A Window on Asian Cinema

• India
• 2004
• 98min

Under the name of globalization, all banking and insurance-related business enquiries from the United States and Europe are answered from toll-free numbers, with operators provided from India′s cheap workforce. Sue, who just star...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2004
• 141min

A twelve-year-old boy and his three younger siblings live all by themselves, totally on their own. The film is not set in a war-torn region or in some poverty-stricken country. It is set right in the middle of Tokyo, the heart of...

Wide Angle

• India
• 2004
• 5min

How does a movie star′s blind fan appreciate them? And what does the star mean to them? Amitabh Bachchan is a Bollywood icon who must be evoked - for his vision-impaired fans - in alternative ways. This five-minute documentary, b...

World Cinema

• NewZealand
• 2004
• 126min

As a child, Paul Prior stumbled upon his father′s secret den - a place he set aside to indulge his love of good wine, literature and independent thought. He kept it a secret from his puritanical wife, and Paul vowed to honor that ...

World Cinema

• Congo,France
• 2004
• 75min

Jean and Marie are newlyweds on their honeymoon in Africa. Jean - the son of a colonist - wants to show the country to his new bride. But this is not an ideal vacation destination. Africa in Father′s Garden is in turmoil, struggli...

World Cinema

• France
• 2004
• 80min

Our Music is divided into three parts: Hell; Purgatory; and Paradise. The first, Hell, is a montage of clips from movies and documentaries showing war, political conflict and genocide across the ages: battleships, gunfire, execut...

Special Programs in Focus

• Indonesia
• 2004
• 6min

A Very Slow breakfast is about individuality and the loss of family values. An attempt to redefine the meaning of family in the changing realm of modernity.

Critics` Choice

• Hungary
• 2004
• 120min

The instant this intriguing Hungarian film begins, you find yourself in a sophisticated brain game. where you are supposed to collect clues scattered throughout time and space, and also outline the case. In a remote town, the blis...

Special Programs in Focus

• Greece
• 2004
• 126min

In Landscape in the Mist, Theo Angelopoulos′ habitually retuming father character is absent. His children, Alexandros and Voula, are searching for him. They believe - thanks to their mother - he is living in Gemany. Each night, th...

New Current

• Malaysia
• 2004
• 80min

A hopeless life is painful to lead on. Director Ho Yu-hang unfolds a story about the hopeless life of the young and old people of Malaysia. Lai, unemployed, kills his time playing billiards for money. Lai′s girlfriend, See, works ...