New Currents

• Philippines
• 2008
• 117min

100, the directing debut of Chris Martinez, tells the story of the last days of a cancer patient. A subject like this can make for a very depressing movie; however, the tone of 100 is different from most movies about death. If the...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Singapore
• 2008
• 121min

Royston Tan who introduced ‘Getai,’ a unique part of Singaporean culture in his film 881, now interweaves Getai and a woman’s unfortunate life in 12 Lotus. While emphasizing the qualities of musicals such as colorful costumes, gro...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2008
• 115min

This documentary tells a variety of stories about “T” from three FTMs (Female-To-Male). They talk about similar but different dilemmas and troubles. The dilemmas that each person goes through holds social, cultural, personal, and...

World Cinema

• Germany,Poland
• 2008
• 97min

Julia is a woman with a perfect life: She’s happily married, her career is stable, and she lives in a beautiful home. In a flash, however, that all ends when her mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer. As her family starts to fr...

World Cinema

• France,Germany
• 2008
• 100min

Director Claire Denis returns with one of the most accessible, characteristically incisive films of her career. A widowed man, Lionel, and his daughter Josephine, are at the center of a larger story about a group of France’s worki...

Special Programs in Focus

• Thailand
• 2008
• 117min

4BIA is a portmanteau of 4 horror stories directed by Thailand’s most talented directors. The gruesome films are dark, chilling, funny at times, and full of surprising twists and turns that are sure to send chills down your spine.

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2008
• 60min

A documentary about the comfort women, military sex slaves of Japanese soldiers. The film shows interviews of the victims that went through terrifying experiences and still live with the horrifying memories. The documentary introd...

Special Programs in Focus

• Indonesia
• 2008
• 115min

This compilation consists of 7 short fiction films and 3 short documentaries, directed by 10 filmmakers, visual artists and musicians to honor the tenth anniversary of Indonesian Reform era. Each film highlights a different viewp...

World Cinema

• France
• 2008
• 143min

Grief hovers over a Christmas gathering by a family as it deals with impending death and long-buried secrets. At the center is a mother, Junon, and son, Henri, the former who conceived the latter in order to find a bone marrow mat...

Special Programs in Focus

• Hong Kong,China
• 2008
• 110min

Ten years after the handover of Hong Kong, how have the people fared. Nine directors in Hong Kong have created 9 different stories that depict their feeling interpretations of love, sentiments, Hong Kong and the motherland, China...