Wide Angle
The Hooyong Performing Arts Troupe, NottleThrough the daily lives of ′Nottle′ members, who perform theater art while living as a collective, the film presents the lifestyle they hope to pursue. Also, by relating to and harmonizing with the local people, they create a coll...
Wide Angle
The Last Rice FarmersThe farm village is abandoned by the young and only old men are left. After the WTO accession, rice prices plummeted. They cannot stop working as farmers even with their entire body aching from working all these years. The Last Ri...
Wide Angle
The Magical WashmachineThis is a story about a girl who loves watching washing machines spin in the middle of the night. One day, a fantastical washing machine appears in the Laundromat. Clothes placed inside this machine don′t always come out clean. In...
Special Programs in Focus
The MagiciansTwo friends drink at a cafe in the mountains on the 31st of December. The two were members of a band called The Magicians′. Jae-sung is the owner of the cafe and Myung-soo looks a white collar worker. They gather to remember Ja-eu...
Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night
The Marines Who Didn‘t Come HomeThis particular film became such an issue when filming for its record-breaking budget and the enormous support it received from marines. As a touchstone for war film as a sublime spectacle in Korean cinema, it boasts all sorts of ...
World Cinema
The MasterThe Master is a knife thrower in a travelling circus. One night, drunk, he releases all the circus animals from their cages and gets fired for his work. He decides to follow his dream and head to Paris on his own. Along the way he...
Wide Angle
The Mode of DisappearanceSuddenly one day, people around him cannot recognize him. Actually, they can′t even acknowledge his existence. No matter how much he screams and struggles, nobody takes notice. The nightmare of following someone is repeated and th...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Moon Also RisesMade by Taiwan′s young director Cheng Sheng Lin, it was an officially selected PPP project at the 2001 Pusan International Film Festival. The Taiwanese countryside in the 1960s. Charming lady Bao Chai lives with her daughter Xi Li...