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Love Story
  • Kelvin Tong
  • Singapore,Hong Kong China
  • 2006
  • 95min

Even though [Love Story] is a familiar title, the love story that this film ls is far different from what we usually get. The film tries hard to keep up with the main character`s f...

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Mainline
  • Rakhshan Bani-etemad,Mohsen ABDOLVAHAB
  • Iran
  • 2006
  • 80min

[Mainline], a tragic story of mother and daughter co-directed by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab, is a road movie dealing with serious social issues like drug addiction,...

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Memories of Matsuko
  • Nakasima Tetsuya
  • Japan
  • 2006
  • 129min

A young man, Shou, leads a life of no significance until one day he is asked by his father to clean up the dead aunt`s house. As he empties her trash-filled flat, he finds himself ...

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Men at Work
  • Mani Haghighi
  • Iran
  • 2006
  • 75min

The second feature film of Mani Hagigi. It is a sophisticated comedy based on an idea took from from iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami. This film describes the men′s struggle with th...

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Milarepa
  • Neten Chokling Rinpoche
  • Bhutan,India
  • 2005
  • 95min

To Neten Chokling Rinpoche, a spiritual head of Bhutan, filmmaking is another way of spiritual practice. The legend of Milarepa, widely known to Tibetan people, can be a perfect ve...

International Premiere

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My Mother Is a Belly Dancer
  • WONG Ching Po,LEE Kung Lok
  • Hong Kong China
  • 2006
  • 100min

"See Lai- in other words, sloppy housewives suffering from loss of youthfulness, beauty, and passion. When do these typical Hong Kong housewives, living in public housing estates, ...

World Premiere

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Nightmare Detective
  • TSUKAMOTO Shinya
  • Japan
  • 2006
  • 106min

[Nightmare Detective] is a film that reveals Tsukamoto Shinya`s world as represented by the metallic nature of the city and desire of men in a modified form for a broader audience....

World Premiere

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The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
  • Ann HUI
  • China
  • 2006
  • 110min

Even though this film is titled [The Postmodern Life of My Aunt], it is oddly about the main character`s pre-modern life. Middle-aged Ye Rutang has moved to Shanghai after separati...

World Premiere

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Rain Dogs
  • HO Yuhang
  • Malaysia,Hong Kong China
  • 2006
  • 94min

In the familiar frame of a coming-of-age story with delicate touches, [Rain Dogs] ls about the harshness of a boy`s journey to becoming an adult. Wai-Tung, who lives with his mothe...

World Premiere

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Opera Jawa
  • Garin NUGROHO
  • Indonesia
  • 2006
  • 125min

This is a brand-new type of musical - a musical that one can encounter only from Indonesia. [Opera Java] represents the accomplishment of Garin Nugroho`s ambitious dream to represe...

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Busan Office 3rd Floor, BIFF HILL, Busan Cinema Center, 120, Suyeonggangbyeon-daero, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48058, Korea
Seoul Office #1601, GARDEN TOWER, 84, Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03131, Korea