Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2003
• 56m 8sec

In order to escape from the sufferings of war, grandma Young-ja married an American and left the country with high hopes of happiness. However, due to differences in culture and language barrier, she has not adjusted well to her n...

World Cinema

• France
• 2003
• 95m

Thomas is dying of a mysterious disorder that medical science is unable to identify despite numerous procedures and tests. Desperate and afraid, he contacts his younger brother Luc, whom he has not seen for a long time. Tentativel...

Special Programs in Focus

• China
• 2003
• 97min

Wang Xiaoshuai′s second ′underground′ feature was shot in 1994, soon after The Days, but not post-produced until three years later. In the interim, the Chinese authorities enacted legislation to outlaw independent film-making, and...

Special Programs in Focus

• Canada,Portugal,Netherlands,Finland
• 2003
• 93m

Wide Angle

• Taiwan
• 2003
• 64min

For over 50 years the bellicose relationship between Taiwan and China has been slowly improving, yet always requiring mediation. Isolated between the two countries lies Kinmen Island. Reachable by a 50-minute flight from Taiwan, t...

World Cinema

• Morocco,Belgium,France
• 2003
• 124m

It is the first day of Ramadan in 1981 and the people of a small Moroccan village in the Atlas Mountains are preparing for a period of fasting and deprivation. During this time of piety, Amina and her seven year-old son Mehdi move...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2003
• 86min

A favorite subject of filmmakers is ′youth′, especially stories of young people struggling for love in their suffocating reality. Deep Breath, beginning with a scene of a body pulled out from a river, depicts the stories of youth ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Afghanistan
• 2003
• 11min

Basir, a young Afghan refugee living in Iran, sees a television program about the plight of his fellow countrymen which affects him deeply. Later, when he goes to the store to buy a vase for a flowering plant, he decides to donat...

New Currents

• Hong Kong
• 2003
• 100min

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2003
• 134min

This is a documentary that reflects upon life, history and philosophy through cooking. Sato Hatsuye is a Japanese woman born in Shandong, China, who grew up there learning traditional Shandong cooking until she was 23 years old. S...