Korean Cinema Retrospective

• KOREA
• 2008
• 114min

A Dream of Fortune is one of the masterpieces of the 1960s. While the majority of Han Hyung-mo’s protagonists are middle or high class, A Dream of Fortune embodies realism by approaching the common. Although the plot of the swindl...

Flash Forward

• France
• 2008
• 85min

Director Philippe Fernandez returns to the subject of extraterrestrial life and our relationship to outer space in his feature debut. In a small community poised on the precipice of the space age, the conquest of space soon to be ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Romania
• 2008
• 10min

A van pulls up at an intersection, where prostitute Lili is abducted and driven to a deserted beach. There, juvenile escapee Blondu and his friends embark on a power game with Lili and the van’s driver, ending with a trial.

World Cinema

• France
• 2008
• 90min

After watching the film, a very close friend sent me an email in which she said: “Like an old folktale, your film shows us the locus from which desire is born, the renewal of the species, and makes the incontrovertible assertion t...

New Currents

• Iran
• 2008
• 76min

Rana lives in the countryside with her widowed father. Her life is supported by two people: her disabled father and her lover Habib, who left to fight in the war and has never been heard from since. Her father feels sorry for her,...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2008
• 110min

Tired of her job, TV producer Su-jung, who makes tear-jerking human documentaries for a living, decides to go to Africa to make a documentary about a lion. While an accident with her crew prevents her departure, she happens to mee...

New Currents

• Thailand
• 2008
• 106min

This is the story of couples seeking a second opportunity. The film follows the love and break-ups of three couples in 1972 and 1999. The first couple, Pakorn and Phone, are homosexuals. The second couple, Arunaya and Krung, meet ...

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...

Special Programs in Focus

• Korea
• 2008
• 66min

The first color-feature length animation of Korea. It was generally known the original print was lost but thanks to the resent restoration work, it’s back on the screen. The Japanese title appears on the screen since the restorati...

Special Programs in Focus

• JAPAN
• 2008
• 100min

ABC Short Films produced by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), consists of 5 short films about ‘children’ made by prestigious filmmakers. The films deal with social issues, pre-pubescent school life, and familial obligations in...