A Window on Asian Cinema

• Ye LOU
• China,France
• 2012
• 110min

Despite the Chinese government’s control, independent film director Lou Ye continues to produce unconventional, provocative films. The modern Chinese characters he chose for his fi...

• 칸영화제 주목할만한시선

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Rui Jun LI
• China
• 2012
• 99min

A newcomer to the Chinese indie film scene, Li Rui Jun’s third film is based on Su Tong’s novel . Lao Ma and Lao Cao are old carpenters living in a rural villag...

• 베니스영화제 오리존티

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Nurbek EGEN
• Russia,Kyrgyzstan,France
• 2012
• 98min

Ascel lives in a remote little village in Kyrgyzstan, where the young woman cares for her drunkard father and siblings in the wake of their mother’s death. Ascel is clever and reso...

World Cinema

• Andrzej JAKIMOWSKI
• Poland,France,Portugal
• 2012
• 105min

Ian, an instructor, arrives at a Lisbon school for the visually impaired. His job is teaching the students how to see sounds. He trains them how to pour water and how to manage fea...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Zhanna ISSABAYEBA
• Kazakhstan
• 2012
• 84min

Almaty means a city full of apples. In a market of Almaty, a boy sells plastic bags instead of delicious apples. He takes care of his little sister and invalid uncle while his pare...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Vahid VAKILIFAR
• Iran
• 2012
• 84min

has too many science fiction elements to be considered a documentary, yet it is too realistic to be total fiction; Iranian director Vahid Vakilifar’s first feature,

Wide Angle

• Gisaburo SUGUI
• Japan
• 2012
• 106min

Based on the original work by Kenji Miyazawa, is the latest animated feature by the legendary Sugui Gisaburo. The film has garnered a great deal of atte...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Masaharu TAKE
• Japan
• 2012
• 101min

Every night in Eden, a gay nightclub in Shinjuku, a group of drag queens put on performances. At the core of this group is Miro, the club’s madame and choreographer. He leads his r...

Special Programs in Focus

• Kenji KAMIYAMA
• Japan
• 2011
• 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 i...

Wide Angle

• Benito BAUTISTA
• Philippines,United States
• 2012
• 103min

A Harana is a traditional Filipino serenade and Florente Aguila is the world’s renowned Harana musician. Aguila is seeking out a true Harana master. Once wooed to the girl’s heart,...