A Window on Asian Cinema
SoulSoul is the third feature film by Chung Mong-Hong, an emerging Taiwanese director in the international film festival community. This suspense thriller tells the devastating story of a father and his son based on a remote house on ...
Wide Angle
Late at Night - Voices of Ordinary MadnessNarrated by an Andy Warhol-esque news anchor, Late Night gives the diverse people living in London, a voice-members of organized crime street gangs, panhandlers, those representing workers, bankers, preachers and beyond. Most have...
Wide Angle
Midnight DeliveryWhen a schoolgirl gives birth, abandons her infant and then collapses on the street, it’s Sooyoung to the rescue. But larger issues come into play at the hospital, when the baby’s and the girl’s fathers show up and start debating ...
Wide Angle
To Singapore, with LoveThere are people who were expelled from their Singapore for challenging government policies. They were forced to live in exile for over thirty years for a matter of little import in retrospect. Some have thankfully left with their...
Gala Presentation
Ana ArabiaOn the border between Israeli Jaffa and Bat Yam, exists a community of Jewish and Arab outsiders. A reporter arrives at the place where Siam Hasan used to live, doing interviews with the people in the community. The true meaning o...
World Cinema
Adele: Chapters 1 & 2Fifteen-year-old Adele’s life changes completely when she meets blue-haired Emma. Emma is a door to Adel’s desire and a guide to lead Adele’s life to become a confident woman. Adele grows up together with Emma, searches for her id...
World Cinema
Child′s PoseSeeing a way to reassert control over her adult son’s life when he faces manslaughter charges, an affluent Romanian woman sets out on a campaign of emotional and social manipulation to keep him out of prison, navigating the waters...
World Cinema
Arne′s LegacyArne’s Legacy tells the story of 16 year old Arne, whose father killed his entire family. Arne survives by accident. After staying with his grandmother for a time, he comes to live with his father’s best friend Harald and his fami...
Wide Angle
Bringing Tibet HomeTibetan artist Tenzing is one of the many people who left Tibet for political reasons. When his father dies still longing for his homeland, he decides to fulfill his father’s wishes by organizing a massive project to bring Tibet’s...
Special Programs in Focus
In the Name of the FatherWinner of Berlinale’s Golden Bear Jim Sheridan’s fascinating 1993 feature is based on the autobiography of Gerry Conlon, a Belfast Catholic who spent nearly fifteen years in British prisons for a crime he didn’t commit. Conlon (Da...