World Cinema
Calm at SeaFrance under Nazi influence in October 1941. As the young, communist members of French Resistance assassinated one of the German army officers, Hitler, as part of retaliation, orders to kill one hundred fifty French people. The ta...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Love in the BuffThe sequel to Pang Ho-cheung’s commercial success follows the first story of chain-smoking ad executive Jimmy and cosmetic specialist Cherie, who met in a smoking zone and proceeded to become lovers. While first film took place a...
Special Programs in Focus
Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. Solid State Society 3DBased on the comic by the Shirow Masamunes, this futuristic police thriller animation directed by Kamiyama Kenji is a philosophical and entertaining master piece. The new version is converted into 3D and has new opening scene with...
Korean Cinema Today
AzoomaIn this feminine version of the Hollywood thriller , an ordinary mother plays the protagonist to enhance our sympathy and rage while raising questions of ethics and societal responsibility. The film covers exactly the same subject...
Special Programs in Focus
Akhtar the ClownAkhtar is a tramp in a city. Although he is penniless, he enjoys freedom, wandering around the city. One day, he meets a rich man and his life begins to change. The sincere friendship between the two men gradually strangles Akhtar...
Wide Angle
The Life of Budori GusukoBased on the original work by Kenji Miyazawa, is the latest animated feature by the legendary Sugui Gisaburo. The film has garnered a great deal of attention as a production by the same crew behind , an exemplar of Gisaburo’s wor...
World Cinema
Good VibrationsTerri is a young, radical and defiant music fan who lives through the time when Belfast was haunted by the deadly conflict between England and Ireland and lost its function as a city in the 1970s. While his friends stood up agains...
Flash Forward
The CrackAfter the mysterious death of Marcela, her mother and four brothers leave for a remote rural village for healing. Nevertheless, rural life is far from peaceful. The appearance of Angelica, the mother's sister, subtly influences th...
Korean Cinema Today
The Sound of MemoriesLee Gong-hee has a long work history in?and surrounding?the film industry and finally, in her middle 50s, she making her directorial debut feature. And the reason for the long wait may be embedded in Sound of Memories’s narrative....
Wide Angle
EmbersThe director shares the same name as her grandmother. After the elder Tamara’s death, the younger Tamara begins to recollect her grandmother’s life. Her grandmother’s favorite perfume, her laughter, her friends next door, a half r...