Wide Angle

• Iran
• 1998
• 4min

Two episodes from a series that satircally presents moral commentary on human situations.

Wide Angle

• USA
• 1998
• 91min

The Farm tells a complex story of life and death behind the bars of Louisiana State Penitentiary, the largest maximum-security prison in the U.S. We see a spectrum of emotions and issues facing six male inmates as we get a compell...

Special Programs in Focus

• India
• 1998
• 94min

In the mid 1940s, the life of a Brahman widow was very difficult. This is the story of three such widows in an orthodox Brahmin family and the different ways each deals with social injustice based on their gender. Durga accepts al...

Wide Angle

• Iran
• 1998
• 10min

The wise citizens of two villages stand in opposition when their king prepare for war over a trivial matter, and peace returns to the village.

World Cinema

• Ireland
• 1998
• 125min

Hollyfield is a Dublin slum where the rejected, the derelict and social misfits live. Martin Cahill who grows up in this neighborhood is a product of his environment. Martin lives to fool the police, the church and the establishme...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 1998
• 91min

The appeal of a film lies at the most basic level: Not in elaborate camerawork or in the beauty of the images, but in the essence of the story. After his first feature, Knock Out, a sensation during the fledgling industry years, h...

Korean Panorama

• Korea
• 1998
• 108min

An unlucky criminal, a suicidal young man, and two seemingly foolish convicts compose the motley crew of men who get entangled in a serial murder case. In contrast, the police officers after these suspects consider themselves to b...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Taiwan
• 1998
• 93min

It is seven days to the 21st century and endless rains wreak havoc. With the onset of an epidemic, the government orders tenants to move out. Residents refuse despite utilities being cut off. One man does not call the plumber so t...

World Cinema

• Austria
• 1998
• 95min

After the mysterious murder of an old farmer, seven unlikely peasants find themselves the surprise inheritors of a share of the farm where they have worked for years. Once they have got rid of the brutal foreman and some very deep...

Wide Angle

• Sweden
• 1998
• 3min

He should be here any minute. She will cook him something tasty. There is a radio in the room. What!!? Has the news gone INTERACTIVE!!