Retrospective Section

• Korea
• 1997
• 90min

An aristocrat’s son returns to the countryside and pursues Ok， a local girl who’s already engaged to Soo-Dong， a tenant farmer. His cruelty runs to no lengths as he tries to separate the two. Ok eventually marries her suitor to ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Taiwan
• 1997
• 114min

This second film by director Wang Shaudi (Accidental Legend screened at last year′s PIFF) is a black comedy which satirizes the claustrophobic lives of city residents. The film′s four chapters - Car, House, Body and Love - present...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Indonesia
• 1996
• 125 mins

Young Ilalang and Bulan try to unveil their essential nature. Their search is developed around Waluyo, a master of classical Javanese arts. Bulan tries to establish her identity through devotion to Waluyo. Ilalang′s search for him...

Wide Angle

• UK
• 1996
• 7 mins

combines live action and multiple animation techniques to explore Peter Reading′s Poem.

Wide Angle

• Taiwan
• 1996
• 62 mins

In 1994, Taipei County Culture Center began organizing several art exhibitions by the Tamsui river. This documentary records the second exhibition in 1995. Environmental issues had been significantly relevant to this exhibition, a...

Wide Angle

• Ireland
• 1996
• 26 mins

The protagonist has problems: 1) He is small for his age. 2) The women in his life are driving him crazy. 3) His 9 to 5 collegues are animals.

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 1996
• 4 mins

A munitions factory in a nation at war produces bullets. Following an enemy attack, bullet production stops suddenly. A bullet falls to the floor, killing a soldier, then continues to function as an unlucky link between two people...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 1996
• 10 mins

It′s a grandfather′s eightieth birthday party. The family′s gathered, but everyone′s busy, doing their own thing. The daughter frets over the dinner table while the gifts preoccupy the son. The son′s girlfriend can′t stop her hicc...

Korean Panorama

• Korea
• 1996
• 108 mins

To escape the humid and scorching summer heat, women residents gather outside of an apartment on the outskirts of Seoul. Electrical shortage, drought, and super-flaring tempers dominate the scene along with playings of unfazed chi...

Wide Angle

• India
• 1996
• 7 mins

Foreshadowed by fatalistic religions and a conservative society, conflicts arise, claiming many lives each year. In a long journey through the rough roads of India, a significant incident occurs.