New Currents
The Only SonsA young peasant named Yasui needs a fortune to save his younger brother, Yachung, who is in prison. Since Yasui is a poor day laborer, he has no way of making enough money to bail out his brother. Then, a pastor and a high school ...
Special Programs in Focus
The Orphan of AnyangThis is a debut feature based on the novel which the director himself wrote. Dagang is over forty, unmarried(not by choice), and unemployed. He takes on an orphan in order to receive 200 yuan as child welfare benefit. The film loo...
World Cinema
The PythonAs she demonstrated in her award-winning shorts and her first feature, The Shoe(1998), Latvian filmmaker Laila Pakalnina has a distinctive approach. Her new film, which is her first in color, is a minimalist production that she de...
Wide Angle
The Red Flag FliesMany things are missing in the film The Red Flag Flies. There is no story development, protagonist or professional actors here. Words are heard but they are not dialogues. Even efforts to entertain its viewers are not found in thi...
New Currents
The Road TakenThis film is about the long imprisonment of Kim Sun-myung who was taken prisoner as a North Korean soldier during the Korean War in 1951. Kim Sun-myung was imprisoned for 45 years, and by special pardon was sent back to North Kore...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Seventh HouseA romantic comedy from Indonesia, The Seventh House is the new film by director Rudi Soedjarwo, who introduced Whats with Love? at last year′s Pusan International Film Festival. The story revolves around two old-friends who own a ...
Wide Angle
The Spring and the DelightThe time is around the 1920s and 30s. In a wealthy-looking and yet remote summer house situated by the seaside, a modern woman, Choon-hee, who wants to live a passionate and splendid life away from the ordinary everyday life, is s...
World Cinema
The Station AgentIdeally, Finbar McBride would like to be left alone. But as dwarfism means he stands a mere four foot five, fading into the crowd is an almost impossible task. His response to the unsolicited attention that his condition attracts ...
Wide Angle
The Story of Korean Informal Women WorkersInformal women workers, who undertake various jobs such as manual labor in domestic factories, delivering yogurt, and teaching workbooks door-to-door, work very hard but they are not guaranteed the same rights as legal workers und...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The SuitThe Suit is a new film by Bakhtiyar Khudoinazarov, the critically acclaimed director of Luna Papa and Kosh Ba Kosh. Passionate performances by the actors and free-flowing camerawork are the director′s signature style. The surreal ...