New Currents

• Philippines
• 2008
• 117min

100, the directing debut of Chris Martinez, tells the story of the last days of a cancer patient. A subject like this can make for a very depressing movie; however, the tone of 100 is different from most movies about death. If the...

New Currents

• Thailand
• 2008
• 106min

This is the story of couples seeking a second opportunity. The film follows the love and break-ups of three couples in 1972 and 1999. The first couple, Pakorn and Phone, are homosexuals. The second couple, Arunaya and Krung, meet ...

New Currents

• China
• 2008
• 80min

Sociological contemplation about awkwardness. Long conversation about a couch, Routine Holliday is a film which can be explained by a simple single line, but at the same time cannot be explained properly. On a national holiday, so...

New Currents

• Indonesia
• 2008
• 77min

Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly tackles the issue of discrimination against one particular ethnic minority of Indonesia - the Chinese descent. Edwin heightens the satire and criticism by symbolizing image and sound (with music). Linda,...

New Currents

• India
• 2008
• 82min

After the tragedy of the tsunami, which hit southeast and west Asia in 2004, there have been a lot of films (especially documentaries) that have dealt with the physical damage the tsunami left behind. Four years later, films are n...

New Currents

• Kazakhstan
• 2008
• 70min

In a small village where water is scarce, old man Zhake, who had been elected for the past thirty years as town minister, is defeated by a talented young woman. Instead, he is offered a librarian job. Though being indisposed first...

New Currents

• Korea
• 2008
• 115min

After selling the properties from their paretns, Hyung-kuk and Young-ae move into an apartment in a city. Strange things happen around the family as they begin their new life. Their daughter Mi-ae starts to exhibit weird behavior,...

New Currents

• Japan
• 2008
• 88min

‘Women are strong’. This is the main point that director Masahide Ichii wanted to say in his female version of the buddy film, Naked of Defenses. By portraying the story of two women, the director tried to find out where the origi...

New Currents

• Iran
• 2008
• 100min

This film employs an impressive technique to blur reality and fiction. The method of narration that delivers the theme ‘God’s will’ and ‘the fate of human beings’ is very extraordinary. The film consists of three major episodes. O...

New Currents

• Iran
• 2008
• 76min

Rana lives in the countryside with her widowed father. Her life is supported by two people: her disabled father and her lover Habib, who left to fight in the war and has never been heard from since. Her father feels sorry for her,...