World Cinema

• Netherlands
• 2003
• 72m

In a mixture of Brechtian musical elements, special archive material and a surrealistic theatrical atmosphere, The Arm of Jesus tells the story of Hendrik Yzermans, a European miner who steals his colleague′s wages to pay for a ti...

Korean Panorama

• Korea
• 2003
• 90m

Theatre director Lee Yoon-taek makes his film debut by adapting his theatrical version of OGU: A Hilarious Mourning for the screen. OGU: A Hilarious Mourning was staged in theaters in 1989, and has, at the latest count, been seen ...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2003
• 16m

O-Nu-Ri lives a happy and peaceful life near the Won-chun River with a crane and her violet praying marbles. One day she is kidnapped by some seamen and taken somewhere. O-Nu-Ri misses her friend, the crane, and begins a long jour...

Wide Angle

• Sweden
• 2003
• 84m

Jan Troell and Georg Oddner are both famous image makers, and also old friends. In this documentary, Troell uses memories and photographs to capture Oddner over 50years, from childhood summers spent in Estonia and Russia to his yo...

New Currents

• Afghanistan,Iran
• 2003
• 83min

For women in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime, the whole society was just one big prison. Sedigh Barmak tells the story of despair in a dark period. The Afghan women daydream to survive the Taliban but often find their dreams ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Iran
• 2003
• 106min

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2003
• 15m

After retiring from the naval services, a man is employed as a guard in an apartment and even though he tries his best, he can′t seem to communicate with people. The only communication he has with another person is when he uses th...

Open Cinema

• Thailand
• 2003
• 105min

A challenging spirit lies beneath the rapid rise of recent Thai films. Take the action film genre as an example. To add Thai traditional action style to Hollywood and Jackie Chan-ish action films is what Prachya Pinkaew′s tried to...

World Cinema

• France,Austria
• 2003
• 107m

Basile Matin has a bizarre dream. He dreams that tonight could be his last night. If he falls asleep, he dies. At least, this is what his dream told him. He saw Faftao-Laoupo, the symbol of the penultimate sleep. But Basile feels ...

Wide Angle

• Hong Kong
• 2003
• 96min

It is easy to say that the modern history of Asiaisa history of seismic changes. However, it is never easy to imagine how many decisions and how much effort a man living that history has to carry out to become the person he is now...