World Cinema

• UK
• 2009
• 124min

With her debut film, [Red Road], Andrea Arnold proved that she was unafraid to shine a light on Britain’s simmering frustrations and the alienation felt by the individual. In [Fish Tank], an unflinching study of a troubled teen, A...

Special Programs in Focus

• Taiwan
• 2009
• 88min

Frostlight is a naive girl who disregards a fortuneteller’s warning, and her actions catch the attention of evil Asura. This extraordinary adventure into one’s inner self, reveals that the beauty of imperfection is in itself the u...

Midnight Passion

• Korea,Japan
• 2009
• 122min

Higanjima is a secluded island where vampires are lusting for human blood. Once you step on the island, you can never return. One day, Akira, a high school student, is told that his missing brother was seen on Higanjima. Akira and...

World Cinema

• Germany,France,Austria,Italy
• 2009
• 145min

The best film of 2009 and winner of the Palme d′Or at Cannes this year, it was selected as The Best Film of the Year by the world’s biggest critic’s association, FIPRESCI. However, it won’t be likely to get the same acclaim from g...

Wide Angle

• China
• 2009
• 83min

What is going on in Chinese elementary schools where students go to school with red scarfs? The film captures the campus life of students and teachers in detail, such as gossiping in teacher′s rooms, fighting among students, stude...

Korean Cinema Retrospective

• Korea
• 2009
• 108min

During a village shaman exorcism, Hane-ne tried to commit suicide, but was saved by a farmhand, Man-young. As Pil-joo is added to the equation of two people, a complicated history of the village is revealed. Ha Kil-chong’s own sty...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Philippines,France
• 2009
• 115min

Two grandmothers, one has lost her grandson, and the other is the murderer’s grandmother. The former must arrange for her grandson’s funeral costs, and the latter must provide the bail. Director Brillante Mendoza does not talk abo...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2009
• 118min

The way in which [Haeundae] develops its plot can be considered a Koreanized transformation of Hollywood romantic narratives in the pre and post 1950’s. Man-sik and Yeon-hee see-saw, while being unsure as to whether they can be a ...

World Cinema

• Ireland
• 2009
• 104min

Freddie is getting re-married to his ex-wife, Sophie. Maura is being paid to have a fake wedding ceremony. Freddie and Maura are booked at the same wedding reception place at the same time, and from there things get complicated. O...

Special Programs in Focus

• Philippines
• 2009
• 93min

The documentary that gave birth to the term ‘Filipino independent films’, it follows the director’s life in the country as he drives a jeep for a living. It depicts the conflict between traditional Filipino life and the life as a ...