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SmileAn old man collecting paper scraps happens to meet an old lady collecting yogurt bottles. She tries to color the tattoo of a bulldog on his arm with her lipstick. She is always kind to him. Though annoyed with her, he’s worried wh...
Special Programs in Focus
OnceJohn Carney’s Once is a modern-day musical. Set on the streets of Dublin, it features eight songs by Glen Hansard ? of Irish band The Frames ? who also stars in the film. Once tells the story of a busker and an immigrant, who fall...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Once Upon a Time in VietnamThis film is a fantasy martial art blockbuster starring, written and directed by Dustin Tri Ngyuen, who’s known for acting in Hollywood and for The Rebel (2006) and The Legend Is Alive (2009). On one side, it is a typical Western ...
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Welcome to AustraliaWith her mother diagnosed with cancer, Minhee plans a trip to Australia for them both. Instead of getting a passport photo, the mother is busy home shopping. Minhee finally gets mad at her mother for postponing possibly their last...
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Prologue to the Great DesaparecidoThose who fought for independence in the Philippines die off, and the leader of the political movement disappears. Those left behind fall in despair, and the lost souls of the dead roam the earth. The voice of the vanished leaves ...
Flash Forward
JudasJudas, a seasoned thief, finds himself in the market square where Christ is giving a sermon and his apostles are collecting alms. He follows them and steals their money, only to be caught red-handed. Nevertheless, the Teacher forg...
World Cinema
Intimate PartsThe film tells “behind the door” stories of Russian middle class people, the secrets they hide from others. These people have grown up, learn how to make love and money, but not how to be happy. They are opposed by Ivan, the main ...
World Cinema
In HidingIn the spring of 1944 in Poland, near the end of WWII, Janina faces a huge change in her life when her father decides to offer a shelter to his Jewish friend’s daughter Ester. One day, her father is arrested and Janina starts to t...
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Daytime MoonWatching Bongu having a good time with his new girlfriend at the beach, makes Youngbok abruptly explode and beat him up. Bongu dances at the beach to convince Youngbok that they already broke up. Long ago, he danced the very same ...
Flash Forward
The Selfish GiantThe Selfish Giant is a modern fable about a 13-year-old boy called Arbor and his close friend Swifty. Director Clio Bernard says that he has always wanted to dramatize The Selfish Giant, the fairy tale by Oscar Wilde that inspired...