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A Window on Asian Cinema
The Song of Sparrows- Majid Majidi
- Iran
- 2008
- 96min
Just like some previous works of Majid Majidi, this film also focuses on the theme that people in difficulty realize the meaning of life when they try to overcome their problems. T...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Yurt- Ayub Shakhobitdinov
- Uzbekistan
- 2007
- 83min
There is a father and a son. Believing he lost his wife and parents because of his political activities, the father decides to seclude his son from the mundane world. But the son i...
A Window on Asian Cinema
This Longing- Azharr Rudin
- Malaysia
- 2008
- 122min
This Longing is a report on familiar things that fade away. The film consists of two stories. Sidi lives with his father in Johor Bahru near the border between Malaysia and Singapo...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Trivial Matters- PANG Ho-cheung
- Hong Kong,China
- 2007
- 90min
This is the 7th movie by director Ho-Cheung Pang who has made several witty movies since his debut You Shoot, I Shoot in 2001. Trivial Matters is an omnibus movie with 7 short stor...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Twilight Dancing- Tian Gao,Joshua Tong
- China
- 2008
- 94min
This experimental poetic film shows respect to Jean-Luc Godard’s Weekend. The collaboration of two directors, Joshua Tong and Tian Gao, brings about ‘confusion’ like Weekend does. ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Winds of September- Lin Shu-Yu
- Hong Kong,China,Taiwan
- 2008
- 105min
The youths in this movie deal with the obstacle of reality in pursuit of their big dreams and passions. Even though their disappointments leave them with irreversible scars, they a...
New Currents
100- Chris MARTINEZ
- Philippines
- 2008
- 117min
100, the directing debut of Chris Martinez, tells the story of the last days of a cancer patient. A subject like this can make for a very depressing movie; however, the tone of 100...
New Currents
A Light in the Fog- Panahbarkhoda REZAEE
- Iran
- 2008
- 76min
Rana lives in the countryside with her widowed father. Her life is supported by two people: her disabled father and her lover Habib, who left to fight in the war and has never been...
New Currents
Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly- Edwin
- Indonesia
- 2008
- 77min
Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly tackles the issue of discrimination against one particular ethnic minority of Indonesia - the Chinese descent. Edwin heightens the satire and criticism b...
New Currents
Empty Chair- Saman ESTEREKI
- Iran
- 2008
- 100min
This film employs an impressive technique to blur reality and fiction. The method of narration that delivers the theme ‘God’s will’ and ‘the fate of human beings’ is very extraordi...