Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2008
• 98min

A rock band singer Hyun-seok meets with a terrible accident one day. A problem with his hearing develops and hinders his studio recordings. In a deep despair, Hyun-seok retreats to a lodging house in Hokkaido, Japan. The hostess o...

Midnight Passion

• Italy
• 2008
• 117min

Lulli is a noted art critic. He is in a relationship with Gloria, the young, beautiful daughter of a dear, deceased friend, but it comes to a quick end when she leaves him for Adrian, a tormented artist still looking for his big b...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2008
• 26min

Homosexuals Chang-sik and Sung-tae used to be a couple when they were younger. They happen to run into each other at the Park. They head to motel to talk about their relationship and find closure.

Open Cinema

• United States
• 2008
• 108min

Like Sideways, Randall Miller’s Bottle Shock revels in the beauty that is California wine, but that is where the comparisons end. Loosely based on a true story, one that changed the dynamics of the wine-producing world, the film r...

Wide Angle

• China,Thailand,Philippines
• 2008
• 30min

‘Yugong Yishan’ is an old Chinese fable that Chairman Mao used in order to break down imperialism and feudalism. It is also a club where young musicians perform, situated near Beijing. Continuously interweaving the fable, the past...

Special Programs in Focus

• Philippines
• 2008
• 90min

This is the first animation produced in the Philippines. The backdrop is the Philippines during the period of tribal nations in the 13th century. Even though the influence of Disney animation is everpresent, such as in the charact...

Korean Cinema Today

• KOREA
• 2008
• 124min

This film is based on the true story of the women’s handball team during the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Handball Olympic medalist Mi-sook works as an employee at a big shopping mart when her team is disbanded. Meanwhile, Hae-kyung, ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Vietnam
• 2008
• 121min

At the very first glance, this film looks like a typical melodrama; but upon looking closer, it is the story of a woman who comes to collapse with no compassion from the world she lives in. The head of a high school, Phuong, is ma...

Korean Cinema Retrospective

• KOREA
• 2008
• 89min

Although The Hand of Destiny was not successful in the box office, it received major attention for having the first kiss scene in the history of Korean cinema. Also actress Yoon In-ja appears as the first female spy. The film unfo...

World Cinema

• Italy
• 2008
• 100min

Even though the idea of desiring another person is very fascinating to me, here it is not clear who is the victim and who the executioner. In the end, they are one and the same, and the executioner is only life, which makes them a...