World Cinema

• Spain
• 2003
• 103m

Abel lives with his mother in a small town on the outskirts of Barcelona. His life revolves around the clothing shop his family owns, his mother′s house, his girlfriend′s bed, the corner newsstand, and the same neighborhood bars a...

Special Programs in Focus

• Iran
• 2003
• 25min

In 1962, Farrokhzad and three colleagues from Golestan Films traveled to Tabriz and in twelve days filmed The House Is Black, a documentary on the leper colony there. As for the significance of The House is Black, it had the effec...

World Cinema

• Italy
• 2003
• 103m

Under the watchful eye of their fisherman father, Turi and Teresa live on a small Sicilian island. Reserved, slim and clumsy , 14 year old Turi is to join his father in the tuna trade. Fearing he will be rejected, Turi becomes com...

Wide Angle

• Taiwan
• 2003
• 25min

The story is based on the solitary mentality of a woman, Driven by loneliness, she gets curious about another girl who seems to know nothing about loneliness, and thus launches a journey which echoes to another lonely soul′ call. ...

Wide Angle

• Taiwan
• 2003
• 64min

For over 50 years the bellicose relationship between Taiwan and China has been slowly improving, yet always requiring mediation. Isolated between the two countries lies Kinmen Island. Reachable by a 50-minute flight from Taiwan, t...

Wide Angle

• Iran
• 2003
• 55min

The more a society is controlled, the more people feel the urge to escape. For Iranian women, the most liberating place is women′s restrooms. The restrooms are also a microcosm of society where the troubles of Iranian women are re...

World Cinema

• Greece
• 2003
• 81m

In this dysfunctional family drama, cafeteria owner Dimitris finds himself at the center of a family massacre and in the space of just one day, everything is blown sky high. His apartment in the working-class suburb of Korydallos ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Iran
• 2003
• 60min

The second episode of a three-part documentary dealing with the life and work of Forugh Farrokhzad(1935-1967), the legendary Iranian poetess and filmmaker whose influence may be seen on several generations. She took a stand agains...

New Currents

• Taiwan
• 2003
• 82min

In many Taiwanese films, Taipei has been described as a gloomy city. The Missing is another Taiwanese film to describe this city as a dystopia. Instead of a complicated narrative, the film describes a picture of dystopia through i...

Special Programs in Focus

• Romania
• 2003
• 100m

Bucharest, 1988. Nela assists the death of her father, a former colonel of the Securitate and loyal supporter of the oppressive regime. Her father has bequeathed his remains to medical science. Unfortunately, no one wants his body...