BUSAN IFF
October 6-15, 2021
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LINGUI, THE SACRED BONDS
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by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (A SCREAMING MAN, GRIGRIS)
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2021 - Chad/France/Germany/Belgium - Drama - 2.39 - 87 min
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with Achouackh Abakar Souleymane, Rihane Khalil Alio,
Youssouf Djaoro
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On the outskirts of N'djamena in Chad, Amina lives alone with her only 15-year-old daughter Maria. Her already fragile world collapses the day she discovers that her daughter is pregnant. The teenager does not want this pregnancy. In a country where abortion is not only condemned by religion, but also by law, Amina finds herself facing a battle that seems lost in advance...
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Screenings:
SUN 10 OCT 17:00 CGV Centum City, Screen 5
TUE 12 OCT 19:30 Busan Cinema Center Cinema 1
WED 13 OCT16:00 CGV Centum City, Screen 2
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WINDOW ON ASIAN CINEMA & ACFM ONLINE SCREENING
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REHANA
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by Abdullah Mohammad Saad (LIVE FROM DHAKA)
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2021 - Bangladesh/Singapore/Qatar - Drama - 2.39 - 107 min
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with Azmeri Haqui Badhon
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Rehana, an assistant professor at a medical college,
strains to combine her complex roles as a teacher,
doctor, sister, daughter, and mother. Keeping the
balance between the demands of work and family life
has become a daily struggle.
One evening, she witnesses a crying student storming
out of a professor’s office. Deeply touched by this
event and the actions leading up to it, Rehana’s
life starts to spiral out of control. She gradually
descends into obsession, seeking retribution, just as
she receives a complaint from the school about her
6-year-old daughter’s unusual behavior...
Rehana refuses to accept the madness of the
patriarchal society she lives in. She will put everything
at stake to fight for justice - for her student, her
daughter, but also for herself.
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Screenings:
THU 7 OCT 20:00 Lotte Cinema Centum City, Screen 2
FRI 8 OCT 13:00 Lotte Cinema Centum City, Screen 2
SUN 10 OCT 17:00 Lotte Cinema Centum City, Screen 7
ACFM online screenings available
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107 MOTHERS
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by Peter Kerekes
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2021 - Slovakia/Czech Rep./Ukraine - Documentary/Drama - 93 min
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with Maryna Klimova, Iryna Kiryazeva, Lyubov Vasylyna
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Lesya has committed a crime of passion which brings her a seven-year sentence in one of Odessa’s women’s correctional facilities. She has just given birth to her first child, and now she is entering a world populated only by women: inmates, nurses and wardens, women of all ages, wives and widows, daughters, sisters, pregnant women, and women with children too. If not for the color of the uniform, it would sometimes be hard to tell who is who.
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ACFM online screenings available
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MI IUBITA, MON AMOUR
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by Noemie Merlant (PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE)
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2021 - France - Drama - 2.39 - 95 min
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with Noemie Merlant (PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON
FIRE), Gimi Covaci, Clara Lama-Schmit
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Jeanne is traveling to Romania to celebrate her bachelorette party with her friends when she meets Nino and his family. They are worlds away from one another, yet for the two of them it is the beginning of a passionate and timeless summer.
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ACFM online screenings available
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ROARING 20’S
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by Elisabeth Vogler (PARIS IS US)
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2021 - France - Drama - 1.85 - 90 min
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with Noemie Schmidt, Joris Avodo, Vladimir Seguin, Alice de Lencquesaing and others
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On one beautiful afternoon in Paris during the surreal
summer of 2020, 24 different characters roam the
streets of the city with a sense of giddy abandon after
a spring of lockdown and confinement. Creatively and
meticulously choreographed by director Elisabeth
Vogler, and shot in one continuous take through many
neighbourhoods, a "Slacker" for our new decade;
a series of local vignettes that help bring to full life
a dynamic city and its young people who can find
joy even in crisis. Filming began one day after the
lockdown ended, allowing the audience to accompany
everyday people as they cross paths throughout the
day, experiencing their long-awaited freedom and
celebrating the City of Love.
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ACFM online screenings available
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WILDHOOD
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by Bretten Hannam
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2021 - Canada - Drama - 2.39 - 108 min
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with Philip Lewitski, Joshua Odjick, Avery Winters-Anthony
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When Link discovers his Mi’kmaw mother is still alive, he runs away from home with his younger brother Travis, in a desperate gamble to start a new life. They’re soon joined by Pasmay, a pow wow dancer drawn to Links story. Together they embark on a Two-Spirit odyssey, reconnecting with culture and the territory of Mi’kma’ki in Nova Scotia, Canada, while trying to find Links mother, Sarah.
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Screening link available upon request
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THE DEVIL’S DRIVERS
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by Daniel Carsenty & Mohammed Abugeth
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2021 - Germany - Documentary - 2.39 - 90 min
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In the southern West Bank, Hamouda and his cousin Ismail are among the Bedouin drivers who risk their lives smuggling illegal workers over the border. Between them and the destination, there is the desert - of which they know every inch - and the heavy presence of the Israeli military patrols. If they are caught, they go to jail. Yet only those fares can help them provide for their families, so they keep on driving and enjoying each day of freedom as it might just be the last.
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Screening link available upon request
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2021 - France - Documentary - 1.85 - 90 min
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In Donbas Ukraine, while precarious truces and ceasefires are negotiated far away by diplomats, Ukrainian soldiers fight against separatists supported by Russia.
At an age when some are experiencing the best years of their lives, in the frontline men and women are fighting, condemned to dig and dig up again the trenches, while bombs keep on falling on them.
French war journalist and first-time director Loup Bureau takes us on an immersive and stunning cinematic journey revealing the naked truth and roughness of survival, in what is called to be the last conflict on European soil.
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Screening link available upon request
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THE STORY OF MY WIFE
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by Ildiko Enyedi (ON BODY AND SOUL, MY 20TH CENTURY)
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2021 - Hungary/Germany/France/Italy - Drama - 1.85 - 169 min - In English Language
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with Lea Seydoux (FRENCH DISPATCH, SPECTRE, BLUE IS THE
WARMEST COLOUR), Gijs Naber (BLACK BOOK), Louis Garrel (LITTLE
WOMEN, AN OFFICER AND A SPY)
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Jakob Störr, a Dutch seasoned sea captain, makes a
bet in a café to marry the first woman who enters the
place. And then in walks Lizzy...
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Screening link available upon request
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COMMITMENT HASAN
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by Semih Kaplanoglu (MILK, HONEY, GRAIN)
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2021 - Turkey - Drama - 1.85 - 147 min
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with Umut Karadag, Filiz Bozok , Gökhan Azlag
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Making his living from gardening and farming in the
land he inherited from his father, Hasan tries to get
rid of the power pole that is going to be installed in
the midst of his land. In the meantime, his impending
voyage to Mecca for pilgrimage leads to soul searching
into his past.
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Screening link available upon request
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WHO WE WERE
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by Marc Bauder (MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE, THE
SYSTEM)
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2021 - Germany - Documentary - 2.39 - 114 min (90 min TV Version available)
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with Matthieu Ricard, Alexander Gerst, Sylvia
Earle
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WHO WE WERE observes the current state of the world, accompanied
by six intellectuals and scientists who reflect on the present and
postulate about the future. Director Marc Bauder follows his
interviewees into the depths of the ocean, to the top of the world, and
out into the far reaches of space. Together, they explore the incredible
capabilities of the human brain, a global economic summit, the legacy
of colonisation, and the feelings of a robot.
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Screening link available upon request
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