New Currents

• Myanmar,Taiwan
• 2011
• 84min

[Return to Burma] captures the realities of Myanmar, a country that has been closed to outsiders for a great deal of time. It is a project made possible only by Chinese-Burmese director Midi Z, though he currently resides in Taiwa...

World Cinema

• Colombia
• 2011
• 98min

After ten years of a loveless marriage, Karen decides to leave her rich husband. She gets a room in Bogota and tries to find work, but without any skills at her age it is quite impossible. Now Karen must accept this bitter reality...

World Cinema

• United States
• 2011
• 106min

Two friends spend their time building weapons, waiting for a global apocalypse. They have an illusion that the apocalypse will occur and make it ready for their imaginary gang ‘Mother Medusa’ to wipe out world. One of them, howeve...

Open Cinema

• Japan
• 2011
• 128min

The raft of stories in Japan about the emotional rapport between humans and dogs is a welldocumented phenomenon. [Star Watching Dog] is another entry into the canon, a sad but warm film about the strong bond between a man and his ...

New Currents

• Taiwan,China,Hong Kong,China
• 2011
• 98min

2010 APM (aka. PPP) Project / 2011 ACF Post-production Fund The most brilliant moment in life can be happy or sad, but it can also act as a beacon to our lives. [Starry Starry Night] tells the story of how a 12 year old girl over...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2011
• 120min

Star actress Ku Hye-sun shows what a talented director she is with this, her second feature. Some expectation towards the director has led this film to be included in the Vision section instead of Panorama at last, despite the pre...

Gala Presentation

• Korea
• 2011
• 100min

The controversial [Unbowed] dramatizes 2007’s Crossbow Terror Incident between a college professor and a judge. Now in his late 60s, director Chung Ji-young emphasizes that he continues to adhere to his awareness of social problem...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2011
• 79min

Director Hong Sang-soo’s twelfth feature depicts a brief visit to Seoul by Sung-joon(Yu Jun-sang), a film director with four feature film credit and professor of some university of Daegu. The Professor attempts to see his senior(K...

Special Programs in Focus

• Portugal
• 2011
• 261min

This masterpiece tells the tragic love story between Simao and Teresa, two lovers of noble families set in 18th century Portugal. It is considered a landmark piece in the history of European art cinema and is the third film in the...

World Cinema

• SouthAfrica
• 2011
• 90min

In 1989, the struggle against apartheid was heading to its end. Otelo and New Year are best friends living in a township in Durban, South Africa. Otelo has to protect his little brother Ntwe from water. According to his father’s d...