NINAVAU
Sabah | Drama, religion | 11 mins 30 secs | 2019 | Dir: Bebbra Mailin
Synopsis: Ninavau, a native Kadazan woman returns from Peninsular Malaysia to her devout Catholic family in Sabah – with a change of heart.
Screenings & Awards: Pesta Filem Kita; MIFFEST and MGGA 2019 Best Short Film
MY LITTLE BROTHER, SEUNG-HYUK
Korea | Short | 19 mins | 2018 | Dir: Kim Deok-geun
Synopsis: Seung-hyuk has been sacrificing a lot for his older brother Min-hyuk who is suffering from ADHD. He finds out that his mother, who is divorced from his father and about to leave home, is planning to take Min-hyuk with her. Seung-hyuk doesn’t want to concede this time, so he sends Min-hyeok to school all by himself.
Screenings & Awards: Hawaii Int’l film festival; Busan Int’l film festival; Global university film awards – Best Narrative | Most Promising Actress; Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival – Honourable Jury Mention; Curta Santos Short Film festival; Busan ISFF
LAST NIGHT I SAW YOU SMILING
Cambodia | Documentary | 1 hr 18 mins | 2019 | Dir: Kavich Neang
Synopsis: The White Building, an iconic structure home to 493 families in Phnom Penh, faces demolition. In the building’s final days, director Kavich Neang follows his own family and neighbours as they pack belongings, share memories and anxieties, and eventually move out before the building’s total destruction.
Screenings & Awards: IFFR 2019 – Bright Future Competition – NETPAC Award; Cinéma du Réel 2019 – International Competition; Visions du Réel 2019; Art of the Real 2019 (Film Society of Lincoln Center); Jeonju-IFF 2019 – International Competition – Special Jury Prize; Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival – International Doc Competition – Special; Jury Award; Subversive Festival 2019; CAAMFest 2019; Chicago Underground Film Festival 2019; Taipei Film Festival 2019; Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival 2019; SEMINCI
2019 ; RIDM 2019; Tokyo FilmEx 2019 – International Competition
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LASkpvC4upY
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SUNNY SPELLS (Tempo instabile con probabili schiarite)
Italy | 2015 | 1h 35m | Comedy | Dir: Marco Pontecorvo
Synopsis: This is a warm-hearted comedy with a conscience which brings out issues ranging from the clash of generations to the fear of facing new horizons.
On the border between 2 provinces in Italy, a business that produces sofas faces bankruptcy. The founders are two friends: Ermanno and Giacomo. Ermanno has a wife, Elena, and a son, Tito, 17, who lives immersed in the world of Japanese comics. Giacomo lives with his son Gabriele, an 18-year-old baseball fan. One night, Ermanno and Giacomo are digging a hole in the yard when they discover something surprising: oil coming from the subsoil. This extraordinary event will create contradictions and conflicts, showing the worst side of the everyone involved.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjkzi2Iuu7o
Note: The KKIFF screening will have English subtitles.
