A Window on Asian Cinema

• Royston TAN
• Singapore
• 2005
• 93min

Director Royston Tan refers to 4:30 a.m. as the loneliest time because it is too late to sleep and too early to wake, and the film earnestly describes that solitude. However the su...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Patrik TAM
• Hong Kong
• 2006
• 150min

He had the looks. Respect from friends. A real ladies man. Now it`s all gone except for one thing. His smart and loyal doting young son. Despite fearing the father`s violence towar...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• James LEE
• Malaysia,Hong Kong
• 2006
• 99min

Does absolute love exist? It might exist for those who believe in it, and might not for those who don′t. The world, however, is not that simple. What if two people, one of them a b...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Jeffrey JETURIAN
• Philippines
• 2006
• 98min

Jueteng is a numbers game that has been popular in the Philippines since the Spanish colonial period. It is officially illegal, but jueteng operators may be found all over the coun...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• SHENG Zhimin
• China
• 2006
• 96min

This is a film that ruminates over the meaning of family and insists that meaning should include understanding, love, and unconditional support for blood ties. Middle-aged Lao Li ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• DAI Sijie
• China,France,Canada
• 2005
• 105min

Min, an orphan girl, sets off to study with a renowned botanist. A secretive man and authoritarian father, the professor lives on an island that he has transformed into a luxurious...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• CHENG Yu-Chieh
• Taiwan
• 2006
• 113min

This is all about dreams. Everyone wishes for happiness and has a new dream with which to greet the New Year. Will these dreams come true every time? In [Do Over], director Cheng Y...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• ICHII Masahide
• Japan
• 2005
• 73min

This is a story about a woman living with her childish husband, or a story about a thoughtless husband becoming a new man. Either way it`s an interesting comedy by Ichii Masahide t...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Songyos SUGMAKANAN
• Thailand
• 2005
• 111min

[Dorm] is a well-structured horror and coming of age film that ultimay talks about the value of friendship and love. 12-year-old Chatree is transferred to a new boarding school. Th...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Momoi Kaori
• Japan
• 2006
• 94min

This film is actor Momoi Kaori`s feature directorial debut. It draws a portrait of the internal life of humans, which is sometimes beyond our understanding. Yume`s family appears ...