Special Programs in Focus

• Malaysia
• 2007
• 112min

Cinta is an omnibus film that consists of love stories of 5 couples who either occupy the same space or affect the lives of one another directly although they don’t know each other. Through each story, the director approaches the ...

Open Cinema

• Japan
• 2007
• 138min

The film is equipped with the best combination possible for a Japanese commercial film directed by Yukisada Isao starring SAWAJIRI Erika, ISEYA Yusuke and TAKEUCHI Yuko. A college student Kae, who dreams of becoming a teacher, di...

Wide Angle

• Argentina,Bolivia
• 2007
• 94min

Alejandro Landes examines the geopolitics surrounding Evo Morales’ presidential campaign as well as the state of the farmer in this political and humanistic documentary. Morales was a socialist farmer whose 2005 run for the presid...

Wide Angle

• the Netherlands
• 2007
• 10min

A haunting film about the power and repercussions of words. Rik, an angry, wounded, young boy, makes innocuous, biting remark one day that has unexpected, far-reaching effects. A series of connections illustrates that pain can nev...

World Cinema

• UK,Australia
• 2007
• 119min

In 1980 at age 23, Ian Curtis, vocalist of seminal post-punk rock band Joy Division committed suicide after a short, troubled life. Using his widow Deborah’s book, Touching from a Distance, as the basis, renowned photographer and ...

Flash Forward

• Germany
• 2007
• 96min

Increasing rage defines the family at the heart of Counterparts. Cop Georg is married to schoolteacher Anne, a compulsively angry woman. Her children fear her outbursts, and her husband tolerates them with reticence. Georg has con...

World Cinema

• Australia
• 2007
• 100min

“Each story in Cross Life explores basic struggles ? the cycles of birth and death, the rites of passage from childhood to adulthood, the tensions between traditional beliefs and the distractions of the modern world… Fundamentally...

World Cinema

• France
• 2007
• 103min

Following the failure of his last film, Claude Lelouch directed and presented his latest to Cannes under a pseudonym. His desire for anonymity is reflected in Crossed Tracks, where characters are on the run, betrayals come fast an...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2007
• 128min

Director Takashi Miike’s recreated Hiroshi Takahashi’s original comic book that sold more than 32 million copies in Japan. This film is about violence in private institutes. The film presents the story that precedes the comic book...

Midnight Passion

• Japan
• 2007
• 113min

What makes a film new and original? It is probably based on how much the film goes against and breaks existing forms. This film follows the main character’s life in a documentary-style form. The title itself seems somewhat prejud...