Fair play or Fairplay may also refer to: Media * ''Fair Play'' (1925 film), an American silent film * ''Fair Play'', a 1972 TV movie starring Paul Ford * ''Fair Play'' (2014 film), a Czech ...

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Andrea Sedláčková Andrea Sedláčková (born 22 February 1967) is a Czech film director, editor and screenwriter. Her 2000 film '' Victims and Murderers'' was entered into the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival. Selected filmography Director * '' Victims ...

(Czech Republic/Slovak Republic/Germany) *''

Aurora An aurora (plural: auroras or aurorae), also commonly known as the polar lights, is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic). Auroras display dynamic patterns of bri ...

'' - Rodrigo Sepúlveda (Chile) *''Chubby'' - Bruno Deville (Switzerland/Belgium) *''Sebastian'' - Carlos Ciurlizza (Peru) *''

Next to Her ''Next to Her'' ( he, את לי לילה; At Li Layla) is a 2014 Israeli drama film directed by Asaf Korman and written by Liron Ben-Shlush. It was selected to be screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festi ...

'' - Asaf Korman (Israel) *''Kafka's the Burrow'' - Jochen Alexander Freydank (Germany) *'' Self Made'' -

Shira Geffen Shira Geffen ( he, שירה גפן; born April 23, 1971) is an Israeli actress, screenwriter, film director and children's book writer. Biography Shira Geffen was born in 1971. Her father, Yehonatan Geffen, was an author.Jordan HoffmanShira Geffen ...

(Israel) *''

Gente de bien ''Gente de bien'' (English: "Decent people") is a 2014 French-Colombian drama film written and directed by Franco Lolli. It was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Grand Prix for Best Film at the 20 ...

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Jenna Cato Bass Jenna Cato Bass (born 1986) is a South African film director, photographer and writer. She has written stort stories under the name Constance Myburgh, one of which was shortlisted for the 2012 Caine Prize.Alison Flood'African Booker' shortlist o ...

(South Africa) *''Atlantic'' - Jan-Willem van Ewijk (Netherlands/Belgium/Germany/Morocco) *''

Warsaw 44 ''Warsaw 44'', originally titled ''Miasto 44'' ("City 44"), is a 2014 Polish war film. The film depicts the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 during the German occupation of Poland. Plot In the summer of 1944, the Red Army advances from the east in the ...

'' - Jan Komasa (Poland) *'' Cast No Shadow'' - Christian Sparkes (Canada) *''Sitting on the Edge of Marlene'' - Ana Valine (Canada) *''With Child'' - Titus Heckel (Canada) *''The Boss, Anatomy of a Crime'' - Sebastián Schindel (Argentina/Venezuela) *''You (Us) Me'' - Max Sobol (United Kingdom) *''

Mr. Kaplan ''Mr. Kaplan'' is a 2014 Uruguayan Comedy drama, comedy-drama film directed by Álvaro Brechner. It was selected as the Uruguayan entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, ...

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Álvaro Brechner Álvaro Brechner (born April 9, 1976 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan film director, writer and producer that lives in Spain. He has written and directed three feature films, '' Bad Day to Go Fishing'' (''Mal Día Para Pescar''), '' Mr. K ...

(Uruguay/Spain/Germany) *''In Silence'' - Zdeněk Jiráský (Czech Republic/Slovak Republic) *''The High Pressures'' - Angel Santos (Spain) *''Hammer and Oranges - The Market'' - Diego Bianchi (Italy) *''Schmitke'' - Stepan Altrichter (Germany/Czech Republic) *''The Barber'' - Basel Owies (United States) *'' The Mule'' -

Angus Sampson Angus Sampson (born 1979) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his performances in the ''Insidious'' film series, ''The Mule'', '' Mad Max: Fury Road'', and the Peabody-winning second season of '' Fargo''. Early life Samp ...

, Tony Mahony (Australia) *'' Rocks in My Pockets'' - Signe Baumane (United States/Latvia) *''

Magical Girl is a subgenre of Japanese fantasy media (including anime, manga, light novels, and live-action media) centered around young girls who possess magical abilities, which they typically use through an ideal alter ego into which they can transfo ...

'' - Carlos Vermut (Spain) *''My Brother's Keeper'' - Maximilian Leo (Germany) *''Challat of Tunis'' -

Kaouther Ben Hania Kaouther Ben Hania ( ar , كوثر بن هنية; born 1977) is a Tunisian film director. '' Beauty and the Dogs'' (2017), her best-known film, was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. He ...

(Tunisia/France/United Arab Emirates/Canada) *''

Hope Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish ...

'' - Boris Lojkine (France) *''

Party Girl A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will often feature ...

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Marie Amachoukeli Marie Amachoukeli (born 16 July 1979), sometimes credited as Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq, is a French film director and screenwriter of Georgian descent. Her directorial debut '' Party Girl'' competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 20 ...

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Samuel Theis Samuel Theis (; born 12 November 1978) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He was awarded the Camera d'Or prize along with Claire Burger and Marie Amachoukeli for directing the film ''Party Girl'' at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival ...

(France) *'' The Tribe'' -

Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi Myroslav Mykhailovych Slaboshpytskyi ( uk, Мирослав Михайлович Слабошпицький; born October 17, 1974) is a Ukrainian film director. Biography Slaboshpytskyi was born to Ukrainian writer and literary critic Myk ...

(Ukraine) *''

Before I Disappear ''Before I Disappear'' is a 2014 American drama film directed by Shawn Christensen. The film is a feature-length adaptation of his 2012 Oscar-winning short film, ''Curfew''. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest Film on March 10, ...

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Shawn Christensen Shawn Christensen is an American musician, filmmaker, podcaster and artist. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration and graphic design. Christensen was the frontman of the indie rock band Ste ...

(United States) *''Natural Sciences'' - Matias Lucchesi (Argentina/France) *''

Lock Charmer ''Lock Charmer'' (Spanish: ''El cerrajero'') is a 2014 Argentine drama film written and directed by Natalia Smirnoff. The film premiered in-competition in the ''World Cinema Dramatic Competition'' at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2014 ...

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Natalia Smirnoff Natalia Smirnoff (born 14 May 1972) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. Her 2010 film ''Puzzle (2010 film), Rompecabezas'' was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography * ''Puzzle (201 ...

(Argentina) *'' Viktoria'' - Maya Vitkova (Bulgaria/Romania)

Wide Angle

Korean Short Film Competition

*''A Familiar Taste'' - Kim In-seon (South Korea) *''Before the Moving'' - Kim Rae-won (South Korea) *''Happy Together'' - Lee Jeong-min (South Korea) *''The Giving-heart'' - Jung Jae-woong (South Korea) *''The Night'' - Choi Ki-yun (South Korea) *''The Strait Gate'' - Son Min-young (South Korea) *''Flayed'' - Kim Eun-ji (South Korea) *''Working Day'' - Lee Han-jong (South Korea) *''We'll Live!'' - Go Sang-hoon (South Korea) *''Cartwheel'' - Ahn Ju-young (South Korea) *''Visit'' - Seo Hyung-won (South Korea) *''19:19'' - Lee Yun-mee (South Korea) *''Horn'' - Byun Sung-bin (South Korea) *''Spring Colds'' - Kim Dong-ha (South Korea) *''As the Sun Sets'' - Ko Myoung-sung (South Korea) *''Mrs. Young'' - Bang Woo-ri (South Korea) *''Hurdle'' - Bak Sung-jin (South Korea)

Asian Short Film Competition

*''Two Halves of a Truth'' - Neda Assef (Iran) *''White Sparrow'' - Dilovar Sultonov (Tajikistan) *''Son'' - Subarna Thapa (Nepal/France) *''Stairway'' -

Matt Wu Matt Wu Chung-tien (; born July 5, 1981) is a Taiwanese actor, film director and screenwriter. His short film ''Stairway'' (四十三階) won Best Asian Short Film Award at the 19th Busan International Film Festival in 2014. Personal life In 200 ...

(Taiwan) *''Stone Heart'' - Martika Ramirez Escobar (Philippines) *''That Day of the Month'' - Jirassaya Wongsutin (Thailand) *''Xing'' - Liew Bradley (Malaysia) *''The Old Tree'' - Farnoush Abedirenani (Iran) *''Summer Secret'' - Zeng Zeng (China) *''Gyges'' - He Wenchao (China)

Short Film Showcase

*''The Tide Keeper'' - Alyx Duncan (New Zealand) *''A Rose Reborn'' -

Park Chan-wook Park Chan-wook ( ; born 23 August 1963) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. He is considered as one of the most prominent filmmakers of South Korean cinema as well as world cinema in 21st century. H ...

(Italy) *''One Armed Man'' -

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(United States) *''Rowboat'' - CJ Wang Hsi-Chieh (Taiwan) *''The Singers'' -

Nonzee Nimibutr Nonzee Nimibutr ( th, นนทรีย์ นิมิบุตร, ; born in 1962 in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand) is a Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. Best known for his ghost thriller, '' Nang Nak'', he is generally c ...

(Thailand) *''Molehill'' - Joanna Zastróżna (Poland) *''The Bicycle Thief'' - Min Yong-keun (South Korea) *''

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Davy Chou Davy Chou ( km, ដេវី ជូ; born 13 August 1983) is a Cambodian-French filmmaker. He has written, directed and produced several films. Chou made his feature length debut with '' Diamond Island'' (2016) and made his follow-up with the fi ...

(France) *''The Actress'' -

(South Korea) *'' Awaiting'' -

Kang Je-gyu Kang Je-gyu (born December 23, 1962) is a South Korean film director. Career After graduating from ChungAng University, Kang received his first prize at the Korea Youth Film Festival and Korea Scenario Awards in 1991. Kang's most notable con ...

(South Korea)

Documentary Competition

*''Collapse'' - Mun Jeong-hyun, Lee Won-woo (South Korea) *''A Lullaby Under the Nuclear Sky'' - Tomoko Kana (Japan) *''Strangers on the Field'' -

Kim Myeong-joon Kim Myeong-joon is a South Korean film director and cinematographer. Kim's directorial feature film '' Our School'' (2007), a documentary about the lives of ethnic Korean students in Japan, won the BIFF Mecenat Award for best documentary at t ...

(South Korea) *'' The Storm Makers'' -

Guillaume Suon Guillaume Suon (born 26 November 1982) is a French-Cambodian filmmaker. Career Guillaume Suon has focused his first documentary films on Cambodia’s history and contemporary society. Trained by the Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rithy Panh, Guil ...

(Cambodia/France) *''Nick and Chai'' - Cha Escala, Wena Sanchez (Philippines) *''Factory Complex'' - Im Heung-soon (South Korea) *''The Anxious Day Out'' - Kim Cheol-min (South Korea) *''The Hospice'' - Lee Chang-jae (South Korea) *''Our Metropolis'' - Gautam Sonti, Usha Rao (India) *''Cotton'' - Hao Zhou (China/France) *''03-Flats'' - Lei Yuan Bin (Singapore)

Documentary Showcase

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(Denmark) *''Flowers of Taipei - Taiwan New Cinema'' - Hsieh Chin Lin (Taiwan) *''Garuda Power : The Spirit Within'' - Bastian Meiresonne (France/Indonesia) *''Fluid Boundaries'' - Vladimir Todorovic, Mun Jeong-hyun, Daniel Rudi Haryanto (Singapore/Indonesia/Korea) *''Y/our Music'' - Waraluck Every, David Reeve (Thailand/United Kingdom) *''Foot Prints in the Desert'' - Balaka Ghosh (India) *''My Fair Wedding'' - Jang Hee-sun (South Korea) *'' The Salt of the Earth'' -

Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker, playwright, author, and photographer. He is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among many honors, he has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Docum ...

Juliano Ribeiro Salgado Juliano Ribeiro Salgado (born in 1974) is a Brazilian filmmaker, director, and writer. Personal life He is the son of photographer Sebastião Salgado and architect Lélia Wanick Salgado, who have been married since 1967. His brother Rodrigo, w ...

(Brazil/Italy/France) *''Southeast Asian Cinema - When the Rooster Crows'' - Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso (Italy/Singapore) *'' The Truth Shall Not Sink with Sewol'' - Lee Sang-ho,

Ahn Hae-ryong Ahn Hae-ryong (born 1961) is a South Korean documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. Ahn is an Asia Press writer and focused on the forgotten history of Korea by travelling in East and Southeast Asia. Ahn's documentary film '' My Heart Is Not ...

(South Korea) *''Little Pond in Main Street'' - Lee Kang-gil (South Korea) *'' We Come as Friends'' -

Hubert Sauper Hubert Sauper (born 27 July 1966) is an Austrian documentary filmmaker, director, writer, producer, and actor best known for the highly controversial ''Darwin's Nightmare'' (2004) which was nominated for an Academy Award. Sauper has lived in the ...

(France/Austria) *''Daddy's School'' - Hassan Solhjou (United Kingdom) *''National Gallery'' -

Frederick Wiseman Frederick Wiseman (born January 1, 1930) is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and theater director. His work is "devoted primarily to exploring American institutions". He has been called "one of the most important and original filmmakers wor ...

(France/United States) *''

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(United States/Russia) *''

Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait ''Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait'' ( ar, ماء الفضة, french: Eau argentée, Syrie autoportrait) is a Syrian documentary film about the Syrian Civil War, directed by Ossama Mohammed and Wiam Simav Bedirxan. The film premiered in the Sp ...

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Usama Muhammad Ossama Mohammed ( ar, أسامة محمد; born 21 March 1954) is a Syrian film director and screenwriter. His film, '' The Box of Life'', was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. He is currently living i ...

Wiam Simav Bedirxan Wiam Simav Bedirxan is a Syrian Kurdish documentary filmmaker from Homs, who co-directed the 2014 film '' Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait'' with exiled filmmaker Usama Muhammad. Bedirxan documented the Siege of Homs and sent its footage via th ...

(Syria/France) *''Parallel'' - Kay Kim (South Korea) *'' Concerning Violence'' - Göran Olsson (Sweden/Finland/Denmark/United States) *'' Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?'' -

Michel Gondry Michel Gondry (; born 8 May 1963) is a French filmmaker noted for his inventive visual style and distinctive manipulation of mise en scène. Along with Charlie Kaufman, he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as one of the writers ...

(France)

Cinekids

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Tomm Moore Thomas "Tomm" Moore (born 7 January 1977) is an Irish filmmaker, animator, illustrator and comics artist. He co-founded Cartoon Saloon with Nora Twomey and Paul Young, an animation studio and production company based in Kilkenny, Ireland. His ...

(Ireland) *'' Paper Planes'' -

Robert Connolly Robert Connolly (born 1967) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter based in Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known as the director and writer of the feature films '' Balibo'', ''Three Dollars'' and '' The Bank'', and the produce ...

(Australia) *''Millionaire Dog'' - Tom Fernandez (Spain) *''

Bamse and the Thief City ''Bamse and the City of Thieves'' ( sv, Bamse och Tjuvstaden) is a 2014 animated feature film featuring Bamse. Voice cast * Tomas Bolme - Narrator * Peter Haber - Bamse * Morgan Alling - Lille Skutt * Steve Kratz - Skalman * Magnus Häre ...

'' - Christian Ryltenius (Sweden/Taiwan) *''That Boy Emil'' -

Per Åhlin Per Johan Axel Åhlin (born 7 August 1931) is a Swedish artist and director of animated films. He is known for his collaborations with the comedy duo Hasse & Tage and for his own projects such as the feature film '' The Journey to Melonia''. Ca ...

, Alicja Jaworski Bjork, Lasse Persson (Sweden)

Open Cinema

*'' The Gate'' -

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(France/Belgium/Cambodia) *'' Therapy for a Vampire'' - David Ruehm (Austria/Switzerland) *''

Five Minutes to Tomorrow ''Five Minutes to Tomorrow'' () is a 2014 Japanese-Chinese romance suspense film directed by Isao Yukisada based on the Japanese novel of the same name by Takayoshi Honda. It was released in China on October 23, 2014. Plot The story starts wit ...

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Isao Yukisada is a Japanese film director from Kumamoto. He served as assistant director on Shunji Iwai's ''Love Letter'', ''April Story'', and '' Swallowtail Butterfly''. Filmography Director * ''Open House'' (1998) * (Sunflower) (2000) * ''A Closing Day'' ...

(China) *''

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'' - Boo Ji-young (South Korea) *''

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Tony Gatlif Tony Gatlif (born as Michel Dahmani on 10 September 1948 in Algiers) is a French film director of Romani ethnicity who also works as a screenwriter, composer, actor, and producer. Personal Gatlif was born in Algeria of Pied noir ancestry. A ...

(France) *''

Brotherhood of Blades ''Brotherhood of Blades'' () is a 2014 Chinese ''wuxia'' film directed by Lu Yang. Its sequel, '' Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield'' was released on August 11, 2017. Set in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the story follows Shen Lia ...

'' - Lu Yang (China) *''

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(India) *''Whiplash'' -

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(United States)

Special Programs in Focus

New Turkish Cinema: Faces of the 21st Century

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The Extremely Tragic Story of Celal Tan and His Family ''The Extremely Tragic Story of Celal Tan and His Family'' ( tr, Celal Tan ve Ailesinin Aşırı Acıklı Hikayesi) is a 2011 Turkish comedy-drama film, written and directed by Onur Ünlü, starring Selçuk Yöntem as a widowed constitutional law ...

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(Turkey) *''Cold'' -

Uğur Yücel Uğur Yücel (born 26 May 1957) is a Turkish film actor, producer and director. He graduated from the Theater Department of the Istanbul Municipality Conservatory (İstanbul Belediye Konservatuarı Tiyatro Bölümü). He took part in several pl ...

(Turkey) *''I am not Him'' - Tayfun Pirselimoglu (Turkey/Greece/France) *''Mold'' - Ali Aydın (Turkey/Germany) *''Inside'' -

Zeki Demirkubuz Zeki Demirkubuz (born 1 October 1964 in Isparta, Turkey) is a contemporary Turkish film director, screenwriter, producer and film editor. Biography Demirkubuz dropped out of high school and started working in a textile workshop. He then wor ...

(Turkey) *''

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'' - Ahmet Boyacıoğlu (Turkey) *''Singing Women'' -

Reha Erdem Reha Erdem (born 1960 in Istanbul) is a Turkish film director and screenwriter. Biography He attended Galatasaray High School and studied history at Boğaziçi University before leaving to study film in 1983. He obtained a B.A. in Cinema Studi ...

(Turkey)

The Power of Georgian Women Filmmakers

*'' Day Is Longer Than Night'' -

Lana Gogoberidze Lana Gogoberidze ( ka, ლანა ღოღობერიძე) (born October 13, 1928, Tbilisi) is a Georgian film director and politician. Educated at Tbilisi State University and Moscow State University of Cinematography, Gogoberidze heade ...

(Georgia) *''Story of Mountainous Racha'' -

(Georgia) *''Felicita'' - Salome Alexi (Georgia/Georgia) *'' The Lullaby'' -

Nana Janelidze Nana Janelidze ( ka, ნანა ჯანელიძე, born 7 August 1955) is a Georgian film director and screenwriter. Biography Janelidze was born on 7 August 1955 in Tbilisi. She studied at Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University un ...

(Georgia) *'' Salt White'' - Keti Machavariani (Georgia) *''Susa'' - Rusudan Pirveli (Georgia) *'' Keep Smiling'' - Rusudan Chkonia (Georgia/France/Luxembourg) *''Bakhmaro'' - Salome Jashi (Germany/Georgia) *''The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear'' - Tinatin Gurchiani (Georgia/Germany) *''Brother'' - Teona Mghvdeladze, Thierry Grenade (Georgia/France) *''

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'' - Tinatin Kajrishvili (Georgia/France) *''

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'' - Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Gross (Georgia)

Midnight Passion

*''Live TV'' - Kim Sun-ung, Son Kwang-soo (South Korea) *'' The World of Kanako'' -

Tetsuya Nakashima Tetsuya Nakashima (中島哲也) (born 1959) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was born in Fukuoka, attending high school in Chikushino. His 2010 film '' Confessions'' was awarded Best Picture at the Japanese Academy Awards, wher ...

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(Denmark/Belgium/France/Germany/United Kingdom) *'' Exists'' - Eduardo Sánchez (United States) *''The Incident'' -

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(Mexico/United States) *'' Wyrmwood'' - Kiah Roache-Turner (Australia) *''

It Follows ''It Follows'' is a 2014 American supernatural psychological horror film written and directed by David Robert Mitchell. It stars Maika Monroe as a young woman who is pursued by a supernatural entity after a sexual encounter and must have sex with ...

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Hungry Ghost Ritual ''Hungry Ghost Ritual'' (盂蘭神功) is a 2014 Hong Kong-Malaysian horror thriller film directed by Nick Cheung. The film was released on 10 July 2014 in Hong Kong and Malaysia. Synopsis After incurring debts from his failed business venture ...

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Nick Cheung Nick Cheung Ka-fai (; born 2 December 1964) is a Hong Kong actor, singer and director. Background He was formerly a Royal Hong Kong Police officer for four years, but he left the job after his request to be transferred to the criminal investigat ...

(Malaysia) *'' The Canal'' -

Ivan Kavanagh Ivan Kavanagh is an Irish filmmaker who has written, directed and edited five features and ten short films. His second feature film "The Solution" won Best Drama at the Portobello Film Festival 2007 in London. His third feature Tin Can Man won Bou ...

(Ireland/United Kingdom) *'' Creep'' -

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(United States)

Closing

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Awards

*New Currents Award **''

'' - Kim Dae-hwan (South Korea) **Special Mention : ''13'' - Hooman Seyedi (Iran) *BIFF Mecenat Award **'' The Storm Makers'' -

(Cambodia) **''Collapse'' - Mun Jeong-hyun, Lee Won-woo (South Korea) *Sonje Award **''Stairway'' -

(Taiwan) **''The Night'' - Choi Ki-yun (South Korea) *Actor & Actress of the Year Award ** Choi Woo-shik - '' Set Me Free'' (South Korea) ** Cho Soo-hyang - ''Wild Flowers'' (South Korea) *Daemyung Culture Wave Award **''The Liar'' - Kim Dong-myung (South Korea) *FIPRESCI Award **''What's the Time in Your World?'' - Safi Yazdanian (Iran) *NETPAC Award **''

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(South Korea) *KNN Award **'' Ghadi'' - Amin Dora (Lebanon) *Busan Bank Award **''The Boss, Anatomy of a Crime'' - Sebastián Schindel (Argentina) *Citizen Critics’ Award **'' Set Me Free'' -

(South Korea) *Busan Cinephile Award **''

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(Denmark) *CGV Movie Collage Award **'' A Matter of Interpretation'' -

(South Korea) *DGK Award **'' A Midsummer's Fantasia'' - Jang Kun-jae (South Korea) **''

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(South Korea) *The Asian Filmmaker of the Year **

(Hong Kong) *Korean Cinema Award **Corinne Siegrist-Oboussier (Switzerland)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Busan International Film Festival, 19th 2014 film festivals 2014 festivals in Asia 2014 in South Korea 19 2014 festivals in South Korea