New Currents
Paper AirplanesA father-son team travel into the wilds of northern Iran to screen 16mm films for the local inhabitants in this moody and beautiful portrait of village life. The marriage of a reluctant bride, the problems of an elderly disabled ...
Wide Angle
Portrait of Hou Hsiao-HsienAfter all, Hou Hsiao-Hsien is first and foremost a Chinese filmmaker. This obvious statement is an affirmation in itself in the sense that. contrary to filmmakers of his generation from The People′s Republic of China, he is not wo...
Retrospective Section
Project AJackie Chan means something special to Korean viewers. The first that he spent some time in Korea when he was still unknown led Koreans to feel close to him. The box office success of his films released after the 1980s has been re...
Retrospective Section
Promise of the FleshA remake of the Korean cinematic masterpiece, Autumn, much of this film takes place in the metaphoric space of a train compartment. Sook-Young recalls memories of the men who hurt her on a train ride to Mokpo. A few years ago, she...
Korean Panorama
Push! Push!The obstetrics and gynecology clnic is a place where the topics of abortion, single motherhood, test tube babies, and the traditIonal values that prioritize male children are the center of heated debate. Jeong-Yeon and Hye-suk are...
Wide Angle
Rainy SeasonWoo-Hyuk has just been discharged from the military and is planning to go back to school. His schoolmate, Ju-Young is still jobless after graduation. The two seek an opportunity for transgression through ‘sex’. Instead, their re...
Retrospective Section
Raja HariachandraThe first Indian Feature length film. Based on one of the Mahabharata legends, it is about king Harishandra’s devotion to truth for which he is prepared to sacrefice his kingdom.
Wide Angle
Red-HuntConsidered the starting point for the conflicts occurring in mordern Korean history, the Cheju-do April 3rd struggle is the central theme of this film. The significance of revelation is seen as actual testimonies of survivors and ...
Wide Angle
ScarecrowA comic cartoon anmation abuot a old fisherman disguised as a scarecrow to catch a bird stealing his precious ishing stock
Open Cinema
Shall We Dance?Shall We Dance? portrays the pervasive psychology of middle-aged men in Japan who suffer loss of identity from working day and night to support their families, losing time for themselves the process. Syohei is an ordinary 42-year-...