World Chinema

• Mexico
• 2001
• 106min

A famous Mexican folk song says, "damn women are the ruination of men." Well, you can include one more thing in the song, baseball. This is the story about two killers, their victim, and two rival wives. The film begins with a pea...

World Chinema

• Morocco,France,Belgium
• 2001
• 95min

Casablanca is home to kids who sleep in the open air and support themselves through petty crime under the tutelage of Dib, boss of their scruffy underage Mafia. Four of the gang, Ali, Kouka, Omar, and Boubker, rebel against Dib′s ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Korea
• 2001
• 94min

In the late 1960′s, the Korean film industry began to lose its vibrancy due to strict censorship by the dictatorial Park Jung-Hee government. Shin Sang-Ok, who had then the biggest film company and studio in Korea, was under const...

World Chinema

• France,Italy,Belgium,UK,Slovenia
• 2001
• 98min

This satiric story of two soldiers from enemy camps takes place in 1993 during the war in Bosnia. A Bosnian soldier named Ciki and his seriously wounded companion find themselves in a trench with Nino, a Serbian soldier. Soon enou...

World Chinema

• Germany
• 2001
• 85min

Set in Berlin, two friends meet in a cafe. Valerie has just moved, while Sophie is leaving for Rome for six months. This film is an attempt to view life from outside, to become detached, not to intervene, but to observe various sc...

Special Programs in Focus

• Korea
• 2001
• 106min

When making historical pieces, Shin Sang-Ok seems to prefer visual brilliance and dynamic interpretation over accurate historical research. Phantom Queen portrays the love between the last king of the Koryo kingdom, Gong-Min, a...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2001
• 90min

Singer Hahn Dae-Soo, who with his song ′Give Me Water′ sang about freedom, is a legendary artist who first introduced folk music to Korea. Due to political reasons, he had to leave the country and did not work as a musician for ne...

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2001
• 65min

With a running time under an hour, this eccentric film titled "Shorts" contains four short films. This film is unique not only because of its tongue-in-cheek title, but also because the film has no director. Shorts is a playful fi...

Special Programs in Focus

• Thailand
• 2001
• 120min

The Moonhunter tells a true story of two young revolutionaries. Seksan Prasertkul, a fearless student leader, who, in October 1973, commanded the biggest mass demonstration in modern Thai history. The event led to a popular upri...

Wide Angle

• Latvia,Sweden
• 2001
• 26min

A portrait of a woman who has spent every day for nearly 20 years doing the same monotonous, repetitive work, but who is, nonetheless, quite happy with her life. She is at peace with herself and has reconciled her dreams with her ...