Flash Forward
The ScarHow to build a future on a lifetime of failure? The deepest scars are not always the most visible ones, and the one Richard carries within has been open ever since on a particular evening where, in a barn, when he was a child, his...
World Cinema
The SessionsMark Obrien is a well known poet and journalist. He has been living his life on a gurney because of the polio he contracted when he was six years old. When he turns 38, he decideds to lose his virginity and hires a professional se...
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....
Special Programs in Focus
The StrangerAn 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...
Korean Cinema Today
The Sunshine BoysTwo high school friends?one a college freshmen, the other a repeater?pay a visit to a third friend doing his military service. But they have an ulterior motive, which is to deliver a Dear John letter from his lover. For the two ha...
Korean Cinema Today
The Taste of MoneyThis film is about the creme de la creme of society who are addicted to the sweet taste of money as they pursue their desires at the price of public humiliation with only a hint of redemption. The main character’s name is Joo Youn...
Open Cinema
The ThievesThis is the sixth Korean film to join the club of "10 million moviegoers." The plot is woven around ten thieves who flock together to steal a rare diamond called the "Tears of the Sun." The film is a "caper movie" or a "heist film...
New Currents
THE TOWN OF WHALESHigh school is a period of uncertainty: uncertain love, uncertain dreams. is a story about a girl and her friends who take a summer trip to find her brother who ran away six years earlier. One part coming-of-age drama, one part r...
Wide Angle
The TraceYoung-ju returns to her father’s home after five years away. His various keepsakes and the traces of his life are difficult to face; her relationships exist only as memories the objects recall. Director Chung Ji-yun’s camera work ...
Korean Cinema Today
The Ugly DucklingSet in the late 1980s, this film is based on the director’s own experiences in the army. Nakman who has been stationed as a public service worker must wear many different hats ? a barber, photographer, go gamer, toilet scrubber an...