This year, Seoul International Film Festival’s motto is ‘intimate communication with the audiences.’There is a good balance of films that immediately appeal to broad audiences and demonstrate new forms and style.
Although it is very difficult to segment these films due to their uniqueness and originality, ‘Renewal and Share’is the anonymous pursuit of films in this year’s International Competition section.
Elena is accused of murder. Her lawyer, preparing her defense, interviews her to set the facts straight. She tells him about her car accident and tragic loss of her son. She describes her sudden disappearance f..
This low-budget independent film follows Thomas Lindsey’s last three days with the fictional ‘Wellness Corporation’, as he prepares for a large investment seminar in an old Pennsylvania town. Working closely..
This film was shot using one long sequence shot. Even the flash-backs do not interrupt the continuous flow of the main narrative, being simultaneous to it. It is not a case of stylistic virtuosity, nor technolo..
Simon is a police officer who recently lost custody of his six-year old son in a divorce. In desperation, he abducts his son and takes him to the country where they hide out in a vacated summerhouse. Simon want..
Poet Yusuf returns to his childhood hometown, which he hadn't visited for years, upon his mother's death. A young girl, Ayla awaits him in a crumbling house. Yusuf has been unaware of the existence of this dist..
After living in Sao Paulo for two years, 21 year-old Hermila returns to her village in Northeastern Brazil with her new-born son. Living with her grandmother, she anxiously awaits the arrival of her husband Mat..
Son Hayes never speaks of the scars on his back. The shotgun pellets left under his skin make for a sporadic pattern of blue-black dots. His brothers, Boy and Kid Hayes, don’t discuss it. His past, just like t..
An unnamed city in the present. The film's main character, Attila, lives here on a large modern housing estate. He knows nothing about the life that goes on outside, and not much more about the world at large. ..
