Special Programs in Focus

• YU Hyun-Mok
• Korea
• 1963
• 109min

This is a tale of two generations of a family that lived during the Japanese colonization era. We see the loves and tragedies of a girl with a modern education, her three sisters w...

Wide Angle

• CHO Jae-hong
• Korea
• 1999
• 90min

As the sub-heading indicates, this video features the struggles of Korean filmmakers defending the screen quota system in Korea. This struggle begins on July of 1998, when the Mini...

Wide Angle

• Roco Belic
• United States
• 1999
• 88min

Blind American blues legend, Paul Pena played with greats such as T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, and Bonnie Raitt. In 1995 he became the first American to compete in an unusual contest ...

World Cinema

• Tony Bui
• United States,Vietnam
• 1999
• 108min

A new era has begun in Vietnam; western influences are growing and the atmosphere of old Saigon is slowly being swallowed up. Four strangers in Saigon find themselves suddenly expa...

World Cinema

• Colin Nutley
• Sweden
• 1998
• 118min

In 1956 Olaf lives alone on his family′s farm after his mother′s death. Unable to read and write, Olaf is dependent on his younger friend Erik. Erik, once a sailor, brags of having...

World Cinema

• Sophia Coppola
• United States,Canada
• 1998
• 95min

Set in suburban Grosse Point, Michigan in the 70 ′s, The Virgin Suicides is a darkly humorous, tender exploration into the romantic heart of adolescence. The Virgin Suicides chroni...

World Cinema

• Arik Kaplun
• Israel
• 1998
• 90min

The story of Russian immigrants who land in the brave new world of Tel-Aviv, Israel during the time of the Gulf War. As scud missiles fly overhead, an entire country locks itself i...

Open Cinema

• Pedro Almodovar
• Spain
• 1999
• 101min

The night a runs over her son Esteban,Manuela cries until she is completely dry.And far from seeing clearly,the present and the future become mixed up in the same dark cloud.That n...

Open Cinema

• Regis Wargnier
• France
• 1999
• 121min

In June 1946, Stalin launched a major propaganda drive aimed at Russian who had emigrated to the west.Lured by amnesty,a Soviet passport and the opportunity to take part in the po...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• WANG Xiaoshuai
• China
• 1998
• 95min

In the late eighties, the Chinese Economic Reform that turned its eyes overseas brought enormous changes to people′s lives. In reality it was not very favorable to individuals, jus...