Special Programs in Focus

• Switzerland
• 2010
• 54min

Two years after David disappeared suddenly, his family learned that he devoted himself to the Kurdish resistance force. With faith in his decision, the family only hopes to see him again. David, a Swiss, was named after the Kurdis...

Special Programs in Focus

• Spain
• 2010
• 88min

Juan Fernandez Soler and his lover Maria Jose de Castro hit a cyclist while driving. There are no witnesses, so they make a run for it. After reading in the paper the cyclist died, they suffer misgivings and guilt. Through a port...

World Cinema

• NewZealand
• 2010
• 82min

Jenny, a Korean woman in her late twenties, lives with her New Zealand boyfriend, James, in a small apartment in Auckland. When they find out Jenny is pregnant, James seems eager to get a marriage certificate to put Jenny’s fears ...

Flash Forward

• Germany
• 2010
• 100min

A collection of four episodes depicting love, birth, death, and the dialectic enlightenment. Each episode revolves around certain central characters. Violent Aleks participates in an experiment facing civil war in former Yugoslavi...

Wide Angle

• India
• 2010
• 11min

To a man just woken up from coma, a nurse coldly announces his mother’s death. From then on, his doctor and the nurse meet mysterious deaths in turn. This revenge play deals with indifference to other human beings through tense ge...

World Cinema

• France
• 2010
• 140min

A female teacher who′s involved in a complicated relationship with her student, a girl sacrificing herself for her ill sister while waiting for God′s calling, and a photographer who lives with a man of street on the condition of s...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Philippines
• 2010
• 84min

[Donor] is a realistic portrayal of the life of a strong, ambitious woman who is nonetheless unable to escape the harsh reality of poverty. Lizette makes a living by selling DVD bootlegs on the streets of Manila. Because of auth...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2010
• 89min

The film depicts the life of Korean-Chinese people living on the Dooman River. When hearing the news that people have died on the frozen Dooman River, the film compares the keen response of elderly men with the insensitive reactio...

Korean Cinema Retrospective

• Korea
• 2010
• 73min

Throughout history, ancient literature has been explored by various directors. Director Shin Sang-ok made two films based on ancient literature, and both were called [Dream]. The one showcased here is from 1955. It is one of his f...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2010
• 80min

Do you know the country that makes the legendary guitar brands, ‘Fender,’ ‘Gibson’, and ‘Ibanez’? The answer is Korea. It’s Cort/Cor-tek Korea. The film is about Daejeon Cor-tek workers and their struggles. Holding on to their dre...