Wide Angle

• Joaquim Sapinho
• Portugal
• 2005
• 82min

I went to Bosnia after the war ended in 1996, when the Dayton Peace Accord was being implemented. Bosnia had been divided in two entities, which separated the two main opposing forces of the conflict-Serb Bosnians and Muslim Bosni...

Wide Angle

• Mika Kaurismäki
• Brazil,Switzerland,Finland
• 2005
• 90min

Choro is Brazil′s own urban music. It is a blend of various forms-European, indigenous that has evolved over the course of 130 years. Popular until the 1920s, and the de facto mother of both samba and bossa nova, it faded into the...

Wide Angle

• Seung-koo Jeong
• Korea
• 2005
• 15min

Although poor, a grandfather, Kim Soon-bong lives in dignity. Since he has a son, he cannot receive special allowance, so he makes a living by selling junk. When Kim Soon-bong forgets and leaves the money his poor son gave him on ...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• LEE Man-hee
• Korea
• 2005
• 95min

A breathtaking pursuit breaks out to get the Tibetan Buddhist statue inscribed with the list of names of the Resistance Army. After 2 years of seclusion, Lee made a graceful return with this film set in the Manchurian landscape wh...

Special Programs in Focus

• Doan Thanh Nghia,Minh Phuong Doan
• Vietnam,Germany,Australia
• 2005
• 114min

Bride of Silence is an interesting film that depicts a fascinating legendary folk tale-like story while unexpectedly creating a defiant image of women. 200 years ago in Vietnam, Tuy, on his deathbed, tells his 17-year-old son Hien...

World Cinema

• Jim Jarmusch
• United States,France
• 2005
• 105min

Don Johnston is an unrepentant bachelor. He lives a static life and stays on his even keel regardless of situation. He gets dumped by his latest girlfriend and resigns himself to a solitary life once again. Out of the blue, he rec...

Special Programs in Focus

• Graham Streeter
• Singapore
• 2005
• 115min

Ali is a single mother living with her 7-year-old blind son. Having discovered how they live in the rough on the streets, the authorities take them to Ali′s estranged father and make them live with him. What unspeakable story lies...

Wide Angle

• Royston Tan
• Singapore
• 2005
• 12min

When you′re in love, your heart sings. But whether you can is another matter. In this zany new work, audiences can listen in on what Patrick, the Singapore Idol contestant famed for his inaudible rendition of the George Michael hi...

PIFF‘s Asian Pantheon

• Stanley Kwan
• Hong Kong
• 2005
• 126min

PIFF‘s Asian Pantheon

• Lester James Peries
• SriLanka
• 2005
• 105min