Open Cinema
YMCA Baseball TeamAt the end of the Chosun Dynasty, when the nation was on the verge of subordination to imperialists, the national civil service exam had been repealed and scholar Ho-chang was spending his days in sheer boredom. By chance he comes...
World Cinema
Yossi & JaggerBased on a true story, Yossi & Jagger is about two men, Israeli army officers serving in Lebanon, who are also secret lovers. Yossi is the authoritative company commander. Jagger is the handsome and charismatic platoon leader. The...
A Window on Asian Cinema
You Shoot, I ShootYou Shoot, I Shoot is a delightful black comedy ful of unexpected surprises. Hird assassin Bart has to do something strange in order to satisfy his customer. High profile customer Mrs.Ma not only asks Bart to kill her enemy but to...
World Chinema
25 WattsSummer, Saturday, 7:14am. In their early twenties, Leche, Javi, and Seba are still up; tired and bored, sitting on the curbside, as usual, drinking the last beer. Leche is obsessed with his bad luck. He just stepped on dogshit and...
Wide Angle
8849mThe main character climbs up to the top of an 8849m mountain after taking the Korean flag and a Polaroid camera from the busom of his colleage who is freezing to death. His only goal is to prove that he reached the mountain peak...
A Window on Asian Cinema
A Dog′s DayA Dog′s Day quietly depicts the confusion and disorder caused by a dog donated to a town by a lord who gave up authority and declared democracy. This film indirectly suggests that at times high moral justifications are contradicto...
New Currents
A Drowning ManA Drowning Man begins with the narration by Kumiko who says, "if we can dream after death, then death is not that bad, even if the dream is boring". This film explores love buried under daily routines and marriage problems, by emp...
Wide Angle
A Dull′s LifeA urinal in a dirty public toilet was treated rudely by all the users. One day, the urinal discovers that the female toilet is much cleaner, like a paradise. He decides to leave his position and goes on an adventure to the femal...
World Chinema
A Fine DayDeniz lives in Berlin and works dubbing films. Her dream is to become an actress and not only continually lend her voice to another′s face. She is demanding of herself and others. She has big plans that she longs to fulfill. Her ...
Special Programs in Focus
A Flower in HellA Flower in Hell is director Shin Sang-Ok′s early masterpiece. The film demonstrates the director′s interest in social themes. Set in a devastated post-war Seoul, the film depicts the city′s tragic inner life, using melodrama and ...