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

• Korea
• 2005
• 92min

A group of Korean soldiers are equipped with some rifles left by Japanese and US Army, standing guard at the frontline post. A corporal who watches his hometown in distance, a new enlisted soldier who doesn′t believe in war, and a...

Wide Angle

• Thailand
• 2005
• 80min

Set in a solitary island resort in Thailand, 3 Friends is full of beautiful blue sky and dazzling emerald sea. Three gorgeous girls, close friends, are enjoying a weeklong vacation on the white sand beach, in the shade of palm tre...

Special Programs in Focus

• Canada
• 2005
• 123min

Spanning continents, Thom Fitzgerald directs a strong international cast in this epic film about people fighting an epidemic. In Canada, cut-rate porn actor Denys repeatedly fakes his blood tests by using the blood of his ailing f...

World Cinema

• Russia
• 2005
• 126min

The contradictory and seemingly hypocritical nature of human existence is explored in llia Khrzhanovsky′s controversial debut film. Two parallel tales unfold in two distinct spheres. Or perhaps not distinct at all. In a bar in Mos...

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...

Korean Cinema

• Korea
• 2005
• 120min

An intelligent, cool-headed perfectionist, Sun-woo has climbed to the top, managing the upscale lounge and restaurant while earning the absolute trust of his boss, Mr. Kang, with his undivided loyalty. When Mr. Kang suspects his g...

Special Programs in Focus

• Japan
• 2005
• 90min

A story of a man consumed by trauma. Bearing an eye scar stemming from an accident in his childhood, Richio suffers from the aftereffects. Dividing his time between DJing at a nightclub and working at a record shop, he looks compl...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2005
• 38min

Following the day spent by the grandson and the daughter, who took her elderly father to the hospital, the film introduces a grandfather who′s facing death, the little grandson who′s starting his life, and the daughter who′s hurt ...

Special Programs in Focus

• UK
• 2005
• 103min

In the late 17th century affluent Mrs. Herbert hires the young artist Mr. Neville to draw twelve detailed illustrations of her husband′s country estate. In return, she promises him perfect hospitality-and sex. Mr. Neville is a per...

Critics' Choice

• Korea
• 2005
• 175min

A film that runs up to 175 minutes. Having such a running time for a debut feature is in itself fresh. The director, Shin Yeon-shick, is a totally unknown director. Video production work is his whole filmography and he completed t...