Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2002
• 14min

A man lying on a hospital bed. A child staggering dangerously along the field. A woman touching her hair as it blows against the wind. A lone scream of a man over these images. This film is about a man in search of his mother- a m...

Open Cinema

• UK
• 2002
• 106min

Liam’s mom, Jean, is in prison but is due to be released in time for his 16th birthday. This time Liam is determined that things will be different. He dreams of a family life he’s never had, which means creating a safe haven beyon...

World Cinema

• Uruguay,Argentina,Cuba,Spain,Belgium
• 2002
• 97min

Elisa dreams of owning a hairdressing salon in Montevideo. But as a penniless young mother, she finds her success as a prostitute. Still when she falls in love with the pimp Placido, it looks as if all she had ever dreamed of is w...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2002
• 16min

A film about a superman, who doubts his own identity, secludes himself from the world. This comedy parodies old Korean educational films for showing the past achievements of the Superman, and uses old TV cartoon theme songs to evo...

The Critics` Week

• France,Palestine
• 2002
• 92min

Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman not only directed, but also stars as the main character in this film. Divine Intervention transforms one of the world’s most tension-driven places into a space of comedy. Suleiman’s acting-with ...

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2002
• 105min

God’s Children sends a message of hope from the world’s largest garbage dumps located in the outskirts of Manila. This place, which goes by the name Smokey Mountain, is the home of families who have chosen the life of trash pickin...

World Cinema

• Romania
• 2002
• 93min

Someone who kills animals by trade is a ‘butcher’; someone who kills people by impulse is a ‘murderer’. Dumitru is both, and seemingly unable to be otherwise. On the train home after his release from prison, he immediately resorts...

World Cinema

• Turkey
• 2002
• 105min

Istanbul. After losing her Kurdish husband to political persecution, the widow Sukran is very careful how she brings up her only son Veysel, determined to keep him away from the kind of activities that led to his father’s death. B...

Korean Panorama

• Korea
• 2002
• 139min

A horror omnibus film by three different filmmakers from Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand. Korea’s Memories tells the story of a middle class man suffering from hallucinations of his missing wife. Director Kim Jee-woon’s trademark wi...

The Critics` Week

• Belgium
• 2002
• 103min

Understanding the film The Son is like solving a mystery. The first part of the film concentrates on showing the hard labor of the main character, Olivier. Olivier is a carpenter who teaches vocational education to youths at a cab...