World Cinema

• Romania
• 2011
• 102min

[Best Intentions] is the latest offering from director Adrian Sitaru, an emerging star in Romanian new wave who is perhaps best known for his work, [Hooked]. Alex panics at a phone call notifying that his mother was hospitalized f...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2011
• 122min

“In the midst of the battle field of Manchu war of 1636, a genius archer roamed the countryside, changing history.” Costume, make up, and dialogue reflect the massive amount of historical research that went into making this film, ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Hong Kong,China
• 2011
• 98min

[Promising Miss Bowie] is a happy adventure in which the titular character, Miss Bowie, searches forher long lost love and family. While Miss Bowie doggedly earns big money and lives a satisfactory life, a newly orphaned niece sud...

Wide Angle

• Switzerland,Germany
• 2011
• 91min

June 2008 in the Central African Republic. The film starts with the picture of an African boy playing an instrument in the middle of a heavy downpour. The camera then slowly turns to capture the forensic scientists and specialists...

Wide Angle

• Spain,Belgium,United States
• 2011
• 88min

[Karla’s Arrival] is a controversial film about a Nicaraguan woman raising her baby under extreme circumstances and her love for another woman. The film made waves on the Central and South American festival circuits this year. Suj...

Special Programs in Focus

• Portugal
• 2011
• 68min

Edgar Pera’s visual poem dedicated to a Portuguese musician of national importance. Paredes leads us, by way of voice-over narration, through the landscape of Lisbon, a city of immigrants, and the various aspects of other cities s...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2011
• 103min

The word, Samurai, has a strange appeal to Western audiences: even Tom Cruise played a Samurai. Now, genius Japanese director and comedian Matsumoto Hitoshi has made a Samurai comedy. In the film, the Samurai can’t remember where ...

Midnight Passion

• United States
• 2011
• 81min

Father Billy is forced to take a sabbatical by his superiors when he is discovered telling inappropriate parables to his flock. He goes canoe trip with Robbie, his sister’s ex-boyfriend. When night approaches, they realize they ...

Gala Presentation

• Japan,France,United States,Turkey,Korea,South
• 2011
• 133min

2011 ACF Post-production Fund [Cut] is a border-jumping ode to the movies created by Iranian director Amir Naderi, who is currently working in the Unites States, with a Japanese crew and actors. Shuji is a poor, independent movie...

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2011
• 25min

The latest work by Morita Shuhei was initially designed as an animation for home video. In the year 2710, Nara is hosting a grand festival. A field trip for a boy turns into an adventure when he meets a mysterious girl. Images of ...