Chiyo

7.3

A poetic exploration of the Japanese suburbs through the filmmaker’s reflection on the life of her grandmother. With a series of everyday moments in Yashio from a summer fair to Buddhist rituals, the film meditates…

Love and Death in Montmartre

It’s difficult to believe, in some ways, that the world could have changed so much in just a couple of decades. Qiu Miao Jin gained a cult following and widespread acclaim as an openly gay, defiantly lesbian writer…

Obake

A couple of wise-cracking celestial bodies follow a DIY filmmaker while he shoots his new film. They comment on his good looks, his reason for making films all by himself and why his work doesn’t seem to be appreciated…

The Uncomfortable

City councils in Korea recently started to pick ginkgo berries before they fall, or to relocate the female trees because of people's complaints against the stink. What's behind this collective intolerance towards female…

Queer053

A queer culture festival has been held in Daegu, a city of conservatives, for ten years, which comes second after Seoul. When people were ignorant of "queer," they began reckless ventures. Despite the disapproval of…

Hand, Remember, Mosaic

Illustrator Eun Seon has ignored difficult things but has done only what she liked. Her friends don't shy away from candlelight protests and the Sewol ferry incident. She feels ashamed and isolated, and introspects…

Many Undulating Things

Exploring transformations of urban visual environment, the film offers an intriguing showcase for a theme relevant to many other places around the world. It sharpens our perceptions on history of spatial formation…

Let's Peace!

A nation not divided, nor under the armistice, but a nation in the end of war. What is peace for young Koreans divided into two Koreas? Young people voluntarily form a group called "Let's Peace." They leave the Seoul…

Dreaming in the Red Light

7.0

In Angeles City, we get inside the lives of two women: a mother who’s a former worker in the Red Light district and her half-German teenage daughter, as they make small everyday choices to improve their conditions.…

Noli Timere: Fear Not

The film begins in a classroom of blind children, who are picking up basic skills. The film then segues into the preparation in Pyeongchang where workers are building the Paralympic Village. Ironically, we see handicapped…