PIFF Day One: Friday’s Best Picks

Tomorrow marks the official opening of this years public screenings at the Pusan International Film Festival and The One One Four is on the scene blogging live from Pusan all week long. Each day we will be posting highlights of the most promising films and reviews of the ones we have seen. Here are the most promising films screening tomorrow.

Kinatay screening at 10:30am at CGV Centrum City 4 in Haeundae, won Brillante Mendoza the Best Director Award at Cannes this year. This is your one and only chance to catch in theatres in Korea.

Fish Tank UK director Andrea Arnold’s debut feature film about life as a teenager ion in modern Britain shows promise since Arnold’s big wins at Cannes and the Oscars.

Thanks Maa another feature debut, promises to offer a new look at the lives of India’s homeless youth to counterpoint last year’s Hollywood smash Slumdog Millionaire.

Leningrad the world premier of Alexander Buravsky’s WWII staring Mira Sorvino, Gabriel Byrne, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Alexander Abdulov is the first film to focus on the 900 day WWII battle that was one of the bloodiest in history.
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