Special Programs in Focus

• Philippines
• 2009
• 124min

In a poor village by the Manila Bay breakwater, two brothers, Buboy and Basilio, come to the city to escape from the violence at home. They meet a prostitute named Pakita and become close with her when Basilio treats her wounds. A...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Malaysia,Korea
• 2009
• 100min

Set in the village by the sea in Malaysia, this love story is simple and yet somewhat deep. Following the love story between a teenage boy and a girl, one can realize that it is not much different from that of their parents. Its n...

World Cinema

• United States
• 2009
• 95min

Cinema history is littered with cranky, contrary loners that are compelled or inspired to embrace their dormant humanity, and [Wonderful World] is the latest entry into that canon. The difference here is that Josh Goldin’s debut l...

World Cinema

• Turkey
• 2009
• 90min

In this gentle romance, Istanbul takes front and center, almost as if it were a character of its own. A young muezzin assigned to a local mosque, Musa, falls in love with his demure Catholic neighbor Clara. Both are seeking new st...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Taiwan
• 2009
• 112min

Born between a Taiwanese mother and French Father, Yang-yang never once had the chance to see her father. Though she is a native Taiwanese who never once experienced French culture, her close resemblance to her father makes her as...

Open Cinema

• Japan
• 2009
• 111min

Miike Takashi has remade the popular TV animation series of the 70’s into a film with leading actors Sakurai Sho, Fukuda Saki, Fukada Kyoko, and others. Gan, the only son of the Takada Toy Store, and his girlfriend Ai create a tea...

World Cinema

• Algeria,France
• 2009
• 127min

Greece, 1963. With the beginning of peace talks, left wing Congressman "Z" dies in a car accident. A young prosecutor investigates and discovers that it is actually a political assassination orchestrated by the police and extreme ...

Flash Forward

• Poland
• 2009
• 110min

The synopsis says, “a story about love and hatred, about those who cheat and who are cheated, about violence and sex and surprising secrets which we learn within these strange twenty-four hours.” However, this introduction is no h...

World Cinema

• Israel,Australia
• 2008
• 78min

Animator Tatia Rosenthal’s stop motion feature is about the meaning of life. An ad boasting all the answers you could possibly need-for under ten dollars-peaks the interest of Dave Peck. Dave is twenty-eight years old, lives at ho...

Wide Angle

• India
• 2008
• 21min

An adolescent boy, Ashu, is caught between the emotional conflicts of his everyday life and his approaching manhood. From school bullying to his sexual awakening, Ashu is influenced by beauty and solitude of his habitat where he f...