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THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
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by Mohammad Rasoulof (THERE IS NO EVIL, A MAN OF INTEGRITY)
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2024 - Germany/France/Iran - Drama - 166 min
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Iman, an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears. Suspecting the involvement of his wife Najmeh and his daughters Rezvan and Sana, he imposes drastic measures at home, causing tensions to rise. Step by step, social norms and the rules of family life are being suspended.
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Screenings:
SUN 6 OCT 3:30PM, Busan Cinema Center Cinema 1
WED 9 OCT 3:30PM, Busan Cinema Center Cinema 1
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AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE
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by Albert Serra (PACIFICTION, THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV)
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2024 - Spain/France/Portugal - Non-fiction - 125 min
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with Andrés Roca Rey, Antonio Gutiérrez, Francisco Durán, Francisco Gómez, Manuel Lara
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GOLDEN SHELL
FEROZ ZINEMALDIA PRESS AWARD
SAN SEBASTIAN IFF 2024
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Portrait of an active bullfighting star, Andrés Roca Rey, which allows us to reflect on the intimate experience of the bullfighter who assumes the risk of facing the bull as a personal duty out of respect for tradition and as an aesthetic challenge. This challenge creates a form of ephemeral beauty through the material and violent confrontation between human rationality and the brutality of the wild animal.
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TARIKA
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by Milko Lazarov (ÁGA)
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2024 - Bulgaria/Germany/Luxembourg - 86 min
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with Vesela Valcheva, Zachary Baharov, Ivan Savov
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Tarika lives with her father and her grandmother in a small hut near the border far away from the local village. Marked by her “butterfly wings”, a rare bone condition she inherited from her mother, the girl has been the source of the community’s superstition forever. When the local cattle is struck down by a mysterious disease, fear starts spreading among the villagers...
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WISHING ON A STAR
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by Peter Kerekes (107 MOTHERS)
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2024 - Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia - Documentary/Non Fiction - 99 min
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Luciana, a Neapolitan astrologer, has a method to make her clients’ wishes come true. All they need to do is take a trip on their birthday to a precise destination to be reborn under a new sky. Whether it’s Taipei, Beirut, or a nearby village, during these birthday journeys, the protagonists will go through unexpected transformations to help them discover what they truly desire.
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JANUARY 2
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by Zsófia Szilágyi (ONE DAY)
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2024 - Hungary - Drama - 86 min
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with Csenge Jóvári, Zsuzsanna Konrád
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Klára moves out from her husband. Her friend, Ági, helps her. They make a total of seven turns by car. Although they take the same route there and back every time, each round is different. “January 2” is a realist story about a separation from the wife's perspective with all the challenges she faces following this tough decision.
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