World Cinema

• United States
• 2003
• 101m

"Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff." So savs Harvey Pekar, a bona fide American original. Cleveland native, hospital file clerk, and hilariously grumpy observer of life′s unpredictable pageant, Pekar is a comic book writer and...

Critics' Choice

• Korea
• 2003
• 98m

So-jung, a bright, young freelance photographer, is about to leave for America with her caring boyfriend Ji-seok. A crisis comes upon her when she learns that she is gradually losing her eyesight due to a pigmentary degeneration o...

Special Programs in Focus

• Canada
• 2003
• 101m

The Decline of the American Empire is a brilliant black comedy of manners constructed around a series of satiric and witty conversations about sex, love and life between several Montreal academics. The men, Remy, Pierre, Claude, a...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2003
• 80min

From the lives of the present Vietnameses who were abused by the Korean soldiers during the Vietnamese War, this documentary traces back the horrible memories of the war and the site of its painful history. The scars that remain e...

World Cinema

• Russia
• 2003
• 104m

When their life in Moscow hits rock bottom, a man and his 11-year old son set off for a 1000-km journey to the sea. For Father, the journey is an attempt to restore self-respect and win back the trust of his son. For the boy, the ...

Korean Panorama

• Korea
• 2003
• 104m

This film shows the disintegration of a lawyer′s family in a comical and yet shocking way. Although the family appears to be happy, the husband who is a competent lawyer with high moral attitude, and his wife and mother are all in...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2003
• 76min

The film begins with rough black and white images almost reminiscent of documentaries. For the simple soldiers posted near Tehran, listening to stories recorded by a woman is the only joy in their military life, which demands them...

World Cinema

• Spain
• 2003
• 103m

Abel lives with his mother in a small town on the outskirts of Barcelona. His life revolves around the clothing shop his family owns, his mother′s house, his girlfriend′s bed, the corner newsstand, and the same neighborhood bars a...

New Currents

• China
• 2003
• 92min

Everybody craves power, albeit to different degrees. In a society where power moves only hierarchically, the symbols of power must be constantly reproduced. Uniform tells a story of one man who happens to come across a symbol of p...

Wide Angle

• United States
• 2003
• 8min

Anticipation highlights greed and green lights rageful abuse as two friends compete for the rights to possess a delivered package. Was the catastrophic result of this vicious conflict worth the prize found within the box? Despite ...