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New Currents
river- Takayuki SUZUI
- Japan
- 2003
- 110min
In Japanese independent films, limits don′t seem to exist, like in a wide mud flat. No matter how deep you dig, the bottom is always impossible to reach. As such, sometimes people ...
New Currents
The Road Taken- Ki-seon HONG
- Korea
- 2003
- 103min
This film is about the long imprisonment of Kim Sun-myung who was taken prisoner as a North Korean soldier during the Korean War in 1951. Kim Sun-myung was imprisoned for 45 years,...
New Currents
Tiny Snowflakes- Alireza Amini
- Iran
- 2003
- 75min
Young director Alireza Amini has been deeply interested in loneliness and the sense of alienation of people in deserted places. Letters in the Wind, his debut feature, was a story ...
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New Currents
Uniform- Yinan DIAO
- China
- 2003
- 92min
Everybody craves power, albeit to different degrees. In a society where power moves only hierarchically, the symbols of power must be constantly reproduced. Uniform tells a story o...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Arimpara - A Story That Begins at the End- Murali NAIR
- India
- 2003
- 90min
Murali Nair, a master of satire, has created a completely new type of psychological horror film. The life of a rich landowner turns into a nightmare as a wart below his lips grows ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
August Sun- Prasanna Vithanage
- SriLanka
- 2003
- 108min
From a history wracked by war comes three journeys of common people. August Sun is a film that captures war′s deadly impact on the individual. Several voyages travel on three axes:...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Bird Man Tale- Garin Nugroho
- Indonesia
- 2003
- 90min
On November 11, 2002, Theys Eluay, the leader of the national Assembly of Papua who had spent all his life fighting for separation from Indonesia, died. His death, full of mystery,...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Blind Shaft- Yang LI
- China
- 2003
- 92min
From the 5th generation filmmakers to the recent Independent filmmakers, there has not been a film that portrays the darker side of Chinese society as severely as this one, in whic...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Dance Like A Man- Pamela ROOKS
- India
- 2003
- 105min
Jairaj and Ratna, famous traditional dancers, are very worried about their daughter Lata′s upcoming debut and also her marriage. Lata′s fiance, Viswas, is a nice young man from a w...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Darkness Bride- William KWOK
- Hong Kong
- 2003
- 104min
This is the newest film by William Kwok, whose In The Dumps was presented in ′Wide Angle′ in the 3rd PIFF. The film features a virgin killed by a rapist, dead virgins on trade for ...