Korean Cinema

• LEE Yoon-ki
• Korea
• 2005
• 120min

Ji-seok rents a room at Sunny′s, a Korean-American woman running a massage parlor in LA. In this city, Ji-seok′s former girl friend Young-shin works as a radio DJ of ′Love Talk. Ji-seok and Young-shin happen to meet again and shar...

Critics' Choice

• Christoph Hochhäusler
• 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

• Laurice GUILLEN
• 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

• KIM Il-rhan,Hyeyoung Cho
• 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

• Lars von TRIER
• 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

• Lino BROCKA
• Philippines
• 2005
• 125min

World Cinema

• Randall Miller
• 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

• Anna Melikian
• 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

• Miranda July
• 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

• Buddhadeb Dasgupta
• 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 ...