Special Programs in Focus
Stray DogThis rediscovery is one of Park Chul-soo’s early films, based on a novel by Lee Oi-soo. Two poor college students struggle to survive in an abandoned house. The man is absorbed with painting the image of 99 dogs on a canvas, while...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Stray DogsIn line with his previous work Walker, Tsai Ming Liang proves to be evolving with his filmmaking style that he uses images to develop a story in his latest film Stray Dogs. He did his own production design in this film in pursuit ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Striking Out in LoveA comedy film about two young Japanese women of Satori(nirvana) generation. A freelancer writer Tamami ran into another woman Juno in the house of her boyfriend whom she dated for months. They soon realized that their mutual boyfr...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Summer's EndTomoko is an expert in natural fabric dyeing and has been involved in an affair for eight years with Shinko, a married writer. Shinko lives a double life spending half of the week with his family and the other half with Tomoko. On...
Special Programs in Focus
Surzhekey - The Angel of DeathIt is the 1930s, and Soviet rule arrives in Kazakhstan, and with it, collectivization?the nationalization of private property. The herds slaughtered and dispatched to Moscow reducing Kazakhstan’s population by 50 percent in less t...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Taipei FactoryThis omnibus film was directed by four upcoming Taiwanese directors with each partner director from South Korea, France, Chile and Iran. Not knowing each other previously, these young directors get together in Taipei to collaborat...
Wide Angle
Tale of a Butcher ShopThere is a traditional butcher shop, where a family does it all, from the slaughter to sales. It is the Kitade Butcher Shop in Osaka, which is famous for providing great meat for over 100 years. As their slaughterhouse is demolish...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Tamako in MoratoriumIn My Back Page (2011) and The Drudgery Train (2012), Yamashita Nobuhiro expanded his views on his specialty genre, the youth film or coming of age drama. At the same time, he expressed his hope of returning to small and simple fi...
Wide Angle
TemporaryA young single mother raising a baby girl receives a financial offer for her to become a temporary wife of an unknown man. Even though it’s no different than prostitution, she accepts the offer for her daughter. While the film dea...
Flash Forward
That Thing You LoveBitter at being forgotten by a childhood sweetheart, a woman makes plans to destroy the subsequent life built by the man who is now a hotel owner. This is a darkly humorous adventure about the misperception of reality that attract...