World Cinema

• Hungary
• 2004
• 105min

Who hasn′t felt, at some point in their lives, the desire to disappear from the face of the earth? This moment has arrived in the life of twenty-something Bulcsu, who seeks refuge from his problems at the subway, where he works. A...

Wide Angle

• Singapore
• 2004
• 13min

Royston tan ten Tan tackles the issue of censorship in cut. Featuring cameos of notables from Singapore′s artistic community, this short film articulates the pent-up frustrations from both the perspective of Singaporean ete and t...

Special Programs in Focus

• Indonesia
• 2004
• 120min

Kuldesak focuses on four young inhabitants of Jakarta in the 1990s. They all have dreams, but sometimes life forces them to make radical choices. Aksan, in need of money to fund his film, decides to steal from his rich father. And...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2004
• 16min

A line of messenger auto cycles run at full speed in the dark gray city. Quick Service looks into a messenger boy′s day. ′Quick Service′ is a symbol of urban life′s anonymity and commodity. Quick service delivers everything. It co...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China
• 2004
• 100min

A poor farmer, De-shan, living in a cold and dry village in the midst mist-covered rocky mountains, gets the chance of a lifetime: he receives two sheep for free as part of the village development program. The two imported sheep,...

Critics` Choice

• United States
• 2004
• 88min

Tamation, a film by Jonathan Caouette, is a unique documentary that carries both the avant-garde′s experimentalism and melodrama′s heartwarming tenderness. The director, who grew up under a drug-addicted mother and has worked as a...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2004
• 13min

A taxi driver drives an elderly gentleman from the Kim Hae airport in Pusan. He suddenly makes the passenger get off when he demands to go to a place that the driver doesn′t want to go. Then he gets a phone call saying his daught...

World Cinema

• Angola,Portugal
• 2004
• 90min

The hollow city of the title is Luanda, the Angolan capital, where a war orphan meets his inevitable fate. N′dala is a refugee child being escorted to Luanda with a group of children by a nun. Once they arrive, N′dala runs off to ...

World Cinema

• Australia
• 2004
• 106min

A regular weekday morning sees Tom White and his family ready themselves for their days at work and school. On the surface, everything seems fine - but lurking just below the surface is a deep, unwavering dissatisfaction with a m...

Wide Angle

• Taiwan
• 2004
• 10min

There is a boy, who is looking for something, walking along the silent street. He sees a half moon-shaped amme and a flag with 33 formations. Thinking that the name card in his hand has the same mark as what he saw, he rings the ...