Wide Angle
The Little Girl Who Sold the SunFor a very long time, the hawkers who sold newspapers on the streets of Dakar were, without exception, all boys. But, this morning, their domination was challenged. What happened? Sili - for this is what the girl is called - is b...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Longest SummerSplendid fireworks lit up the skies of Hong Kong in 1997. Fruit Chan′s The Longest Summer is a story of the misfits of society who felt confusion, isolation, and despair in the numerous fireworks of 97 Hong Kong. The fireworks st...
World Cinema
The Love LetterIn the sleepy New England town of Loblolly By The Sea, a letter has arrived that is going to wake things up. It is a love letter-ardent, sensual… and unsigned. Everybody who reads it wonders who it's for and who it's from. As the ...
Special Programs in Focus
The Man from Island WestHuang Mingchuan′s first film -- the first truly independent feature ever made in Taiwan -- tells two stories at once. One of them, told principally in voice-over, is very ancient: a founding myth from the Atayal tribe (one of the...
Wide Angle
The Old Miner′s SongSabuk region is located deep in the Taebaek Mountains. Once a promising town with a flourishing coal-mining industry, it is slowly transforming into ruins, due to government′s policy for decreasing coal production and subsequent ...
New Currents
The OutcastA film about a love affair between a widower and a married woman leads us to expect a bittersweet or tragic romance. Director Linton Semage may not actually stray from this typical plot in The Outcast, however it turns out that t...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The PersonalsShown at the Cannes Film Festival this vear, The Personals tells of a woman who gets a new view of life from escaping her own past, with a serene and silent voice which is at the same time poignant. After her married lover disapp...
Wide Angle
The PersonalsOn stage, a group of seniors perform their roles with energy and laughter. Off stage, they conduct their everyday lives alone in silence. The Personals follows a drama group of senior citizens, as they rehearse and perform an orig...
Wide Angle
The PicnicSome poets live their lives as a picnic; here we find a family going on a picnic for their demise. The obvious nature of their trip approaches with extreme strain on the viewers, with scenes unfolding in silence. As in his previ...
Wide Angle
The Port of Last ResortThe Port of Last Resort follows the emigration of four former refugees-Fred Fields, Ernest Heppner, illo Heppner, and Siegmar Simon-who fled to Shanghai, a ′last resort′ for most refugees when borders around the world were closed...