Open Cinema

• UK
• 1997
• 90min

A very rich benefactor has given the Grierson Gallery of California a gift of ＄50,000,000 with which to buy ＂Whistler‘s Mother,＂ America‘s greatest painting, held in the Musee D‘orsay in Paris. To dignify the unveiling ceremony th...

Wide Angle

• Singapore
• 1997
• 5.59min

Beansprout and Salted Fiah is a story about the unintentional lies and unthinking acts that growth ups inflict upon children and the sad humor of the consequences.

Korean Panorama

• Korea
• 1997
• 114min

Youth in the 90s is a complex issue and almost impossible to define. Whether conveying conformity or transgression, this film attempts to twist the values and norms of institutions. Min and Taesu are slackers who spend their t...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 1997
• 29min

Truth is always relative. The three episodes presented in this film establish an aesthetic of irony. The tale of ‘the camel’ is a metaphor for our obsession with facts. What the director seems to suggest is a truth that goes beyon...

Wide Angle

• China
• 1997
• 30min

A water-ink animation about a little girl in a mountain who saves an injured deer. They become dear friends, but the girl must return deer to its mother.

Retrospective Section

• Indonesia
• 1997
• 70min

Called Hu Yung in the Indonesian film world， the Korean Heo Young went to Indonesia in 1942 with the Japanese army， and remained to work for the film industry.there. Heo Young worked with Usmar Ismail， the father of Indonesian ...

World Cinema

• Germany
• 1997
• 110min

The story is focused on Lara， the young daughter of deaf parents. Since earliest childhood she has been the bridge between her parents and the outside world. One day Lara is given a clarinet by her aunt Clarissa， an attractive w...

Retrospective Section

• India
• 1997
• 566ft

Drawn from one of the great treasuries of Hindu myth， the Vishnu Purana， this film tells the story of Prahlad’s unflinching devotion to the God Vishnu.

Retrospective Section

• Korea
• 1997
• 120min

Police detective Segun specializes in chasing womem. Discontent with her marriage， Eun-Young dreams of the freedom to open her inner desires. The two fall instantly in love， bringing about fatal results. Segun finds that beneath...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Taiwan
• 1997
• 99min

There is usually one full moon every month. In those rare months with two, the second one is called the "Blue Moon." The saying goes that if you wish on a blue moon, you′ll given a second chance. At first, this film seems to be a ...