Wide Angle
The Tatami GalaxySet in Kyoto, starting with a mediocre college student, this TV animation series tells the secret confession about how which club you choose freshman year changes everything.
World Cinema
DownsizingImagine what might happen if, as a solution to overpopulation, Norwegian scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall, and propose a 200-year global transition from big to small. Downsizing follows the adventures o...
World Cinema
DivingPhotographer Paz is a free spirit, meeting new friends and experiencing new things. She falls in love with former war correspondent Cesar, and becomes pregnant. However, being a mom leaves Paz hollow. Unable to cope with feeling c...
Open Cinema
DangalThe subject matter of this sports film is wrestling. The storyline follows a familiar arc in that the main character overcomes obstacles and poor circumstances to arrive at the top of their game. However, the fact that the setting...
Korean Cinema Today
MothersHyojin teaches children in a study room business that she runs with a friend in the suburbs. One day, she is asked to take care of Jonguk, the son of her dead husband and his ex-wife. It is not an easy burden to bear, but she fina...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Bold, The Corrupt And The BeautifulChen is a teenaged girl living with her mom and sister. Madame Tang, Chen’s mom, is the boss of a criminal organization colluding with high-ranking government officials. Chen’s sister, Tang Ning, is actually Chen’s real mother, iv...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Great Buddha+Pickle is a security guard in a factory making bronze statues of Buddha. He is a poor old bachelor living with his widow mother. His best friend, Belly Button, is a junk dealer. At night, in the security office, Pickle and Belly B...
Wide Angle
A Hand-written PosterWhen a professor files a lawsuit against her over a hand-drawn poster, college student Hye-ri goes to the clubroom to see her friend Min-yeong, with whom she made the poster. Finding her there with a new member, Hyeri is caught up...
A Window on Asian Cinema
A Letter to the PresidentSentenced to death for murdering her husband, Soraya writes a long letter to her country’s president requesting a special pardon. This letter, which is as long as a novel, is repeatedly lost and found before it finally, reaches th...
Midnight Passion
The BrinkReckless police inspector Dong is on a mission to crack down on criminal Cheng’s gold smuggling scheme, yet fails to arrest him. As Dong continues his manhunt, he discovers Cheng’s involvement with triad boss Kui, who hides on a c...