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A Window on Asian Cinema

Native Dancer
  • Guka Omarova
  • Kazakhstan,Russia
  • 2008
  • 87min

This film is set in a little town in Kazakhstan. Addai, a shaman, is treated as a local authority; she helps find missing people, heal illnesses, and punish anyone who commits wron...

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Orz Boyz!
  • Yang Ya-Che
  • Taiwan
  • 2008
  • 110min

The scale of the world of children is broader than that of adults, because children also have access to the imaginary world while grown-ups only adhere to reality. Nevertheless, ch...

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Parking
  • CHUNG Monghong
  • Taiwan
  • 2008
  • 106min

Whether you like it or not, city life creates situations where one must share a space with another. Although they may not mean any harm, the insensitivity when one does not take ot...

World Premiere

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Pesantren (3 WISHES, 3 LOVES)
  • Nurman HAKIM
  • Indonesia
  • 2008
  • 114min

Seventeen-year-old boys Huda, Rian and Syahid are students of a pesantren (Islamic religious school). With their graduation a month ahead, they grow up and solve their lifetime pro...

World Premiere

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Ramchand Pakistani
  • Mehreen Jabbar
  • Pakistan,United States
  • 2008
  • 105min

The film is based on a true story of a father and son’s accidental crossing of the Pakistan-Indian border at a time of war and the wife/mother who waits for their return. The power...

World Premiere

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River People
  • HE Jianjun
  • China
  • 2008
  • 87min

The film River People is a combination of documentary and fiction, telling a story of a family living on the Huanghe River in Shanxi province in China. Laba and Baowa are cousins a...

Asian Premiere

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Sell Out!
  • Yeo Joonhan
  • Malaysia
  • 2008
  • 110min

From its beginning, Sell Out! does not appear to be a common film. The protagonist Rafflesia interviews the character of filmmaker Joon Han Yeo himself. The film, which unfolds wit...

Asian Premiere

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Service
  • Brillante MENDOZA
  • France,Philippines
  • 2008
  • 94min

The Pineda family is living in an old theater located amongst chaotic side streets and endless dark stairs. The people coming to the humble theater, decorated with women’s nudes an...

Asian Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Snakes and Earrings
  • Yukio Ninagawa
  • Japan
  • 2008
  • 124min

The collaboration between Hitomi Kanehara, a leading and controversial young Japanese writer, and the Japanese play director Yukio Ninagawa made the top news. The original novel, f...

International Premiere

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Songs from the Southern Seas
  • Marat Sarulu
  • Kazakhstan,France,Germany,Russia
  • 2008
  • 82min

Set in the steppes of Central Asia, the film is about the solitude and psychological wandering of humans. When Ivan’s son is born with black hair and dark skin, Ivan, who is a Russ...

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Seoul Office #1601, GARDEN TOWER, 84, Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03131, Korea
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