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...

Special Programs in Focus

• Korea(north)
• 2001
• 110min

Shin Sang-Ok′s appearance can be considered an event in North Korea, a country lacking forms of contact outside its borders. Runaway has been recognized as Shin Sang-Ok′s best film among his seven productions in North Korea. Based...

Special Programs in Focus

• Korea(north)
• 2001
• 96min

Another North Korean film, presented for the first time in Busan with Runaway. After 5 years of imprisonment, director Shin Sang-Ok directed 7 films in the span of 2 and a half years. Salt is based on a short story by Kang Kyung-A...

World Chinema

• Germany,Italy,France,India
• 2001
• 138min

Set in the majestic landscape of the Himalayas, Samsara tells an epic tale of a spiritual quest. Tashi is a brilliant young Buddhist monk who is just completing three years of solitary meditation in a remote hermitage. While perfo...

Wide Angle

• Russia,Kyrgyzstan
• 2001
• 15min

This film beautifully depicts the mood of a Russian town preparing for a young boy′s circumcision ceremony. The boy′s fear and anxiety is effectively contrasted with the celebratory atmosphere of the townspeople. The realistic p...

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

• Iran,Italy
• 2001
• 100min

Secret Ballot is a road movie-style satirical film attempting to examine an aspect of society through a balloting process. Set in a backcountry town of Iran, a female bureaucrat in charge of this town′s voting, makes visits to tow...

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...

World Chinema

• BurkinaFaso,France
• 2001
• 96min

Kombi is a poverty-stricken city dominated by an emperor who is Master of the World. In order to bring back prosperity, the emperor′s priests want to make a traditional human sacrifice, in which the people no longer believe. Sia h...

Special Programs in Focus

• Thailand
• 2001
• 5min

This animated film from Thailand is critical of the younger generation. They are more interested in Japanese entertainment than that produced in their own culture. The candid narration is powerfully convincing and draws an interes...