Wide Angle
Ecology in ConcreteHousing is an economic issue that is ever present in news and presidential elections, as well as in daily conversations. Ecology in Concrete takes a different approach to this topic. It captures the birth, growth, demolition, and ...
World Cinema
9 FingersIn a remote train station in the middle of the night, Magloire runs away from police officers when they try to check his ID. Having nothing with him, he wanders around for a while until he is given some money by a total stranger. ...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
MistBased on Kim Seungok’s short story “Record of a Journey to Mujin”, the film is well noted as having been influenced by literary modernism. Married to the daughter of a pharmaceutical company president and living in comfort, a man ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Goodbye KathmanduThis movie tells the story of three young men living in Katmandu, Nepal, during the civil war in winter 2004. While Maoist rebels are at war with government forces, the livelihoods of the people become wrenched. A computer program...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Angamaly DiariesA film about a man named Pepe in the small, chaotic and vibrant southern Indian city of Angamaly. Since his school days, Pepe has yearned for a life in a powerful gang, making minor trouble such as smoking and drinking. Either by ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
In the ShadowsTwo people are in an Indian back alley so narrow it’s unlikely to be on the map; the place is so dense with buildings and shops that everything is entwined. The man seems unable to leave this backstreet, as if he is still caught u...
World Cinema
DirectionsIn the span of twenty-four hours, the fate of various people will collide and be affected as each individual boards a taxi. All are victims of the decline of a suffering Bulgaria. Stephan Komandarev’s camera steers us through the ...
World Cinema
The MotiveThe self-destructive obsession of a would-be writer, who has made up his mind to write a bestseller, is motivated by the success of his wife as a writer. Problem is, he lacks talent and imagination. He figures out that great ficti...
Special Programs in Focus
FishermanAn apologue about a lonely old fisherman, who has spent his entire life by a large lake. He believes that the world is inhabited by spirits of nature, and he has been living in harmony with his lake, taking care of it, and never a...
Korean Cinema Today
Possible FacesGiseon works as an administrator at a high school. He begins to nurture an interest in Jinsu, a student on the soccer team. He asks him how his soccer practices are, and whether there are any problems in school. He even visits him...