A Window on Asian Cinema

• Hong Kong,China,Taiwan
• 2008
• 105min

The youths in this movie deal with the obstacle of reality in pursuit of their big dreams and passions. Even though their disappointments leave them with irreversible scars, they are still young and hopeful. Wind of September, a m...

New Currents

• China
• 2008
• 80min

Sociological contemplation about awkwardness. Long conversation about a couch, Routine Holliday is a film which can be explained by a simple single line, but at the same time cannot be explained properly. On a national holiday, so...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2008
• 131min

A cellist named Daigo returns home to Yamagata to look for a new job after his orchestra was disbanded. He is employed by a mortician company, but Daigo can’t even tell his wife what he is doing because he is ashamed of the job. N...

Special Programs in Focus

• Italy,France,United States
• 2008
• 117min

The Tavianis first English-language film is an ode to filmmaking and the Italian masters. After losing the family business, two brothers head to Hollywood to strike it rich, and wind up working on D.W. Griffiths’ landmark Intolera...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2008
• 99min

A librarian Eun-soo catches Jun-oh damaging some books. The target of the vandalism is page 198 of a certain book. Peaked with curiosity, Eun-soo tries to help Jun-oh, who says his ex-girlfriend left a message on page 198 of a boo...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2008
• 106min

Eon-ju, a private tutor lives in a packed student-apartment. She is sick of poverty and works hard to get her own room. She drops by a realtor’s office as often as possible to see what is there. One day, she witnesses a homeless p...

Special Programs in Focus

• Romania,France
• 2008
• 84min

Mihai and Miha picnic to riverside on a sunny day. While in the midst of constant quarrel, they accidentally hit Ana-Violeta, a young prostitute. She joined the picnic and revealed the pain and truth between the two lovers. Hooked...

Wide Angle

• KOREA
• 2008
• 24min

Min-suk witnessed a friend’s death when he was young. He thinks he may have pushed the friend and tries to recover the truth through hypnotherapy. Then one day, a young woman commits suicide in his house and he gets questioned by ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Jordan
• 2008
• 99min

Abu Raed is a sweeper who works at the Amman airport. One day he happens to find a pilot’s cap in a trash can at the airport and puts it on. A child from the village mistakes Abu for a pilot, and thus begins the story of Abu and t...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2008
• 23min

Jung-yeon plans to quit school and go to Iraq. Penniless and jobless Jung-min admits he is a gay. Sergey is an illegal immigrant worker. Despite his Asian appearance, Jim is from France. Despite their differences in nationality, l...