A Window on Asian Cinema

• Taiwan
• 2011
• 126min

Coming-of-age films generally pivot on the pain of entering adulthood. Sports films deal with athletes who overcome obstacles to achieve success. This film is a great combination of these two genres. Ashin is forced by his mother ...

World Cinema

• Colombia
• 2011
• 98min

After ten years of a loveless marriage, Karen decides to leave her rich husband. She gets a room in Bogota and tries to find work, but without any skills at her age it is quite impossible. Now Karen must accept this bitter reality...

Wide Angle

• Spain,Belgium,United States
• 2011
• 88min

[Karla’s Arrival] is a controversial film about a Nicaraguan woman raising her baby under extreme circumstances and her love for another woman. The film made waves on the Central and South American festival circuits this year. Suj...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Kazakhstan
• 2011
• 80min

[Kausar] is a film about the importance of motherhood. A 15 year old girl, Ainur, who has accidentally become pregnant, is in a maternity ward. Isolated from her parents, she sinks into despair, but as she associates with other mo...

World Cinema

• Norway,Sweden,Poland,France
• 2011
• 115min

Bastoy Prison for minors houses prisoners of diverse backgrounds. They receive neither education nor correction, but instead, are used to support cheap labor in the worst conditions. In order to survive the inhumane treatment, the...

Korean Cinema Retrospective

• Korea
• 2011
• 81min

The shabby and desperate daily lives of three families unfold against the backdrop of Haebangchon village, where people from North Korea who have crossed the border to the South live together. Their hopefulness is buried by the in...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2011
• 121min

This is a ‘miraculous’ omnibus film completed by eight budding directors who gathered to make short films about kisses with a budget of only 30,000 dollars. Each piece was shot in one or two days, but the consistent quality shared...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2011
• 91min

Kotoko is a woman who is far from normal. She screams in the streets in the middle of the day, has a habit of stabbing men with a fork, and habitually cuts her wrists with a razor. She sees everyone as two figures within one perso...

Flash Forward

• Italy
• 2011
• 100min

Yssouf moves from North Africa to Campania in South Italy looking for work. The lives of African immigrants there are worse than expected and his uncle, once an artist, has become a midlevel boss of a narcotics ring. A conflict wi...

Midnight Passion

• Thailand
• 2011
• 125min

Thee is one of millions in Bangkok that cannot afford a home. But a huge job opportunity knocks on his door. Now with a substantially higher salary, he can have a dream home. Thee believes that his wife, Parn and his two kids Na...