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26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - 7.-17.7. bifan.kr
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- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTôma IkutaPaolo Andrea Di PietroKen'ichi EndôTrilogy about a cop who goes undercover and becomes a fully-fledged Yakuza.
- DirectorKazuya ShiraishiStarsSadao AbeShimako IwaiTakanori IwataMasaya Kakei is a university student, but he attends a school that's not his ideal school. His days are generally gloomy. One day, he receives a letter from serial killer Yamato Haimura, who was convicted for eight murders and received the death penalty. Back when Yamato was committing his murders, he ran a bakery store. At that time, Masaya was a middle school student and a customer at his bakery store. According to the letter, Yamato confessed to committing the murders, but he insists that he did not commit the last murder. Masaya begins to investigate the last murder case involving Yamato.
- DirectorAlexandre O. PhilippeStarsAmy NicholsonRodney AscherJohn WatersVictor Fleming's film The Wizard of Oz (1939) is one of David Lynch's most enduring obsessions. This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this Technicolor through-line in Lynch's work.
- DirectorPhil TippettStarsAlex CoxNiketa RomanSatish RatakondaThe Assassin travels through a nightmare underworld of tortured souls, ruined cities and wretched monstrosities forged from the primordial horrors of the unconscious mind of Phil Tippett, the world's preeminent stop-motion animator.
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsTatsuya FujiwaraKen'ichi MatsuyamaRyunosuke KamikiShishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi begins to produce black fig on Shishikari Island. Because of his well received product, the island is close to receiving a 5 billion yen grant from the government, which is part of the government's policy to reinvigorate rural economy. The residents of the island are excited, but their peaceful days changes by the appearance of Mutsuo Omisaka. Keita and his friends Jun Tanabe and rookie police officer Shinichiro Moriya are suspicious about him. One night, Keita's daughter goes missing. Due to that, Keita, Jun and Shinichiro happen to kill Mutsuo. They decide to hide Mutsuo's murder to protect the future of the island and their families. It turns out Mutsuo was a psycho killer. Police officers come to Shishikari Island to catch Mutsuo.
- DirectorJustin BensonAaron MoorheadStarsAaron MoorheadJustin BensonSarah Adina SmithMaverick filmmaking duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead offer up a twisted reflection of our paranoid times in this inventive mix of buddy comedy and sci-fi thriller.
- DirectorÁlex de la IglesiaStarsIngrid García JonssonSilvia AlonsoGoize BlancoA group of Spanish tourists in Venecia will find themselves fighting for their lives against locals that are not too keen on foreigners.
- DirectorArsalan AmiriStarsNavid PourfarajPourya Rahimi SamHoda ZeinolabedinInvestigating reports of demonic possessions in a remote village, a skeptical military officer finds his beliefs tested by an enigmatic exorcist.
- DirectorMasaaki KudôStarsManabu KuritaAyano OguraRina SakuragiIt is impossible to comprehensively map the ultimate extent of the damage wrought by the waves of the corona pandemic in all the layers of the society. It does not, however, require a lot of guesswork to see the links between the steeply increased numbers of corona patients, domestic violence cases and OnlyFans users. Director Masaaki Kudo creates a directly intimate and dauntlessly raw portrait of young people who are enjoying their early twenties in the midst of restrictions in Tokyo and are due to a lack of financial security extremely vulnerable, trying to cope with lost jobs and the ever deepening debts each in their own way. Instead of a conventional melodrama, Kudo offers a dramaturgical approach that is provocatively honest. The result is a very bold look into a world where ambitions are day by day turning more into a mission to simply survive and make do.
- DirectorYlva FornerStarsJohan EhnSimon KlingJohan CharlesThe St Sebastian Academy, an all-male school where homosexuality is the norm.
- DirectorAndrius BlazeviciusStarsZygimante Elena JakstaiteMarius RepsysLaima AkstinaiteAfter her boyfriend has a psychotic episode and disappears, Maria is decided to let nothing stop her from helping him. Grabbing at every clue about his whereabouts she embarks on a fast-paced odyssey through the city.
- DirectorBogdan George ApetriStarsIoana BugarinEmanuel ParvuCezar AntalA young nun sneaks out of her monastery to attend an urgent matter but never makes it back and a police detective's investigation into her fate, uncovers clues and revelations that lead not only to the truth but a miracle as well.
- DirectorKen NinomiyaStarsAkinori AndôTasuku EmotoElaiza IkedaNagase Ren takes on the role of "I," a university student who moved to Tokyo and is living alone for the first time. I has no friends. I has no girlfriend. The lectures at the university were horribly boring, and I was always looking at Tokyo Tower on the way back from his laborious job. While being attracted to the ruthless, dignified and intelligent "Senior," played by Ikeda Elaiza, whom he meets in the "Hide and Seek Circle" that he secretly falls in love with. Meanwhile, I meets a man called "Black Suit," played by Emoto Tasuku, who is an extremely charismatic and mysterious person. Little did "I" know that the two people he met would bring excitement to his mundane, humdrum existence.
- DirectorJun GengStarsYu ZhangLi MaZhiyong ZhangA man tries to sell his pet dog due to the birth of his child.
- DirectorNico PostiglioneStarsConsuelo CarreñoAlfredo CastroMariela MignotRicardo has taken his daughters to their home by a lake in southern Chile. While out sailing, they spot a sinking boat but he refuses to help the people because they look suspicious.
- DirectorIsabelle SteverStarsSarah Nevada GretherEmil von SchönfelsSusanne BredehöftIn order to concentrate on her career, a ballet teacher lives estranged from her young son, who grew up with her mother. When she meets him again after years, an affection develops that goes far beyond maternal love.
- DirectorLászló CsujaAnna NemesStarsEszter CsonkaGyörgy TurósCsaba KrisztikEdina, a female bodybuilder is ready to sacrifice everything for the dream she shares with her life partner and trainer Adam: to win the Miss Olympia. The odd love she finds on her way makes her see the difference between her dreams and her true self.
- DirectorAdilkhan YerzhanovStarsDaniyar AlshinovBerik AytzhanovNurlan BatyrovMasked figures with machine guns march into the secondary school in Karatas, take the pupils hostage. They make no demands. Silent terror is their modus operandi. Seeing as the army will take two days to arrive due to a snowstorm, maths teacher Tazshi decides to assemble his own assault team.
- DirectorGoran StolevskiStarsNoomi RapaceAlice EnglertAnamaria MarincaIn an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young girl is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit.
- DirectorFajar NugrosStarsNaysila MirdadDimas AnggaraLydia KandouGrappling with an unplanned pregnancy, a woman turns in desperation to a mysterious older couple who promise to take care of her baby.
- DirectorKristina BuozyteBruno SamperStarsRaffiella ChapmanEddie MarsanRosy McEwenStruggling to survive with her father after the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, 13-year-old Vesper must use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the future.
- DirectorChristian TafdrupStarsMorten BurianSidsel Siem KochFedja van HuêtA Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.
- DirectorGilitte LeungMagali and Juno are addicted to digital devices and have to liberate themselves from the menacing influence of social media on their identities.
- DirectorLertsiri BoonmeeVutichai WongnophadolStarsKorapat KirdpanCherprang AreekulSadanont DurongkawerojDan, a photography student who is given an SLR camera to use for his thesis by his professor Aim. However, Dan finds out that it actually is a test of the devil, which he has no way to escape. His only choice is to obey it or fight back.
- DirectorHannah BarlowKane SenesStarsAisha DeeHannah BarlowEmily De MargheritiTeen best friends Cecilia and Emma, run into each other after a decade. Cecilia is invited to Emma's bachelorette weekend where she gets stuck in a remote cabin with her high school bully and a taste for revenge.