New Currents

• Kazakhstan
• 2008
• 70min

In a small village where water is scarce, old man Zhake, who had been elected for the past thirty years as town minister, is defeated by a talented young woman. Instead, he is offered a librarian job. Though being indisposed first...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China
• 2008
• 94min

This experimental poetic film shows respect to Jean-Luc Godard’s Weekend. The collaboration of two directors, Joshua Tong and Tian Gao, brings about ‘confusion’ like Weekend does. Driving his only possession, a red van, Yanbing Ha...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2008
• 97min

From a sabotaged land comes the cries of a man who wants a boy for one dollar per day. Children all of sudden come out from everywhere and run to him to get this job. Among them, Giah, who is mentally disabled, runs the fastest an...

Wide Angle

• Portugal
• 2008
• 24min

Boy meets girl. It’s the oldest story in the book, but the day-to-day struggle to remain a happy couple is pressing down on Dino and Helena. Together, they search for a solution to their problem.

Special Programs in Focus

• Philippines
• 2008
• 90min

This is the first animation produced in the Philippines. The backdrop is the Philippines during the period of tribal nations in the 13th century. Even though the influence of Disney animation is everpresent, such as in the charact...

Wide Angle

• China
• 2008
• 164min

A story of a special commune in Jilin Province, China. This commune is for physically or mentally challenged people, born in their condition due to the polluted water source. Presenting their births, deaths, loves and hates like a...

World Cinema

• United States
• 2008
• 104min

In this film, director Amir Naderi uses a traditional narrative style instead of keeping his former conventional experiments, but his curiosity still thrives: is it possible to destroy a family with a few words? There is a peacefu...

World Cinema

• Canada
• 2008
• 95min

Iconic actress Anna Karina (Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le fou, Alphaville) steps behind the camera for the first time since 1973 for Victoria, the story of two dreaming singers accompanied on a tour of Quebec by a mysterious mute w...

World Cinema

• France
• 2008
• 110min

A man, Julien, newly released from thirteen years in prison returns to his hometown on parole. He is obsessed with a young woman, Emily; he follows her around, watches her every move, tracks her. On the day he decides to approach ...

World Cinema

• United States
• 2008
• 80min

While on her way to Alaska, Wendy stops in Oregon and runs afoul of the law trying to get food for her dog Lucy. After a detour to the local courthouse, Wendy discovers Lucy is missing. Wendy and Lucy is far more than a frothy tal...