Wide Angle

• Iran
• 2008
• 10min

People get in an elevator. The elevator passes the floors one by one, but the passengers’ final destination is always the same.

Wide Angle

• Taiwan
• 2008
• 15min

Two lovers play a joke on the girl in the backseat. But once the car stops, an afternoon drive in the country takes a wrong turn as the girl in the backseat now controls the fun.

Korean Cinema Retrospective

• Korea
• 2008
• 104min

Similar to Madame Freedom, The Female Boss portrays the new Korean lifestyle of that time. Yohanna, a female CEO, is a single woman who is faithful to her desires. She coincidentally meets Yong-ho at a telephone booth and their de...

Special Programs in Focus

• Indonesia
• 2008
• 110min

Directed by 4 women, Chants of Lotus is an omnibus film dealing with a doctor contemplating an abortion for a rape victim, sexcrazed teens, a single mother struggling to keep her daughter safe, and a wife who has just lost her hus...

World Cinema

• Germany
• 2008
• 93min

Finding a home is something that interests me, and people who manage to get their way against all odds too. Everywhere they turn, they are confronted with defeat, but nevertheless they forge on. Often these “home-builders” are wit...

World Cinema

• Sweden,Denmark,Finland,Norway
• 2008
• 111min

In Sweden in the early 1900s, in a time of social change and poverty, the young working class woman Maria wins a camera in a lottery. The camera enables Maria to see the world through new eyes, but it also becomes a threat to her ...

World Cinema

• Norway,Germany
• 2008
• 90min

The one constant in Horten’s life is his train route, a route he has been driving for forty years. When the day comes for him to retire, he is at a loss as to how to live in the aftermath. With the same kind of subtle humor and wa...

Special Programs in Focus

• Korea
• 2008
• 95min

A cartoon by Chun Gye Young, which was one of the most popular cartoons in the late 1990’s, is made into an animation after 8 years of work. The film’s leading characters, with appearances typical for girls’ cartoons, are already ...

Midnight Passion

• Japan
• 2008
• 107min

1950. Orochi, a mysterious young girl, comes into the mansion of the Monzen family seeking shelter from a storm, and goes to work there as a housekeeper. The owner of the house is Aoi Monzen, the greatest star of the silver screen...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2008
• 27min

Memory of May consists of five short animations capturing the memories of Gwangju. By showing different techniques in each work, the film is composed of various animation styles. Some works combine image with music by using folk m...