A Window on Asian Cinema

• WOO Ming Jin
• Malaysia,Korea
• 2009
• 100min

Set in the village by the sea in Malaysia, this love story is simple and yet somewhat deep. Following the love story between a teenage boy and a girl, one can realize that it is no...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Yuchieh Cheng
• Taiwan
• 2009
• 112min

Born between a Taiwanese mother and French Father, Yang-yang never once had the chance to see her father. Though she is a native Taiwanese who never once experienced French culture...

New Currents

• Rita HUI
• Hong Kong
• 2009
• 87min

[Dead Slowly] throws doubt and skepticism into the “relationship” between people. It depicts a man who gets into a motorcycle accident, his wife Mei, younger sister, and mother. It...

New Currents

• SO Sang-min
• Korea
• 2009
• 98min

Inspired by the director’s own experience, [I’m in Trouble!] shows a typical love story during our time. A third-rate poet meets and separates with his girlfriend repeatedly and be...

New Currents

• Shawkat Amin KORKI
• Kurdistan,Iraq
• 2009
• 81min

Director Shawkat Amin Korki uses a new method to tell the story of the tragedy of war. Inside a beat up stadium in Kirkuk, Iraq, lives many refugees trying to escape Sadam Hussein...

New Currents

• JIANG Wenli
• China
• 2009
• 85min

A story about a girl that lives with her mother’s father. Jiang Wenli is a seasoned actor who is making a directorial debut with this autobiographical story that she wrote herself....

New Currents

• SHIRAISHI Kazuya
• Japan
• 2009
• 115min

This film explores how easily human life can be neglected and abandoned in a large city. Mikio and his older brother Saneo, who is mentally handicapped, live together and have just...

New Currents

• Payman HAGHANI
• Iran
• 2009
• 77min

Reza, an ordinary factory worker, must return his wife’s dowry when they get a divorce. Because of problems in their marriage, his wife Zari wants a divorce. After doing everything...

New Currents

• Anocha SUWICHAKORNPONG
• Thailand
• 2009
• 82min

[Mundane History] records the life of Ake, a young man confined to his bed after an accident leaves him paralyzed from the waist down. Ake is being cared for by Pun, a male nurse w...

New Currents

• Charlotte LIM
• Malaysia
• 2009
• 76min

A story about a careless mother and a lonely, insecure daughter. This film, directed by Charlotte Lim, explores a multi-layered relationship that exists between a mother and daught...