New Currents
Starry Starry Night2010 APM (aka. PPP) Project / 2011 ACF Post-production Fund The most brilliant moment in life can be happy or sad, but it can also act as a beacon to our lives. [Starry Starry Nig...
New Currents
Damn LifeViolence is deadly to both offender and victim, but the offender does not realize this truth. [Damn Life] is a low budget independent movie that tells us how deeply seated trauma f...
Korean Cinema Today
Romance Joe2011 ACF Post-production Fund This is, in a way, a comprehensive anti-narrative film. The storylines are monumentally complex. Although the director was assistant director to Hong...
Gala Presentation
Cut2011 ACF Post-production Fund [Cut] is a border-jumping ode to the movies created by Iranian director Amir Naderi, who is currently working in the Unites States, with a Japanese c...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Fable of the FishA strange story about a middle-aged woman who gives birth to a fish. A poor, middle-aged couple, Lina and Miguel, move into a village next to a dumpsite. When Miguel loses his job ...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
Five MarinesFive marines volunteer for a special mission ? destroy a North Korean ammunition storehouse. This film tells their personal stories. Newly appointed platoon commander Oh Suk-man wh...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Mitsuko DeliversHighly independent with a strong, unique character is the ideal of womanhood that Yuya Ishii prefers to portray. In [Mitsuko Delivers], Mitsuko, possessed of a truly singular perso...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
The Barefooted YoungDoo-su, an orphan and a minion in a smuggling ring, dreams of the high life, but is fated to live the rest of his life in the city alleys. There is no future for him, as he drifts ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Tokyo Playboy ClubThis film’s eloquence is not merely testament to more intimate filmmaking. The rhythm of the film’s presentation is captured naturally, converting the unknown actors’ murmurs into ...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
The North and SouthDuring a brief respite in the Korean War, a North Korean officer Jang Il-goo defects to South Korea in order to find his lover. But she has already married a South Korean lieutenan...