Special Programs in Focus

• Romania
• 2008
• 45min

13-year-old Andrei lives in the slum outskirt of Bucharest. Fell in love with newcomer prostitute Marilena at first sight, Andrei now only shoot for driving trolley bus to get her heart. Cristian Nemescu died in car accident at h...

Special Programs in Focus

• Japan
• 2008
• 90min

Followed by 1950s’ Gekko Kamen, 1960s’ Ultraman and robot heroes, the Masked Rider was the super hero of 1970s in Japan. The concept of ‘a man becoming a cyborg’ reveals how Japanese feels about a machine civilization ? both wonde...

World Cinema

• Italy
• 2008
• 90min

Based on the novel by Walter Veltroni, Franco Taviani, brother of Paolo and Vittorio, rides the crest of the recent documentary renaissance in an attempt to comprehend some of the complex issues affecting contemporary Africa. Afri...

Special Programs in Focus

• Taiwan
• 2008
• 90min

The story of a baby born as a messiah going though hardship and adventure and finally beating evil is a narrative that frequently appears in Asian animations. The Buddhist outlook of the world in Maju is told through the coming-of...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2008
• 22min

2008 Kodak Short Film Production Fund In a distant city at the end of the earth called U-sa, there is a massive slaughterhouse led by a powerful owner who raises Minotaurs. Nonem, the butcher, meets a Minotaur family caught after...

Special Programs in Focus

• Romania
• 2008
• 14min

On Maxim’s eighth birthday, his mother decides to give him a special gift. They leave their small village and head to the big city to have a meal at McDonald’s. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 61st Cannes for short film.

New Currents

• Korea
• 2008
• 99min

A family is gathered at the funeral of Hee-jun. Father, mother and daughter have special memories with Hee-jun. Hee-jun met the father at his mom’s snack bar and wrote a novel about that weird encounter. The mother was Hee-jun’s K...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2008
• 27min

Memory of May consists of five short animations capturing the memories of Gwangju. By showing different techniques in each work, the film is composed of various animation styles. Some works combine image with music by using folk m...

Wide Angle

• Japan,United States
• 2008
• 135min

Mental is a cinema-verite style documentary that captures the daily life of the patients, doctors, employees, volunteers, and helpers of an outpatient mental health clinic in Japan. The camera is impressive in leading the viewers ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Thailand
• 2008
• 105min

It is quite common to see many Asian superheroes kept the vestiges of western superheroes, but it is interesting to see that Mercury Man has similar appearance and shares of the outlook on the world with western superheroes. It co...