World Cinema

• Russia
• 2009
• 83min

“The whole story seemed very modern to me. There is a reason Chekhov’s [The Seagull] [has] become the emblem of The Moscow Art Theatre. He has great potential and no matter how many times Chekhov is staged he will never lose his v...

Wide Angle

• Ireland,Germany
• 2009
• 10min

Cats and mice have always been natural enemies, and according to the animated [Please Say Something] they stay that way well into the future. The complicated relationship between an overly sensitive cat and her dull mouse husband ...

World Cinema

• Georgia,Kazakhstan
• 2009
• 93min

Starring non-professional young actor Tedo Bekhauri, George Ovashvili’s debut is a moving, unsentimental film about war that will speak to Russians and Georgians in particular, but carries a universal truth at its core that will r...

Open Cinema

• Germany,France,China
• 2009
• 134min

How does it come to pass that a Nazi Party flag ? a symbol of murder and hatred ? can lead to protection and life? What compels us to abandon on our beliefs? In the spirit of films about Oskar Schindler and Paul Rusesabagina comes...

World Cinema

• United States
• 2009
• 86min

First-time filmmaker Eugene Kim realizes a wholly contemporary teen slacker drama that rings true even as it treads in bittersweet romance. Skateboarder Kohl seems to be headed for a life of second-bests when he meets Sarah, an ho...

Midnight Passion

• Korea
• 2009
• 80min

Um family is about to leave for a family trip. However, at the house the family arrived to enjoy their break, fired employee, Kim was waiting for the family. He screams while holding the limbs of a family member who tries to flee ...

World Cinema

• Italy
• 2009
• 105min

Famous writer Guido is writing a selection of short stories. His work is nominated as the final contestant of a prestigious literary prize, but deep inside, he has doubt about himself as a writer. Taking swimming lessons instead o...

Special Programs in Focus

• Italy,UK
• 2009
• 92min

‘Yellow’ (Giallo) is a cold-blooded murderer who abducts beautiful women, tortures them physically and mentally, and then murders them. He always has women to torture and mainly selects visitors who cannot find lawyers. When an As...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2009
• 27min

Postman BAN discovers a mysterious parcel. The sender of the parcel has the same name as his father who disappeared when BAN was in his youth. Suspecting that it may be his father, BAN must deliver it to a woman who has the key of...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2009
• 98min

That human nature becoming seriously violent within the system of the death penalty and a jail is what this film serenely gazes into. An execution scheduled to be carried out in 12 years creates a hostile and stifling atmosphere a...