Gala Presentation

• Iran,France,Italy
• 2010
• 106min

This is Abbas Kiarostami’s first feature made abroad. Juliette Binoche and William Shimell, a British opera singer debuting as an actor, deliver outstanding performances. James Miller visits Tuscany on a book tour and meets ‘her’...

World Cinema

• France
• 2010
• 102min

16-year-old George’s first love was her teacher, Sybil. A few years after her lover′s eventual suicide, George embarks on an exciting and reckless journey to the depths of Pigalle′s nightlife, circa 1960. After an encounter with a...

Special Programs in Focus

• Czech Republic
• 2010
• 114min

The title is a quotation from the Czech national anthem, ironic in view of the setting ? in one of the most tragic times in Czechoslovakian history. The script was inspired by the personal experiences of its author Tereza Bouckova...

Special Programs in Focus

• Czech Republic,Germany,Slovakia
• 2010
• 110min

Painting a picture of an extravagant and passionate young man who is unconventional during the Czech communist regime, 3 Seasons in Hell was inspired by the life of one of the best-known characters of the Czechoslovakia literary s...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2010
• 82min

The Korean Academy of Film Arts has produced an animation for 3 consecutive years through a collaborative project. Considering the severe reality of Korean animation in that it lacks an industrial infrastructure, [The House] demon...

Special Programs in Focus

• Spain,Italy
• 2010
• 87min

Penniless Jose Luis marries an executioner’s daughter and is coaxed into ‘inheriting’ his fatherin-law’s lowly profession in order to gain a home. After a year of continued pardons and no executions, he finally receives a real ass...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2010
• 144min

Sono Shion announces his outrageous thriller as being based on a true story, but doubts will set in well before you’re wallowing in the first bloodbath. The factual case which inspired the ex-poet involved dog-breeders in Saitama ...

New Currents

• Korea
• 2010
• 129min

Yoon Jiwoo, who had been plotting a fake suicide with pickpocket Kang Jiwoo, is cuffed by detective Min-yong and falls in love as destined. Jung Ji-woo and Hee-jin hear about their love story and start asking questions. Director K...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• India,France
• 2010
• 87min

This is a masterpiece deserving the title of this generation’s best satire. To a small town farmer, Kalyan, his goat Laila is more precious than his family, including a good-for-nothing son, Madan, and daughter, Meena, facing mar...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2010
• 130min

A company executive Hajime returns his hometown after learning his mother’s sudden collapse. Moreover, his friend who works at the factory he shut down short time ago suddenly dies of accident. Hajime looks back his life and decid...