World Cinema

• SouthAfrica,UK
• 2011
• 100min

When his mother passes away, Lucky swears to find success. He visits his uncle in the city in order to attend school, but his uncle abandons him. Then an old Indian lady takes him in and they start to live together. Though they do...

Wide Angle

• Australia
• 2011
• 75min

Many of Australian film’s most famous actors - Naomi Watts, Mel Gibson, and Guy Pearce to name a few ? had to leave Australian shores to reach the peak of their talent and to find their fame. This is now such a well-worn trail tha...

World Cinema

• Switzerland,France
• 2011

The setting is an isolated beach in the South Pacific where mangroves grow. A European woman returns to this Mexican beach with her son after years of life abroad. Will she be able to make peace with the ghosts of the past? This ...

World Cinema

• Switzerland,Germany
• 2011
• 90min

In Switzerland during the Cold War a compromising photograph exposes star reporter Icelin as a Soviet spy, and special agent Rappold is given the case. Unable to withstand the pressure, Icelin commits suicide in the interrogation ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Philippines
• 2011
• 83min

When beloved and respected actor Robert dies, his wife Ellen is devastated. She tries to overcome her sorrow by continuing to hold his acting workshops, cleaning out Robert’s belongings, and proceeding with a memorial service. The...

World Cinema

• Denmark,Sweden,France,Germany
• 2011
• 136min

Justine and Michael celebrate their marriage with a sumptuous receptionat the home of her sister and brother-in-law. Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia,is heading towards Earth. After the party, Justine falls into a deep depressio...

Flash Forward

• France,Canada
• 2011
• 82min

French reporter, Ada Servier, arrives in Kobe, Japan, a city full of gray buildings. She has come to cover the mysterious phenomena known as ‘Death By Loneliness’, which has occurred with regulartity following the earthquake in Ja...

Flash Forward

• Turkey,Germany
• 2011
• 90min

[MESH (Walking)] deals with lives of Kurds in Turkey and their independence movement against Turkish oppression. The Turkish government once imposed a curfew and employed military forces to destroy the Kurdish independence movemen...

Special Programs in Focus

• Portugal
• 2011
• 117min

Lucia lives on a small farm with her mother and stepfather, waiting for her younger brother’s return. When faced with possible confinement to a mental institution for her unacceptable attitude toward her parents, the only alternat...

World Cinema

• Italy
• 2011
• 90min

After the end of the Yugoslavian Civil War in 1995, Captain Vinciguerra is sent to a ravine that has become a place where there are no human rights. It is part of the operation Bad Bear to arrest Radovan Pavlevic, a war criminal. ...