A Window on Asian Cinema

• LIU Hao
• China
• 2004
• 100min

A poor farmer, De-shan, living in a cold and dry village in the midst mist-covered rocky mountains, gets the chance of a lifetime: he receives two sheep for free as part of the vil...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Mamoru HOSHI
• Japan
• 2004
• 121min

Koki Mitani, the screenwriter and Mamoru Hoshi, the director meet to create an original comic film Just like all the other Koki Mitani′s dramas, most of the story in University of ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Adam WONG
• Hong Kong
• 2004
• 80min

What would have happened when Beckham met Owen? They met and played the soccer. Then, how about when David met Michael? They also played the soccer. And Michael happened to love Da...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Mario O′HARA
• Philippines
• 2003
• 124min

Multitude poor people live in and around the Manila Bay breakwater. Two brothers, expelled from their hometown for unknown reasons, drift into the bay and meet a tired prostitute n...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Shiori KAZAMA
• Japan
• 2004
• 112min

Haruko runs to Shinnosuko with hor hoart brokøn, but loaves him as soon as she falls in love witn another man. Shinnosuke somotimos Imaginod hle dostiny with her, looking at the fo...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Mani RATNAM
• India
• 2004
• 169min

PIFF almost regularly invites this director. Mani Ratnam is again invited to PIFF with his praise song of youth. The youth are full of a passion, wanting to change society. Youth c...

New Current

• Nami IGUCHI
• Japan
• 2004
• 94min

This film delicately depicts the everyday life of ordinary girls on their difficult journey to adulthood Suzu, who has been living with her boyfriend Furuta, gets fed up with his s...

New Current

• Chunyue LAM
• Hong Kong
• 2004
• 90min

Ever since the return of Hong Kong to China, Hong Kong people seem to ask questions like, "Am I really happy?" or "Will I be happy someday?" Their questions root from the uncertain...

New Current

• Fuchun HSU
• Taiwan
• 2004
• 90min

Ah-Zhou, who is about to be honorably discharged from military service, has a surreal dream the dream, he sees the dead body of Chen Shin-shin, a classmate in elementary school fro...

New Current

• Makrand DESHPAANDE
• India
• 2004
• 140min

In his debut film Danav, Markand Deshpande featured a legend about forgiveness and calvation, Deshpande once again crosses the border of gods and humans focusing on love and calvat...