Special Programs in Focus

• Korea
• 2001
• 87min

Of this omnibus film, divided into four episodes, only 3 episodes remain, but nevertheless they are enough to deem Women of Yi-Dynasty an important film, both in a cinematic and a socio-historical sense. In the 1st episode "Wives ...

Open Cinema

• France
• 2001
• 119min

Intimacy starts where most films leave off: in bed, or more precisely on the floor, because that′s exactly where Jay and Claire′s Wednesday appointments are held: they meet to have sex and both stick to an unwritten vow of silen...

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2001
• 55min

Shot in black and white with digital 5.1CH by Sogo Ishii-with visual images and rock music pounding through the course of its 55 minutes-may well be called "cyber exciting battle movie". A man who, due to an electric shock as a ch...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2001
• 84min

Hye-Jin starts working as a zoo volunteer in the beginning of the winter. While there, she realizes the precarious condition of the animals. Young-Jun, a veterinarian/wild life animal rescuer tries his best to preserve the lives o...

Open Cinema

• Thailand
• 2001
• 120min

The modernist of Thai cinema, Nonzee Nimibutr is back with a film about "sexuality". On the surface, Jan Dara is a film about growing up. However, ultimately, this film boldly depicts the double-faced nature of human beings thro...

World Chinema

• Germany
• 2001
• 94min

Berlin, City of the Wall, 1982. Nele is 17, born and raised in West Berlin with the Wall. But it′s so normal for her she doesn′t even notice it. The only thing on the other side is gray emptiness until she crosses the "Iron Curtai...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2001
• 118min

Jang Sun-Woo was at the forefront of the New Wave movement in the 1980s. Although he suffered from political oppression and systematic censorship, his films received critical acclaim for their unrelenting portrayal of social ills....

World Chinema

• Yugoslavia,Germany
• 2001
• 83min

In post-war Berlin, during the retreat of the soviet soldiers to the homeland, Vicky, a major in the Red Army, realizes that he has been abandoned by his troop. He believes that even imprisonment must be more pleasant than returni...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China
• 2001
• 91min

Weekend Plot is the second feature film by Zhang Ming, who adopted modern methods in his last film In Expectation by developing penetrating psychological depictions. Seven close friends gather and depart on a trip and upon arrival...

Open Cinema

• France
• 2001
• 107min

Before the First World War, an Austrian, Jules, and a Frenchman, Jim, become friends. They share each other′s confidences, read and translate each other′s poems and visit each other. Later, they meet Catherine and both fall in lov...