World Cinema

• Bosnia and Herzegovina,France,UK
• 2003
• 104m

Living in the ravaged city of Sarajevo, means that Fikret Varupa is not an ordinary 16 year old boy. Director Srdjan Vuleti? has said of his feature debut that it is about "the generation of sons whom their fathers left no legacy ...

Special Programs in Focus

• China
• 2003
• 85min

Should I stay or should I go? The dilemma in the minds of many young Chinese found one of its sharpest definitions in cinematographer Wu Di′s debut feature as a director. It haunts the hopelessly indecisive Ma Lixin, who breeds an...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Chung Chang-wha, the Man of Action!

• Korea
• 2003
• 85min

In the reign of King Suk Jong, a lone swords man appears at a village tyrannized by the faction of Jang Hee-jae, who is the brother of Jang Hee-bin. The swords man′s secret is slowly revealed through the flash back narrative struc...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2003
• 83min

Nobuhiro Yamashita′s films have a unique sense of humor. Just like in his previous film No One′s Ark, he again makes us smile rather than laugh out loud in Ramblers with his own style. Most of his characters are losers who try har...

Wide Angle

• China
• 2003
• 71min

Many things are missing in the film The Red Flag Flies. There is no story development, protagonist or professional actors here. Words are heard but they are not dialogues. Even efforts to entertain its viewers are not found in thi...

Wide Angle

• Iran
• 2003
• 18min

This film follows a day in the life of a custodian at a holy shrine, as he performs a funeral service in the morning and a wedding ceremony in the afternoon.

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Chung Chang-wha, the Man of Action!

• Hong Kong
• 2003
• 96m

This is Chung Chang-wha′s first film produced after he moved to Golden Harvest. After having produced sword fighting actions at the Shaw Brothers, he returned to his original trademark of modern action. This movie is about a poor ...

World Cinema

• Germany
• 2003
• 105m

The river Oder between Poland and Germany marks a crossroads between two worlds. It draws people from all walks of life on their journey towards imagined happiness, security, and a better life in the West, It′s a place where Ukrai...

Special Programs in Focus

• Afghanistan
• 2003
• 24min

A little girl in an Afghan village loves her family′s goat because it provides milk for her sick brother. A visiting Mullah takes a liking to the goat and tries to think of a way he can have its meat. He tells the father, "You s...

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2003
• 115min

"Hibakusha′ is a term that originally referred to survivors of the atomic bombings. They are considered victims because they have long suffered from the aftereffects of the bombing. They survived, but failed to live a decent life ...