Special Programs in Focus

• Thomas Ciulei
• Romania,Germany
• 2008
• 87min

Part documentary, part drama, Ciulei’s The Flower Bridge is a moving and enlightening portrait of a nation dealing with a rash of fracturing families that have nothing to do with d...

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• Radu Muntean
• Romania
• 2008
• 95min

It’s December 1989, the night before the revolution. A group of soldiers are ordered to patrol the chaotic city. While hesitating with fear to against angry citizen, young Costi ru...

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• Radu Jude
• Romania
• 2008
• 23min

Marian is looking forward to watch his favorite movie of Sunday evening, but the old TV set must be fixed beforehand.

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• Catalin Mitulescu
• Romania
• 2008
• 15min

On his way to a business meeting, Tudor has unexpected break of 30 minutes - long enough to have a coffee and talk about his daughter and take a picture.

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• SHIN Dong-hun
• Korea
• 2008
• 66min

The first color-feature length animation of Korea. It was generally known the original print was lost but thanks to the resent restoration work, it’s back on the screen. The Japane...

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• Tsuneo Kobayashi
• Japan
• 2008
• 51min

Gekko Kamen made his TV series debut in 1950s and scored up to 68% of an audience rating. The film Gekko Kamen is based on the TV series and who set the standard as Japan’s first l...

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• Rakesh Roshan
• India
• 2008
• 175min

A Bollywood-style superhero film. The concept of a superhero never deviates too much from its original Hollywood incarnation; look at Superman as an example. Rakesh Roshan also add...

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• Takao Nagaishi
• Japan
• 2008
• 90min

Followed by 1950s’ Gekko Kamen, 1960s’ Ultraman and robot heroes, the Masked Rider was the super hero of 1970s in Japan. The concept of ‘a man becoming a cyborg’ reveals how Japane...

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• Bandit Thongdee
• Thailand
• 2008
• 105min

It is quite common to see many Asian superheroes kept the vestiges of western superheroes, but it is interesting to see that Mercury Man has similar appearance and shares of the ou...

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• Hua Shan
• Hong Kong,China
• 2008
• 85min

It is hard to find superhero films in China because their culture of emphasizing the importance of physical training (especially with Kung Fu) to become a superhuman. The first sup...