Wide Angle

• Taiwan
• 2010
• 31min

A handsome college boy goes into a print shop with illegal fliers. Working in the shop is Juliet, hobbled by a bad leg, who tries to get his attention, only to be discouraged in her efforts. The film structures its story and chara...

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2010
• 167min

The Kabuki-za, a symbol of Tokyo’s Ginza district, closes its doors for the first time in 60 years for renovation. The actors, having been secure on the stage over the decades, share stories about the theater, their individual exp...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• SriLanka
• 2010
• 88min

The camera slowly follows the sound of heavy breathing from off-screen, which leads to a bleak scene of a woman, a mother, lying on an oversized bed groaning in pain, and a son sleeping beside her. This first scene, composed withi...

Special Programs in Focus

• Czech Republic
• 2010
• 90min

[Katka] is a remarkable documentary tracing 14 years in the life of a young junkie and her futile battle with addiction directed by Helena Trestikova, who won a European film Award for Best Documentary of the Year with [Rene] in 2...

Special Programs in Focus

• Czech Republic
• 2010
• 100min

Director Jan h?ebejk deals with the rather sensitive topic about people who cooperated with the communist government in the past. Pavel, a distinguished psychiatrist is about to receive an award for his life’s work and role as a d...

Korean Cinema Retrospective

• Korea
• 2010
• 1054min

Jimi Kim was praised as a Star-Turned-a-True-Actress in 1970’s. However, her acting reached its peak in mid 1980’s with [Kilsodeum] and [Ticket]. Jimi Kim plays Hwa-young who reunites with her long-lost beau and a son separated d...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• India,United States,Mexico
• 2010
• 130min

[Kites] drew and all-time record number opening day audience for a Bollywood film, and it well represents the trend of contemporary Indian cinema. Featuring an Indian immigrant and shot in Las Vegas, the hit film has both elements...

World Cinema

• Greece
• 2010
• 108min

Niko is an ordinary guy without ambitions. He passes time watching football on television. Following his father’s sudden death, he moves into his uncle’s house who offers him a job looking after his dogs. Niko reluctantly agrees....

World Cinema

• Turkey,Bulgaria
• 2010
• 122min

Set in an unknown border town of the eastern part of Turkey, this mystery drama follows an uncommon man called ‘Kosmos’ and the things that happen around him. Kosmos is a thief and often steals things from stores but also has a my...

Gala Presentation

• Korea,Hong Kong,China,United States
• 2010
• 115min

A woman imprisoned after killing her husband is allowed her release. On her way to Seattle, a man gets on the same bus. Introducing himself as a fellow Korean, he borrows the bus fare from her and leaves his watch behind. When th...