World Chinema

• Russia
• 2001
• 90min

Taurus by Alexander Sokurov is the second part of a tetralogy on 20th century dictators. After depicting an unusual Hitler in Moloch(1999), the director of 29 features now portrays Lenin. The man who changed the course of history ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Thailand
• 2001
• 4min

This Thai film, similar to a music video, was filmed entirely from the view of people watching a live concert. This novel and adventurous approach shows the power and the effectiveness of Thai films.

World Chinema

• Canada
• 2001
• 95min

Alessa Woo is a glamour girl living beyond her means. Hounded by suitors she deems "fiscally unsound" Alessa poses as a rich Asian heiress to marry her millionaire. A struggling artist named Ben moves in next door. They share an ...

Wide Angle

• Canada
• 2001
• 9min

The young protagonist, bored with his lot, imagines a diabolic and dangerous life of adventure. The would-be hero is accustomed to eluding mobsters and monsters in his daydreams, but when he finally finds himself facing a real-l...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Taiwan
• 2001
• 94min

The protagonist, Su Daquan, is a middle-aged, unmarried man working for his father′s taxi company whose adventures provide various episodes to this twisted yet comic film. Su Daquan′s family and fellow drivers help fill in the com...

World Chinema

• Croatia
• 2001
• 86min

The Cashier Wants to Go to the Seaside is the comic heartbreaking tale of shy, sad-faced Barica, who yearns her well-earned vacation to take her ailing daughter to the seaside. After her corrupt, self-absorbed boss yet again thw...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Kyrgyzstan
• 2001
• 90min

The last part of Aktan Abdykalykov′s autobiographical trilogy about growing up. The Swing(1993) dealt with his childhood; The Adopted Son(1998) was about his adolescence; and The Chimp(2001) concerns his youth. Set in a small hope...

Open Cinema

• United States
• 2001
• 126min

In The Contender, the sudden death of the vice president of the United States forces U.S. president Jackson Evans to pick a replacement. He decides against picking the popular governor of Virginia, Jack Hathaway, and instead makes...

World Chinema

• Germany
• 2001
• 120min

Twenty-two-year-old Lynn drifts among the various worlds she′s caught up in. Life at home with her brother, his wife and their two kids allows her to enjoy a family environment without being too involved. Lynn lives spontaneously,...

Open Cinema

• Germany
• 2001
• 120min

Cologne cab driver Tarek Fahd is reading the newspaper when a strange item catches his eye, an ad offering 4000 marks each to volunteers for a psychological experiment. One night, just before Tarek begins the experiment -- which i...