World Cinema

• Rachid HAMI
• France
• 2017
• 102min

Once a talented violinist, but now dulled by life, Simon is freshly inspired by his student Arnold. Chubby and shy, Arnold is a born musician, whose passion will lead his class and Simon, to a triumphant yearend concert at the Par...

Wide Angle

• KIM Moonkyeong
• Korea
• 2017
• 27min

When the freshmen in the Phys Ed. department receive a harsh group punishment from their seniors, one of them stands up against the older students. He gains recognition, not only from his equals, but also from his seniors.

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Ann HUI
• China,Hong Kong,China
• 2017
• 131min

This movie is made to honor the resistance fighters active when Hong Kong was occupied by Japan. The highlight of this movie is the comradeship among the guerrillas, spies and contact men. Without any words, they look at each othe...

Special Programs in Focus

• Stepan BURNASHOV
• Russia
• 2017
• 76min

Two runaway criminals Misha and Barmaley and their accomplice Yakov find themselves in a broken car in the middle of a road and they have to go into the woods, looking for a place to stay. In a hunting hut, they meet two suspiciou...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• KITANO Takeshi
• Japan
• 2017
• 104min

The final episode of the Outrage series depicts the Yakuza world so vividly, presenting the audience the pleasure of a genre movie. Otomo, thought to be dead in the previous episode, Outrage Beyond, is working for Mr. Chang on Jej...

Midnight Passion

• Wai Shun YIP
• Hong Kong,China
• 2017
• 100min

Hong Kong cop Lee goes on a search in Thailand for his missing daughter Chi. Thai-Chinese police officer Chui Kit lets Lee join the investigation, having no idea that Lee is going to use the mass media to hunt for clues. When a sh...

Korean Cinema Today

• LEE Hwan
• Korea
• 2017
• 110min

Eighteen-year-old high school student Park Hwa-young lives alone, without family. She offers her home as a hangout to her friends, who begin to call her “mom.” But even though they are always at her house, Hwa-young is not quite p...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• LEE Chi Yuarn
• Taiwan
• 2017
• 108min

Human organ trafficking is modern cannibalism. This is a Taiwanese noir film mixed with ancient words and family drama, touching our hearts in its repeated twists that continue to the end. A middle-aged man, Ronin, and his Christi...

Wide Angle

• Masaaki YUASA
• Japan
• 2017
• 23min

Peco and Smile belong to the ping pong team at Katase High School. Smile had started playing ping pong when he was a child, but he couldn’t beat Peco. The team coach starts giving Smile private lessons. . . A dream collaboration o...

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Special Programs in Focus

• Seijun SUZUKI
• Japan
• 2017
• 112min

Miyuki, nicknamed “the Stray Cat” and the third-ranked assassin for The Assassins Guild, is asked to pull off a hit by the group’s agent, but finds herself in a sticky situation when she learns that her targets are her peers. For ...