Burning
South Korea – 2018

Director: Lee Chang-dong
Screenplay: Oh Jung-Mi, Lee Chang-dong
Runtime:  148’
Cast:  Ah-In Yoo, Steven Yeun, Jong-Seo Jun
Editing:  Kim Hyun, Kim Da-Won
Cinematography:  Hong  Kyung-Pyo
Sound:  Lee Seung-Chul
Production:  PinehouseFilm Co., Ltd.
Sales:  Tucker Film, Samantha Faccio tucker@tuckerfilm.com
Language:  Korean
Awards: Fipresci, Vulcan Awards (Festival di Cannes 2018), Golden Camera 300 for Best Cinematography (Manaki Brothers Film Festival 2018)

Synopsis:
An anomalous thriller of memories, presences and absences, all narrated from the point of view of the main character, Jongsu, who falls desperately in love with Haemi, a former school friend and a girl of a thousand facets and contradictions who is stolen from him by Ben, a rich, mysterious and brilliant man who has burning abandoned greenhouses as a “hobby”. A painful look at the mystery of life and on how it can be told.

In collaboration with Far East Film Festival