LEAFF 2018
Programme
LEAFF 2018 screened 60 titles from 13 countries of East and Southeast Asia, including 6 international, 8 European and 23 UK premieres. 9 strands runs throughout the festival: Official Selection, Actor Focus, Cinematic Journey Through Taiwan, Stories of Women, Competition, Festival Focus, Documentary, Horror Special and The First Look.
The overarching theme of LEAFF 2018 is the future and what the future will bring to our lives.
Take a look at the official trailer for the LEAFF 2018 programme:
OFFICIAL LEAFF SELECTION
DARK FIGURE OF CRIME + Q&A with Director and Actor Kim Yoon-seok | Kim Tae-gyun | South Korea | 2018 | 110 mins | OPENING GALA [SOLD OUT]
RAMEN SHOP | Eric Khoo | Singapore, Japan, France | 2018 | 90 mins | CLOSING GALA
PROJECT GUTENBERG + Q&A with Director | Felix Chong | Hong Kong | 2018 | 130 mins | SPECIAL GALA [SOLD OUT]
SECRET SCREENING | SHOPLIFTERS | Kore-eda Hirokazu | Japan | 2018 | 121 mins
HUMAN, SPACE, TIME AND HUMAN | Kim Ki Duk | South Korea | 2018 | 122 mins
YOCHO (FOREBODING) | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan | 2017 | 140 mins
FATHER TO SON | Hsiao Ya-Chuan | Taiwan | 2018 | 115 mins
RIVER’S EDGE | Isao Yukisada | Japan | 2018 | 118 mins
SUNSET IN MY HOMETOWN | Lee Joon-ik | South Korea | 2018 | 123 mins
TEN YEARS JAPAN | Akiyo Fujimura, Chie Hayakawa, Yusuke Kinoshita, Megumi Tsuno and Kei Ishikawa | Japan | 2018 | 99 mins
TEN YEARS THAILAND | Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Wisit Sasanatieng, Aditya Assarat, Chulayarnnon | Thailand | 2018 | 95 mins
NEGOTIATION | Lee Jong-suk | South Korea | 2018 | 114 mins
BROTHER OF THE YEAR | Witthaya Thongyooyong | Thailand | 2018 | 124 mins
BUYBUST | Erik Matti | Philippines | 2018 | 130 mins
ACTOR FOCUS: KIM YOON SEOK
DARK FIGURE OF CRIME + Q&A with Director and Actor Kim Yoon Seok | Kim Tae-gyun | South Korea | 2018 | 110 mins
1987: WHEN THE DAY COMES + Q&A with Director and Actor Kim Yoon Seok | Jang Joon-hwan | South Korea | 2017 | 129 mins
THE CLASSIFIED FILE | Kwak Kyung-taek | South Korea | 2015 | 108 mins
HWAYI: A MONSTER BOY | Jang Joon-hwan | South Korea | 2013 | 126 mins
CINEMATIC JOURNEY THROUGH TAIWAN
A CITY OF SADNESS (35mm) | Hou Hsiao-Hsien | Taiwan | 1989 | 160 mins [SOLD OUT]
A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (4K) | Edward Yang | Taiwan | 1991 | 237 mins [SOLD OUT]
TROPICAL FISH + Q&A with Director | Chen Yu-hsun | Taiwan | 1995 | 108 mins
TEN YEARS TAIWAN | Pei-Ju Hsieh, Kek Huat Lau, Po-shun Lu, Lekal Sumi, Rina Tsou | Taiwan | 2018 | 108 mins
STORIES OF WOMEN
MISS BAEK + Q&A with Actress Han Ji-min | Lee Ji-won | South Korea | 2018 | 98 mins [SOLD OUT]
GIRLS ALWAYS HAPPY | Yang Mingming | China | 2018 | 117 mins
SEN SEN + Q&A with Director | Bon An | Taiwan | 2017 | 103 mins
GO-GO SISTERS | Nguyen Quang Dung | Vietnam | 2018 | 118 mins
TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY | Tai-lee Chan | Hong Kong | 2017 | 91 mins
COMRADE KIM GOES FLYING + Q&A with Directors | Kim Gwang Hun, Nicholas Bonner, Anja Daelemans | United Kingdom, Belgium, North Korea | 2012 | 150 mins
WE, THE DEAD | Edmund Yeo | Malaysia | 2017 | 106 mins
COMPETITION
A LAND IMAGINED + Q&A with Director | Yeo Siew Hua | Singapore, France, Netherlands | 2018 | 95 mins
THE BOLD, THE CORRUPT AND THE BEAUTIFUL | Yang Ya-che | Taiwan | 2017 | 112 mins
FEBRUARY + Q&A with Director | Kim Joong-hyun | South Korea | 2017 | 82 mins
DEAR EX | Mag Hsu, Chih-Yen Hsu | Taiwan | 2018 | 99 mins
DISTINCTION + Q&A with Director | Jevons Au | Hong Kong | 2018 | 98 mins
GLASS GARDEN + Q&A with Director | Shin Su-won | South Korea | 2017 | 116 mins
THE GREAT BUDDHA + + Q&A with Actor Cres Chuang | Huang Hsin-yao | Taiwan | 2017 |104 mins
THE SEEN AND UNSEEN | Kamila Andini | Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia, Qatar | 2017 | 86 mins
WANGDRAK’S RAIN BOOTS | Lhapal Gyal | China | 2017 | 90 mins
THE WIDOWED WITCH | Cai Chengjie | China | 2017 | 140 mins
FESTIVAL FOCUS: NARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
EMBRACING | Naomi Kawase | Japan | 1992 | 40 mins
KATATSUMORI | Naomi Kawase | Japan | 1994 | 40 mins
THE WIND FROM PERSIA | Misaki Matsui | Japan | 2018 | 35 mins
KOFUKUNA | Ayane Nakasu | Japan | 2017 | 39 mins
GOOD AFTERNOON | Akira Yamamoto | Japan | 2017 | 30 mins
THE GIRLFRIEND | Saki Michimoto | Japan | 2017 | 28 mins
THE ISOLATION OF 1/880000 | Ishii Sogo | Japan | 1977 | 43 mins
I AM SION SONO!! | Sono Sion | Japan | 1984 | 37 mins
DOCUMENTARY
INTENTION + Q&A with Director and Producers | Kim Ji-young | South Korea | 2018 | 110 mins
14 APPLES | Midi Z | Taiwan, Myanmar | 2018 | 83 mins
I’VE GOT THE BLUES | Angie Chen | Hong Kong | 2017 | 90 mins
I’VE GOT A LITTLE PROBLEM | Ximing Zhang | China | 2017 | 44 mins
HORROR SPECIAL
THE WITCH + Q&A with Director and Actress Kim Da-mi | Park Hoon-jung | South Korea | 2018 | 126 mins
3AM PART 3 | Phawat Panangkasiri, Nitiwat Cholwanichsiri, Thammanoon Sukulboontanom | Thailand | 2018 | 100 mins
THE FIRST LOOK
MAD RUSH | Lee Heejun | South Korea | 2018 | 17 mins
S HE | Shengwei Zhou | China | 2017 | 11 mins
EXEMPLARY CITIZEN | Kim Cheol-hwi | South Korea 2018 | 12 mins