Wide Angle

• Australia
• 2012
• 77min

Following on from (BIFF 07), Benjamin Gilmour’s distinctive fiction film debut set in North Pakistan’s mountains, the Australian director has made a compelling documentary about his day job: being a paramedic. Using his Sydney am...

World Cinema

• Spain,United States,Mexico
• 2012
• 110min

After working in the US for many years, Pedro returns to Guerrero, Chile, his hometown. It is somewhat awkward to be with his wife and daughters after so many years of separation and while he makes efforts to get closer to his fam...

World Cinema

• Poland,France,Portugal
• 2012
• 105min

Ian, an instructor, arrives at a Lisbon school for the visually impaired. His job is teaching the students how to see sounds. He trains them how to pour water and how to manage fear of surroundings. This is a drama of visually imp...

Special Programs in Focus

• Afghanistan
• 2012
• 45min

An early film directed by Siddiq Barmak representing contemporary Afghan cinema. A tenant farmer called Murat and his beautiful wife Sanubal live a humble but happy life. However, their happiness is shaken when the landowner bring...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• India
• 2012
• 131min

is a contemporary Bollywood interpretation of Shakespeare′s classic Romeo and Juliet. While there are many modern reinterpretations of the Bard, this film is one of the more creative. As opposed to the original story where the fam...

World Cinema

• Armenia
• 2012
• 98min

A beautiful girl named Sasha from Russia comes to Armenia. Born between Russian father and Armenian mother, Sasha is searching for the grave of her father who died in the Karabakh War. Karabakh, which was the territory of the Azer...

World Cinema

• France,Germany,Afghanistan
• 2012
• 98min

In some place like Afghanistan, a woman taking care of her war-injured comatose husband begins to confess to him everything that is in her heart. In the beginning, she merely prays for his recovery, then as time wears on, she even...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2012
• 101min

In 2010, 31,560 people ended their own lives and about 20,000 people died or went missing with the earthquake. Unemployed widower Fujio Murai’s family tragedy contains instances of both. diagnosed with lung cancer, Fujio refuses s...

Wide Angle

• Taiwan
• 2012
• 25min

A busy daughter visits her hometown for the anniversary of her father’s death. She attends his grave and checks every corner of the house for her mother with aching knee. The mother enjoys the care from her blunt daughter. This or...

Special Programs in Focus

• Ukraina
• 2012
• 92min

Parajanov’s unique language becomes evident here. Vivid colors, cinematography of vertigo, and unconventional storytelling. But it still shows clearer plot and natural acting compared to his later works. Ivan leaves to earn money ...