A Window on Asian Cinema
The CaveOn Saturday, June 23, 2018, in Northern Thailand, a group of youth football team enters the cave to relax after practice. The sunny weather suddenly turns into heavy rain due to the rainy season that started earlier than usual. Th...
Wide Angle
The CaveFeras FAYYAD, who won the jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival for a documentary called Last Men in Aleppo, once again captured the horrors of Syria. The focus this time is on Dr. Amani, a female doctor who risks her life and ...
Wide Angle
The Cordillera of DreamsDirected by Chilean filmmaker Patricio GUZMAN, a living legend in documentary cinema, The Cordillera of Dreams is a documentary GUZMAN made upon his return to Chile after 46 years of self-imposed exile to escape the authoritarian ...
Special Programs in Focus
The Day a Pig Fell into the WellEveryone was surprised because no one expected it. The name ‘HONG Sang-soo’ had never been mentioned anywhere in the Korean film industry before. Until seeing the bizarre title The Day a Pig Fell into the Well, it only delivered s...
Wide Angle
The Dog DaysJae-ha’s story, who goes to the dog-meat soup restaurant where Jae-ha’s dead mother worked before. Watching the ladies living in desperation for the day’s wage reminds me of my mother.
New Currents
The EducationThe plot of The Education is simply summed up. Seonghee, who is taking care of the disabled, visits the Hyeonmok′s house. Hyeonmok′s mother is a severely disabled person who cannot move and is unconscious. Seonghee and Hyunmok get...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Gangs, The Oscars, and The Walking DeadHuang is a nameless filmmaker who has dreamed of being a filmmaker since he was young. He produces a movie with his best friend Chiu, but they suspend the filming due to the lack of budget. In order to make money to finish the fil...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Garden of Evening MistsThe Garden of Evening Mists is the latest film by Tom Shu-Yu LIN, based on the Malaysian novel of the same title. A survivor of a brutal Japanese internment camp, Teoh Yun Ling has been working with the Malaysian authorities punis...
World Cinema
The Good IntentionsAmanda lives with her mother and two younger siblings. She is a wise little soul trapped in a 9-year-old body, a replica of her mother and always looks after her slacker father (which may explain why the parents separated) whom th...
Busan Classics
The GraduateDirected by Mike NICHOLS, a young American director in 1967, The Graduate was a fresh sensation in Hollywood, winning the Academy Award for Best Director. Actor Dustin HOFFMAN who played the main character also became a star with ...