Midnight Passion

• France
• 2008
• 105min

Alex Fayard is a successful crime novel author. He has been invited to Japan for the release of his latest book. One night he encounters Tamao, a geisha who confides to him her fears. One of her former lovers, who may well be Shun...

World Cinema

• Italy,France
• 2008
• 118min

Though Il Divo may be a portrait of Giulio Andreotti, senator for life, three-time prime minister, and one of the most powerful men in Italy-it is simultaneously a biting dissection of Italian post-war politics, beginning with And...

World Cinema

• Canada
• 2008
• 105min

Very little is truly understood about post-partum depression and the number of women it affects is greatly underestimated. Motherhood is the apex of womanhood, and the shame and bitterness of not responding to the task “properly” ...

Korean Cinema Retrospective

• Korea
• 2008
• 124min

`A Korean melodrama classic. With her husband′s help, Oh Sun-young starts working at Han Tae-seok’s tailor shop. Chun-ho, a college student who lives next door, approaches Sun-young and teaches her dancing, infecting her with a We...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2008
• 10min

A mother’s everyday nagging is relentless. But when she passes away and the only thing left in her son’s arms is a smiling picture of her. The camera captures the moment when the unbearable nagging eats into the son’s heart in th...

New Currents

• China
• 2008
• 92min

Jalainur is a lyrical film depicting a deep sense of regret towards everything that disappears as times change. Zhu Youxiang, who is an engine driver of a steam locomotive in Jalainur, a village in the coal mine region of inner Mo...

Midnight Passion

• France,Belgium
• 2008
• 97min

When the life of Jean-Claude van Damme collides with the reality of a hold-up, suddenly the huge movie star turns into an ordinary guy, filled with fears, contradictions and hopes. How can he be up to the legend he has built? What...

New Currents

• Korea
• 2008
• 99min

A family is gathered at the funeral of Hee-jun. Father, mother and daughter have special memories with Hee-jun. Hee-jun met the father at his mom’s snack bar and wrote a novel about that weird encounter. The mother was Hee-jun’s K...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Pakistan,United States
• 2008
• 105min

The film is based on a true story of a father and son’s accidental crossing of the Pakistan-Indian border at a time of war and the wife/mother who waits for their return. The power of a true story is strong. The family is forced t...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Taiwan
• 2008
• 129min

While once he dreamt of singing in a band, now Aga lives as a post man. Two events visit his boring life: an opportunity to perform at a concert of a Japanese superstar and a love letter from Japan with an unknown address. Juxtapo...