World Cinema
The Red DwarfInspired by Michel Tournier′s short story, "Le Coq de Bruyere," Yvan Le moine′s feature debut somehow recalls Kafka from the onset of the film. Whether this can be related to Soderbergh′s black & white film about Kafka, or Kafka′s...
Wide Angle
The RookA chess board is the only witness to a game where only two pieces remain.
Wide Angle
The Silver Screen - Color MeThe Silver Screen/Color Me Lavender is a film about the representations of gays in Hollywood movies, during the Golden Age of Hollywood before the words ′gay′ or ′representation′ were in anyone′s vocabulary-amply illustrated by li...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Soul GuardianFirst introduced as a series on the internet and then a best-selling novel of the same title, The Soul Guardians uses visual technology to depict the conflict between good and evil. The opening in the film recalls an actual event ...
Wide Angle
The TenorIn a zoo a lonely ostrich is dreaming about his career as an opera singer and suddenly illusion and reality become mixed.
Wide Angle
The Three-Legged Crow"Han in hand, the world becomes one/ for an exciting new day/ we will tear down/ that sweet fantasy/ that stands in our way." What is the process by which an individual makes a mark and becomes a historical figure? And how is this...
New Currents
The Tree of LifeUsing documentary-style footage, The Tree of Life is a poetic tale which takes place in the Talesh mountain region of northern Iran. Director Farhad Mehranfar, a veteran of numerous documentaries on mountain people, offers audienc...
World Cinema
The WallDecember 30, 1999, Albert, 35 years old, runs a chips stand that is situated on the North and South border of the two conflicting communities of Brussels: the Flemish and the francophones. When he hands his customers their chips, ...
New Currents
The Weight of CottonKishunsah is an elderly man who decides to divide his property among his sons when conflicts escalate within his extended family. Kishunsah goes to live with the youngest son, Ramsharan, who tries to provide a respectable retireme...
Special Programs in Focus
The Women OutsideDocumenting the lives of women who work in the brothels, bars and nightclubs surrounding the U.S. military bases in South Korea, The women outside follows their provocative and emotional journeys from the outskirts of Seoul to th...