World Cinema

• France
• 2005
• 90min

The normal order of things is reversed in Francois Ozon′s latest, 5x2. Instead of beginning where most romances do, Ozon uses the device most recognizable from Harold Pinter′s Betrayal with divorce proceedings his jumping off poin...

World Cinema

• Canada
• 2005
• 97min

Jeanne is a doctor consumed by guilt. Her life is at a standstill because of the murder of one of her patients and the woman′s daughter-a murder Jeanne believes she could have prevented. Francois is consumed with fear for his aili...

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2005
• 106min

The camera follows a woman called Ghada, born and raised in a refugee camp in Palestine, through her engagement, wedding ceremony, the birth of her child, and her journey to interview elderly Palestinian women about their experien...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2005
• 19min

After living in a room in the Garibong area, Sunhwa leaves the area when her company moves. The Garibong Market was a cultural place for laborers as well as the Mecca of industrialization along as the home of the Kuro Industrial C...

Wide Angle

• Taiwan
• 2005
• 30min

2005 Venice Film Festival Small Station is inspired by a real story. A 60-year-old woman and her 35-year-old mentally disabled son travel from Taipei to a remote train station in the interior of Taiwan. The son is fond of watc...

PIFF‘s Asian Pantheon

• Vietnam
• 2005
• 100min

Wide Angle

• Thailand
• 2005
• 100min

In the mountains of northern Thailand, Chiang Mai, there is a school for hill tribe children. The students are from different tribes and they speak different dialects. They neither attend school every morning nor go back home afte...

Korean Cinema

• Korea
• 2005
• 110min

Film director Kim receives a sudden call from his cousin Il-kyu. Il-kyu calls to say that his mother will meet his father in Yan Jie, China. The two were separated during the Korean War and II-kyu asks if Kim could accompany with ...

World Cinema

• Nethelands,Belgium
• 2005
• 90min

Anna is married with a young son-the picture of happiness. Her career as an irrigation specialist takes her around the world, and while in Egypt, she discovers the body of a woman colleague who has committed suicide. Like Anna, th...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• Korea
• 2005
• 115min

The ruthlessness of gangs and the city alley surrounded by light and shadow present the essence of Korean noir. The rules of the gangs are more than just being cruel. The wife of the boss was raped by an opium addict and therefore...