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Mong-Ta-Joo
2013 - 120’- Korean - Colour - South Korea
Global Cinema
Director: Geun-Seop Jeong
Producer: Young-jin An
Cast: Jeong-hwa Eom, Sang-kyung Kim, Young-chang Song,
Hie-bong Jo
Screenplay: Geun-Seop Jeong
Cinematographer: Jong-Youl Lee
Editor: Steve M. Choe, Kyoung-sook Park
Sound Designer: In-Kyu Lee, Yoon-yong Sung
Music Composer: Hyun-Jin An, Ja wan Koo
Costume Designer: Kyung-hwa Chae
Production Designer: Sung-kyu Kim
Production Company: Miin Pictures
Festival/ Awards:
Grand Bell Awards,
A kidnapper disappeared 15 years ago without a trace. Five days before the statute of
limitations for the case expires, someone anonymously leaves a flower at the crime scene.
What unravels in this murder mystery is as surprising as it is compelling.
Director’s Biography
Jeong Geun-Seop started working in the film industry as an assistant
director for ‘Being Naked’ in 1998. He also assisted in the film 'Taki of
Terror' and in the comedy 'Hi, Dharma!' by director Park Chul-kwan. He
made his debut as a director and screenwriter in 2013 with 'Montage'.
South Korea(2013)
Director’s Filmography
Mong- Ta- Joo (2013)
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Panama
Panama
2015 - 105’- Serbian - Colour - Serbia
Global Cinema
Director: Pavle Vuckovic
Producer: Tatjana Zezelj Gojkovic
Cast: Slaven Doslo, Jovana Stojiljkovic, Milos Pjevac
Screenplay: Pavle Vuckovic, Jelena Vuksanovic
Cinematographer: Dorde Arambasic
Editor: Bojan Kosovic
Sound Designer: Zoran Maksimovic
Music Composer: Milan Sv. Djurdjevi C
Costume Designer: Magdalena Klasnja
Production Designer: Livija Mikic, Bojana Nikolic
Production Company: Collapse films
World Sales Address: WIDE 9, rue Bleue 75009, Paris.
World Sales Phone: +33 53 95 04 64
World Sales Email: [email protected]
Jovan starts dating Maja casually. Slowly, her mysterious and shady behaviour intrigues
him. Following videos and clues over the social networks. Jovan finds indications of maja’s
parallel life. In the web of lies, pride, jealousy and passionate sex, Jovan loses himself only
to find who maja really is.
Director’s Biography
Paule Vuctovic has been awarded at the Cine foundation competition of
Cannes Film Festival for his short films Run Rabbit Run (2003) and Minus
(2007). ‘Run Rabbit Run’ was shown in many festivals. The film is
included in the collection of the NY Museum of Modern Arts and was
screened at the center Georges Pompidou in Paris and the London Tate
Modern. Beyond those short film, he makes music videos, commercials
and TV shows.
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Director’s Filmography
Panama (2015)
Minus (Short) (2007)
Run Rabbit Run (Short) (2003)
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Pioneer
Pioner
2013 - 111’- Norwegian, English - Colour - Norway
Global Cinema
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg
Producer: Christian Fredrik Martin
Cast: Wes Bentley, Stephen Lang, Aksel Hennie
Screenplay: Nikolaj Frobenius, Hans Gunnarsson, Cathinka
Nicolaysen, Erik Skjoldbjærg, Kathrine Valen Zeiner
Cinematographer: Jallo Faber
Editor: Frida Eggum Michaelsen
Sound Designer: Frédéric Le Louet
Music Composer: Air
Costume Designer: Anne Pedersen
Production Designer: Karl Júlíusson
Production Company: Friland, Pandora Film Production,
Garage Film International
Festival/Awards:
Amanda Awards, Norway 2014
Pioneer is set in the early 80's, at the beginning of the Norwegian Oil Boom. Enormous oil
and gas deposits are discovered in the North Sea and the authorities aim to bring the oil
ashore through a pipeline that is 500 meters deep. Petter, a professional diver, is obsessed
with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea. Along with his brother Knut, he has the
discipline, strength and courage to take on the world's most dangerous mission. But a
sudden and tragic accident changes everything. Petter is sent on a perilous journey where
he loses sight of who is pulling the strings. Gradually, he realizes that he is in it way over his
head and that his life is at stake.
Director’s Biography
Erik Skjoldbjærg (1964) is a well-respected Norwegian director and
writer. After attending the National Film and Television School in London,
he got a lot of international attention with his feature directing debut
‘Insomnia’ (1997). In 2001, Skjoldbjærg directed the adaptation of the
Elizabeth Wurtzel novel ‘Prozac Nation’. Erik has directed several
television series, commercials, corporate promotion films and several
award winning short films. His film ‘Nokas’ was released in October 2011,
and became a box office hit in Norway. Erik was awarded Best Director at
the 2011 Amanda Film Award for this film, the highest honor for directing
in Norway.
Chicago International Film Festival 2013
Director’s Filmography
Pioneer (2013)
Nokas (2010)
An Enemy Of The People (2005)
Prozac Nation (2001)
Insomnia (1997)
Spor (Short) (1996)
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Post Partum
Post Partum
2013 - 95’ - French - Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Global Cinema
Director: Delphine Noels
Producer: David Grumbach, Jean-Yves Roubin, Paul
Thiltges
Cast: Mélanie Doutey, Jalil Lespert, Françoise Fabian
Screenplay: Delphine Noels, David Lambert
Cinematographer: Benoît Dervaux
Editor: Ewin Ryckaert
Sound Designer: Benoit De Clerck, Angelo Dos Santos
Music Composer: Jeannot Sanavia
Costume Designer: Maïra Ramedhan Levi
Production Designer: Christina Schaffer
Production Company: Balthazar Productions, Frakas
Productions, Juliette Films, Paul Thiltges Distributions
World Sales Address: Embassy of Luxembourg
Luce and Ulysse love each other. They live a full and happy life managing their own little
veterinary clinic on the Atlantic coast. Luce is awaiting a happy event. The future looks
good, at least at the first sight. But when baby Rose arrives, nothing goes as planned. Luce
is out of her depth because of the constant crying of her baby. Why does the baby cry so
much? Is she trying to warn her about something? Could it be that the little family is in
danger?
Director’s Biography
Delphine Noels is a Belgian writer and director.
Director’s Filmography
Bunny Games (Short) (2013)
1 Cle Pour 2 (Short) (2005)
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Sailing to Paradise
Pot V Raj
2014 - 80’ - Colour - Slovenian
Global Cinema
Director: Blaz Zavrsnik
Producer: Jani Sever
Cast: Klemen Janezic, Ajda Smrekar, Igor Zuzek, Stane
Tomazin
Screenplay: Blaz Zavrsnik, Ajda Smrekar, Klemen Janezic
Cinematographer: Lev Predan Kowarski
Editor: Andrej Nagode
Sound Designer: Bostjan Kacicnik
Music Composer: Laren Polic Zdravic, Andi Koglot
Production Company: Sever & Sever
Festival/Awards:
Slovene Film Festival 2014
Žak, a young man, after the death of his parents, sets out on a sailing trip in quest for peace
and memories. But his path is crossed by Lučka, a garrulous girl. She sticks to him and
follows him all the way to his sailboat in the marina. She talks him into taking her aboard
and after their Adriatic sailing trip they turn out to be each other's cure for what they are
going through.
Director’s Biography
Blaz Zavrsnik is a Slovenian film director. He is part of a group of Slovenian
young film makers often referred to as 'Slovenian new wave'. After
graduating in architecture, he studied film direction at the Slovenian
National Film School AGRFT. He is best known for his short films
'Nadmestom se dani' (2012), 'Amelia' (2012), 'Adagio' (2015) and his first
feature film 'Pot v raj' (2014).
Director’s Filmography
Adagio (Short) (2015)
Julija in Alfa Romeo (2015)
Hekerji: The Hackers (Documentary) (2015)
Vdih: Last Insoiration (Short) (2015)
Nad Mestom Se Dani (Short) (2012)
Amelia (Short) (2012)
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Rabin, the Last Day
Rabin, the Last Day
2015 - 153’ - English - Colour - Israel, France
Global Cinema
Director: Amos Gitai
Producer: Cyril Colbeau-Justin, Francesco Di Silvio, JeanBaptiste Dupont, Amos Gitai, David Kessler, Sylvie Pialat,
Michael Tapuah, Laurent Truchot
Cast: Yitzhak Hizkiya, Pini Mittelman, Michael Warshaviak
Screenplay: Amos Gitai, Marie-Jose Sanselme
Cinematographer: Eric Gautier
Editor: Yuval Or
Sound Designer: Daniel Meir
Music Composer: Amit Poznansky
Production Designer: Miguel Markin
Production Company: LGM Productions
Festival/Awards: Venice International Film Festival
Itzhak Rabin's murder ended all efforts of peace, and with him the whole left wing of Israel
died. The movie shows the last of his days as prime minister, and what led to his murder.
Director’s Biography
Amos Gitai is an Israeli filmmaker, mainly known for making
documentaries and feature films, surrounding the Middle East and
Jewish-Arab conflict. His work was presented in several major
retrospective in Pompidou Center Paris, the Museum of Modern Art
(MoMA) New-York, the Lincoln Center New-York and the British Film
Institute London. Amos Gitai has created over 90 works of art throughout
38 years.
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Director’s Filmography
Tsili (2014)
Ana Arabia (2013)
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (Documentary) (2013)
Lullaby to My Father (2012)
Roses à crédit (2010)
Carmel (2009)
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Cemetery of Splendour
Rak Ti Khon Kaen
2015 - 122’ - Thai - Colour - Thailand, UK, France, Germany
Global Cinema
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Producer: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Keith Griffiths,
Simon Field, Charles de Meaux, Michael Weber, Hans W.
Geißendörfer
Cast: Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra
Rueangram
Screenplay: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Cinematographer: Diego García
Editor: Lee Chatametikool
Sound Designer: Richard Hocks
Costume Designer: Phim U-mari
Production Designer: Akekarat Homlaor
Production Company: Kick the Machine
World Sales Address: The Match Factory (DE), Balthasarstr.
79-81, 50670 Cologne, Germany
In northeast Thailand, soldiers with a mysterious sleeping sickness are sent to a temporary
hospital. The memory-filled space becomes a revelatory world for housewife and
volunteer Jenjira, as she watches over the handsome soldier Itt. Jen befriends a young
medium who uses psychic powers to help communicate with the comatose men, and to
ease their troubled dreams, as doctors experiment with a visually arresting coloured light
therapy. The clinic, a former school, is built on a mythic ancient site that may have a
connection to the soldiers' mysterious syndrome. This hypnotic story, containing
elements of both gritty and magical realism, follows Jen on her path to a deeper
awareness, a meandering path of healing, romance and dreams.
Director’s Biography
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (1970) is a Thai film director, screenwriter,
and film producer. He has done Master of Fine Arts in Film-making from
The School of the Art Institute, Chicago. He experiments with certain
elements found in the dramatic plot structure of Thai television and
radio programs, comics and old films. In 2000, he completed his first
feature, ‘Mysterious Object at Noon’. It has been screened at many
international festivals and received enthusiastic reviews and awards. It
was listed among the best films of the year 2000 by Film Comment and
the Village Voice.
World Sales Phone:+49 221 539 7090
World Sales Email: [email protected]
Festival/Awards:
Cannes Film Festival (2015)
Director’s Filmography
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (Documentary) (2013)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
Syndromes and a Century (2006)
Tropical Malady (2004)
Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)
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Dancing Karate Kid
Ryûkyû Battle Royale
2013 - 78’ - Japanese - Colour - Japan
Global Cinema
Director: Tsukasa Kishimoto
Producer: Ken Ikehara, Katsuhiro Ogawa, Take Hiko
Shimazu
Cast: Joey, Yui Koike, Masahiro Arakaki, Shingo Chinen
Screenplay: Norio Enomoto
Cinematographer: Kazuhiro Kobashigawa
Editor: Yasunori Matayoshi
Production Designer: Ken Ikehara
Production Company: Amazon Laterna, Cinematic Motion
Control Okinawa (CMC), Toei Video Company
Festival/Awards:
(33rd) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 1020,2013
(18th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 17-August 7,
2013
In pursuit of his love of extreme dance, Ken, a handsome, young hip-hop dancer wanders
the globe and makes his way to Okinawa, Japan. Ken meets Iwao Shinjo (Masahiro
Aragaki) who is a master of the Ryukyu Classical Dance. Ken's liquid smooth, body waving
dance moves impress Iwao Shinjo, an old Ryukyu dance master who believes “a good
dancer is also a good fighter.” Ken begins learning Iwao's folksy dance steps, not realizing
his new routines are taking the form of legendary Ryukyu karate. Also in the mix is Misako,
Iwao's perky and hot-blooded granddaughter, who sees Ken as potential husband
material. This should be an ideal situation, but Ken quickly finds himself at odds with local
yakuza, a rival karate club master and a centuries-old Okinawan tradition, 'the battle for
the bride'.
Director’s Biography
Tsukasa Kishimoto (1968) is a well known director and scriptwriter.
Director’s Filmography
Dancing Karate Kid (2013)
Mother of the Groom (Short) (2011)
Tenohira No Shosetsu (2009)
Twilight Phantom (2007)
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Sealed Cargo
Carga Sellada
2015 - 110’ - Spanish - Colour - Bolivia
Global Cinema
Director: Julia Vargas Weise
Producer: Pilar Valverde, Ozcar Ramírez
Cast: Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Luis Bredow, Fernando Arze,
Daniela Lema, Marcelo Nina
Screenplay: Julia Vargas Weise, Juan Claudio Lechin
Cinematographer: Milton Guzmán
Editor: Bruno Fauceglia, Pepin
Costume Designer: Pilar Groux
World Sales Address: Quechua Films, Calle Rodríguez San
Pedro 2, oficina 401 C.P. 28015 Madrid - España
World Sales Phone: +34 653 89 73 97
World Sales Email: [email protected]
Production Company: Arte Mecanica Producciones, Cieca,
Imagina Fillms
Festival/Awards:
Homa is assigned a 10-day night shift to take care of an old woman while her treating
doctor is away. A huge snowstorm has hit Iran and is causing havoc throughout the city.
As the nights go by, she has trouble sleeping. The stress of her insomnia and building
personal issues brings her to a life crisis.
Director’s Biography
Julia Weise is a director and writer, known for 'Esito Sería... La vida es un
carnaval' (2004), 'Patricia, Una Vez Basta' (2005) and Carga Sellada
(2015).Weise is the first woman photographer in Bolivia. She has more
than 30 exhibits in several countries, and serves as a writer and director
of short films, feature documentaries and international co-productions.
IFFI 2015-Special Jury Award
Director’s Filmography
Patricia Una Vez Basta (2005)
Esito Sería... La Vida Es Un Carnaval(2004)
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Mountains May Depart
Shan He Gu Ren
2015 - 131’- Chinese - Colour - China
Global Cinema
Director: Zhangke Jia
Producer: Shozo Ichiyama
Cast: Tao Zhao, Yi Zhang, Jing Dong Liang, Zijian Dong,
Sylvia Chang
Screenplay: Zhangke Jia
Cinematographer: Nelson Lik-wai Yu
Editor: Matthieu Laclau
Sound Designer: Yang Zhang
Music Composer: Yoshihiro Hanno
Production Company: Arte France Cinéma, Beijing Runjin
Investment, Office Kitano
World Sales Address: E-13/29, Ist Floor, Harsha Bhawan
Connaught Circus New Delhi - 110 001. India.
World Sales Phone: +91 11 4848 6000
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The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999,
2014, and 2025. The film opens in 1999 with three childhood friends Tao, Lizangi and
Zhang. Lizangi and Zhang are in love with Tao. Tao chooses Zhang for marriage and they
have a son; Zhang names him Dollar. The story evolves as film leaps ahead to 2014 and
2025 when Dollar is living in Australia and struggling to relearn the mother tongue that he
has forgotten, with the help of an attractive, older college professor, who embodies the
culture, life, and love he has never truly known.
Director’s Biography
Zhangke Jia (1970) is a director and producer. He was a member of the
jury in Big Screen Italia Film Festival 2006, Kunming, Yunnan, China. He is
considered as a leading figure of the ‘Sixth Generation’ of Chinese
directors. He graduated from Beijing Film Academy in Dept. of Literature.
In September, 2015, Bridge21 Publications released 'Jia Zhangke Speaks
Out', a 350-page collection of commentaries and interviews by the
director previously unavailable in English.
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Festival/Awards:
Cannes Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
Golden Horse Film Festival
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Director’s Filmography
A Touch of Sin (2013)
Stories on Human Rights (2008)
24 City (2008)
Still Life (2006)
The World (2004)
Unknown Pleasure (2002)
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The Apology King
Shazai no ôsama
2013 - 128’- Japanese - Colour - Japan
Global Cinema
Director: Nobuo Mizuta
Producer: Nobuyuki Iinuma, Kazutoshi Wadakura, Satoshi
Fukushima
Cast: Sadao Abe, Mao Inoue, Yutaka Takenouchi, Masaki
Okada
Screenplay: Kankurô Kudô
Cinematographer: Kôichi Nakayama
Editor: Seigo Hirasawa
Sound Designer: Hitoshi Tsurumaki
Music Composer: Kazunori Miyake
Costume Designer: Sachiko Itô
Production Company: Toho Company
Festival/Awards:
Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach
others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques
on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.
Director’s Biography
Nobuo Mizuta (1958) is a well known director and producer in the
Japanese film industry. He has directed many TV shows including 'Mosaic
Japan', 'Woman' and 'Tokkan'. He received the Television Drama
Academy Award for the best director for 'Mother'. He has also directed
four feature films including ‘The Apology King’ (2013). ‘Tug of War’ was
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showcased at 13 Pune International Film Festival in 2015.
(17th) Fantasia Film Festival 2013,(23rd) Focus on AsiaFukuoka International Film Festival2013, (14th) Nippon
Connection2014 -
Director’s Filmography
Tug of War(2012)
No More Cry (2009)
252: Signal of Life (2008)
Maiko haaaan!!! (2007)
Hanada Shonenshi The Movie : Spirits And The Secret
Tunnel
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Global Cinema
Siva
Sivas
2014 - 97’- Turkish - Colour - Turkey
Director: Kaan Müjdeci
Producer: YasinMüjdeci, Kaan Müjdeci, Cigdem Mater,
Kaan Kurbanoglu, Nesra Gürbüz
Cast: Okan Avci, Cakir, Ozan Celik, Ezgi Ergin, Banu Fotocan
Screenplay: KaanMüjdeci
Cinematographer: Armin Dierolf, Martin Solvang
Editor: Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Sound Designer: Leandros Ntounis
Music Composer: Cevdet Erek
Costume Designer: Ayse Yildiz
Festival/Awards:
Abu Dhabhi Film Festival 2014
Anger European First Film Festival 2015
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival 2014
11-year-old Aslan saves an injured Kangal sheepdog named Sivas, a fighting dog that was
left for dead after losing a brutal match. He then tries to use Sivas to impress his
classmates, in particular the girl he likes, and even sets up an amateur fight with another
boy's dog.
Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2014
Siyad Turkish Film Critics association Award 2015.
Director’s Biography
Kaan Müjdeci (1980) is a screenwriter and film director. He is the winner
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of Grand Jury Prize in 71 Venice Film Festival with his debut feature Sivas
in 2014.
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Director’s Filmography
Sivas (2014)
Tag Der Deutschen Einheit (Short) (2010)