Wide Angle
Second WatchAn encounter between an Israel and a Jordanian soldier. The story of a very special watch...
Wide Angle
Arrival of the TrainRussian history through metaphor of trains arriving at different temporal stations carrying human pain and joy, bitterness, tears and hopes. By such arrivals and departures, the im...
Special Programs
MemoriesEpisode 1 : Magnetic Rose (44mins. 31s.) In 2092, three space junk dealers meet a huge and dilapidated spacecraft in the shape of a rose... Episode 2 : Stink Bomb (40mins. 13s...
Special Programs
Shanghai GrandWith China drifiting in the tide of international turmoil between Japan and Taiwan in the 1910′s, Chinese youth were frustrated by, yet nonetheless resisted, the pessimism brought ...
Special Programs
Shanghai TriadXiao, the most beautiful cabaret singer and prostitute in Shanghai, is caught between the power struggles of 1930′s warlords battling it out to control Shanghai′s lucrative opium t...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Arsonist
A Window on Asian Cinema
August in the WaterMao and Ukiya are in the same gang at Ishido High School. When the impetuous Ukiya sees Izumi, a recent transfer student and platform diver, he falls madly in love. Immediately, he...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Behind the Forbidden CityA Lan, a sensitive young writer, strolls in a Beijing public park often frequented by gays and lesbians. During a police raid,A Lan is taken to headquarters where a “by the book” i...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Congratulations/CondolencesWhile Kazuo Tanaka eagerly practices his greetings for the big wedding the next day, his first as a matchmaker, his second daughter Hitomi prepares for her travels with her secret ...
New Currents
Ah-ChungAh-Chung lives with his dysfunctional family in a shanty town next to a wildlife reservation zone. His mentally ill brother almost gets knocked over by a truck intended to illegall...