Open Cinema

• France
• 2004
• 102min

It is the beginning of the 23rd century. Somewhere in the three levels of NYC, there′s a woman with blue hair, who cries blue tears, named Jill Bioskop. Unbeknownst to her, Horus, the falcon-headed god, has cruised half the univer...

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

• France,Belgium,Lebanon
• 2004
• 90min

Lina is twelve. She lives in Beirut of 1983 and is totally uninterested in war. She is interested, however, in her aunt′s 18-vear old maid, Siham. She follows her on secret dates like a chaperone and defends her interests, But Sih...

World Cinema

• France
• 2004
• 104min

Because she picked the wrong door one day, Anna ends up confessing her private and intimate marriage problems to a financial adviser named William Faber. Touched by her distress, and somewhat excited as well, Faber does not have t...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2004
• 74min

In the early 90′s, when the Korean economy was at its peak, the Korean government allowed the entry of workers from abroad. Many of them are now living illegal existences in Korea. In order to solve this "social problem" , the gov...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2004
• 128min

New work from Takashi Miike is always unpredictable, and cinephiles may feel blown away yet again by Izo. It mocks the borders of taboo through extreme violence. The spirit of Izo, an Edo-period samurai, can go neither to heaven n...

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2004
• 118min

The original Jam Films was a compilation of short films from Japan′s seven most popular directors. In Jam Films S, the sequel, each director becomes a producer and hand picks an up-and-coming director to helm the short film. Seven...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Hong Kong,China
• 2004
• 85min

Jiang Hu is a new take on Hong Kong Cinema′s celebrated triad genre. Wong Ching-po, a director of independent films, has successfully filmed Jiang Hu by adding modern touches to traditional gangster films. Right after the birth of...

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

• Canada
• 2004
• 10min

A man makes a pact with a magician and swaps his shadow for riches. He soon discovers hat uno absence of a shadow can be a humiliating handicap. After fleeing to the far corners of the earth, he ends up in Ball, In a theater of s...