World Cinema
SaltSergio, played by iconic actor Fele Martinez, is a Spanish director who wants to make a Western. As his screenplays continue to be rejected by producers, he leaves for the Chilean desert to write a great, realistic story. In the d...
Wide Angle
SerenadeA Harana is a traditional Filipino serenade and Florente Aguila is the world’s renowned Harana musician. Aguila is seeking out a true Harana master. Once wooed to the girl’s heart, these Harana masters are now common farmers. Thei...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Seven SomethingAn omnibus film directed by three directors to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Thai production house GTH. The film’s universal theme is the premise that a person’s life goes through a major transition every seven years. The vig...
A Window on Asian Cinema
ShackledJess is a pickpocket and having a long day that highlights the flaws in the Philippines police and judicial system. Young and poor, Jess steals a woman’s mobile phone in a crowded market. The woman is more concerned about a sex vi...
Midnight Passion
Shadow PeopleSmall town radio personality Charlie Crowe is thrust into a mystery when a strange caller relates a terrifying experience during Crowe’s late night call-in show. At the same time, CDC Public Health Agent, Sophie is hot on the trai...
Special Programs in Focus
Shadows of Forgotten AncestorsParajanov’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 ...
World Cinema
Shellis a road movie about a teenage girl who has grown up in a remote petrol station in the Scottish Highlands. Abandoned by her mother when she was a child, Shell has stayed to take care of her dying father but now feels trapped with...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Shyamal Uncle Turns off the LightsSimilar to his penetrating previous work, , this film is based on a true story and demonstrates director Suman Ghosh’s innate ability to create inspiring cinema. Shyamal, perhaps a retired government worker, discovers a streetligh...
Special Programs in Focus
Side by SideFilms were shot, edited and projected using photochemical film. But over the last two decades a digital process has emerged to challenge photochemical filmmaking. , produced by Keanu Reeves, takes an in-depth look at this revoluti...
Midnight Passion
SinisterEllison a renowned journalist, uproots his family in pursuit of his next big story. When he discovers a box of old home movies in the attic, he realizes this grisly footage could be the basis of his greatest book yet ? but only if...