Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2009
• 75min

This film shows a cinematic experiment which is led by music and is a road movie which tells the story by following a single musical album. The journey that travels from Gahoe-dong, Seoul to the sea may be viewed as somewhat stere...

World Cinema

• Netherlands,France
• 2009
• 92min

“Not only was I returning to my roots for the first time in 30 years, I also went back to the landscape and the people so familiar and dear to me… The energy, the lust for life, the humor and dedication of the Ugandan people is st...

Wide Angle

• Indonesia
• 2009
• 24min

A young wife, Utami, sees her husband Warso off. She waits for him. Warso leaves with his lover, Ningsih, who also left her husband Darsam. The lovers meet and happily leave the village. Darsam and Utami both wait for their respec...

Special Programs in Focus

• Philippines
• 2009
• 88min

The first Filipino film to play at the Venice Film Festival, stars the director, Manuel Conde himself in the role of Temujin, who later became Genghis Khan. Wise, or sometimes cunning Temujin goes through several heroic episodes; ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Germany
• 2009
• 91min

Urna, who plays traditional Mongolian music, sets out on a journey to keep a promise she made to her grandmother before she passed away. She is determined to revive her grandmother’s Horse Head fiddle (Morin Khuur: traditional Mon...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Malaysia
• 2009
• 75min

Upon graduating from college Betik returns to his hometown and works at his family’s karaoke club, although his mother doesn’t seem to welcome his return. He gets a girlfriend, Anisah, and works part time making video backgrounds ...

World Cinema

• Cameroon,France
• 2009
• 92min

Nchare, whose parents died when he was sixteen, lives in Cameroun helping his uncle who is a potter. He seeks love from Mapon after falling in love with her at first sight, but in order to win her heart, he faces several tests. He...

World Cinema

• Canada,Ireland
• 2009
• 88min

Fleeting, intense romance has been a subject of art ? and cinema ? for decades: [Brief Encounter], [Before Sunrise], and [Lost in Translation] are just a few. In that vein comes [Cairo Time], the story of a woman’s three-week roma...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Thailand
• 2009
• 105min

An adaptation of the novel by Ngarmpun “Jane” Vejjajiva about nine-year-old Kati’s sorrow and hope. Kati lives with her grandparents, and cannot even remember her mom’s face. Still, she is a normal, always cheerful child, due to h...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2009
• 197min

Young-soo’s pining for a married woman reminds us of [The Sorrows of Young Werther]. Lost in his despair, he is wandering around Cheong Gye Cheon in Seoul, where he meets Sun-hwa, who is also despairing for love. Elsewhere, Mee-ye...