Special Programs in Focus

• Japan
• 2012
• 105min

Nine regular humans from different parts of the world are abducted and transformed into cyborgs with astounding powers for the purpose of being used as weapons. The nine cyborgs rebel and start to fight against their creators in t...

Special Programs in Focus

• Japan
• 2012
• 119min

Wakamatsu Koji, the most heretical and disputable film director in Japanese cinema, insists that he has made films in order to understand what is not understandable occurring in Japan. His filmography includes (2008), based on th...

Special Programs in Focus

• Japan
• 2012
• 108min

Based on the comic by the Shirow Masamunes, this futuristic police thriller animation directed by Kamiyama Kenji is a philosophical and entertaining master piece. The new version is converted into 3D and has new opening scene with...

Special Programs in Focus

• Afghanistan
• 2012
• 77min

Akhtar is a tramp in a city. Although he is penniless, he enjoys freedom, wandering around the city. One day, he meets a rich man and his life begins to change. The sincere friendship between the two men gradually strangles Akhtar...

Special Programs in Focus

• Belgium,UK,Korea,North
• 2012
• 81min

Kim Young-mi is a miner dreaming of becoming an acrobat with the Pyeongyang Circus Troupe. Jang Pil, a handsome and proud aerialist is looking for a new partner after his current partner announces her retirement. When he meets You...

Special Programs in Focus

• Poland
• 2012
• 63min

A wonderful example of a film about children that avoids traditional pitfalls of the genre, e.g. oversimplifying the characters or having them deliver messages in discrepancy with their age. Kedzierzawska masterfully directs child...

Special Programs in Focus

• Australia
• 2012
• 93min

Dave, Alice, Steph and Jeremy are on holiday in Cambodia when Jeremy disappears. Desperate for answers, Dave and Alice return home, but when Alice arrives the first of many nasty secrets begins to surface. is a psychological dram...

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• Korea,South
• 2012
• 91min

The film was originally a cinematization for the , a popular series of the radio soap opera where a tough and benefic female character was created. The film was starred by a shining actress Do Gum-bong who had covered a diversity ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Afghanistan
• 2012
• 148min

A tragic love story of Rabia Balkhie who was a royal princess and a legendary poet. Rabia falls in love with an escorting warrior who was a slave. Not only their love story but also the process of filmmaking is touching. Attracted...

Special Programs in Focus

• Korea,South
• 2012
• 113min

This is a special program in conjunction with screening of (Shin Sang-ok, 1964) under Archeology of Cinema, and Korean Cinema Retrospective that introduces eight films starring Shin Young-kyun, and iconic figure in Korean film hi...