Open Cinema

• Austria,France
• 2001
• 130min

La Pianiste portrays Erika Kohut who teaches piano at the Vienna Conservatory. She lives with her tyrannical elderly mother in a hermetically sealed world of love, hate and dependency in which there is no room for men. Her escapes...

Wide Angle

• Finland
• 2001
• 13min

Tovio is a shy and lonely man. In his dreams he is the perfect man, an action hero adored by all women.

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2001
• 33min

PiNMeN, a tale of 10 poor aliens, is sure to put a smile on the audiences′ face. PiNMeN come from a planet, with technology vastly superior to Earth′s and a planet without war and jealousy. They have only one problem: they are too...

World Chinema

• Sweden
• 2001
• 160min

Elsa Andersson grows up on a farm in Sweden in the early 20th century. Her mother dies while giving birth to Elsa′s little sister, leaving Elsa with only her father and brother. Then, a housekeeper arrives and starts an affair wit...

World Chinema

• UK
• 2001
• 90min

An upbeat, oddball comedy showing slices of the lives of a sexy group of friends. Four friends, Sean, Vincent, Jody and Lenny find themselves at a dead-end. Trapped in a twilight world of permanent night shift work they hang out e...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Hong Kong
• 2001
• 108min

Hong Kong is a city of strange mixtures; the past and the present, of East and West. To Fruit Chan, this duality of the city never fails to bring out an artistic inspiration. Hollywood Hong Kong too, is about the city′s duality--...

Wide Angle

• Taiwan
• 2001
• 90min

There have been many stories about the revolution of 1949 and subsequent changes in China. However, most of these ′stories′ fail to escape the trappings of an ideological viewpoint. In particular, the stories of those who had to...

New Currents

• China
• 2001
• 90min

′According to the corrupt cop, Deng, seafood makes people happy and induces sexual urges. But like all foods, seafood can be harmful when it goes off. And the same goes for the human mind. We are reminded of this simple message th...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2001
• 92min

Akihiko Shiota′s Moonlight Whispers is about the sado-masochistic relationship between two high school students, and was one of the most impressive debut films in 1999. This time the director tells us a story about a girl who has ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China
• 2001
• 90min

Since the mid-1990s Zhang Yimou, has been battling to find hope amidst the chaos of China′s society. Zhang′s films have, at times, entertained with ideals and ideas, but his popularity and appeal owe more to his strong story lines...