A Window on Asian Cinema
The Song of the TreeThe Song of the Tree is Kyrgyzstan’s very first musical film. It is based on a legendary but true event that took place in the 18th century in the Tien Shan Mountains. In Tien Shan, the ancient ways of culture and tradition are s...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Third WifeIn 19th century Vietnam, 14-year-old girl May is traveling on a flowery decorated boat through a beautiful valley. She is meant to become the third wife of a much older landlord. Red lanterns light up, and their first night unfold...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Gentle Indifference of the WorldKuandyk and Saltanat leave their remote hometown village to move to the city. Saltanat’s family is pestered by debt, and she comes to a crossroad where she must make a decision. She must decide whether to live as a wealthy busines...
Wide Angle
Sex, Fear, and HamburgersCoworkers and lovers Iskander and Laura are food photographers. After another one of their fights about work, a strange woman, Anat, walks in to ask for their work. When Laura steps out for a moment a strange vibe emerges between ...
World Cinema
CellarRocker Milan is estranged from his wife Ta?a. She is strict with her daughter and suspects her husband′s affairs. She is reluctant to allow Lenka to go to the party for her birthday. To keep the time to return home she promised wi...
Flash Forward
The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste GarciaCeleste is a retired teacher working as a guide at a planetarium. Her dull life gains unexpected adventure when the government makes the surprising announcement that there are aliens living on Earth. The aliens plan to return to t...
Wide Angle
Manila is Full of Men Named BoyThe day Michael Jackson’s funeral was televised a man comes to buy a boy. Usually, people want to buy a young boy, but this man wants a boy who can smoke and drink. He is actually looking for a boy who will act as his son at his f...
Flash Forward
SofiaSofia surprises everyone by suddenly having contractions at a lunch celebrating her father and his partner’s new business. Her cousin Lena accompanies her to the hospital to help her with the childbirth, but this revelation has he...
Korean Cinema Today
The SnobSeon Woojung is an artist who plagiarizes other people′s works and lives on them with a plausible expression ‘borrowing’. One day, she is offered a special exhibition by a company, and not to lose the chance, she sleeps with the h...
Wide Angle
SupermonkTashi is an 11-year-old monk who’s crazy about action films. While sneaking out to watch a film in the village, he meets another boy his age wearing an army uniform. Soon the army and the rebels arrive at the temple looking for th...