A Window on Asian Cinema

• Hong Kong
• 2004
• 124min

Butterfly is a love story. To be exact, a homosexual love story of a woman who has to deal with her dual sexual orientation. Flavia, a 30 year-old high school teacher, leads quite an ordinary life at home and at school. One day wh...

Special Programs in Focus

• Taiwan
• 2004
• 95min

During the Jin Dynasty, women were not permitted education. So Jo - a girl from a wealthy family - disguises herself as a man and heads out to school. There she meets Leon - a commoner from a small village - and falls in love wi...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan,Taiwan
• 2004
• 104min

This homage to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ozu′s birthday is paid by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Hou tries to portray the real life of today′s Japan, just as Ozu did. Yoko, a documentary writer has a lover in Taiwan and is pregnant ...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2004
• 90min

An omnibus of short films about gay men′s relationships and partings. Kim Chu-ja is a fantasy musical about two men who were lovers in the past and meet by chance. Floating Island is about a quiet, sad love story about a man who w...

Critics` Choice

• Israel
• 2004
• 95min

Outside of film festivals, Israeli films are usually hard to see. Campfire is a story of three women living in Jerusalem, Israel of 1981. A 42-year-old widow, Rachel, and her two teenaged daughters, Esti and Tami, are the main ch...

Open Cinema

• Japan
• 2004
• 142min

Casshem looks like a SF music video. There aren t many conversations between characters, but soliloquies with music playing in the background abound. This theatrical version of a famous 1970s animated TV series uses a combinatio...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• India
• 2004
• 110min

For Sudhir Mishra, it seems to be possible that people living in different places can console each other. In pouring rain, Aman Kapoor, an investment consultant, stays on the quiet road with his broken down car waiting to be repai...

Wide Angle

• Israel
• 2004
• 80min

The West Bank and Gaza Strip have been under Israeli Military authority since 1967. Since then, over three million Palestinians have been living under Israeli occupation. When traveling from one village or city to another to go t...

Wide Angle

• Canada
• 2004
• 80min

Wherever you are, McDonald′s and Chinese restaurants are easy to find. While the McDonald′ s hamburgers with its standard taste represents itself as the symbol of food capitalism, Chinese restaurants always serve different tastes...

Wide Angle

• Romania
• 2004
• 13min

Mr. Tomescu gets off a bus in front of Graceland restaurant in downtown Bucharest. He goes in and meets his son, Vlad. Mr. Tomescu is seeking Vlad′s help and advice on finding a new job - having lost his just two years short of r...