Special Programs in Focus

• Iran
• 2006
• 75min

Abdullah gets a prized position from his father a harmonica. Now all the boys in the village paying Abdullah money, or bribing him with food or sweets - the boys pay for the ability to play are scrambling to get a chance to play i...

New Currents

• Vietnam
• 2006
• 136min

A tribute to the Ao Dai that symbolizes the lofty and pure willpower of Vietnamese women. A magnificent drama that portrays how one poor and oppressed family manages to maintain its pride and dignity, and overcome adversities sinc...

World Cinema

• USA,Cambodia
• 2006
• 113min

The agonizing subject of child prostitution is at the center of [Holly], the debut film from writer Guy Moshe. The complex relationship between 12-year-old Holly and American antiquities dealer Patrick begins when they meet in a C...

Critics` Choice

• France
• 2006
• 107min

Edouard, Eloi and Alexandre are graduate students and aspiring writers at the Sorbonne. The three meet fellow writer Andre in their class, and soon fall under his carefree spell. Each is awkward enough to be completely mesmerized ...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2006
• 127min

Film director Joong-rae is in a creative quagmire. For a change of scenery, he takes a trip to a beach with his friend Chang-wook and Chang-wook`s girlfriend Moon-sook. Drawn to Moon-sook`s charm, Joong-rae flirts her and she doe...

Wide Angle

• Russia
• 2006
• 44min

Moscow is not among the dozens of cities across the globe renowned for ethnic diversity and cultural variety. But like London or New York, Moscow is in the midst of a very typical, modern quagmire. The immigration, emigration and ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2006
• 129min

A young man, Shou, leads a life of no significance until one day he is asked by his father to clean up the dead aunt`s house. As he empties her trash-filled flat, he finds himself becoming curious about her life. Kawajiri Matsuko ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Taiwan,Austria,France
• 2006
• 115min

The work of Tsai Ming0liang is becoming more and more minimalist while the symbolism becomes more and more profound. In [I Don`t Want to Sleep Alone], he explores the minds of three characters through an extreme use of scant dialo...

World Cinema

• Hungary
• 2006
• 101min

When a serious injury cuts short the career of gymnast Miklos Dongo, he decides to head to Canada to resume his life as a coach. But a miserable childhood trapped inside a 1980s-era Hungarian gymnasium and a past dominated by brut...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China
• 2006
• 96min

This is a film that ruminates over the meaning of family and insists that meaning should include understanding, love, and unconditional support for blood ties. Middle-aged Lao Li tries to remarry Miss Zhang. Lao Li`s taxi driver ...