Special Programs in Focus

• Korea
• 2001
• 110min

Shin Sang-Ok, along with his favorite actress and wife Choi Eun-Hee, made many controversial films. Often the couple itself was at the center of controversy. Their escape from North Korea was an especially unprecedented event. Aft...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China
• 2001
• 118min

For Zhang Yang, family problems, specifically between a father and his son, are the central issue. The director has once again made a film about family problems - his last film Shower was about reconciliation between the old...

Special Programs in Focus

• Korea
• 2001
• 87min

A Flower in Hell is director Shin Sang-Ok′s early masterpiece. The film demonstrates the director′s interest in social themes. Set in a devastated post-war Seoul, the film depicts the city′s tragic inner life, using melodrama and ...

World Chinema

• Russia
• 2001
• 83min

Two half-sisters, aged 8 and 13, have never shared any affection or even connection; in fact, they barely know of each other′s existence. The younger of the two lives with her rich parents, enjoying tutors, music lessons and all m...

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2001
• 87min

A new animated film by director Satoshi Kon and screenwriter Sadayuki Murai, who, with their film Perfect Blue, made an unprecedented effort to create a psycho-horror animation. Whereas their earlier film depicted a person′s inn...

Special Programs in Focus

• Korea
• 2001
• 89min

During his career as a filmmaker Shin Sang-Ok showed his talent with a strong box-office power, making films of many different genres; from historical films to musicals. One Thousand Year Old Fox is a horror film, a rare genre in ...

World Chinema

• Denmark
• 2001
• 112min

This film follows the stories of six insecure singles whose lives interweave one dreary Copenhagen winter. Soon after arriving in a small gray suburb, Andreas, a young sensitive minister, is persuaded to sign up for Italian lesson...

Wide Angle

• Iran
• 2001
• 50min

This film is about Iran′s fascination with football and the adulation of their football heroes on and off the pitch. The film presents a witty yet comprehensive panorama of Iranian society and modern history by discussing issues...

World Chinema

• Hungary,Germany,Croatia,Chile
• 2001
• 108min

What might happen to a man born in Latin America, part Hungarian, part Catholic, part Jewish and has been groomed to be a Communist since he was a toddler? As a child he is obliged to wander from the nation of Che Guevara and Salv...

Korean Panorama

• Korea
• 2001
• 117min

Friend has become a sort of a ′national film text′ boasting an all-time record of over 8 million viewers. The film enables us to understand the Korean people′s current collective entality as well as their political inertia because...