POLITICAL Festival (March 4-12) - ASIAN Filmmakers - March 8/9 event
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SALVAR, 29min., South Korea
Directed by Sangwook Ahn
Su-hyeong, who visited the shrine after asking around to find his missing mother, meets Grandmother Shin, a shaman, there. She says he was possessed by an evil, so he needs a salpuri(exorcism). In the process, it turns out that he is being chased by debtors due to his mother's surgery expenses. For finding his mother, he decides to exorcise. However, finding out that the salpuri was an organ extraction surgery performed in the name of saving the spirit in the body, he struggles to get out of it.
TRADITION, 15min., Turkey
Directed by Ali R?za BAYAZIT
Junkdealer Salim sets off on a journey to find the lost cat of Tailor Adem, whom he has just met, and in order to keep Tailor Adem's memory alive, he must raise his voice against authority.
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URBAN NOISE, 10min., Turkey
Directed by Alper Durmazs
Istanbul's city noise, street music, and daily life are offered with city chaos. The film exposes the city's panorama. This film questions the transformation of the city. It takes the viewer on an experimental tour of the city.
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OUTCRY?, 10min., China
Directed by Yuan Geng Zhang
The micro background of the story draws inspiration from Xu Lizhi's experiences, serving as a reference point. The character of the son in the film is a tribute to Xu Lizhi. He and his mother were once assembly line workers in a factory. However, after the unbearable agony of his son's suicide, the mother, who had been aging in the factory, lost her pillar of life. In an era of China's strict one-child policy, the helplessness and anguish of families with a single child are unimaginable. This policy extinguished the cherished family lineage that Chinese people hold dear. The archetype of a Chinese mother often embodies self-sacrifice, and the death of her son completely derails her pursuit of hard work and life. The mother in the film experiences anger, regret, and sorrow over the loss of her child, yet she can only confront the traces left behind in her son's former residence, shouting in bewilderment, unable to comprehend the reasons behind it all
INTERVIEW, 13min,. Bangladesh
Directed by Mustak Muzahid
A needy young boy gets a call for a job interview. But he has no shoes. After much trouble he manages a pair of black shoes, and he happily goes to the interview.
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