History

World Premiere

Wide Angle

Re-Search
  • Kwang ju SON
  • Korea
  • 2008
  • 20min

2008 Busan HD Project The main character meticulously maps out a schedule to complete her thesis, but trivial things bother her and get in the way. The clock seems to tick ...

World Premiere

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Stones
  • Laila PAKALNIŊA
  • Latvia
  • 2008
  • 20min

An unidentified man roams a city looking for boys and men fit to win a mysterious green bag from him. Marija, a woman at home alone, is oddly chosen to receive one. But that’s just...

World Premiere

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Street People
  • Hyun-ju Kwon
  • Korea
  • 2008
  • 10min

An old woman survives financially by picking up rubbish and waste. One day, within the waste, she finds a baby inside a box. She becomes attached to the baby as they have things in...

World Premiere

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Summer Afternoon
  • Wi Ding Ho
  • Taiwan
  • 2008
  • 15min

Two lovers play a joke on the girl in the backseat. But once the car stops, an afternoon drive in the country takes a wrong turn as the girl in the backseat now controls the fun.

World Premiere

Wide Angle

Taebaek, Land of Embers
  • Kim Youngjo
  • Korea
  • 2008
  • 74min

The Taebaek region is going through many changes. The ruin of the region after the shutdown of the mine is veiled from prosperity due to the widespread casino business. The lives o...

World Premiere

Wide Angle

The Conductors
  • Andibachtiar Yusuf Siswo
  • Indonesia
  • 2008
  • 74min

An orchestra conductor who presents classical music, a conductor of a university choir of five thousand people, and a cheerleader who can lead fifty thousand soccer fans. Although ...

Wide Angle

The Convert
  • Kong Rithdee,Panu Aree,Kaweenipon Ketprasit
  • Thailand
  • 2008
  • 83min

June, a carefree Thai woman, converts to Islam in order to marry Ake, a Muslim. Although it is not an easy decision, she submerges herself in her new life. How will June adapt? The...

World Premiere

Wide Angle

The Dance
  • Saba DEWAN
  • India
  • 2008
  • 84min

At a cattle fair in Bihar, India, fifty young and beautiful women perform every night. The majority of the audience is men. The women’s dance presents a sexual fantasy to its viewe...

International Premiere

Wide Angle

The Elevator
  • Ali KARIM
  • Iran
  • 2008
  • 10min

People get in an elevator. The elevator passes the floors one by one, but the passengers’ final destination is always the same.

International Premiere

Wide Angle

The End of the Tunnel
  • CHANG Rong-ji
  • Taiwan
  • 2008
  • 37min

A blind boy is trapped in darkness but discovers music, which opens his eyes and allows him to leave his closeted space and go out into the world.

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