The 22nd

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 ...

will be held from October 12 to October 21, 2017 at the

Busan Cinema Center The Busan Cinema Center (also called "Dureraum", meaning enjoying seeing movies all together in Korean) is the official, exclusive venue of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), where its opening and closing ceremonies take place, located ...

and hosted by

Jang Dong-gun Jang Dong-gun (born March 7, 1972) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the films ''Friend'' (2001) and '' Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War'' (2004). Jang is one of the highest-paid actors and celebrity endorsers in ...

and

Im Yoon-ah Im Yoon-ah (; born May 30, 1990), known mononymously as Yoona, is a South Korean singer and actress. After training for five years, she debuted as a member of girl group Girls' Generation (and later its subgroup Girls' Generation-Oh!GG) in Augu ...

. A total of 300 films from 75 countries will be screened at the festival, including 100 world premieres and 29 international premieres. On October 15, 2017, President Moon made a surprise visit to the festival, promising noninterference and support for the festival. He also hopes BIFF will restore to its former glory and into a more prominent international film festival. A new Kim Jiseok Award was setup to commemorate the late Kim Jiseok, the Deputy Director and Program Director of Busan International Film Festival, who died in May 2017. Kim, also a founding member of the Busan International Film Festival, had since 1996, devoted himself to developing the Busan International Film Festival into a world-renowned film festival in Asia.

Program

Opening

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Glass Garden ''Glass Garden'' (Korean: 유리정원) is a 2017 South Korean mystery film, mystery drama film directed by Shin Su-won. The film stars Moon Geun-young, Kim Tae-hoon (actor), Kim Tae-hoon, Seo Tae-hwa, Lim Jung-woon and Park Ji-soo (actress), Park ...

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Shin Su-won Shin Su-won (born 1967) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Shin wrote and directed ''Passerby #3'' (2010), ''Pluto (2013 film), Pluto'' (2013) and ''Madonna (2015 film), Madonna'' (2015). Her short film ''Circle Line'' won the Cana ...

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Gala Presentation

* '' Butterfly Sleep'' -

Jeong Jae-eun Jeong Jae-eun (; born March 26, 1969) is a South Korean film director. Career Jeong Jae-eun attended and was one of the first graduates of the School of Film, TV and Multimedia of the Korea National University of Arts. Early in her career she ...

(South Korea/Japan) * ''

Manhunt Manhunt may refer to: Search processes * Manhunt (law enforcement), a search for a dangerous fugitive * Manhunt (military), a search for a high-value target by special operations forces or intelligence agencies Social organisations * Manhun ...

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John Woo John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (; born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong filmmaker, known as a highly-influential figure in the action film genre. He was a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films (a crime action film genre involving Chinese triads) and the gun fu ...

(Hong Kong, China) * ''

Mother! ''Mother!'' (stylized as ''mother!'') is a 2017 American psychological horror film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky, and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, Brian Gleeson, and Kr ...

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Darren Aronofsky Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His films are noted for their surrealistic, melodramatic, and sometimes disturbing elements, often in the form of psychological fiction. Aronof ...

(United States) * '' Narratage'' -

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'' ...

(Japan) * '' The Third Murder'' -

Hirokazu Kore-eda is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including '' Nobody Knows'' (2004), '' Still Walking'' (2008), and '' After the Storm'' ( ...

(Japan)

A Window on Asian Cinema

Anucha Boonyawatana at ASEACC 10, Yogyakarta, 2018-07-25

* '' Alone'' - Akan Satayev (Kazakhstan) * ''

Angamaly Diaries ''Angamaly Diaries'' is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language crime drama film directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery and written by Chemban Vinod Jose. The film features 86 debutant actors, with Antony Varghese, Anna Rajan, Kichu Tellus, Ullas Jose Chemb ...

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Lijo Jose Pellissery Lijo Jose Pellissery (born 18 September 1978) is an Indian filmmaker and actor who works in Malayalam cinema. Known for his unconventional approach in directing, his films are characterized by nonlinear storylines and very long takes. His best ...

(India) * ''

Ash Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ''ash'' refers to all non-aqueous, non- gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash ...

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Li Xiaofeng Li Xiaofeng (), who also goes by the pseudonym "Sky" or "WE.Sky", is a Chinese former professional gamer of the popular Blizzard Entertainment real-time strategy game '' Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne''. He played for the China-based World Elit ...

(China) * '' Baahubali 2: The Conclusion'' -

S. S. Rajamouli Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli ( ; born 10 October 1973) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He is the highest paid director in India, and is known for his action, fantasy, and epic genre films. T ...

(India) * ''

A Beautiful Star is a Japanese science fiction film directed by Daihachi Yoshida and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Yukio Mishima. Plot The Osugi family consists of the father Jūichirō Osugi (Lily Franky), mother Iyoko (Tomoko Nakajima), son Kazu ...

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Daihachi Yoshida is a Japanese film director. He won the award for best new director at the 29th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!''. Filmography * ''Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!'' (2007) * ''Kuhio Taisa'' (2009) * ''Permanent ...

(Japan) * ''

Before We Vanish is a 2017 Japanese science fiction film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It is based on a stage play by Tomohiro Maekawa's Ikiume Theatre Company and the novel adaptation written by Maekawa. It stars Masami Nagasawa, Ryuhei Matsuda, Mahiro Takasu ...

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre, his honorific ...

(Japan) * '' Beyond the Clouds'' -

Majid Majidi Majid Majidi ( fa, مجید مجیدی, ; born 17 April 1959) is an Iranian film director, producer, and screenwriter, who started his film career as an actor. In his films, Majidi has touched on many themes and genres and has won numerous inte ...

(India) * '' Birds Without Names'' -

Kazuya Shiraishi is a Japanese filmmaker. Works Film TV series References External links * Japanese film directors Japanese television directors Living people 1974 births People from Hokkaido People from Asahikawa {{Japan-film-director-st ...

(Japan) * ''

Blade of the Immortal is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroaki Samura. The series is set in Japan during the mid- Tokugawa Shogunate period and follows the cursed samurai Manji, who has to kill 1,000 evil men in order to regain his mortal ...

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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/United Kingdom) * ''

The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful ''The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful'' (; Bloody Mary) is a 2017 Taiwanese crime drama film written and directed by Yang Ya-che, set in Taiwan in the 1980s. The film stars Kara Hui, Wu Ke-xi and Vicky Chen. It premiered on October 15, 2017, ...

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Yang Ya-che Yang Ya-che (; born 17 July 1971) is a Taiwanese film and television director. He was nominated for Golden Horse Award for Best Director Golden means made of, or relating to gold. Golden may also refer to: Places United Kingdom *Golden, in t ...

(Taiwan) * ''

Mukkabaaz ''Mukkabaaz'' (), released internationally as ''The Brawler'', is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language sports drama film co-written, co-produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap. Jointly produced by Aanand L. Rai's Colour Yellow Productions and Phantom F ...

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Anurag Kashyap Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France a ...

(India) * '' Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield'' - LU Yang (China) * ''The Carousel Never Stops Turning'' - Ismail BASBETH (Indonesia) * '' Close-Knit'' -

Naoko Ogigami is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. She first began gaining attention after winning several prizes at the PIA Film Festival for her short film ''Hoshino-Kun, Yumeno-Kun'' (2001). Among her most notable works are her f ...

(Japan) * ''The Decaying'' - Sonny CALVENTO (Philippines) * ''Dragonfly Eyes'' -

Xu Bing Xu Bing (; born 1955) is a Chinese artist who served as vice-president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is known for his printmaking skills and installation art, as well as his creative artistic use of language, words, and text and how t ...

(China) * '' Goodbye Kathmandu'' -

Nabin Subba Nabin Subba ( Limbu) (born 14 December 1967) is a Nepalese film director, screenwriter and producer. He is generally regarded as a leading figure and pioneer of the "Fourth Cinema" movement in Nepalese cinema, making the film base on Nepalese indi ...

(Nepal) * ''The Great Buddha+'' - HUANG Hsin-Yao (Taiwan) * '' In the Shadows'' - Dipesh JAIN (India/United Kingdom/Germany) * '' The Insult'' -

Ziad Doueiri Ziad Doueiri ( ar , زياد دويري ; born October 7, 1963) is a Lebanese film director, cinematographer and writer. He is best known for his award-winning films ''West Beirut'' (1998) and '' The Insult'' (2017), a film that was nominated a ...

(Lebanon/France) * ''

The Journey The Journey may refer to: Film and television * ''The Journey'' (1942 film), or ''El viaje'', an Argentine film * ''The Journey'' (1959 film), an American drama starring Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, and Jason Robards about the Hungarian Revoluti ...

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Mohamed Al-Daradji Mohamed Al-Darraji (born 6 August 1978 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi Dutch, Iraqi-Dutch film director. He studied theater in Iraq, and cinematography and directing in England. He is known for his drama films, which focus on political affairs in the ...

(Iraq/United Kingdom/Netherlands) * ''A Letter to the President'' -

Roya Sadat Roya Sadat (born 1983) is an Afghan film producer and director. She was the first woman director in the history of Afghan cinema in the post-Taliban era, and ventured into making feature films and documentaries on the theme of injustice and restri ...

(Afghanistan) * ''Love and Shukla'' - Siddartha JATLA (India) * '' Malila: The Farewell Flower'' - Anucha BOONYAWATANA (Thailand) * '' A Man of Integrity'' -

Mohammad Rasoulof Mohammad Rasoulof ( fa, محمد رسول‌اف; born 16 November 1972) is an Iranian independent filmmaker. He is known for several award-winning films, including his first, '' The Twilight'' (2002); '' Iron Island'' (2005); '' Manuscripts Don ...

(Iran) * ''

Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts ''Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts'' ( id, Marlina Si Pembunuh dalam Empat Babak) is a 2017 Indonesian thriller film directed by Mouly Surya based on a story conceived by Garin Nugroho and a screenplay co-written by Surya and Rama Adi. The film ...

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Mouly Surya Mouly Surya (born 10 September 1980) is an Indonesian film director and screenwriter. Beginning her career as assistant director and screenwriter in local film productions, Surya rose to prominence in 2008 for her directorial debut the psycholo ...

(Indonesia/France/Malaysia/Thailand) * ''

Miracles of the Namiya General Store is a 2012 Japanese novel written by Keigo Higashino and published by Kadokawa Shoten. Plot In 1980, the Namiya General Store becomes popular with citizens after its owner, Yūji Namiya, accepts people’s advice letters seeking advice for anyth ...

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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) * ''Missing Johnny'' - HUANG Xi (Taiwan) * ''Munabia'' - Taalaibek KULMENDEEV (Kyrgyzstan) * ''

No Bed of Roses ''No Bed of Roses'' (''Doob'' as the Bengali version) is a 2017 Bangladeshi-Indian drama film written and directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. It was produced by Abdul Aziz, Himanshu Dhanuka and Irrfan Khan under the banner of Jaaz Multimedia a ...

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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/India) * '' No Date, No Signature'' -

Vahid Jalilvand Vahid Jalilvand (Persian: وحید جلیلوند; born March 11, 1976) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, actor and editor. He has won the Crystal Simorgh for Best First Director and Best First Film at the 33rd Fajr Film Festival and th ...

(Iran) * '' Omerta'' -

Hansal Mehta Hansal Mehta (born 29 April 1968) is an Indian filmmaker. He started his career with television show ''Khana Khazana'' (1993–2000) and later moved on to directing films like ''Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!'' (2000), ''Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?'' (2002) and ...

(India) * '' Our Time Will Come'' -

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 Hon ...

(China/Hong Kong, China) * ''

Outrage Coda is a 2017 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takeshi Kitano, starring Kitano (a.k.a. "Beat Takeshi"), and was released in Japan on 7 October 2017. It is a sequel to Kitano's 2012 film, ''Beyond Outrage'', and completes Kitano's ''Outrage (2010 fi ...

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Takeshi Kitano is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, actor, filmmaker, and author. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. With th ...

(Japan) * ''Pigeon Tango'' - LEE Chi Yuarn (Taiwan) * ''

Pop Aye ''Pop Aye'' is a 2017 Singaporean-Thai drama film directed by Kirsten Tan. A debut feature by Tan, the road film tells the story of a man as he tries to take his long-lost elephant back to their rural hometown. The first Singaporean film select ...

'' - Kirsten Tan (Singapore/Thailand) * ''Poppy Goes to Hollywood Redux'' - Visal SOK (Cambodia) * ''

Radiance In radiometry, radiance is the radiant flux emitted, reflected, transmitted or received by a given surface, per unit solid angle per unit projected area. Radiance is used to characterize diffuse emission and reflection of electromagnetic radiatio ...

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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/France) * ''The Ringside Story'' - TAKE Masaharu (Japan) * '' Samui Song'' - Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thailand/Germany/Norway) * ''The Scythian Lamb'' -

(Japan) * ''Sea Serpent'' - Joseph Laban (Philippines) * ''The Seen and Unseen'' -

Kamila Andini Kamila Andini (born 6 May 1986) is an Indonesian film director known for her critically acclaimed debut ''The Mirror Never Lies''. Biography Andini was born on 6 May 1986 and is the eldest daughter of filmmaker Garin Nugroho. Although unintereste ...

(Indonesia/Netherlands/Australia/Qatar) * ''Side Job'' -

(Japan) * ''Silent Mist'' - ZHANG Miaoyan (China/France) * ''Smaller and Smaller Circles'' -

Raya Martin Raya Martin (born 1984) is a Filipino filmmaker. His works include '' Independencia''Abrams, Simon"Independencia" ''Slant Magazine'', 4 October 2009. Retrieved on 8 January 2015. and ''Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the Cit ...

(Philippines) * ''Sweating the Small Stuff'' - NINOMIYA Ryutaro (Japan) * ''The Tailor'' - TRAN Buu Loc, Kay NGUYEN (Vietnam) * ''

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'' - Anahita GHAZVINIZADEH (United States/Qatar) * ''Those Long Haired Nights'' - Gerardo CALAGUI (Philippines) * ''The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue'' - Yuya Ishii (Japan) * ''Underpants Thief'' -

Somaratne Dissanayake Somaratne Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan film director, Screenwriter and Producer. He is the Chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and the president of the Film Makers Guild of Sri Lanka (FMG). He won the Peace prize of Chicago Internation ...

(Sri Lanka) * ''

Wajib ' ( ar, فرض) or ' () or fardh in Islam is a religious duty commanded by God. The word is also used in Turkish, Persian, Pashto, Urdu (''spelled farz''), and Malay (''spelled fardu or fardhu'') in the same meaning. Muslims who obey such c ...

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Annemarie Jacir Annemarie Jacir ( ar, آن ماري جاسر) is a Palestinian filmmaker, writer, and producer. Career Filmmaker She has been working in independent cinema since 1998 and has written, directed and produced a number of award-winning films. Two o ...

(Palestine) * '' Walking Past the Future'' - Li Ruijun (China/Hong Kong, China) * ''

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'' - KISHI Yoshiyuki (Japan) * ''ZOO'' - Shlok SHARMA (India)

New Currents

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After My Death ''After My Death'' () is a 2017 South Korean mystery drama film written, directed and edited by Kim Ui-seok and stars Jeon Yeo-been, Seo Young-hwa and Go Won-hee. Plot When her missing classmate and close friend Kyung-min (Jeon So-nee) is suspecte ...

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Kim Ui-seok :''This article describes the 1957-born Korean director; for the 1983-born director of the same name, see ''After My Death'' by Kim Ui-seok (director, born 1983) (also spelled Kim Uiseok).'' Kim Ui-seok (born 6 July 1957) is a South Korean film ...

(Korea) * ''Ajji'' -

Devashish Makhija Devashish Makhija is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, graphic artist, fiction writer and poet. He is best known for writing and directing the full-length feature films: ''Ajji'', '' Oonga'', and '' Bhonsle''. He also authored the bestselling ch ...

(India) * ''Ashwatthama'' - Pushpendra SINGH (India/Korea) * '' Blockage'' - Mohsen GHARAEI (Iran) * '' End of Summer'' -

Zhou Quan Zhou Quan (; born 16 Nov 1987) is a Chinese filmmaker. His directorial debut End of Summer (2017 film), End of Summer won KNN Award at 22nd Busan International Film Festival. Early life Zhou Quan was born and raised in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, Zheji ...

(China) * ''How to Breathe Underwater'' - KO Hyunseok (Korea) * ''

Last Child "Last Child" is a song by American rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Brad Whitford and released as the first single from the album '' Rocks'' in 1976. It peaked at number 21 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, one of a strin ...

'' - SHIN Dongseok (Korea) * ''The Last Verse'' - TSENG Ying-Ting (Taiwan) * ''One Night on the Wharf'' - HAN Dong (China) * ''Somewhere Beyond the Mist'' - CHEUNG King Wai (Hong Kong, China)

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

* ''America Town'' -

Jeon Soo-il Jeon Soo-il (born September 25, 1959) is a South Korean film director, film producer and screenwriter. After graduating from the Department of Theatre & Film of Kyungsung University in Busan, he studied Film Direction at Ecole Supérieure de ...

(Korea) * ''

Anarchist from Colony ''Anarchist from Colony'' () is a 2017 South Korean biographical period drama film directed by Lee Joon-ik about the life of independence activist Park Yeol, with Lee Je-hoon taking on the titular role. It premiered in South Korea on June 28, 20 ...

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Lee Joon-ik Lee Joon-ik (born September 21, 1959) is a South Korean film director and producer. He is best known for directing and producing ''King and the Clown'' (2005), one of the highest grossing Korean films of all time. Other notable films include ' ...

(Korea) * '' The Battleship Island: Director's Cut'' -

Ryoo Seung-wan Ryoo Seung-wan (born December 15, 1973) is a South Korean film director. Early life Ryoo Seung-wan was born in 1973 in Onyang, a small town in South Chungcheong Province. With the choice of domestic films mostly limited to propaganda and hostes ...

(Korea) * ''

Bluebeard "Bluebeard" (french: Barbe bleue, ) is a French folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in ''Histoires ou contes du temps passé''. The tale tells the st ...

'' - LEE Sooyoun (Korea) * ''

The Day After ''The Day After'' is an American television film that first aired on November 20, 1983 on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network. More than 100 million people, in nearly 39 million households, watched the film durin ...

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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 ...

(Korea) * ''The Emperor'' - MIN Byunghun, LEE Sanghun (Korea) * ''Mermaid'' -

O Muel O Muel (born Oh Kyung-heon in 1971) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the award-winning film '' Jiseul'' in 2012. Career O Muel was born and raised on Jeju Island, and studied Korean painting at Jeju N ...

(Korea) * ''

Method Method ( grc, μέθοδος, methodos) literally means a pursuit of knowledge, investigation, mode of prosecuting such inquiry, or system. In recent centuries it more often means a prescribed process for completing a task. It may refer to: *Scien ...

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Misbehavior 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 well ...

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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 '' ...

(Korea) * ''

Missing Missing or The Missing may refer to: Film * ''Missing'' (1918 film), an American silent drama directed by James Young * ''Missing'' (1982 film), an American historical drama directed by Costa-Gavras * ''Missing'' (2007 film) (''Vermist''), a Bel ...

'' - E Oni (Korea) * ''Notebook from My Mother'' - KIM Sungho (Korea) * ''

Okja ''Okja'' (; ) is a 2017 science-fantasy action-adventure film directed by Bong Joon-ho with a screenplay by Bong and Jon Ronson from a story by Bong. The film is about a young girl who raised a genetically modified "super pig" (the titular Okja) ...

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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 ...

(Korea/United States) * ''Old Love'' - PARK Kiyong (Korea/Japan) * ''Romans 8:37'' -

Shin Yeon-shick Shin Yeon-shick (born 1976) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He directed '' The Fair Love'' (2010), '' The Russian Novel'' (2013), and ''Rough Play'' (2013). Career Born in Seoul in 1976, Shin Yeon-shick dropped out of his Sp ...

(Korea) * ''Taklamakan'' - KO Eunki (Korea) * ''

A Taxi Driver ''A Taxi Driver'' () is a 2017 South Korean historical action drama film directed by Jang Hoon and written by Eom Yu-na, with Song Kang-ho starring in the title role, alongside Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hae-jin, and Ryu Jun-yeol. Based on a re ...

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Jang Hoon Jang Hoon (born May 4, 1975) is a Koreans, South Korean film director. He directed the films ''Rough Cut (2008 film), Rough Cut'' (2008), ''Secret Reunion'' (2010), ''The Front Line (2011 film), The Front Line'' (2011), and ''A Taxi Driver '' ...

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Korean Cinema Today - Vision

* ''Black Summer'' - LEE Weonyoung (Korea) * ''Counting the Stars at Night'' - CHOI Yongseok (Korea) * ''February'' - KIM Joonghyun (Korea) * ''A Haunting Hitchhike'' - JEONG Heejae (Korea) * ''

Hit the Night ''Hit the Night'' () is a 2017 South Korean melodrama romance film directed by Jeong Ga-young. It made its world premiere at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival, winning Actor of the Year Award (for Park Jong-hwan (actor), Park Jong-hwan) an ...

'' - JEONG Gayoung (Korea) * ''Home'' - KIM Jongwoo (Korea) * ''Microhabitat'' - JEON Gowoon (Korea) * ''

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Lee Dong-eun Lee Dong-eun (born 1978) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Career Lee, an economics major at Sungkyunkwan University, is from Myung Films Institute's Film Directing major graduating class. He developed and produced his firs ...

(Korea) * ''Park Hwa-young'' - LEE Hwan (Korea) * ''Possible Faces'' - LEE Kanghyun (Korea) * ''

A Tiger in Winter ''A Tiger in Winter'' () is a 2017 South Korean comedy drama film written and directed by Lee Kwang-kuk and starring Lee Jin-wook and Go Hyun-jung. It made its world premiere in the Korean Cinema Today at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival ...

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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 ' ...

(Korea)

Korean Cinema Retrospective

The Legendary Star,
Shin Seong-il Shin Seong-il (May 8, 1937 – November 4, 2018) was a South Korean actor, film director, producer, and former politician. A legendary actor with 500 films in over 40 years, Shin debuted in director Shin Sang-ok's 1960 film ''A Romantic Papa'' a ...

* '' The Barefooted Youth'' -

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 ...

(Korea) * '' A Day Off'' -

Lee Man-hee Lee Man-hee (; born 15 September 1931) is a Korean religious leader. Lee is the founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a South Korean Christian group that is often described as a cult. Lee is a self-proclaimed messiah, whose followers be ...

(Korea) * ''Early Rain'' -

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 finishi ...

(Korea) * ''Eunuch'' -

Shin Sang-ok Shin Sang-ok ( ko, 신상옥; born Shin Tae-seo; October 11, 1926 – April 11, 2006) was a South Korean filmmaker with more than 100 producer and 70 director credits to his name. His best-known films were made in the 1950s and 60s, many of them ...

(Korea) * ''The General's Mustache'' - LEE Seong-gu (Korea) * '' Gilsotteum'' -

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 ...

(Korea) * ''Heavenly Homecoming to Stars'' -

Lee Jang-ho Lee Jang-ho (born May 15, 1945) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Filmography *''Heavenly Homecoming to Stars'' (1974) - director *''It Rained Yesterday'' (1974) - director *''You Become a Star, Too'' (1975) - director *''Yes ...

(Korea) * ''Mist'' -

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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Michel Franco Michel Franco (born 28 August 1979) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his film '' After Lucia'' that won the Prize Un Certain Regard at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. His films typically deal with the ...

(Mexico) * ''Australia Day'' -

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 ...

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Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Jonathan Dayton (born July 7, 1957) and Valerie Faris (born October 20, 1958) are a team of American film and music video directors who received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut, ''Little Miss Sunshine'' (2006). Later the ...

(United States) * ''Beyond the River'' - Craig FREIMOND (South Africa) * ''

Bye Bye Germany ''Bye Bye Germany'' (german: Es war einmal in Deutschland...) is a 2017 internationally co-produced comedy film directed by Sam Garbarski. Cast * Moritz Bleibtreu as David Bermann * Antje Traue as Special Agent Sara Simon * Tim Seyfi as Fajnbr ...

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Sam Garbarski Sam Garbarski (born 13 February 1948) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. His film ''Irina Palm'' (2007) was awarded Best European Film at the 53rd David di Donatello Awards. He then directed ''A Distant Neighborhood'' (2010), a fantas ...

(Germany/Belgium/Luxembourg) * ''Carbon'' -

Olivier Marchal Olivier Marchal (born 14 November 1958) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, and a former policeman. In 2005, he was nominated for three César Awards (best director, best film and best writing) for his film ''36 Quai des Orfèvres''. He al ...

(France) * '' The Confession'' -

Zaza Urushadze Zaza Urushadze ( ka, ზაზა ურუშაძე; 30 October 1965 — 7 December 2019) was a Georgian film director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Zaza Urushadze was a son of Ramaz Urushadze, a famous Soviet football goalkeeper. ...

(Georgia/Estonia) * '' Directions'' - Stephan KOMANDAREV (Bulgaria/Germany/Macedonia) * ''Diving'' -

Mélanie Laurent Mélanie Laurent (; born 21 February 1983) is a French actress, filmmaker, and singer. The recipient of two César Awards and a Lumières Award, she is an accomplished actress in the French film industry. Globally, she is best known for her role ...

(France) * '' The Double Lover'' -

François Ozon François Ozon (; born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter. Ozon is considered one of the most important modern French filmmakers. His films are characterized by aesthetic beauty, sharp satirical humor and a free-wheeli ...

(France/Belgium) * '' Downsizing'' -

Alexander Payne Constantine Alexander Payne (; born February 10, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for the films ''Citizen Ruth'' (1996), ''Election'' (1999), ''About Schmidt'' (2002), ''Sideways'' (2004), ''The Desc ...

(United States) * ''Equilibrium'' -

Vincenzo Marra Vincenzo Marra (born Naples, 18 September 1972) is an Italian filmmaker. Filmography * 2001 - '' Tornando a casa'' * 2002 - '' E.A.M. - Estranei alla massa'' (documentary) * 2003 - '' Paesaggio a sud'' * 2004 - '' Vento di terra'' * 2005 - '' 58 ...

(Italy) * ''

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Lisa Langseth Lisa Langseth (born 20 April 1975) is a Swedish screenwriter and film director. Her writing and directing film credits include ''Pure'' (2009), '' Hotell'' (2013) and '' Euphoria'' (2017). Career Langseth began her career as a playwright and t ...

(Sweden/Germany) * ''

A Fantastic Woman ''A Fantastic Woman'' ( es, Una mujer fantástica) is a 2017 drama film directed by Sebastián Lelio, written by Lelio and Gonzalo Maza, produced by Juan de Dios and Pablo Larraín and starring Daniela Vega and Francisco Reyes. It was selected ...

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Sebastián Lelio Sebastián Lelio Watt (born 8 March 1974) is a Chilean director, screenwriter, editor and producer. He received critical acclaim for directing the films ''Gloria'' (2013) and ''A Fantastic Woman'' (2017), the latter of which won an Academy Award ...

(Chile) * ''

The Florida Project ''The Florida Project'' is a 2017 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Sean Baker and written by Baker and Chris Bergoch. It stars Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Valeria Cotto, Christopher Rivera, and Caleb Landry Jon ...

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Frost Frost is a thin layer of ice on a solid surface, which forms from water vapor in an above-freezing atmosphere coming in contact with a solid surface whose temperature is below freezing, and resulting in a phase change from water vapor (a gas) ...

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Šarūnas Bartas Šarūnas Bartas (born 16 August 1964) is a Lithuanian film director. One of the most prominent Lithuanian film directors internationally from the late 20th century. His 2015 film ''Peace to Us in Our Dreams'' was screened in the Directors' Fortn ...

(Lithuania/France/Poland/Ukraine) * ''

A Gentle Creature "A Gentle Creature" (russian: Кроткая, translit=Krotkaya), sometimes also translated as "The Meek One", is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in November 1876. The piece comes with the subtitle of "A Fantastic Story", and it chr ...

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Sergei Loznitsa Sergei Vladimirovich Loznitsa ( be, Сяргей Уладзіміравіч Лазніца, russian: Сергей Владимирович Лозница, uk, Сергій Володимирович Лозниця; born 5 September 1964) is a Uk ...

(France/Germany/Netherlands/Lithuania) * ''Good Manners'' - Juliana ROJAS, Marco DUTRA (Brazil/France) * ''

Hochelaga, Land of Souls ''Hochelaga, Land of Souls'' (french: Hochelaga, Terre des âmes) is a 2017 Canadian historical drama film directed and written by François Girard and starring Gilles Renaud, Samian and Tanaya Beatty. Dramatizing several centuries of Quebec ...

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François Girard François Girard (born January 12, 1963) is a French Canadian director and screenwriter from Montreal. Born in Saint-Félicien, Quebec, Girard's career began on the Montreal art video circuit. In 1990, he produced his first feature film, ''Car ...

(Canada) * ''

In the Fade ''In the Fade'' (german: Aus dem Nichts) is a 2017 German drama film written and directed by Fatih Akin. It stars Diane Kruger as a German woman whose husband and son are killed in a terrorist attack perpetrated by neo-Nazis. It was selected to ...

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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- ...

(Germany/France) * '' The Intruder'' - Leonardo DI COSTANZO (Italy/Switzerland/France) * '' Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc'' - Bruno Dumont (France) * '' Jupiter's Moon'' -

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/Germany) * ''

The Last Suit ''The Last Suit'' ( es, El último traje; pl, Ostatni garnitur) is a 2017 Argentine-Spanish-Polish dramatic film written and directed by , starring Miguel Ángel Solá, Ángela Molina and Martín Piroyansky. The film tells a story that explores ...

'' - Pablo SOLARZ (Argentina/Spain) * ''

The Leisure Seeker ''The Leisure Seeker'' is a 2017 comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, in his first full English-language feature. The film is based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Michael Zadoorian. It stars Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland, actin ...

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Paolo Virzì Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer. Early life and work Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy in 1964, as the son of a Sicily#Demographics, Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former sin ...

(United States/France/Italy) * ''

Let the Sunshine In "Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" (commonly called "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In", "The Age of Aquarius" or "Let the Sunshine In") is a medley of two songs written for the 1967 musical ''Hair'' by James Rado and Gerome ...

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Claire Denis Claire Denis (; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film ''Beau Travail'' (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s, as well as of all time. Other acclaimed works include '' Trouble Ev ...

(France) * ''The Lion Sleeps Tonight'' -

Nobuhiro Suwa is a Japanese film director working in Japan and France. His directorial works and screenplays often make use of improvisation techniques. Currently, Suwa is the President of Tokyo Zokei University. Biography Having graduated from Hirosh ...

(Japan/France) * ''

Longing Longing may refer to: Music * ''Longing'' (Bell Witch album) (2012) * ''Longing'' (Dusty Springfield album), an unreleased 1974 album * "Longing" (song), a 1994 song by X Japan * "Longing", a song by Gackt from '' Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantas ...

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Savi Gabizon Savi Gabizon ( he, שבי גביזון; born 23 July 1960) is an Israeli filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. Career Gabizon grew up in Kiryat Yam, near Haifa. In 1974 he enrolled in the Haifa military academy. After military service he enro ...

(Israel) * '' Loveless'' -

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/France/Belgium/Germany) * ''The Motive'' - Manuel MARTÍN CUENCA (Spain) * '' The Mountain Between Us'' -

Hany Abu-Assad Hany Abu-Assad ( ar, هاني أبو أسعد; born 11 October 1961) is a Palestinian-Dutch film director. He has received two Academy Award nominations: in 2006 for his film ''Paradise Now'', and again in 2013 for his film ''Omar''. Early life ...

(United States) * ''Orchestra Class'' - Rachid HAMI (France) * ''

The Other Side of Hope ''The Other Side of Hope'' ( fi, Toivon tuolla puolen) is a 2017 Finnish comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. The film was produced by Kaurismäki's Finnish company Sputnik. In December 2016, it was selected to pla ...

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Aki Kaurismäki Aki Olavi Kaurismäki (; born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the award-winning '' Drifting Clouds'' (1996), ''The Man Without a Past'' (2002), ''Le Havre'' (2011) and ''The Other Side of Hope'' (20 ...

(Finland/Germany) * ''Platoon'' -

Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of '' Midnight Express'' (1978), and wrote the gangster film remake '' Sc ...

(United States/United Kingdom) * ''

Porcupine Lake ''Porcupine Lake'' is a 2017 Canadian drama film written, produced, and directed by Ingrid Veninger. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The film had received positive review ...

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Ingrid Veninger Ingrid Veninger (born August 21, 1968) is a Canadian actress, writer, director, producer, and film professor at York University. Veninger began her career in show business as a child actor in commercials and on television; as a teen, she was fea ...

(Canada) * ''Promise at Dawn'' - Eric BARBIER (France/Belgium) * ''Rainbow - A Private Affair'' -

Paolo TAVIANI Paolo Taviani (; born 8 November 1931) and Vittorio Taviani (; 20 September 1929 – 15 April 2018), collectively referred to as the Taviani brothers, were Italian film directors and screenwriters who collaborated on film productions. At the C ...

(Italy/France) * ''Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company'' -

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/Switzerland) * '' Sergio & Sergei'' - Ernesto DARANAS (Cuba/Spain) * '' The Square'' -

Ruben Östlund Ruben Östlund (born 13 April 1974) is a Swedish filmmaker best known for his black comedic and satirical films ''Force Majeure'' (2014), '' The Square'' (2017) and ''Triangle of Sadness'' (2022), all of which received largely positive reviews and ...

(Sweden/Germany/France/Denmark) * '' The Summit'' -

Santiago Mitre Santiago Mitre (born 4 December 1980) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He was named as a member of the jury of the International Critics' Week section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. In 2016, Mitre won the Havana Star Prize f ...

(Argentina) * '' Sweet Country'' -

Warwick Thornton Warwick Thornton (born 1970) is an Australian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His debut feature film ''Samson and Delilah'' won the Caméra d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and the award for Best Film at the Asia Pacific Sc ...

(Australia) * ''

Victoria & Abdul ''Victoria & Abdul'' is a 2017 British biographical historical drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Lee Hall. The film is based on the book of the same name by Shrabani Basu, about the real-life relationship between Queen V ...

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Stephen Frears Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is an English director and producer of film and television often depicting real life stories as well as projects that explore social class through sharply drawn characters. He's received numerous accola ...

(United Kingdom) * ''Volubilis'' -

Faouzi Bensaïdi Faouzi Bensaïdi ( ar, فوزي بن السعيدي; born 14 March 1967) is a Moroccan film director, actor, screenwriter and artist. His film ''A Thousand Months'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. ...

(Morocco/France/Qatar) * '' Wonderstruck'' -

Todd Haynes Todd Haynes (; born January 2, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films span four decades with themes examining the personalities of well-known musicians, dysfunctional and dystopian societies, and blurred gender ...

(United States) * '' Zama'' -

Lucrecia Martel Lucrecia Martel (born December 14, 1966) is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and producer whose feature films have frequented Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto, and many other international film festivals. Film scholar Paul Julian Smith w ...

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Flash Forward

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Beach Rats ''Beach Rats'' is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by Eliza Hittman. It stars Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, and Kate Hodge. It was screened at the U.S. Dramatic Competition section of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, and ...

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Eliza Hittman Eliza Hittman (born December 9, 1979) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer from New York City. She has won multiple awards for her film ''Never Rarely Sometimes Always'', which include the New York Film Critics Circle Award a ...

(United States) * '' Beauty and the Dogs'' -

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/Sweden/Norway/Lebanon/Qatar/Switzerland) * '' Bitter Flowers'' -

Olivier Meys Olivier Meys is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He studied film and radio production at the Institute of Broadcasting Arts in Belgium and graduated from there in 2000. His first works were short films and documentary films which earned hi ...

(Belgium/France/Switzerland/China) * '' The Desert Bride'' - Cecilia ATÁN, Valeria PIVATO (Argentina/Chile) * '' Five Fingers for Marseilles'' - Michael MATTHEWS (South Africa) * ''

Gabriel and the Mountain ''Gabriel and the Mountain'' ( pt, Gabriel e a montanha) is a 2017 Brazilian-French drama film directed by Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa. It tells the true story of Brazilian backpacker Gabriel Buchmann who travels through several African countries, ...

'' - Fellipe GAMARANO BARBOSA (Brazil/France) * ''

God's Own Country "God's Own Country" is a phrase meaning an area, region or place supposedly favoured by God. Examples Australia In Australia, the phrase "God's own country" was often used to describe the country in the early 1900s, but it appears to have gr ...

'' - (United Kingdom) * ''Goliath'' - Dominik LOCHER (Switzerland) * ''Head. Two Ears'' - Vitaly SUSLIN (Russia) * ''Home Team'' - Carlos MORELLI (Uruguay/Argentina/Brazil) * ''

I Am Not a Witch ''I Am Not a Witch'' is a 2017 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Rungano Nyoni in her feature debut film. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and won the BAFTA Awar ...

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Ruth Mader Ruth Mader (born 11 July 1974) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. She has directed six films between 1992 and 2003. Her film ''Struggle (2003 film), Struggle'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Fest ...

(Austria) * '' Little Crusader'' - Václav KADRNKA (Czech Republic/Slovak Republic/Italy) * '' M.F.A.'' - Natalia Leite (United States) * '' The Man with the Magic Box'' -

Bodo Kox Bodo Kox (born April 22, 1977, Wrocław, Poland, birth name: Bartosz Koszała), is a Polish film director, actor, and screenwriter, known for award-winning feature films '' The Girl from the Wardrobe'' (2013) and '' The Man with the Magic Box'' (20 ...

(Poland/Italy) * ''Manuel'' - Dario ALBERTINI (Italy) * ''

Men Don't Cry ''Men Don't Cry'' (Traditional Chinese: 奸人堅) is a TVB period comedy series broadcast in October 2007, to celebrate TVB's 40th Anniversary. The shown was rerun from Thursday, January 29, 2009, to February 26, 2009, from Monday to Friday at ...

'' - Alen DRLJEVIĆ (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Slovenia/Croatia/Germany) * ''Montparnasse Bienvenüe'' - Léonor SERRAILLE (France) * ''More'' - Onur SAYLAK (Turkey) * ''

Never Steady, Never Still ''Never Steady, Never Still'' is a Canadian drama film, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The full-length List of directorial debuts, directorial debut of Kathleen Hepburn, the film is a family drama which stars Shi ...

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Kathleen Hepburn Kathleen Hepburn is a Canadian screenwriter and film director. She first attracted acclaim for her film ''Never Steady, Never Still'', which premiered as a short film in 2015 before being expanded into her feature film debut in 2017.

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The Nothing Factory ''The Nothing Factory'' ( pt, A Fábrica de Nada) is a 2017 Portuguese drama film directed by Pedro Pinho, whose prior works were documentaries. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and the Bright ...

'' - Pedro PINHO (Portugal) * ''Oblivion Verses'' - Alireza KHATAMI (France/Germany/Netherlands/Chile) * ''

Okafor's Law ''Okafor's Law'' is a 2016 Nigerian romantic comedy drama film written, directed and produced by Omoni Oboli. The film stars Blossom Chukwujekwu, Omoni Oboli, Toyin Aimakhu, Gabriel Afolayan, Ufuoma McDermott, Richard Mofe Damijo, Tina Mba, Kem ...

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Omoni Oboli Omoni Oboli (born 22 April 1978) is a Nigerian actress, scriptwriter, film director, producer and digital filmmaker. She studied at the New York Film Academy and has written several screenplays, including The Figurine (2009), ''Anchor Baby'' (2 ...

(Nigeria) * ''Pulse'' - Stevie CRUZ-MARTIN (Australia) * ''Ravens'' -

Jens Assur Jens Assur (born April 29, 1970) is a Swedish photographer, director, scriptwriter, and film producer. His movie, ''Killing the Chickens, to Scare the Monkeys'', premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 and has since won a number of prizes. ...

(Sweden) * '' Soldiers. Story from Ferentari'' - Ivana MLADENOVIC (Romania/Serbia/Belgium) * ''

Summer 1993 ''Summer 1993'' ( ca, Estiu 1993) is a 2017 Catalan-language Spanish drama film directed and written by Carla Simón. The film premiered in the Generation section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the GWFF Best First F ...

'' - Carla SIMÓN (Spain) * ''The Testament'' - Amichai GREENBERG (Israel/Austria) * ''

Tom of Finland Touko Valio Laaksonen (8 May 1920 – 7 November 1991), pseudonym Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist who made stylized highly masculinized homoerotic art, and influenced late 20th-century gay culture. He has been called the "most influential ...

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Dome Karukoski Thomas "Dome" August George Karukoski (; born 29 December 1976) is a Finnish film director. He is considered to be one of Finland's most successful film directors, having won over 30 festival awards and having directed six feature films that beca ...

(Finland/United States) * ''Under the Family Tree'' - Constanze KNOCHE (Germany/Poland) * ''Upside Down'' - Hugo MARTINS (Portugal) * ''Veleno'' - Diego OLIVARES (Italy) * ''Violeta at Last'' - Hilda HIDALGO (Costa Rica/Mexico) * ''Where the Shadows Fall'' - Valentina PEDICINI (Italy) * ''Wind Traces'' - Jimena MONTEMAYOR (Mexico) * ''

Winter Brothers ''Winter Brothers'' ( da, Vinterbrødre) is a 2017 Danish drama film directed by Hlynur Pálmason. It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, and won the 2018 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. At th ...

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Carlos and Jason Sanchez Carlos and Jason Sanchez (Carlos born 1976 and Jason born 1981 in Montreal, Quebec) are Canadian fine art photographers known for their large-scale dramatic images. Thematically, their work centers on the psychological reflections of their subject ...

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Wide Angle

Korean Short Film Competition

* ''Away from Home'' - LEE Hyebeen, IM Soojin (Korea) * ''Beloved'' - LIM Seungmi (Korea) * ''Bright Future'' - HUR Jungjae (Korea) * ''Freeway'' - HWANG Seulgi (Korea) * ''A Friend Holding Crutches'' - KIM Soyeon (Korea) * ''Goner'' - KIM Hanra (Korea) * ''A Hand-written Poster'' - KWAK Eunmi (Korea) * ''The History of Hormone'' - PARK Jonghyun (Korea) * ''Illegal Parking'' - LEE Inhyuk (Korea) * ''Love Jo. Right Now.'' - JEONG Gayoung (Korea) * ''My Father in a Suitcase'' - KIMO Jisook (Korea) * ''Ordinary People'' - KIM Moonkyeong (Korea) * ''Playground'' - CHOI Cho-ah (Korea) * ''The Virgin Flight'' - HAN Seungju (Korea) * ''Yuri in Summer '' - KIM Seohyeon (Korea)

Asian Short Film Competition

* ''Cemetery of Courtesy'' - CHONG Keat Aun (Malaysia) * ''Chronicle of a Durian'' - YANG Xiao (China) * ''A Curious Girl'' - Rajesh Prasad KHATRI (Nepal) * ''The Day I Am Gonna Come'' - HONG Cheng (China) * ''Madonna'' - Sinung WINAHYOKO (Indonesia) * ''Myth'' - HAO Fang-Wei (Taiwan) * ''NAGISA'' - KOGAHARA Takeshi (Japan) * ''The Road'' - Arash KHAYATAN (Iran) * ''Suerte'' - Carlo FAJARDA (Philippines) * ''Two Brothers'' - Raghbir SINGH (India)

Short Film Showcase

* ''667'' - LIAO Jiekai, HE Shuming, Boo Junfeng, CHONG Jun, Kirsten TAN, Eva TANG (Singapore) * ''Braguino'' - Clément COGITORE (France) * ''Death of the Sound Man'' - Sorayos PRAPAPAN (Thailand/Myanmar) * ''Gaze'' - Farnoosh SAMADI (Iran/Italy) * '' A Gentle Night'' - QIU Yang (China) * ''Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month'' - Carlo Francisco MANATAD (Philippines/Singapore) * ''Tshweesh'' - Feyrouz SERHAL (Lebanon/Germany/Spain/Qatar) * ''Where Has Time Gone?'' -

Walter Salles Walter Moreira Salles Júnior (; born 12 April 1956) is a Brazilian filmmaker. Early life Salles was born on 12 April 1956 in Rio de Janeiro and attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He is the son of Brazil ...

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Madhur Bhandarkar Madhur Bhandarkar (born 26 August 1968) is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. In 2016,Bhandarkar was honoured with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour, by the Government of India. The drama film ''Chandni Ba ...

Jia Zhangke Jia Zhangke ( zh, c=贾樟柯, p=Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970) .He is a Chinese-language film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and writer. He is the dean of the Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Media College and the dea ...

, Jahmil X.T. QUBEKA (China/Brazil/Russia/India/South Africa)

Documentary Competition

* ''Ha Dong Chae Bok: A Song of Two Humans'' - NAM Seungsuk (Korea) * ''I've Got a Little Problem'' - ZHANG Ximing (China) * ''

I Want to Go Home ''I Want to Go Home'' is a children's novel by Gordon Korman, first published in 1981. It was republished, as with most of Korman's older books, in 2004 with a new cover and updated text. Main characters Rudy Miller, the novel's protagonist, ...

'' - Wesley Leon AROOZOO (Singapore/Japan) * ''In the Claws of a Century Wanting'' - Jewel MARANAN (Philippines/Germany/Qatar) * ''Letters'' - YUN Jéro, Marte VOLD (Korea/Norway) * ''REBORN'' - IM Heungsoon (Korea) * ''Sennan Asbestos Disaster'' -

Kazuo Hara is a Japanese documentary film director. After dropping out of university to work at a special education school, he made his 1972 debut work ''Goodbye CP'' about a group of individuals with cerebral palsy. He won the award for Best Director a ...

(Japan) * ''Soseongri'' - PARK Baeil (Korea) * ''Tarling is Darling'' - Ismail Fahmi LUBIS (Indonesia) * ''The Whispering Trees'' - HEO Chulnyung (Korea)

Documentary Showcase

* ''After Chosun'' - MUN Jeonghyun (Korea) * ''Behrouz: A Legend on Screen'' - Sepehr MIKAILIAN (United States) * ''Blood Amber'' - LEE Yong Chao (Taiwan/Myanmar) * ''A Cambodian Spring'' - Chris Kelly (Cambodia/United Kingdom/Ireland/Canada) * ''Courtesy to the Nation'' - GWON Gyungwon (Korea) * ''Ecology in Concrete'' -

(Korea) * '' Ex Libris: The New York Public Library'' -

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 worki ...

(United States) * ''A Feeling Greater Than Love'' - Mary JIRMANUS SABA (Lebanon) * ''A Free Man'' - Andreas HARTMANN (Germany/Japan) * ''Goodbye My Love North Korea'' - KIM Soyoung (Korea) * ''Hugo'' - Wojciech KLIMALA (Poland) * ''I've Got the Blues'' - Angie CHEN (Hong Kong, China/France) * ''A Little Wisdom'' - KANG Yuqi (Nepal/Canada/China) * '' Makala'' - Emmanuel GRAS (France) * ''Mountain'' -

Jennifer Peedom Jennifer Peedom is a BAFTA-nominated Australian director. Her documentary ''Solo'' (co-directed with David Michôd) won the 2009 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Documentary in Under One Hour. Her film ''Sherpa'', which was filmed ...

(Australia) * ''Mrs. Fang'' - Wang Bing (Hong Kong, China/France/Germany) * ''Vibration: THE YELLOW MONKEY'' - MATSUNAGA Daishi (Japan) * ''The Work'' - Gethin ALDOUS, Jairus MCLEARY (United States)

Cinekids

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Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatur ...

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Clyde Geronimi Clito "Clyde" Geronimi (June 12, 1901 – April 24, 1989), known as Gerry, was an American animation director. He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Productions. Biography Geronimi was born in Chiavenna, Italy, immigrating to the United ...

Hamilton Luske Hamilton Somers Luske (October 16, 1903 – February 19, 1968) was an American animator and film director. Career He joined the Walt Disney Productions animation studio in 1931 and he was soon trusted enough by Walt Disney to be made supervisi ...

Wilfred Jackson Wilfred Jackson (January 24, 1906 – August 7, 1988) was an American animator, arranger, composer and director best known for his work on the ''Mickey Mouse'' and ''Silly Symphonies'' series of cartoons and the ''Night on Bald Mountain''/''Ave M ...

(United States) * ''Bamse and the Witch's Daughter'' - Christian RYLTENIUS (Sweden) * ''

Finding Nemo ''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was writ ...

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Andrew Stanton Andrew Ayers Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker and voice actor based at Pixar, which he joined in 1990. His film work includes co-writing and co-directing Pixar's ''A Bug's Life'' (1998), directing ''Finding Nemo'' (2003) an ...

(United States) * ''Lila's Book'' - Marcela RINCÓN GONZÁLEZ (Colombia/Uruguay) * ''

One Hundred and One Dalmatians ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (also simply known as ''101 Dalmatians'') is a 1961 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on the 1956 novel ''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'' by Dodie Smith. The ...

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Wolfgang Reitherman Wolfgang Reitherman (June 26, 1909 – May 22, 1985), also known and sometimes credited as Woolie Reitherman, was a German–American animator, director and producer and one of the "Disney's Nine Old Men, Nine Old Men" of core animators at Walt ...

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Animation Showcase

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Have a Nice Day Have a nice day is a commonly spoken expression used to conclude a conversation (whether brief or extensive), or end a message by hoping the person to whom it is addressed experiences a pleasant day. Since it is often uttered by service employee ...

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Lu Over the Wall is a 2017 Japanese animated fantasy film produced by Science Saru and released by Toho about the eponymous ningyo. It was directed by Masaaki Yuasa, and written by Yuasa and Reiko Yoshida. The music was composed by Takatsugu Muramatsu. It is th ...

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Masaaki Yuasa is a Japanese director, screenwriter, and animator affiliated with Science SARU, a Japanese animation studio which he co-founded with producer Eunyoung Choi in 2013. Yuasa previously served as president of Science SARU, but stepped down from th ...

(Japan) * ''

Mary and the Witch's Flower is a 2017 Japanese animated fantasy film co-written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, produced by Studio Ponoc founder Yoshiaki Nishimura, animated by Studio Ponoc, and distributed by Toho in Japan. Based on the 1971 book ''The Little Bro ...

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Hiromasa Yonebayashi , nicknamed , is a Japanese animator and director, formerly for Studio Ghibli. After his directorial debut with Studio Ghibli ('' The Secret World of Arrietty''), he became the youngest director of a theatrical film produced by the studio. He was n ...

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The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl is a 2017 Japanese animated romantic comedy film directed by Masaaki Yuasa. The film is based on the 2006 novel ''The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl'' written by Tomihiko Morimi and illustrated by Yusuke Nakamura, who also served as the film's o ...

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Tehran Taboo ''Tehran Taboo'' ( fa, تهران تابو) is a 2017 Persian-language German-Austrian animated romance film directed by Ali Soozandeh. Animated through rotoscope, the film tells the story of three women and a male musician living in Tehran a ...

'' - Ali SOOZANDEH (Austria/Germany) * ''

The Tatami Galaxy is a 2004 Japanese varsity novel written by Tomihiko Morimi and published by Ohta Publishing. Its first-person narrator is an unnamed upperclassman at Kyoto University reminiscing on the misadventures of his previous years of campus lif ...

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Open Cinema

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Akiyuki Shinbo is a Japanese animator, director, writer, and storyboard artist. Best known for his works with Shaft (company), Shaft, he has attained international recognition with the studio for his unique visual style and storytelling methods. Born in Koor ...

(Japan) * '' Let Me Eat Your Pancreas'' - TSUKIKAWA Sho (Japan) * ''

Salyut-7 Salyut 7 (russian: Салют-7; en, Salute 7) (a.k.a. DOS-6, short for Durable Orbital Station) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. It was first crewed in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5, and last vi ...

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The Shape of Water ''The Shape of Water'' is a 2017 romantic fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor. It stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer ...

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Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor. He directed the Academy Award–winning fantasy films ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) and ''The Shape of Water'' (2017), winning the Academy Awards for Be ...

(United States) * ''Tomorrow and Thereafter'' -

Noémie Lvovsky Noémie Lvovsky (; born 14 December 1964) is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress. Life and career Born in Paris in 1964, Lvovsky is the daughter of Jewish parents who emigrated from Ukraine to flee pogroms. She studied cinema at L ...

(France) * ''

Zombillenium ''Zombillenium'' (french: Zombillénium) is a 2017 French-Belgian animated film directed by Arthur de Pins and Alexis Ducord, based on the comic series of the same name. It was shown in the Special Screening section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festi ...

'' - Arthur DE PINS, Alexis DUCORD (France/Belgium)

Special Programs in Focus

Suzuki Seijun: A Drifter across the Lines List

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Branded to Kill is a 1967 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki and starring Joe Shishido, Koji Nanbara, Annu Mari and Mariko Ogawa. The story follows contract killer Goro Hanada as he is recruited by a mysterious woman named Misako for a seemingly im ...

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Seijun Suzuki , born (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017), was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility. He made 40 predo ...

(Japan) * ''

Gate of Flesh is a 1964 Japanese film based on a novel by Taijiro Tamura and directed by Seijun Suzuki. Plot In an impoverished and burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-World War II Japan, a band of prostitutes defend their territory, squatting in a bombed-out b ...

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Kagero-za is a 1981 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on a novel by Kyōka Izumi. It forms the middle section of Suzuki's Taishō Roman Trilogy, preceded by ''Zigeunerweisen'' (1980) and followed by ''Yumeji'' (1991), surrealis ...

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Pistol Opera is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and starring Makiko Esumi. Storyline The film's main character, Miyuki Minazuki, ranked number three in The Assassins Guild, is known as the "Stray Cat". A stoic and deadly woman, she is forced ...

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(Japan) * ''

Tokyo Drifter is a 1966 ''yakuza'' film directed by Seijun Suzuki. The story follows Tetsuya Watari as the reformed yakuza hitman "Phoenix" Tetsu who is forced to roam Japan avoiding execution by rival gangs. Plot An old ''yakuza'' boss named Kurata decides ...

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Yumeji is a 1991 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. It is a semi-fictional account of poet and painter Takehisa Yumeji. It also forms the final part of Suzuki's Taishō ''Roman Trilogy'', preceded by ''Zigeunerweisen'' (1980) and ''Kage ...

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Zigeunerweisen ''Zigeunerweisen'' (''Gypsy Airs'', es, Aires gitanos, link=no), Op. 20, is a musical composition for violin and orchestra written in 1878 by the Spanish composer Pablo de Sarasate. It was premiered the same year in Leipzig, Germany. Like his c ...

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Sakha Cinema: World of Magical Nature and Myth

* ''24 Snow'' - Mikhail BARYNIN (Russia) * ''Deliverance'' - Gennady BAGYNANOV (Russia) * ''Fisherman'' - Vyacheslav SEMYONOV (Russia) * ''His Daughter'' - Tatyana EVERSTOVA (Russia) * ''Keskil 2: Rematch'' - Dmitry SHADRIN, Alexey EGOROV, Roman DOROFEYEV (Russia) * ''Mappa'' - Alexey ROMANOV (Russia) * ''Outlaw'' - Stepan BURNASHOV (Russia) * ''Premonition'' - Mikhail LUKACHEVSKY, Prokopy NOGOVITSYN (Russia) * ''Summer Homestead'' -

Anatoly Vasiliev Anatoly Alexandrovitch Vasiliev (russian: Анато́лий Алекса́ндрович Васи́льев, link=no; born May 4, 1942, Penza Oblast) is a Russian theatre director. He is artistic director of the Moscow Theatre "School of Dramat ...

(Russia) * ''The Marvelous Time'' - Nikita ARZHAKOV (Russia) * ''While There Is Wind'' - Sergey POTAPOV (Russia) * ''Wooden Horse'' - Prokopy NOGOVITSYN (Russia)

Midnight Passion

* '' The Brink'' - Jonathan LI (Hong Kong, China) * ''Downrange'' -

Ryuhei Kitamura (born May 30, 1969) is a Japanese film director, producer, and screenwriter. Biography Early life Kitamura was born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He dropped out of high school at age 17 and relocated to Sydney, Australia, where he attended a sch ...

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Andy Nyman Andrew Nyman (born 13 April 1966) is an English actor, director, writer and magician. Early life and career Nyman was born on 13 April 1966 in Leicester, Leicestershire. His first noteworthy performance was in 2000 as Keith Whitehead in '' Dead ...

Jeremy Dyson Jeremy Dyson (born 14 June 1966) is a British author, musician and screenwriter who, along with Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, is one of the League of Gentlemen. He also created and co-wrote the West End show ''Ghost Stories' ...

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Colin Minihan The Vicious Brothers are Canadian-American filmmakers Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz. They are best known for writing and directing the cult horror film, ''Grave Encounters'' and for writing and producing its sequel, ''Grave Encounters 2''. They ...

(United States) * ''

Mayhem Mayhem most commonly refers to: * Mayhem (crime), a type of crime Mayhem may also refer to: People * Monica Mayhem (born 1978), Australian pornographic actress * Jason "Mayhem" Miller, American mixed martial arts fighter * Mayhem Miller (dra ...

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Wilson Yip Wilson Yip Wai-Shun (; born 1964) is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and screenwriter. His films include ''Bio Zombie'', '' The White Dragon'', '' SPL: Sha Po Lang'', ''Dragon Tiger Gate'', ''Flash Point'' and the ''Ip Man'' series. Early career ...

(Hong Kong, China) * ''ROKUROKU: The Promise of the Witch'' -

Keita Amemiya is a prolific Japanese character designer and director from Urayasu, Chiba. Amemiya is known for his distinctive fantasy designs and directorial style. Biography After graduation from the Asagaya College of Art and Design, he joined the Den ...

(Japan) * '' Sweet Virginia'' -

Jamie M. Dagg Jamie M. Dagg is a Canadian film director and writer, who won the 2016 Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Canadian Screen Award for Best First Feature, presented to the year's best feature film directed by a first-time director, for his f ...

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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)

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Love Education ''Love Education'' is a 2017 Chinese-Taiwanese drama film directed and co-written by Sylvia Chang. It stars Chang, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Lang Yueting, Song Ningfeng, and Wu Yanshu. It focuses on three generations of women in Henan Province. The fi ...

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Sylvia Chang Sylvia Chang (born 21 July 1953) is a Taiwanese actress, writer, singer, producer and director. In 1992, she was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. In 2018, she was one of the jury members of the main competition ...

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Awards

*New Currents Award **''

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(Korea) **'' Blockage'' - Mohsen GHARAEI (Iran) *BIFF Mecenat Award **''Soseongri'' - PARK Baeil (Korea) **''Sennan Asbestos Disaster'' -

(Japan) *Sonje Award **''A Hand-written Poster'' - KWAK Eunmi (Korea) **''Madonna'' - Sinung WINAHYOKO (Indonesia) *Actor & Actress of the Year Award **''

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Park Jong-hwan Park Jong-hwan ( born 9 February 1938) is a former South Korean football manager. Managerial career Considered one of South Korea's greatest football managers in the 20th century, Park led South Korean under-20 team to the semi-finals in t ...

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Jeon Yeo-been Jeon Yeo-been (; born Jeon Bo-young on July 26, 1989) is a South Korean actress. Jeon rose to prominence for her performance in the independent film ''After My Death'' (2018) which earned her the Actress of the Year Award at the 22nd Busan Int ...

(Korea) *FIPRESCI Award **''Last Child'' - SHIN Dongseok (Korea) *NETPAC Award **''February'' - KIM Joonghyun (Korea) *Kim Jiseok Award **'' Malila: The Farewell Flower'' - Anucha BOONYAWATANA (Thailand) **''The Scythian Lamb'' -

(Japan) *KNN Award **'' End of Summer'' -

(China) *Busan Bank Award **''Pulse'' - Stevie CRUZ-MARTIN (Australia) *Citizen Critics' Award **''Possible Faces'' - LEE Kanghyun (Korea) *Busan Cinephile Award **''A Free Man'' - Andreas HARTMANN (Germany/Japan) *CGV Arthouse Award **''Microhabitat'' - JEON Gowoon (Korea) *Vision-Director's Award **''February'' - KIM Joonghyun (Korea) **''

'' - JEONG Gayoung (Korea) *The Asian Filmmaker of the Year **

(Japan) *Korean Cinema Award **Christoph Terhechte (Germany)

References

External links

* {{Busan International Film Festival

2017 in South Korea Busan International Film Festival 2017 festivals in South Korea

Program

Opening

Gala Presentation

A Window on Asian Cinema

New Currents

Korean Cinema Today - Panorama

Korean Cinema Today - Vision

Korean Cinema Retrospective

The Legendary Star, Shin Seong-il Shin Seong-il (May 8, 1937 – November 4, 2018) was a South Korean actor, film director, producer, and former politician. A legendary actor with 500 films in over 40 years, Shin debuted in director Shin Sang-ok's 1960 film ''A Romantic Papa'' a ...

World Cinema

Flash Forward

Wide Angle

Korean Short Film Competition

Asian Short Film Competition

Short Film Showcase

Documentary Competition

Documentary Showcase

Cinekids

Animation Showcase

Open Cinema

Special Programs in Focus

Suzuki Seijun: A Drifter across the Lines List

Sakha Cinema: World of Magical Nature and Myth

Midnight Passion

Closing

Awards

References

External links

The Legendary Star,
Shin Seong-il Shin Seong-il (May 8, 1937 – November 4, 2018) was a South Korean actor, film director, producer, and former politician. A legendary actor with 500 films in over 40 years, Shin debuted in director Shin Sang-ok's 1960 film ''A Romantic Papa'' a ...