A Window on Asian Cinema

• Marilou Diaz-Abaya
• Philippines
• 1999
• 117 min

Reef Hunters is an allegory about a man′s ambition and despair, which in turn threatens a group and drives him to destruction. Various dramatic motives constitute the structure of ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Lou Ye
• China,Germany
• 2000
• 83 min

Many stories surround the Suzhou River, the body of water that runs through the city of Shangai. Among them is the passionate story of lovers, Mardar and Moudan, who surrender thei...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Yang Yazhou
• China
• 1998
• 113 min

Steal Happiness is a humorous yet sad tale of the harsh lives of a poverty-ridden family. Zhang Damin, who works at a thermos factory, lives in a two-room shack with his widowed mo...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Jafar PANAHI
• Iran
• 2000
• 90 min

Filmmaker, Jafar Panahi explores the various issues that surround Iranian woman from the core of Iranian society. The film begins in the hospital where a new life is brought into t...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Garin Nugroho
• Indonesia
• 1999
• 87 min

Based on true historical facts when, in October 1965, Indonesia, seven generals were assassinated. The government claimed that it was committed by communists and issued a harsh cla...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Shinji Somai
• Japan
• 2000
• 116 min

In the early eighties, Shinji Somai shook Japan with his record-breaking film, Sailor-Fuku To Kikanju and now celebrates his 20th anniversary as a filmmaker with his 13th film, a l...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Farhad Mehranfar
• Iran
• 2000
• 83 min

Hollywood often condemns Iran as a country of terrorists, however the Iran that we see in their cinema is peaceful, beautiful and philosophical. A land endlessly tormented by war a...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Tran Anh Hung
• Vietnam,France
• 2000
• 115 min

Five years after Cyclo, Tran Anh Hung presents his latest feature, set in the city of Hanoi. Twenty three year old Lien lives with her older brother, an actor, while working at her...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Edward Yang
• Taiwan,Japan
• 2000
• 173 min

Edward Yang brings us a thoughtful observation on the lives of diverse generations from young boy to a full-aged father and head of a family, with detailed sincerity. Computer exec...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Riri Riza
• Indonesia
• 2000
• 114 min

Sherina is a tomboy who is good at singing, racing and climbing trees. Perhaps this is why putting band-aids on her knees seems to be her hobby. One day, her family leaves the big ...