Midnight Passion

• Hong Kong
• 2009
• 120min

Ling is a 40 year old, self assured Chief inspector of Police. He has a perfect family- a beautiful wife, a charming son and posh life style. His perfect life takes an abrupt turn when he wakes up after fainting in a dilapidated b...

New Currents

• Malaysia
• 2009
• 76min

A story about a careless mother and a lonely, insecure daughter. This film, directed by Charlotte Lim, explores a multi-layered relationship that exists between a mother and daughter. Eighteen-year-old Faye is always on the edge b...

World Cinema

• United States
• 2009
• 83min

Our continued love affair with our pets ? dogs in particular ? gets another treatment in this stunningly illustrated and moving story about a man that finds companionship with a dog late in life. Based on the 1956 novel by J.R. Ac...

Wide Angle

• Singapore
• 2009
• 9min

A washerman struggles with an evil scarecrow who tries to snatch kite from his son.

Wide Angle

• United States
• 2009
• 14min

When 7-year-old Sophie can’t find a way to escape the suffocating glare of her single mother and brothers, she retreats into a fantasy world that gives her the space she desires. After two failures and with her goldfish in tow, So...

World Cinema

• Iran,Australia
• 2009
• 96min

In Iran living as a female stage actress doesn’t seem to be easy, at least, this film says so. To be an artist to express herself, she has to withstand the underground life like many other youths in Iran. One day, she meets a man,...

Special Programs in Focus

• Hong Kong,China
• 2009
• 104min

Andy manages a computer circuit board company. His work efficiency and good connections earn him an admirable reputation. His career-minded life, however, surfs on a new tide when he meets Kinki, a new employee whose extraordinary...

Special Programs in Focus

• India,United States
• 2009
• 154min

Omar, a taxi driver in New York, is wrongfully arrested for terrorism. The United States National Security Agency wants to send him to Samir, who was a friend in his university days and is now a leader of a secret terrorist group....

Midnight Passion

• Russia,Sweden
• 2009
• 107min

Based on the Johnnie To’s film [Breaking News], [Newsmakers] is a high-adrenaline, action packed about a group of robbers who gain the upper hand in a brutal shootout with the police and make their escape. Wanting payback, the pol...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Hong Kong
• 2009
• 122min

The latest film from Hong Kong’s New Wave director, Ann Hui, is the story of the brutal murder of a family. What happened to the family, smiling brightly in a photograph? Along with statements from people around the family, their ...