Special Programs in Focus

• Korea
• 2011
• 93min

[Eagle of Wild Field] is Im Kwon-taek’s Manchurian Western of twisted desire, bloody revenge and the cathartic actions. A man’s family’s been slaughtered in his absence by Japanese soldiers and he spends 20 years planning his reve...

World Cinema

• France,Belgium
• 2011
• 91min

On Monday morning, Paul Wertret, a bank executive in his fifties, goes to work at eight o’clock promptly, as usual. He enters a meeting room, takes out a gun and kills two of his bosses. As he waits for the police to arrive, he lo...

World Cinema

• Italy
• 2011
• 95min

Bruno, a former teacher, makes a living by tutoring or ghostwriting others’ autobiographies. He discovers that his student Luca, a troublemaker, is actually his own son, when an old flame of his suddenly shows up after fifteen yea...

Wide Angle

• Ireland,Algeria,France
• 2011
• 88min

?El Gusto’means taste or pleasure, but in this film it is the name of an orchestra made up of Muslim, Jewish, and French musicians. The only thing the musicians have in common is that they all performed Sha-bii, music originating ...

Wide Angle

• Sweden,Estonia,Finland,Cuba
• 2011
• 85min

Set in Sierra Maestra, where Fidel Castro’s revolution began, this musical documentary pivots on a young doctor‘, El Medico’, attempting to fulfill his dream of becoming a‘ Cubaton’?a Cuban Reggaeton. Singer/songwriter El Medico ...

Midnight Passion

• Brazil
• 2011
• 115min

Nascimento has risen in his career, having become the commander-in-chief of Rio de Janeiro’s BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) and later, a populist choice as the Sub-Secretary of Intelligence. In his new post, Nascimen...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2011
• 39min

An insipid joke shared between old friends gradually evolves from being a jokey truth into a truthful joke as personal secrets seep into their conversation. Literary dialogue, minimalistic framing, exploiting camera angles, and fo...

World Cinema

• France,Iran
• 2011
• 84min

Everyone in a family is busily preparing for a wedding and the backyard is full of activity. Then suddenly, grandfather dies. His last wish as the Mullah (a Muslim scholar) is for his family to leave on a trip to bury his body in ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Thailand
• 2011
• 129min

Does eternal love exist? What is true love? M. L. Bhandevanov Devakula’s Eternity poses fundamental questions about love. This film is an adaptation of a short story by renowned Thai author Malai Chupinit. Devakula’s film is the f...

World Cinema

• Chile
• 2011
• 85min

A 17 year old girl Natalia, the daughter of an upper-class family goes out with Rodrigo, the son of a working-class family. Unaware that she is pregnant until late-term, Natalia decides to obtain medication that will induce an abo...