A Window on Asian Cinema

• Indonesia
• 2006
• 125min

This is a brand-new type of musical - a musical that one can encounter only from Indonesia. [Opera Java] represents the accomplishment of Garin Nugroho`s ambitious dream to represent the glorious tradition of Gamelan in a film. Th...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2006
• 135min

This documentary is about the 3rd and 4th generation Korean residents of Japan who are students of Chosen elementary, middle, and high school in Hokkaido. It follows the students through one year of the eventual 11 years` national...

Wide Angle

• Taiwan
• 2006
• 14min

Pigeons are used for gambling in many countries. These poor birds suffer all their lives without ever knowing why. In this short film, the pigeons are played by humans, with the expectation that people would learn to feel the way ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Japan
• 2006
• 90min

One of the most ideal topics for animation is the `world of dreams`. Kon Satoshi`s [Paprika], based on the film by Tsutsui Yasutaka, unfurls a novel world of sci-fi animation, which takes the world of dreams as its subject matter....

Critics` Choice

• Paraguay,France,Argentina,Spain,Netherland,Germany
• 2006
• 78min

It is the middle of Paraguay’s Chaco War. The film begins with an extended shot of a couple hanging a hammock. Ramon and Candida wait patiently for rain, for cooler weather, and for word from their son, fighting in the war. Shot i...

Open Cinema

• France,Germany
• 2006
• 120min

Make a five-minute love story in any of 20 neighborhoods in Paris with the lowest budget possible: this is the cardinal rule for the 21 different filmmakers of Paris, je t`aime. Set in various spots in Paris, different scenes of l...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2006
• 165min

From the observer`s point of view, this documentary describes the time that has elapsed between Korea and Japan, the road traveled by the people that have lived the history, and the encounter of the people from both countries tryi...

Special Programs in Focus

• France
• 2006
• 110min

Ferdinand is an ex-Spanish teacher living with a wealthy Italian wife. When a beautiful babysitter, Marianne, comes into Ferdinand`s life a mysterious air comes along with her ? and between them. Accompanying his wife to a recepti...

Critics` Choice

• Germany
• 2006
• 89min

Paul, 16 years old, spontaneously decides to visit his relatives, Anna and Stefan. Having recently lost his father, Paul is searching for an ideal world, and intrudes upon the seemingly perfect family. But he doesn`t find his idea...

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 ...