New Currents

• Malaysia
• 2006
• 90min

A special gaze on an ordinary love story - that is director Tan Chui Mui`s gaze on the subtle emotions of love. Aping has moved to Kuala Lumpur from Penang and works at her aunt`s restaurant. She frequently calls her boyfriend in ...

World Cinema

• Romania
• 2006
• 85min

[Love Sick] could be one of the few films ever made wherein the romantic couples of the story exist free of angst and latent guilt. Familial connections and sexual orientation take a back seat to emotions and the messy, complicate...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Singapore,Hong Kong China
• 2006
• 95min

Even though [Love Story] is a familiar title, the love story that this film ls is far different from what we usually get. The film tries hard to keep up with the main character`s feelings of desire and lack thereof as he swims aga...

New Currents

• China,France
• 2006
• 88min

A new brilliant film from the director of [the Orphan of Anyang and Night and Day.] An elderly country schoolteacher comes to the big city of Wuhan in search of his only son. His dying Wife has requested to see her boy one last ti...

Wide Angle

• the Netherlands
• 2006
• 80min

How do we define ourselves, and how do we define our identities? Those are two of the questions at the heart of this documentary, an autobiographical film about a young man`s quest for self. Director In-Soo Radstake was born in Ko...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2006
• 80min

[Mainline], a tragic story of mother and daughter co-directed by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab, is a road movie dealing with serious social issues like drug addiction, which is taboo in Iran. Sara, a future bride, is ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Iran
• 2006
• 74min

Twentysomething Gretchen (Sara Paul) is a crossword addict who has challenged herself to complete 77 puzzles in 24 hours. Almost pathologically dependent on noise, she inexplicably chooses to work in the New York subway system, ch...

Critics` Choice

• theCzech Republic
• 2006
• 77min

Marta tells a story of wars happening on two fronts for three people ? the war of organized armies and the internal war with the self. Marek and his father live secluded lives in the mountains, hunting and trading to survive. With...

Wide Angle

• Indonesia
• 2006
• 10min

This film reflects the lives of three women in three different periods in Indonesia, played by one character. Portraying the abuse of women from one decade to another, this film depicts the women`s struggle to free themselves from...

Wide Angle

• Taiwan
• 2006
• 12min

In a chaotic time of men eating men. Ah Orr is a prostitute who exchanges meat everyday to bring food for her child and a sick husband. On the day of her husband`s death, the family was left with no choice but to eat the body. Dri...