Wide Angle

• Japan
• 1997
• 80min

Masao comes to Osaka from the countryside and goes to cram school to attempt yet another try at passing the university exams. At a convenience store where he works to make ends meet, he meets all kinds of people but genuine human ...

Wide Angle

• Hong Kong
• 1997
• 5min

Sleepy Guy was so happy to meet the girl of his dreams. He tried his best to make the evening memorable and magical... But it wasn’t easy for him. He finally overcome all obstacles and spent eight hours straight with her. Will Sle...

Wide Angle

• China
• 1997
• 10min

A water ink anmation illustrating the old saying that when snipe and clam are grapping, a fisherman can catch both of them

World Cinema

• UK
• 1997
• 111min

In 1981, twenty-one Irish mothers faced the dilemma of watching their sons starve themselves to death for their political beliefs. Some Mother′s Son tells the story of two such mothers, Kathleen Quigley and Annie Higgins, ordinary...

Retrospective Section

• Hong Kong
• 1997
• 98min

Ann Hui’s autobiographical film. Hueyin returns to Hong Kong from England for her sister’s marriage. As she slowly opens up to her mother and starts to learn about her past， Hueyin begins to understand her mother

Retrospective Section

• Hong Kong
• 1997
• 100min

Against the backdrop of working class Hong Kong， a naive trumpeter and his feisty factory worker sweetheart struggle to save enough money for their wedding. Yet， unforeseen obstacles abound to continually foil their plans. The c...

Retrospective Section

• India
• 1997
• 4441 ft.

This film depicts Gods in Hindu mythology and has interesting trickshots handtinted in red.

Retrospective Section

• Taiwan
• 1997
• 43min

Stanley Kwan’s lyrical and painful memoir of Hong Kong in 1997 explores Kwan’s personal dilemmas as a colonial subject and as gay man. At the same time Kwan examines the collective crisis of Hong Kong’s people in accepting themsel...

Retrospective Section

• Korea
• 1997
• 6min

Livestock competition in 1938 showing the variety of animals and the award ceremony.

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 1997
• 13min

This film deals with the class conflict between two groups studying different subjects and aims for two totally different goals: humanities and commercial skills. The teachers of various characters intensify the situation through ...