Special Programs in Focus

• Korea
• 2008
• 125min

If You Were Me 4 is an annual omnibus film project by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea. Each film paints a portrait of how Korean teenagers feel insecure about their own future, deal with social issues, and battle wit...

World Cinema

• Italy,France
• 2008
• 118min

Though Il Divo may be a portrait of Giulio Andreotti, senator for life, three-time prime minister, and one of the most powerful men in Italy-it is simultaneously a biting dissection of Italian post-war politics, beginning with And...

Wide Angle

• France
• 2008
• 170min

Looking at Indian film beyond just Bollywood, Niogret weaves details of history, regional characteristics, contemporary celebrity, and trends with filmmaker, historian, and actor interviews to paint a picture of one of the world’s...

Midnight Passion

• France
• 2008
• 105min

Alex Fayard is a successful crime novel author. He has been invited to Japan for the release of his latest book. One night he encounters Tamao, a geisha who confides to him her fears. One of her former lovers, who may well be Shun...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2008
• 95min

2008 AND Fund Project Ten years after the establishment of the Association of Korean Independent Film and Video, the documentary looks back at the members’ lives and questions the role and dilemma of independent films today. The ...

World Cinema

• Sweden
• 2008
• 98min

About ten years ago I played a computer game. The aim of the game was to build and maintain a city and all that it entails. It was played from a bird’s eye perspective, with humans represented by smalldots. I felt that the emotion...

Wide Angle

• United States
• 2008
• 9min

In this parable of urban life in its in-between spaces, two strangers?one a sensitive second generation teen, the other a stubborn Korean immigrant who claims to have been struck by lightening?work through issues of trust.

New Currents

• China
• 2008
• 92min

Jalainur is a lyrical film depicting a deep sense of regret towards everything that disappears as times change. Zhu Youxiang, who is an engine driver of a steam locomotive in Jalainur, a village in the coal mine region of inner Mo...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Philippines
• 2008
• 96min

A gay schoolteacher, Jay is brutally murdered and the story begins with a reality TV show that documents Jay’s death. While the show features his death, grieving family, interviews with colleagues and Jay’s lover, it soon becomes ...

Midnight Passion

• France,Belgium
• 2008
• 97min

When the life of Jean-Claude van Damme collides with the reality of a hold-up, suddenly the huge movie star turns into an ordinary guy, filled with fears, contradictions and hopes. How can he be up to the legend he has built? What...