Midnight Passion

• NewZealand
• 2007
• 97min

The Ferryman’s inspiration is the Greek myth of Charon the Ferryman of Hades. According to the myth, when we pass into the realm of the dead our spirit has to pay passage to The Ferryman for a trip across the river of darkness ? s...

World Cinema

• Iceland
• 2007
• 100min

Dentist Oscar lives with his wife and stepchildren in an affluent neighborhood, trying but failing to have children of his own. His world shatter when he discovers a betrayal by his wife. Einar is a stockbroker who is biding his t...

Wide Angle

• Iran
• 2007
• 11min

Although they are in the same place, a prison guard and a prisoner lead completely different lives.

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China
• 2007
• 91 min

Director Weng Shou Ming made his feature film debut with this super 16mm movie Fujian Blue, which tells the stories of China’s young people who are troubled and becoming more materialistic by going through the erosion of tradition...

Wide Angle

• Germany
• 2007
• 90min

At any given time of year, the town of Wacken, in northern Germany, is a sedate farming village: Farmers boast about corn growth, and devout grandmothers sing in the choir. But for three days each summer, the Wacken Open Air distu...

Flash Forward

• France
• 2007
• 102min

As the First World War rages far away from her rural home, Camille follows along through letter she receives from her husband fighting on the front. When he suddenly ends their relationship, she decides to find out why ? in person...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2007
• 20min

The French Lieutenant’s Woman by director BAEK Seung-bin is a defining film of John Fowles’ novel of the same title; it is, at the same time, a parody of the writer. The mother believes her child’s father to be John Fowles, and he...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• India
• 2007
• 110min

The best film of the year from India, Frozen is about a family living peacefully in a mountain village in the Himalayas, who suddenly get hit with a tragedy and must work to overcome it. Lasya lives with her father Karma and youn...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Thailand
• 2007
• 107min

This film by Pen-ek Ratanaruang drew the most attention this year among Thai films, and it was also a PPP project of 2006. Wit and his wife Dang return to Thailand after 7 years and check into a hotel to attend the funeral of thei...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Philippines
• 2007
• 118min

Set in Philippine Science High School, a place for elite students in the 1980s, the film tells the story of 8 students. Director Auraeus Calo Solito incorporates the historical background of the People′s Power Revolution in 1986 t...