A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan,Korea
• 2003
• 98in

Hideo Nakata, famous for Ring and Dark Water, has directed another film, but this time it is not a scary story. Hideo Nakata pays a great deal of respect to Japanese film productions and the people working there. Ken Miyama, the p...

World Cinema

• United States,France
• 2003
• 117min

Isabel Walker, a quintessential young Californian has newly arrived in Paris to visit her pregnant sister, Roxeanne. A darkly romantic poet, Roxy has just been jilted by her scoundrel husband, and it appears they are headed for" l...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2003
• 76min

The film begins with rough black and white images almost reminiscent of documentaries. For the simple soldiers posted near Tehran, listening to stories recorded by a woman is the only joy in their military life, which demands them...

Wide Angle

• Australia
• 2003
• 3min

It isn′t easy to always face a new day.

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Macao,China
• 2003
• 83min

The introduction for Love Is Not a Sin Is hard to grasp. Is this a love story, or a horror flick? This question, posed at the very beginning of the film, is difficult to answer. Two best friends: Man-Man and Moon. Man-Man mistaken...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2003
• 80min

From the lives of the present Vietnameses who were abused by the Korean soldiers during the Vietnamese War, this documentary traces back the horrible memories of the war and the site of its painful history. The scars that remain e...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Philippines
• 2003
• 123min

Magnifico depicts the story of a 9-year-old boy whose day is full of endless work. His grandmother ls diagnosed with terminal cancer, his mother limps in exhaustion from carrying his little sister, and his father can′t make enough...

Wide Angle

• Netherlands
• 2003
• 2min

Through the centuries, innumerable armies occupied the fertile clay soil on the coast of the river Meuse.

World Cinema

• Romania,France,Germany
• 2003
• 97m

Maria is a film that presents a destiny. In a desperate situation, a woman chooses prostitution as a last-ditch solution to fend for her children. Beyond the implications of this real case the film also depicts the struggle transi...

Special Programs in Focus

• Canada
• 2003
• 90m

The attractive Agnes receives crushing news at her home in Toronto--her mother Rose is gravely ill. So Agnes decides to return to her small town home of Sydney, Nova Scotia There she encounters her older sister Theresa, an intoler...