A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2010
• 139min

This year’s PIFF, celebrating its 15th anniversary, presents quite a few Japanese films whose directors have deep relationships with Pusan. It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that Lee Sang-il, introducing the powerfully ti...

World Cinema

• Germany,Albania
• 2010
• 104min

A one-way trip into the dark side of the European dream, where nobody cares, and where exile, loneliness and money prevail. [The Albanian] is the story of Arben, who leaves Europe’s poorest country for the richest. He needs money...

Flash Forward

• Italy
• 2010
• 95min

The camera covers laborers leaving a factory. Twenty-year-old Eva fails to renew her contract and leaves Bucharest for Italy. She is put up by Anna, who works at the FIAT factory, and takes care of her grandmother. Meanwhile, Eva ...

Wide Angle

• United States,Korea
• 2010
• 57min

This documentary film is about a Chinese girl’s transformation from a laundryman’s daughter to international celebrity, activist and artist in the face of racism and sexism. Anna May Wong (1905-1961) was a Chinese-American film an...

Midnight Passion

• Canada
• 2010
• 90min

Having lost her pilot mother to a tragic plane accident, rookie aviator Addie’s father has forbidden her to fly. Nevertheless, determined to follow in her mother’s footsteps she defiantly makes her debut flight taking her friends ...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2010
• 115min

For Decades the government has failed find support to construct the radioactive waste disposal facility as part of its public enterprise. This movie reveals the behind the scenes story of how Buan-gun was selected for this project...

Open Cinema

• Italy
• 2010
• 106min

Drained of all inspiration, Gianni hasn’t made a film for years when he finally gets to direct the movie debut of a TV star. Unfortunately, a leak in his Tuscan home ruins a 16th century fresco, and to avoid being sued he is force...

World Cinema

• Canada
• 2010
• 102min

The film is ‘an adult growing-up film, by adults, for the adults’. In many ways ? the natural cooperation between actors, gradual transformation of the characters, etc. ? the film is a female version of [Erratum], which is being s...

World Cinema

• Spain
• 2010
• 105min

Narration plays over an a photo of five children which awakens the preciousness of childhood. The scene changes to a busy man driving to an important appointment. While driving, he pulls over to pick up a female backpacker. While ...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2010
• 90min

The film shows the diverse groups of musicians in Hongdae street. With the appearance of idol musicians and rising stars, this film depicts the hopes and failures of youngsters who are starving and dreaming only for music. Young s...