Critics' Choice

• Germany
• 2005
• 94min

Christoph Hochhausler made an impressive debut at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2003 and at the Kwang-ju International Film Festival in 2005 with his first feature This Very Moment. Low Profile is his second feature, a...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Philippines
• 2005
• 108min

Magdalena stands out with its portrayal of how young souls can be rescued. Malen′s mother is a ′mediator′ between God and people, who makes a living by saying prayers for others. Malen hates her strict, semi-clergywoman mother. On...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2005
• 65min

Yang-hee was a prostitute in her younger days. She currently works as a mediating pimp who takes care of other prostitutes. The film looks into the reasons why the aunt has become Mamasang, and tries to understand the lives of the...

World Cinema

• United States,Denmark,Sweden,Nethelands,France,Germany
• 2005
• 139min

In Dogville, Lars Von Trier put Grace, an innocent woman with the best of intentions, into a town where she was stripped of her power and dignity by corrupt human nature. Her power came roaring back when she imposed a judgement an...

PIFF‘s Asian Pantheon

• Philippines
• 2005
• 125min

World Cinema

• United States
• 2005
• 103min

Randall Miller′s award-winning short film was the basis for this feature length film. A bakery worker, Frank, still reeling from the death of his wife, goes to the aid of a man trapped in a car wreck. The man, Steve, was rushing t...

Critics' Choice

• Russia
• 2005
• 97min

Mars is a small village, named after Karl Marx. It was once a center of massive toy production, but not any more. The village people are now mostly unemployed. It is the only hope for them to sell toys to passengers on the trains ...

Critics' Choice

• United States
• 2005
• 85min

Me And You And Everyone We Know deals with the relationships and communications between individuals in modem, multi-media society. Moreover, it is a delightful comedy filled with laughs and gags. It is still an insightful explorat...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• India
• 2005
• 120min

Buddhadeb Dasgupta makes the most contemporary films in the film industry in India. His new film, Memories in the Miat is about the loneliness of today′s Hindus in the city. After his wife left him with his son, thinking that he ...

Wide Angle

• Canada
• 2005
• 88min

Cinephiles are aware of the midnight movies, films whose audiences and filmmakers were uninterested in either the Hollywood mainstream or the traditional art film. This doc reviews the phenomenon with the help of some of the key f...