Wide Angle
Sleepless NightJihoon purchases lethal sleeping pills illegally. Jihoon’s wife, while arranging his clothes, discovers the pills and gets confused. For both of the husband and wife, a sleepless night is prolonged.
A Window on Asian Cinema
Solo, SolitudeWhile helping factory workers on strike, Indonesian poet and activist Wiji Thukul is struck in the face and loses the sight from one of his eyes. To find sanctuary during the nationwide crackdown against the People’s Democratic Pa...
New Currents
Someone to Talk toA portrait of modern people who have forgotten how to converse, Someone to Talk to is Liu Yulin’s feature film debut and was based on the book of the same title by Liu Zhenyun. Cobbler Aiguo is in conflict with his wife, while his...
Korean Cinema Today
SORI: Voice from the HeartThe scene is Daegu in 2003, and Haegwan’s only daughter Yuju goes missing. Haegwan scours the country for his lost daughter for 10 years with no signs or clues as to her whereabouts. When everyone advises him to give up on her, he...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Soul on a StringTabei has led a hard life of violence and murder. One day, he sees a deer swallowing a holy relic and decides to kill it in order to take the treasure. However, lightning suddenly strikes and kills him. A living Buddha brings his ...
Wide Angle
Special Screening of Pixar Short AnimationsSpecial Screening on Pixar Short Films presents collection of 16 short films produced by Pixar. From their first short film The Adventures of Andre & Wally B (1984) to Lava (2015), the special screening will offer a great opportun...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
Spinning the Tales of Cruelty Towards WomenGilrye, a young girl from an upper-class family that has fallen on hard times, marries a dying man for his money and immediately becomes a widow. To make her a “widow of virtue,” her mother-in-law controls Gilrye’s sexual desires ...
Flash Forward
StarfishA couple, Tom and Nic are happy, off the scale. Tom is a writer, whilst Nic, eight months pregnant, has just left her company on maternity leave. Their daughter Grace, is three and fascinated by all things ‘star’- especially starf...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Suffering of NinkoNinko, a young, diligent Buddhist monk, has one serious problem: Women can’t seem to resist him. They pester him so much that he can’t even ask for alms in town. Since sexual indulgence is considered a sin, he blames himself for n...
Open Cinema
SultanSultan is a man of great strength but he is lazy. He meets Aarfa by chance and falls in love at first sight and when he learns of her enthusiasm for wrestling, he gets into the world of wrestling to capture her heart. He is talent...