World Cinema

• Poland
• 2011
• 115min

The historic Battle of Warsaw, which broke out in 1920, is the first battle to be won by Poland without any help of other countries since the 17th century. By keeping enemy troops from moving toward Europe, Poland enjoys its newly...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2011
• 25min

Poorly educated, mid-50s ex-convict Kim Chunbae has a hard time getting a job. He’s willing to do anything for his disabled son Minjun, but it’s a tough world for guys like him. This is a film that challenges a society the judges ...

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2011
• 94min

2011 AND Busan Bank Fund On March 11, 2011, an earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale hit Japan. After the catastrophic earthquake, the effects of the subsequent tsunami and nuclear meltdowns that shook Japan are still being...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2011
• 80min

Banafsheh is behind bars. When she hears Nasser?the father of her unborn baby?has illegally crossed the border out of the country, she decides a trip out of the country on a temporary three-day release in order for her, too. Hanie...

Korean Cinema Retrospective

• Korea
• 2011
• 118min

Five marines volunteer for a special mission ? destroy a North Korean ammunition storehouse. This film tells their personal stories. Newly appointed platoon commander Oh Suk-man who is on bad terms with his father, the battalion c...

New Currents

• SriLanka
• 2011
• 108min

Life, death, and basic human desire?no one can escape from these inevitabilities. [August Drizzle] follows the life of a female mortician and tells a tale of universal human desires. Somalata, a woman mortician, works with Piyasi...

Wide Angle

• India
• 2011
• 15min

After a long day working construction, a man’s journey home seems daunting. Finally at home he washes off the dust of the road and dresses in a colorful, fancy costume. He begins to dance in honor of Ganesha, God of wisdom and for...

New Currents

• Korea
• 2011
• 110min

[Choked] is a gruesome portrait of family disintegration. Surprisingly the mother is the main cause for the family breakup. She becomes embroiled in a pyramid scheme, and as a result, has to run away to hide from the failed financ...

World Cinema

• France,Canada,Israel
• 2011
• 100min

Tai is an Israeli girl. Naim is a Palestinian boy. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. Naim picks up a bottle thrown into the sea and finds Tai’s letter. Naim emails a response, and their correspondence nurtures what little ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2011
• 110min

As the youngest of five daughters becomes more and more embroiled in the hectic preparations for her engagement party, her sisters gather for the first time in a long while for the occasion?and naturally they get chatty over the k...