Busan International Film Festival 2018 | North Korea | October 21-30 | Offical Schedule
Vestige (World Premiere | KIM Jongkwan | October 21
A′hr (World Premiere) | Sanal Kumar SASIDHARAN | October 21
DAEMUGA (World Premiere) | LEE HANJONG | October 22
Candlelight Revolution (World Premiere) | KIM Eui-sung | October 22
Spring Song (World Premiere) | YU Jun-sang | October 22
Fear(less) and Dear (World Premiere) | Anson Hoi Shan MAK | October 22
Cicada (World Premiere) | LEE Chungryoul | October 23
Snowball (World Premiere) | LEE Woo-jung | October 23
Matto′s Bicycle (World Premiere) | M. GANI. | October 23
The Art of Living in Danger | Mina KESHAVARZ | October 23
Chnchik (World Premiere) | Aram SHAHBAZYAN | October 23
Days of Green (World Premiere) | SHIN Dong-il | October 24
Children of the Night | Behrouz NOURANIPOUR | October 24
Everglow | (World Premiere) | Joonmoon SO | October 25
More Than Family (World Premiere) | CHOI Ha-na | October 25
A Leave (World Premiere) | LEE Ran-hee October 25
Self-portrait 2020 (World Premiere) | LEE Dongwoo | October 25
Butterfly on the Windowpane (World premiere) | October 26
Our Midnight (World Premiere) | LIM Jung-eun | October 26
Song Hae 1927 (World Premiere) | Jéro YUN | October 26
Our Joyful Summer Days (World Premiere) | LEE Yu-bin | October 26
Sister J (World Premiere) | October 26
Beyond You (World Premiere) | PARK Hong-min | October 26
A′hr (World Premiere) | Sanal Kumar SASIDHARAN | October 21
DAEMUGA (World Premiere) | LEE HANJONG | October 22
Candlelight Revolution (World Premiere) | KIM Eui-sung | October 22
Spring Song (World Premiere) | YU Jun-sang | October 22
Fear(less) and Dear (World Premiere) | Anson Hoi Shan MAK | October 22
Cicada (World Premiere) | LEE Chungryoul | October 23
Snowball (World Premiere) | LEE Woo-jung | October 23
Matto′s Bicycle (World Premiere) | M. GANI. | October 23
The Art of Living in Danger | Mina KESHAVARZ | October 23
Chnchik (World Premiere) | Aram SHAHBAZYAN | October 23
Days of Green (World Premiere) | SHIN Dong-il | October 24
Children of the Night | Behrouz NOURANIPOUR | October 24
Everglow | (World Premiere) | Joonmoon SO | October 25
More Than Family (World Premiere) | CHOI Ha-na | October 25
A Leave (World Premiere) | LEE Ran-hee October 25
Self-portrait 2020 (World Premiere) | LEE Dongwoo | October 25
Butterfly on the Windowpane (World premiere) | October 26
Our Midnight (World Premiere) | LIM Jung-eun | October 26
Song Hae 1927 (World Premiere) | Jéro YUN | October 26
Our Joyful Summer Days (World Premiere) | LEE Yu-bin | October 26
Sister J (World Premiere) | October 26
Beyond You (World Premiere) | PARK Hong-min | October 26
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- DirectorAnders EdströmC.W. WinterStarsTayoko ShiojiriHiroharu ShikataRyô KaseA geographic description of fourteen months of the work and non-work of Tayoko in the mountains of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. A georgic in five books.October 21
- DirectorAnn HuiSammo Kam-Bo HungRingo LamStarsLawrence Ah-MonEmotion CheungTat-Ming CheungSeven of Hong Kong's leading filmmakers have come together to each direct a short film set in Hong Kong during one decade from the 1950s to the future.(World Premiere) | October 21
- DirectorYeon Sang-hoStarsLee Jung-hyunKoo Kyo-hwanNazeeh TarshaA zombie virus has in the last four years spread to all South Korea. Four Koreans in Hong Kong sail through the blockade to Incheon for USD20,000,000 on a truck.October 21
- DirectorMichel FrancoStarsNaian González NorvindEligio MeléndezMónica Del CarmenA lavish high-society wedding unexpectedly turns into a class struggle that leads to a violent coup.October 21
- DirectorFrancis LeeStarsKate WinsletSaoirse RonanGemma Jones1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.October 21
- DirectorKathy UyenStarsThanh HangTrang LeTruong Thanh LongA late night radio host offers a room at her opulent home to a runaway teen, not suspecting that her guest has ulterior motives that will force her to face her darkest secrets.October 21
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsAlia ShawkatJohn MagaroDylan SmithA skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business.October 21
- DirectorGlenn BaritStarsIanna TaguinodLeomar BaloranJulian NaragDifferent students from a high school cleaners group each deal with different pressures of being clean and pure while also discovering that the world is dirty and superficial to begin with.October 21
- DirectorAbbas AminiStarsAmirhossein FathiMani HaghighiBaran KosariAmir who has recently released from jail finds himself in a difficult problem when his father who works at a slaughterhouse calls him to help him cover a crime which has happened there.October 21
- DirectorImanol RayoStarsItziar ItuñoEneko SagardoyYon GonzálezWhen a skeleton turns up in their land, Fermin and Karmen reach out to their son Nestor, who comes to their aid. Next morning both Fermin and the skeleton are gone.October 21
- DirectorIvan BolotnikovStarsGéza MorcsányiEkaterina KramarenkoDaniela StoyanovichWhen Arthur learns that his daughter has escaped to "battle with the word of vices", he follows her. He firmly believes that anyone can be saved by love. Will a father's love win the battle against fanaticism?(World Premiere) | October 21
- DirectorMarcus LenzStarsYelizar NazarenkoUdo SamelMaria BruniNine-year-old Roman follows his mother Oksana to Germany where she is working illegally. She is living there with the 62-year-old widower Gert who suffers from diabetes. Gert tries to make friends with the boy, but Roman struggles for his mother's attention. When Oksana suddenly falls ill, Roman is left alone with his rival. Gert turns out to be a good playmate until he dies in an accident. Roman is all alone and can now live out his wild curiosity and longing for freedom.(World Premiere) | October 21
- DirectorNaël MarandinStarsDiane RouxelFinnegan OldfieldJalil LespertConstance and her fiance hope to one day take over, modernize and expand her father's farm, on the verge of bankruptcy, to the large-scale farms that share the land and power. She gains the support of the influential and charismatic Sylvain, their fate quickly lying in his hands - When Sylvain's desire for her steps in the negotiations, Constance must face yet another kind of violence.October 21
- DirectorKazuo HaraStarsHideo IkomaToshiyuki KawakamiAkio MizoguchiIn the early 1940s, strange symptoms appear in the people of Minamata. People are having convulsions all over their bodies and tongues are eventually made mute. The government treated those whose physical functions had collapsed as fake patients and controlled the situation in a political context. Minamata Mandala opens by rebelling against the political solution. There is a man in his nineties who has battled in court for more than twenty years, a medical school professor striving to identify the cause of the disease, and a fisherman providing disease samples for medical examinations. Kazuo Hara does not portray them as a tenacious fighter against political power, a dedicated medical scientist, and a suffering victim. The running-time of 372 minutes embraces their long history of suffering in solidarity as well as embodies the individual lives with distinct personalities.October 22
- DirectorWei ShujunStarsYou ZhouZheng Ying ChenWang XiaomuAn aimless film school student goes on an ambling road trip across China in a rickety old Jeep in this charming, deeply personal road movie.October 22
- DirectorJoseph Chen-Chieh HsuStarsShu-Fang ChenYing-Hsuan HsiehVivian HsuFamily members grapple with the passing of their estranged father and the remnants of the life he led during his absence.World Premiere | October 22
- DirectorNaomi KawaseStarsHiromi NagasakuArata IuraAju MakitaA woman with an adopted child is contacted unexpectedly by the child's birth mother.October 22
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsKim Min-heeKwon Hae-hyoLee Eun-miWhile her husband is on a business trip, Gamhee meets three of her friends on the outskirts of Seoul. They make friendly conversation but there are different currents flowing independently of each other, both above and below the surface.October 22
- DirectorChaitanya TamhaneStarsAditya ModakArun DravidSumitra BhaveSelf-doubt, sacrifice and struggle converge into an existential crisis for a devoted classical vocalist as the mastery he strives for remains elusive.October 22
- DirectorDongmei LiStarsShuqiong ChengXiaoping WangWendan GeA twelve-year-old recounts a week in the life during the 1990s in a rural Chinese village.October 22
- DirectorYûya IshiiStarsTaiga NakanoRyûya WakabaSubaru AndôAtsuhisa is an ordinary man living with his wife Natsumi and a five-year-old daughter Suzu. Atsuhisa and Natsumi have been friends with Takeda since high school. Once dreamed of becoming singers, Takeda and Atsuhisa are now taking Chinese and English lessons, hoping to become businessmen one day. One day, Astuhisa discovers that Natsumi is having an affair, and Natsumi asks Atsuhisa for a divorce. All the Things We Never Said is the first of the six low-budget films from the Hong Kong International Film Festival's Back to Basics (B2B) project. Director Ishii Yuya paints a portrait of disjointed and helpless yet unhateable youth who have bottled-up resentment that needs to be released. Director Park Jong-beom makes an appearance as Atsuhisa's older brother.World Premiere | October 22
- DirectorPascal PlanteStarsKaterine SavardAriane MainvilleHilary CaldwellNadia, an Olympic swimmer in her twenties, faces the challenges of her imminent retirement.October 22
- DirectorJúlio AlvesStarsPedro LacerdaAna MoreiraCustódia GallegoCan a turtle, the most pacific animal on earth, start a range of significant events that are going to forever change a couple's life? After dividing all their assets, Arnaldo e Barbara still have one decision to make before they formalize their separation: what to do with the turtle? Amongst hesitation and failed solutions, unintended burglaries, police stations, plastic natures and misunderstandings, a single turtle fate is postponing this couple's separation. Because they know that, when they give the turtle back to its natural habitat, their relationship will be over. Are they ready for that last step?October 22
- DirectorPietro CastellittoStarsMassimo PopolizioManuela MandracchiaGiorgio MontaniniTwo families, one bourgeois and intellectual and the other proletarian and fascist, are brought together by a trivial accident that will bring these two polar-opposites together and set them on a collision course.October 22
- DirectorRonnie SandahlStarsErik EngeAlfred EnochMaurizio LombardiThe true story of teenage football talent Martin Bengtsson's life-and-death journey through a modern-day football industry where everything, and everyone, has a price tag.October 22
- DirectorLee Isaac ChungStarsSteven YeunHan YeriAlan KimA Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.October 23
- DirectorViggo MortensenStarsViggo MortensenLance HenriksenLaura LinneyJohn Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father who is searching for a place to retire, their two very different worlds collide.October 23
- DirectorTakahiro MikiStarsYuriko YoshitakaRyûsei YokohamaKyôsuke YabeA tragic accident lead to Akari's blindness, but she clings to life and the smaller pleasures it can still afford her. Akari has also lost her family. She meets Rui a former kick boxer, misplaces him and the two begin speaking. He too has a past and is disassociated with most of society. One things leads to another and they develop feelings for one another. However, the too are connected in more than one way. Rui attempts to do what is right.October 23
- DirectorEmmanuel MouretStarsCamélia JordanaNiels SchneiderVincent MacaigneWaiting for her boyfriend to join her on a country vacation, three months pregnant Daphne bonds with his cousin Maxime, and their shared intimacy brings them closer together into a full fledged love affair.October 23
- DirectorCharlène FavierStarsNoée AbitaJérémie RenierMarie DenarnaudUnder the guidance of a strict ex champion, a promising 15 year old girl trains as a professional skiing star.Will she be able to endure the physical and emotional pressures?October 23
- DirectorKim Yong-hoonStarsJeon Do-yeonJung Woo-sungBae Sung-wooA struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.October 23
- DirectorWon-Chan HongStarsHwang Jung-minLee Jung-jaePark Jeong-minAn assassin goes to Thailand in order to solve a kidnapping case linked to him, and finds himself chased by a man whose sibling he killed.October 23
- DirectorIvan AyrStarsMohinder GujralPavitra MattooLakshvir SaranRecently marking 500,000 kilometers on the road, a newly bereaved trucker faces the threat of losing the job that has come to define him to a new intern.October 23
- DirectorAnn HuiStarsSichun MaFeihong YuEddie PengThe film tells the story of a young girl who travels from Shanghai to Hong Kong in pursuit of education, but ends up working for her aunt seducing rich and powerful men.October 23
- DirectorAlexander Milo BischofStarsRuth KearneyDylan EdwardsMolly GromadzkiA couple's relationship threatens to collapse under the pressures of life.(World Premiere) | October 23
- DirectorPaúl VenegasStarsJing FuLidan ZhuDay Min MengLei and Wong clandestinely arrive to Ecuador, on their way to the port city of Guayaquil. From there Lei plans to continue her journey to New York, but Chang, a bipolar mobster will decide her fate. Wong unwillingly gets entangled in the web of corruption that operates the encroachment of Chinese immigrants. His only objective is to bring his twelve-year-old son from China. Chang falls in love with Lei, whereas she becomes conscious that her "China dream" of reaching New York is in jeopardy. Víctor, a local young man becomes a possible escape. Mr. Lu, an older calligrapher, helps the young immigrants. Lei's rejection of Chang uncovers his ruthless personality. When a smuggling scheme sets Lei and Wong at a crossroads, they can only rely on each other to reach their freedom. The film recounts the anguish of the immigrant, where deep emotions are subject to masculine power relations and where individuals struggle to maintain their dignity.October 23
- DirectorEmma DanteStarsAlissa Maria OrlandoSusanna PirainoAnita PomarioMaria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia and Antonella are five sisters who live in an apartment in Palermo. When Antonella accidentally dies, the sisters' relationships are turned upside down for the rest of their lives.October 23
- DirectorFanny LiatardJérémy TrouilhStarsAlseni BathilyLyna KhoudriJamil McCravenYuri fights to save his home town - which he shares with his namesake, Yuri Gagarin - from demolition.October 23
- DirectorGiovanni AloiAndrea BaroneStarsAnthony BajonKarim LeklouLeïla BekhtiIn the streets of Paris, three soldiers from Operation Sentinel are on patrol. On the lookout, they await imminent but invisible danger.October 23
- DirectorWoo-seok YangStarsAngus MacfadyenKristen DaltonYoo Yeon-seokA summit of leaders of South Korea, North Korea, and the U.S. is meant to have them discuss North Korea's nuclear issue and a peace settlement for the Korean peninsula, but instead, the leaders end up being abducted.October 24
- DirectorDanielle ArbidStarsLaetitia DoschSergei PoluninLou-Teymour ThionA mother falls into an addictive relationship with a Russian diplomat, with whom she has nothing in common.October 24
- DirectorFrederick WisemanStarsMarty WalshA look at Boston's city government, covering racial justice, housing, climate action, and more.October 24
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsFélix LefebvreBenjamin VoisinPhilippine VelgeWhen 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams, who opens his eyes to a new horizon of friendship, art and sexual bliss.October 24
- DirectorFrederik Louis HviidAnders ØlholmStarsJacob LohmannSimon SearsTarek ZayatJens and Mike, two police officers on routine patrol, find themselves trapped in a maze of buildings when unrest spreads.October 24
- DirectorMin-ho WooStarsLee Byung-hunLee Sung-minKwak Do-wonIn the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of President Park, who controls the KCIA, the organization with the edge over any branch of government.October 24
- DirectorJung Jin-youngStarsSu-yeon ChaJung Hae-kyunCho Jin-woongSoo-hyuk, an elementary school teacher in a rural village, has a secret. Every night, his wife Yi-young turns into another person.October 24
- DirectorYoon SunghyunStarsLee JehoonAhn Jae-hongChoi Woo-sikIn the near future, a financial crisis will hit Korea and slums arise. From those areas, a group of young people commit crime to survive.October 24
- StarsAmy DavilaRuby FuentesMiguel SantosWorld Premiere | October 24
- DirectorShyam MadirajuStarsEmraan HashmiRizwan ShaikhDhanshree PatilAn orphan teenage pickpocket working in the trains of Mumbai along with his gang, embarks on a life-altering journey when faced by the daughter of one of his victims who's committed suicide after being robbed.World Premiere | October 24
- DirectorShuai HanStarsBeibi GongTian HuangXinyuan ZhangThirteen-year-old Guo, who lives with a selfish cousin, an always-tired aunt and her family, wants to live with her newly remarried mom in Shanghai. When a friend drowns while playing with Guo by the riverside, Guo flees the scene in shock. Yu, who likes Guo, knows that she was there on that day, but Yu's infatuation only makes Guo uncomfortable. Summer Blur is a coming-of-age story about a girl on the threshold of puberty. Neglected by an irresponsible mother and living with an unwelcoming aunt, Guo enters the world of adults through a series of events that a thirteen-year-old cannot possibly handle. Director Han Shuai's directing captures the strongminded Guo who defies age, class, and gender discrimination in a calm and restrained manner.October 24
- DirectorElvin AdigozelStarsKamran AghabalayevNiyameddin AmanovTofig AslanovFive stories barely connected to each other evoke a small town in the south of Azerbaijan, amid a territory of sheep breeding, where time seems to have stopped.World Premiere | October 24
- DirectorAmy SeimetzStarsKate Lyn SheilJane AdamsKentucker AudleyA woman becomes strangely convinced she will die the next day. Her friend initially disbelieves her before becoming paranoid herself that she too will die the next day.October 24
- DirectorIlze Burkovska JacobsenA personal, animated documentary about the director's life growing up in Latvia during the Soviet era 1970-1990, where Sovjet used WW2 as an ideological weapon to suppress and scare the population.October 24
- DirectorUberto PasoliniStarsJames NortonDaniel LamontCarol MooreWhen John, a thirty-five-year-old window cleaner, is given only a few months to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for his three-year-old son, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation.October 24
- DirectorLudovic BoukhermaZoran BoukhermaStarsAnthony BajonChristine GautierLudovic TorrentIn a rural French town, twenty-something Teddy is scratched by an unknown beast and slowly undergoes frightening changes.October 24
- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsGrégoire LudigDavid MarsaisAdèle ExarchopoulosWhen simple-minded friends Jean-Gab and Manu find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, they decide to train it in the hope of making a ton of cash.October 24
- DirectorRyôta NakanoStarsKazunari NinomiyaSatoshi TsumabukiHaru KurokiWhen disaster strikes Japan in the form of a tsunami and subsequent nuclear reactor meltdown, a young photographer copes with tragedy by creating photographic portraits of his family.October 25
- DirectorBruce La BruceStarsFélix-Antoine DuvalTania KontoyanniAlexandra PetrachukWhen a young man who thought his mother was dead discovers that she may still be alive, he goes on a quest to find her. His journey takes him to a remote cabin in the woods where his mother lives in exile with a mysterious young woman.October 25
- DirectorShinji AoyamaStarsMikako TabeYukino KishiiRie MimuraNaomi Kobayakawa works for a small publishing company, located outside of a city. One day, her parents suddenly die. Due to her uncle's arrangement, she lives in a high-rise apartment building in the city. She is surrounded by people who are close to her, but she suffers from loneliness due to her parents' deaths. Naomi happens to meet popular actor Morinori Tokito, who lives in the same apartment building. They develop a romantic relationship.October 25
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsPaula BeerFranz RogowskiMaryam ZareeUndine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.October 25
- DirectorBurhan QurbaniStarsWelket BunguéAlbrecht SchuchJella HaaseA man from Guinea-Bissau moves to Germany, where he is befriended by a drug dealer and two women.October 25
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenMagnus MillangFour high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.October 25
- DirectorAndrey KonchalovskiyStarsYuliya VysotskayaVladislav KomarovAndrey GusevWhen the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.October 25
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsDennis HopperOrson WellesJanice PenningtonAn intimate and revelatory 1970 conversation between two film giants, Dennis Hopper, then riding high on the massive success of Easy Rider (1969), and Orson Welles, ever the iconoclast and an offscreen interviewer of probing authority.October 25
- DirectorIsmael El IrakiStarsKhansa BatmaAhmed HammoudSaid BeyIn hellish Casablanca, a car-crash sets ablaze a burning, passionate love story between has-been rocker Larsen and the streetwise amazon Rajae. An unspoken trauma is their common history; rock n' roll their mutual saviour. Larsen's snakeskin-covered guitar and Rajae's liquid gold voice could be heaven, if only everything from his drug-induced visions to her music-buff pimp didn't get in the way. The only hope for their blooming romance is to skip this ferocious town. Is there a way out of this crazy Moroccan underworld with its menagerie of sadistic cops, venomous snakes, metal concerts and shotgun-wielding modern-day Calamity Janes? For these punk Romeo and Juliet, maybe the answer lies in a song - the one they've been writing and dreaming together : Zanka ContactOctober 25
- DirectorPete DocterKemp PowersStarsJamie FoxxTina FeyGraham NortonJoe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.October 26
- DirectorAnant MahadevanStarsVivek ChabukswarAkshaya GuravAnil NagabharIn need of money, Saguna quits college to work sugarcane fields with her family. Tens of thousands of people work the fields, but there are no bathrooms for workers. Menstruating women have to take days off and pay a fine for missed days. Women who are hard up for money are forced to undergo a hysterectomy, and Saguna is referred to an illegal clinic for such a procedure while she shoulders the burden of her family's survival.World Premiere | October 26
- DirectorHeidi EwingStarsArmando EspitiaYael TadeoRaúl BrionesAmbition and societal pressure propel an aspiring chef to leave his soulmate in Mexico and make the treacherous journey to New York, where life will never be the same.October 26
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsYû AoiIssei TakahashiMasahiro HigashideA Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife.October 26
- DirectorGuillaume BracStarsEric NantchouangSalif CisséÉdouard SulpiceAn unlikely oddball trio bond during an impromptu trip to the French countryside on a foolhardy romantic mission.October 26
- DirectorMaite AlberdiStarsSergio ChamyRomulo AitkenMarta OlivaresA private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse.October 26
- DirectorPaul MurphyStarsJames RollestonRebecca GibneyScott WillsFollows two naïve young men who are in search of a better life, encountering unsavoury situations and people along the way.October 26
- DirectorPhilippe LacôteStarsBakary KonéSteve TientcheuJean Cyrille DigbeuA young man is sent to "La Maca", a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners.October 26
- DirectorGianfranco RosiGianfranco Rosi's new documentary is an immersive portrait of those trying to survive in the war-torn Middle East.October 26
- DirectorBee Thiam TanStarsYaoGuat Kian GohJalyn HanAh Bee goes on a comedic odyssey through Tiong Bahru Social Club, a data-driven project to create the happiest neighborhood in the world. Little by little, his encounters with the neighborhood's residents reveal the absurdity of life.October 26
- DirectorZhangke JiaStarsHuifang DuanLiang HongYu HuaFilmmaker Jia Zhangke chronicles his local literature festival in Shanxi, China which includes a multi-generational roster of the country's most esteemed writers.October 26
- DirectorRaya MartinStarsNoel Comia Jr.Agot IsidroMoi MarcampoIn the early 1990s, a teenager and his gang of friends enjoy their summer playing games as they grow up.October 27