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Conjugation
  • Emily Tang
  • Hong Kong
  • 2001
  • 97min

In 1989, events in Tiananmen Square shook the whole world. After that historic event, the lives of those who participated changed forever. What happened to them afterwards? The dir...

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Dejavu
  • Biju Viswanath
  • India
  • 2001
  • 72min

Dejavu is Biju Viswanath′s feature debut film after his participation in the PIFF with his short film Voyage. David is imprisoned in a lighthouse on...

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A Drowning Man
  • Naoki Ichio
  • Japan
  • 2001
  • 82min

A Drowning Man begins with the narration by Kumiko who says, "if we can dream after death, then death is not that bad, even if the dream is boring". This film explore...

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Going By
  • Iraj Karimi
  • Iran
  • 2001
  • 84min

Four cars are driving through the northern regions of Iran. The passengers are all from different classes and have different destinations. They do not know each other, they just ha...

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Maya
  • Digvijay Singh
  • India
  • 2001
  • 101min

A quiet yet enraged social commentary by Digvijay Singh. In India, some monks still perform ritualistic rape on girls who have just started their period. All in the name and for th...

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Seafood
  • Zhu Wen
  • China
  • 2001
  • 90min

′According to the corrupt cop, Deng, seafood makes people happy and induces sexual urges. But like all foods, seafood can be harmful when it goes off. And the same goes for the hum...

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Unfinished Song
  • Maziar Miri
  • Iran
  • 2001
  • 94min

Iranian culture is a culture that is mixed with Persian and Islamic elements. Just like in many other regions, in Iran there have always been folk songs, lullabies, hymns and work ...

International Premiere

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Whispering Sands
  • Nan T. Achnas
  • Indonesia
  • 2001
  • 106min

Whispering Sands is a muted story of the relationship between a soul-searching village girl and her jaded, possessive mother. Daya′s father, who was a traveling medic...

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Flower Island
  • SONG Il-gon
  • Korea
  • 2001
  • 126min

After abandoning her infant in a restroom, Hye-Na sets out on a trip to find her mother. On her journey, she meets Ok-Nam, a woman who prostituted herself in order to buy her child...

International Premiere

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Take Care of My Cat
  • Jeong Jae-eun
  • Korea
  • 2001
  • 112min

Incheon is a city where residents dream of living in Seoul, the city to which a connective railway was built. Incheon, with Korea′s first Chinatown, is also where foreigners headin...

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