Special Programs in Focus

• Indonesia
• 2008
• 95min

Indonesian version of Darna, inspired by Darna of the Philippines. Comparing this version with Philippine’s original could be a good example of the cultural interactions and influences. This is the only superheroine film made in I...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Malaysia
• 2008
• 122min

This Longing is a report on familiar things that fade away. The film consists of two stories. Sidi lives with his father in Johor Bahru near the border between Malaysia and Singapore. The location of his mother, who went to Indone...

Wide Angle

• India
• 2008
• 84min

At a cattle fair in Bihar, India, fifty young and beautiful women perform every night. The majority of the audience is men. The women’s dance presents a sexual fantasy to its viewers, but to the dancers, the dance is just a job th...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2008
• 96min

Just like some previous works of Majid Majidi, this film also focuses on the theme that people in difficulty realize the meaning of life when they try to overcome their problems. This time, the film centers on a middle-aged man wh...

Open Cinema

• France
• 2008
• 120min

Based on the book by Francois Begaudeau, The Class is about a teacher(Begaudeau) attempting to do his job in Paris’ 20th arrondissement, the traditional home to people from all corners of the globe. Comparisons to Dangerous Minds ...

World Cinema

• Hungary,Germany
• 2008
• 92min

I tried to understand the kind of freedom that allows someone to transcend the norm, rather than talk about sexual deviance. It is not the incest that is at the heart of the story, but the courage it takes to accept what is a natu...

New Currents

• Kazakhstan
• 2008
• 70min

In a small village where water is scarce, old man Zhake, who had been elected for the past thirty years as town minister, is defeated by a talented young woman. Instead, he is offered a librarian job. Though being indisposed first...

Wide Angle

• Portugal
• 2008
• 24min

Boy meets girl. It’s the oldest story in the book, but the day-to-day struggle to remain a happy couple is pressing down on Dino and Helena. Together, they search for a solution to their problem.

Open Cinema

• Japan
• 2008
• 98min

Tokyo Girl is a fantasy that portrays the love of two youngsters going back and forth in time. Miho, who lives in 2008, drops her cellular phone down a staircase. The phone is found by Tokijiro who lives in 1912, and the conversat...

New Currents

• Korea
• 2008
• 115min

After selling the properties from their paretns, Hyung-kuk and Young-ae move into an apartment in a city. Strange things happen around the family as they begin their new life. Their daughter Mi-ae starts to exhibit weird behavior,...