Special Programs in Focus
The Blessed BukharaIn the ancient city of Bukhara with its inhabitants, a new city is created and a model of humanity is trapped in an irreconcilable struggle between the new and the old. The new is ...
Wide Angle
The Child who Draws an OctopusA parentless little girl is drawing. She draws an octopus instead of a family, but can’t color it in as she has no crayons. A kindly janitor gives her some crayons and fills in by ...
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Daytime MoonWatching Bongu having a good time with his new girlfriend at the beach, makes Youngbok abruptly explode and beat him up. Bongu dances at the beach to convince Youngbok that they al...
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BrotherHaving long pursued his success, a brother returns to his hometown and is warmly welcomed by his sister. Like sunshine in winter, she embraces her brother who feels guilty and remo...
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The Three IslandsA woman working part-time at a convenience store lives with her sister attending high school. A friend who works at a bar asks to stay with them for a few days. The younger sister ...
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The Good Old DaysIn a world where civilization has disappeared, a man points a gun at a young guy with a barrel of oil. While the young guy proposes peace, the man with the gun cannot rid himself o...
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SmileAn old man collecting paper scraps happens to meet an old lady collecting yogurt bottles. She tries to color the tattoo of a bulldog on his arm with her lipstick. She is always kin...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Like Father, Like SonDirector Kore-eda Hirokazu relates the daily lives of modern Japanese society and a young father’s agony through Fukuyama Masaharu’s acting. Nonomiya, a construction company employ...
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At the Last Stop Called Ghost ChimneyTo spend more time with the bus driver she has always liked, on the last day of school, a girl rides to the last stop called Ghost Chimney. Depending on the angle, it is looked as ...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Ilo IloWhen Teresa is hired as a maid by a middle-class, Singaporean family, she encounters a hostile ten-year old boy. Her own alcoholic husband and a young child home in the Philippines...