World Cinema

• France,Switzerland
• 2009
• 98min

[IVUL] is a far-fetched, extraordinary, semi-autobiographical tale. It tells the story of a boy, Alex, that moves out onto the roof of his family manor house when his father wrongly accuses him of molesting his sister Freya. His p...

Open Cinema

• Germany,France,China
• 2009
• 134min

How does it come to pass that a Nazi Party flag ? a symbol of murder and hatred ? can lead to protection and life? What compels us to abandon on our beliefs? In the spirit of films about Oskar Schindler and Paul Rusesabagina comes...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China
• 2009
• 100min

Sometimes the law that protects humanity becomes a tool which destroys it. [Judge] tells that we can make injuries worse through revenge conducted in the name of the law and are completely cured only by forgiveness through the psy...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2009
• 30min

Expecting a cozy night outside of the barracks, Seok-i visits his boyfriend Min-soo who is serving in the military. However, they run into Min-soo’s mother. When his mother questions their relationship, they can only answer that t...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2009
• 109min

There was a period between the 1920’s and 30’s in Japan when individualistic literature was denied and proletariat novels dealing with socialism and communism were on the rise. The classic masterpiece representative of this prolet...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Malaysia
• 2009
• 75min

Upon graduating from college Betik returns to his hometown and works at his family’s karaoke club, although his mother doesn’t seem to welcome his return. He gets a girlfriend, Anisah, and works part time making video backgrounds ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran,Germany
• 2009
• 87min

A psychological drama reflecting how an unstable mind can destroy one human being. Farid, who runs a jewel shop, has reported Mansour, a thief who came to sell stolen goods five years ago, to the police. Knowing that Mansour has b...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Kazakhstan
• 2009
• 80min

Yermek Tursunov, who made a name for himself as a reporter and scenario writer, now makes his dazzling directorial debut. The film takes place in the ancient times when people could still understand and communicate with animals an...

Special Programs in Focus

• Thailand
• 2009
• 95min

Khan Kluay is an elephant of King Naresuan the Great. Shaba Kaew, his beloved one, keeps a secret that she is pregnant. He must face three properties that belong to him - sacrifice, courage and stable love deep in his heart - to s...

New Currents

• Kurdistan,Iraq
• 2009
• 81min

Director Shawkat Amin Korki uses a new method to tell the story of the tragedy of war. Inside a beat up stadium in Kirkuk, Iraq, lives many refugees trying to escape Sadam Hussein’s administration. Asu lives with his younger brot...