World Cinema

• Ken LOACH
• UK,France,Belgium,Italy
• 2012
• 101min

Robbie sneaks into the maternity hospital to visit his young girlfriend Leonie and hold his newborn son Luke for the first time. Overwhelmed by the moment, he swears that Luke will not have the same tragic life he has had. But wit...

Wide Angle

• Siddartha JATLA
• India
• 2012
• 14min

An actor deals with the disappointment of a failed audition and must cope with the envy he feels of the friend who got the part. The Artist is a heartfelt letter to young artists worldwide who struggle with frustration in pursuit ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Arturo RIPSTEIN
• Mexico
• 2012
• 170min

Based on the novel of Naguib Mahfouz, the first Egyptian Novel Prize winner for Literature, the film depicts a middle-class family struggling against poverty after their father's death. The desperate mother chooses to sacrifice th...

Special Programs in Focus

• Arturo RIPSTEIN
• Mexico
• 2012
• 110min

Based on a gruesome true story which occurred at Mexico City in the 1950′s, the film unfolds the theme of restraint, utilizing various tools; the husband obsessing his wife′s past, sexual tension between the brother and sister, th...

Wide Angle

• Tadasuke KOTANI
• Japan,China
• 2012
• 91min

Based on a bestselling children’s book, has a title that says all that needs to be said about the story. The cat’s deaths following great wealth, fame and all possible adventures are lamented each time, but the cat is never truly...

Special Programs in Focus

• Sergei PARAJANOV
• Armenia
• 2012
• 79min

Blood-red pomegranates dripping on a white cloth, we hear a poignant monologue: “Life and soul are tortures to me.” Elaborate yet stationary images of suppressive religion and theatrical beauty of structure reveal cinematic aesthe...

World Cinema

• Silvio SOLDINI
• Italy,Switzerland
• 2012
• 108min

opens with the inner monologue of a statue of the great general Garibaldi as he observes the comings and goings of the people beneath him, particularly Leo, a widowed plumber father who falls in love with a struggling artist, his ...

Korean Cinema Today

• Dae-seung KIM
• Korea,South
• 2012
• 122min

“Palace, a place of insanity, and the lust and mad politics in it." This phrase clearly indicates the film′s personality. Confusing mixture of lust and politics is the real theme of this historical drama. It implies the lesson fro...

Wide Angle

• Abu Shahed EMON
• Bangladesh,Korea,South
• 2012
• 15min

An immigrant worker decorates his home?a container?with the found trash of other people’s lives. The man prides himself on the upkeep of his modest home. After he’s evicted from his illegal abode he secretly returns, but it’s no l...

Flash Forward

• Alfonso ACOSTA
• Colombia,Argentina
• 2012
• 101min

After the mysterious death of Marcela, her mother and four brothers leave for a remote rural village for healing. Nevertheless, rural life is far from peaceful. The appearance of Angelica, the mother's sister, subtly influences th...