Wide Angle

• Japan
• 1997
• 118min

This documentary takes place in Belarush, In the area adjacent to where the Chernobyl disaster took place. Under lush natural conditions, the simple villagers grow potato and grain in their fields, in the ground that has been cont...

Wide Angle

• Hong Kong
• 1997
• 44.3min

Three provincial girls arrive in Beijing. Each seeks success in the capital. Yu Quin works as a bar hostess in a night-club and Hu Jin, as a bit player and model in a Beijing studio. Zun Ji become a ‘dancing-queen’ in Beijing’s d...

Retrospective Section

• Japan
• 1997
• 20min

In 1910， Shigenobu Okuma the president of M Pathe Shokai decided to provide financial support and to record the South Pole expedition of a Japanese group run by the lieutenant Shirase. Taizumi Yasunao， who knew about cinematogra...

Wide Angle

• China
• 1997
• 103min

No. 16 Barkhor South Street is a breakthrough Chinese film for many reasons. A stunning documentary about a neighborhood committee in the heart of Lhasa, it won the Grand Prix at this year′s Paris Cinema du Reel festival. It prese...

Korean Panorama

• Korea
• 1997
• 108min

Comedy in Korean cinema has never been very successful in conveying a political consciousness. The same dilemma awaits this film as probes into the true meaning of transcending the status of "third rate." Seoul seems to be the ...

Open Cinema

• United States
• 1997
• 103min

Starring Wesley Snipes and Nastassja Kinski, One Night Stand Tells the story of an almost perfect affair. During a business trip to New York, Max’s chance encounter with Karen, a beautiful stranger, ends in a fantasy night of ince...

Retrospective Section

• Hong Kong
• 1997
• 97min

Yu Tien-lung， of the Cheng Teh Boxing School， has lost his arm in the combat with Shao and his gang. A young girl， Liang Shiao-yu saves him. Her boxing expert father teaches him some fighting skills invented specially for the ...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 1997
• 80min

Produced by the Seoul Visual Collective, this documentary is a penetrating look at Korean independent filmmaking today. We see the beliefs and self-reflections of the independents，as well as an account of dilemmas that filmmakers ...

World Cinema

• SlovakRepublic
• 1997
• 105min

Tereza， a sixteen year old girl， is highly imaginative and spontaneously playful. One day she has to leave the institution where she learned to be a seamstress. She loses her feeling of security as she leaves a world where she u...

Wide Angle

• France
• 1997
• 50min

Three women, best friends since high school now all pursuing different careers, meet up at a small cafe near Paris for the first time in a while. As their conversations begin, what follows are the commentaries on various topics: r...