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Flooding in the Time of Drought
A full-length feature with many documentary elements follows eight immigrant couples in Singapore who play scenes from their lives, often shot in theiPublished on: -
I Have a Date with Spring
As often happens in Korean films, we meet a fretful filmmaker who has ground to a halt with an ambitious film project: what would you…Published on: -
The Villainess
Whether with an axe, a pistol or just her bare hands, new mother Sookhee disposes of her enemies in a kamikaze-like frenzy until she has…Published on: -
The Return
Karoline and Thomas are young Danes who were adopted from South Korea. Returning to Seoul for the first time, they experience an elusive yet deep-seatPublished on: -
Hit the Night
The number of female filmmakers who break through in South Korea still forms a small minority. Hit the Night, in which Jeong Gayoung herself plays…Published on: -
The Day After
A mendacious literary publisher and his recently employed female assistant find themselves in an embarrassing situation when the publisher’s wife accuPublished on: -
The Fortress
During the Qing Invasion, in 1636, the Korean king had to withdraw to an unassailable fort in the mountains. Surrounded by the enemy and more…Published on: -
AlphaGo
When an algorithm repeatedly beats the holder of 18 international titles Lee Sedol at the board game Go, that isn’t just an anecdote for the…Published on: -
A Tiger in Winter
A film with an ideal title for IFFR, naturally. Festival favourite Lee Kwangkuk (Romance Joe) serves up a delicate, tragicomic romantic story about aPublished on: -
Yamabuki
A quietly radical story in which the lives of a teenaged protestor, a Korean migrant worker, and others intersect in rural Japan.Published on: