A Window on Asian Cinema

• China
• 2009
• 100min

Sometimes the law that protects humanity becomes a tool which destroys it. [Judge] tells that we can make injuries worse through revenge conducted in the name of the law and are completely cured only by forgiveness through the psy...

World Cinema

• France,Italy,Belgium
• 2009
• 109min

A new film from Elia Suleiman dealing with the lives of Palestinians who lived in Israel, and experiences from his own life. This film consists of four parts: from 1948 when Israel invaded Nazareth, his father’s death, intifada, a...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2009
• 118min

Based on Yoshida Shuichi’s Parade, this film depicts the ‘breaking off of human relationships.’ Ryoshuke, Naoki, Kotomi and Mirai are four young friends who live together in a two-bedroom apartment. Their lives are ordinary, and n...

Gala Presentation

• Korea
• 2009
• 115min

An unstoppable romance between an old bachelor in his 50s and a college girl in her 20s. Despite the twenty-six year age difference and the fact that he is dating his friend’s daughter, the old bachelor and the young woman become ...

Wide Angle

• United States
• 2009
• 15min

This is a moving film exploring the impact of love late in life and the pressures of obligation. Though Helen is devoted to her dying husband, her new and fulfilling relationship with Glen rekindles long-dormant desires and gives ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Vietnam
• 2009
• 110min

This film tells us how complicated and subtle, pretentious and empty human relationships are. Duyen and Hai are newly married. Duyen believes that she truly loves Hai, but soon realizes that’s not true. Duyen’s girlfriend Cam is f...

Wide Angle

• Thailand
• 2009
• 30min

A famous Korean actress Jin (Im Soo Jung) comes to Phuket for a one-week holiday, whereas she cannot take a rest at all because of endless phone calls and paparazzies. Nevertheless, she develops an unexpected friendship with the h...

World Cinema

• Romania
• 2009
• 96min

Francesca is a kindergarten teacher in Bucharest, living with her mother. Desperate to better herself by moving to Italy, she accepts a dodgy job offer from a broker: For 2,000 Euro he can set her up as a nurse near Milan. She als...

Flash Forward

• Spain,Norway
• 2009
• 107min

This is a liberal interpretation of Henrik Ibsen’s play [Little Eyolf] which he wrote in his later years. It is liberal overall, but remains loyal to the original to the names of the characters and the pessimistic theme stressing ...

Wide Angle

• China
• 2009
• 76min

[Once Upon a Time Proletarian] shows the present state of China through twelve platforms ? an old farmer, a middle aged waitress, a car washer, a weapons dealer, fish store owners, a barber, a factory owner, a park ranger, a shopp...