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Special Screenings
The Special Screenings section presents 10 new films from Asia and around the world.
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China, Japan / 2013 / 129 min.
Director: JIA Zhang-ke
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The first fiction film from JIA Zhang-ke since "Still Life" seven years ago. Inspired by four real-life incidents that occurred in China in recent years, this modern-day "wu-xia" (martial hero) film is a powerful depiction of people battling with rapidly worsening social inequality. Winner of Best Screenplay at Cannes.
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Cambodia, France / 2013 / 95min.
Director: Rithy PANH
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A masterpiece depicting Cambodia under the Pol Pot regime, based on the experiences of director Rithy PANH. Little footage of ordinary people remains from that time, but his idea to recreate lost scenery with clay figures is ingenious. Winner of best film in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes.
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UK / 2013 / 52 min.
Director: Mohsen MAKHMALBAF
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A documentary by Iranian cinema maestro Mohsen MAKHMALBAF that closely follows Busan International Film Festival's former Director KIM Dong-ho. It recounts KIM's endeavors as the face of the BIFF that have drawn the respect of the film world, and delves into his character through interviews with his acquaintances.
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Brazil / 2008 / 4 min.
Director: Manoel de OLIVEIRA
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A short film on the subject of cellphone that sharply and comically satirizes modern society. Produced by the Sao Paolo Film Festival, and shot at Paulista Street in central Sao Paolo.
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Brazil / 2012 / 10 min.
Director: Atom EGOYAN
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A man stands alone in a square at the center of Yerevan, Armenia's capital. His purpose is to trace the footsteps of his missing grandfather... A short film that quietly directs our attention to the Armenian genocide that occurred at the hands of the Ottoman Empire around 100 years ago.
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France / 2013 / 121 min.
Director: Agnès Troublé (aka agnès b.)
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The striking directorial debut of fashion designer agnès b. who at the same time is engaged in film production. A road movie depicting the journey of an emotionally wounded 12-year-old girl and a long haul truck driver. Screened in the Orizzonti section of Venice Film Festival.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, Slovenia / 2013 / 74 min.
Director: Danis TANOVIĆ
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Film that lays bare inherent problems in Eastern European society through the dilemmas confronting a Roma male attempting to save his wife who is on the verge of dying. The reality filled, documentary level imagery is overwhelming. Awarded the triple crown of the Jury Grand Prix, Silver Bear for Best Actor, and Ecumenical Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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Israel, France / 2013 / 85 min.
Director: Amos GITAI
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A film that employs phenomenal camerawork to capture relationships between the Jewish and Arab residents of an old residential area on the outskirts of Tel Aviv in a single shot. It quietly explores the theme of co-existence that GITAI has pursued in works such as "Wadi Grand Canyon". Screened in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
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Iran / 2013 / 106 min.
Directors: Jafar PANAHI, Kamboziya PARTOVI
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Officially prohibited from film production by the Iranian government, this is Jafar PANAHI's follow-up to "This is Not a Film." Set in a holiday villa on the coast of the Caspian Sea, fact and fiction meld as this enigmatic story unfolds. Winner of the Silver Bear for best script at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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Taiwan / 2013 / 138 min.
Director: TSAI Ming-liang
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First feature length film by TSAI Ming-liang in four years since "Face." Portraying the daily life of a father and his two children living in a dilapidated building in the suburbs of Taipei, it can be said that this is a compilation of TSAI's films up to the present. Highly praised at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize.
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