Takahiko Iimura's earliest films were largely inspired by the work of the 1920s French surrealists and produced in relative isolation in Japan. Created using 8mm cameras or abandoned and distressed found footage, they possess the intimacy of the home movie and a taboo-breaking joyousness, exploring abstraction and eroticism with charming candor and a whimsical sense of the absurd. These early films are screened with a sampling of video works from the 1970s and '80s.
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Iimura is perhaps best known for his work exploring the temporality of Cinema, i.e. the various ways the film viewer's elemental sense of time can be "played with" by the filmmaker. Frequently using the most basic of film elements—white light, black leader and the projection environment—Iimura's work in this area is among the most abstract and elemental in all of cinema.
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A richly layered compilation of dark yet hopeful South Asian short films from India, the U.K., the U.S.A. and Australia. More...

Be it on a plane headed overseas or a cross-town bus, out of conformity or away from conflict, the characters here are constantly transporting themselves to new places, situations and even states of mind.
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A woman undergoes a fantastical transformation. A monstrous sewer-dweller terrorizes the streets. And a pizza delivery rocks an isolated man's world. Three irresistibly quirky takes on the world's most surreal city from international masters Michel Gondry (ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND), Leos Carax (POLA X) and Bong Joon-ho (THE HOST). More...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa marks a departure from his string of horror films with a piercing, devastating drama about a seemingly ordinary family that unravels when the father loses his job. Winner of the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes Film Festival. Kurosawa in person for both screenings.
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Six-year-old Jin and her little sister's lives are drastically changed when their struggling mother leaves them under the care of their alcoholic aunt. Left to fend for themselves, the girls must survive hardship and trauma as they wait and hope for their mother's return. An uplifting tale of resilience from the award-winning director of IN BETWEEN DAYS (SFIAAFF '07).
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