Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2008
• 38min

The director shows the strike of the irregular employees of GM Daewoo through a first person perspective. The camera calmly questions the reason of the conflict, where it is headed, and whether there is a chance of success. The di...

New Currents

• Indonesia
• 2008
• 77min

Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly tackles the issue of discrimination against one particular ethnic minority of Indonesia - the Chinese descent. Edwin heightens the satire and criticism by symbolizing image and sound (with music). Linda,...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2008
• 20min

2008 Kodak Short Film Production Fund Yun-ah thinks her body reeks and refuses to eat. One day, during lunchtime, the kids in her class try to force Yun-ah to eat, but Sung-eun, the most studious student, tries to stop them and a...

Open Cinema

• United States
• 2008
• 108min

Like Sideways, Randall Miller’s Bottle Shock revels in the beauty that is California wine, but that is where the comparisons end. Loosely based on a true story, one that changed the dynamics of the wine-producing world, the film r...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2008
• 13min

On a warm spring day Min-soo, a small boy, meets tall and broad-shouldered Seok-i inside a bus. Min-soo keeps looking at the intimidating boy whose sharp eyes are hidden under his baseball cap. Min-soo’s heart starts beating. What...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2008
• 130min

2008 ACF Post - Production Fund Sang-hoon is a scamp working to get money from debtors to creditors. His swearing and violence all result from a childhood nightmare. Due to his father’s drinking problem, he lost his mother and si...

Special Programs in Focus

• Malaysia
• 2008
• 90min

The characteristics of Malaysia, a diverse country, are reflected in the young characters of Budak Lapok. The original and creative characters in this animation clearly show the characteristics of each racial group through inciden...

Wide Angle

• Russia,Mongolia
• 2008
• 20min

A hungry boy returns home after school. He looks for candy but can′t find any. He spots the Buddha statue. On the altar, there is a container filled with sweets. Dare he take the candy from Buddha′s altar?

Midnight Passion

• Hong Kong,China,Taiwan
• 2008
• 80min

Wei is the “button man”, an expert cleaner for the gang, a man who comes after a murder scene, takes care of the victim, disposing the body and leaving no evidence behind. Wei’s partner and friend “Doc”, who has been selling the o...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Taiwan
• 2008
• 129min

While once he dreamt of singing in a band, now Aga lives as a post man. Two events visit his boring life: an opportunity to perform at a concert of a Japanese superstar and a love letter from Japan with an unknown address. Juxtapo...