Operatives from both sides of the Korean divide, working diplomatic jobs in Somalia, must come together to survive as Mogadishu descends into civil war in a political thriller from writer/director Ryoo Seung-wan.
Festival Programme
Films — by Genre
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- War Zones
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- Writers
War Zones
![Notturno](/assets/resized/sm/upload/qy/hu/6g/vz/Notturno_HERO-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=e8d81ca5fd)
Notturno
Gianfranco Rosi’s visually stunning portrait of ordinary people living in the warzones of the Middle East is the kind of sensory experience that demands the immersion of a darkened movie theatre.
![The Painted Bird](/assets/resized/sm/upload/5r/7l/55/yz/The%20Painted%20Bird_HERO-crop-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=1684ef0e38)
The Painted Bird
By equal turns horrifying and beautiful, The Painted Bird sees Czech filmmaker Václav Marhoul put a young boy through every manner of evil that 1940s Eastern Europe can conjure in this war-torn vision of hell.
![Quo Vadis, Aida?](/assets/resized/sm/upload/r7/lf/lt/hf/Quo%20Vadis%20Aida_HERO-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=255f4deee6)
Quo Vadis, Aida?
This pressure-cooker Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Film puts viewers on the frontlines of an impending massacre in the Bosnian genocide – with harrowing power.