World Cinema

• CostaRica,Colombia
• 2009
• 97min

Costa Rican documentary filmmaker Hilda Hidalgo makes her feature debut with this ambitious adaptation of celebrated Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s [Of Love and Other Demons]. Marquez’s prose is renowned for its magical...

Special Programs in Focus

• Philippines
• 2009
• 100min

Maxi, a twelve-year-old gay boy, lives with his family who makes a living by committing crimes. He sees Victor, a handsome newly recruited police officer next door, falls in love, and gets in trouble. As the police narrow in on h...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China,France
• 2009
• 90min

A sixth generation Chinese director’s dense melodrama. Director Wang Chao has created a pure melodrama about the bourgeoisie. Has the Chinese underground film scene finally compromised with the dominating market? No. Wang Chao’s m...

Special Programs in Focus

• India
• 2009
• 185min

A film of moments filled with passion, ecstasy and love. The first moment Viren sees Pallavi after living abroad, the moment freezes and he is captivated by her. Even after she leaves with another man, and dies in an accident leav...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Thailand
• 2009
• 108min

This is an omnibus film dealing with the city of Bangkok, created by four directors: Wisit Sasanatieng, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Aditya Assarat, and Kongdei Jaturanrasmee. The first episode is about a blind girl, Tassana, who sells lot...

Special Programs in Focus

• Philippines
• 2009
• 90min

The film follows the stormy life of Sakay, the leader of the Filipino national independence army. After repeated victories against the Spanish, he must try and save the Philippines from the Americans. Rather than portraying him as...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2009
• 9min

In order to go out for a walk with his hospitalized sister, Young-kwang, who is blind, makes a map that can be read through touch. His sister closes her eyes and takes an imaginary walk with her brother by feeling the map. The mov...

Midnight Passion

• Hong Kong
• 2009
• 120min

Ling is a 40 year old, self assured Chief inspector of Police. He has a perfect family- a beautiful wife, a charming son and posh life style. His perfect life takes an abrupt turn when he wakes up after fainting in a dilapidated b...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Malaysia,Hong Kong,Korea
• 2009
• 94min

Tuk Chi, an average man in his 20s lives with his mother meets a teenager, Ing, who leads a boring life. They meet while ‘chatting’ over the Internet. Eventually, they meet and have sex at motels in order to escape their miserable...

Wide Angle

• Iceland
• 2009
• 103min

A mother’s struggle to understand her son is at the heart of this compassionate documentary about autism. Journeying from country to country, each location offers a new level of comprehension on the increasingly common condition, ...