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Unless otherwise stated, all the films
are subtitled both in English and Japanese. |
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Vanaja
(INDIA/USA/2006/111min.)
Director : Rajnesh Domalpalli
Cast : Mamatha Bhukya,Ramachandriah Marikanti
| 15 Sept.(Sat) |
16:00 |
Elgala Hall |
| 18 Sept.(Tue) |
19:00 |
Elgala Hall |
| 24 Sept.(Mon/National Holiday) |
13:15 |
Elgala Hall |
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| Vanaja is a 14 year-old daughter of a low -caste fisherman in debt in rural South India. When a soothsayer predicts she will be a great dancer, Vanaja goes to work for the local landlady as a live-in helper where she learns the Kuchipudi Dance. She is scolded but her dancing improves. She is hired as a farmhand but the landlady soon recognizes her vitality and courage. Then, an incident occurs... |
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Dancing Bells
(MALAYSIA/2006/98min.)
Director: Deepak Kumaran Menon
Cast : Dhaarshini,Ramesh Kumar
| 16 Sept.(Sun) |
13:15 |
Elgala Hall |
| 18 Sept.(Tue) |
10:30 |
Elgala Hall |
| 24 Sept.(Mon/National Holiday) |
16:00 |
Elgala Hall |
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| Uma, 11, of Indian descent, lives in Kuala Lumpur with dreams of taking dancing lessons. Yet her family's unique lifestyle complicates matters making it difficult to even realize the simple-minded wishes of the little girl. The film presents realism, depicting real sentiments of real people. The title comes from dancing bells worn around the ankle in the film. |
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My Mother is a Belly Dancer
(HONG KONG/2006/100min.)
Director : Lee Kung Lok
Cast : Amy Chum,Kristal Tin,Lam Ka Tung
| 15 Sept.(Sat) |
13:15 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 18 Sept.(Tue) |
19:00 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
24 Sept.
(Mon/National Holiday) |
10:30 |
Elgala Hall |
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| Three wives act bourgeois but are in fact poor living non-stressful lives in a public housing complex in Hong Kong. One day while passing time at the Cultural Center, they find themselves in a classroom with a belly-dancing instructor. After long thought, they decide to take lessons and find themselves deeply engrossed in belly dancing. An entertaining film meant for all who lack pep in their lives! |
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I Want to Dance
(CHINA/2006/79min.)
Director : Hu Shu
Cast : Zhu Xiaopian,Yang Shaohua
| 16 Sept.(Sun) |
16:00 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 18 Sept.(Tue) |
10:30 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
24 Sept.
(Mon/National Holiday) |
19:00 |
Elgala Hall |
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| A plump and short little girl wants to be in a dance competition to display her self-made headband but the head of her village says no because he thinks the judges prefer thin girls instead. The girl heads for the competition anyway...A traditional graffiti on youth using local amateurs, the film depicts beautiful landscape and the charm of the Miaos who live in the mountainous regions of South China. |
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Crossing the Dust
(IRAQ/FRANCE/
2006/76min.
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Director : Shawkat A.Korki
Cast : Adil Abdolrahman,Aba Rash,Ahlam Najat
| 16 Sept.(Sun) |
10:30 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 21 Sept.(Fri) |
19:00 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 23 Sept.(Sun) |
13:15 |
Nishitetsu Hall |
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| The film, set in 2003 during the U.S. invasion of Iraq and Saddam Hussein's regime on the verge of collapse, has a touch of Italian Neo-Realism from its amateur cast and documentary style direction. Two soldiers supplying troops with food pick up a lost 5 year-old boy. Their truck is then stolen forcing them to roam through a dry and war devastated countryside where soldiers and tanks make up daily life. |
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The Last Queen of the Earth
(IRAN/2006/87min.)
Director : Mohammad Reza Arab
Cast : Ghorban Najafi,Goli Akbari
15 Sept.(Sat)
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19:00 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 17 Sept.(Mon/National Holiday) |
10:30 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 23 Sept.(Sun) |
16:00 |
Nishitetsu Hall |
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| A young Afghani immigrant working in a Yazd grinding factory is worried because he hasn't received a letter from his wife and because US forces are attacking Afghanistan after 9.11. On route home, he has illusions of his wife appearing and disappearing before him but he still looks for her even if it takes him to the ends of the earth. A depiction of realism only a documentary film director can provide. |
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The Road under the Heavens
(UZBEKISTAN/2006/74min.)
Director : Kamara Kamalova
Cast : Aziz Rametov,Zarina Nizametdinova
| 15 Sept.(Sat) |
10:30 |
Elgala Hall |
| 19 Sept.(Wed) |
16:00 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 23 Sept.(Sun) |
19:00 |
Nishitetsu Hall |
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| A train lies in the wild where illusive imagery about a boy and a girl overflow...A rich colored fairy tale painted in Oriental music helps spin out an overly mysterious allegory where ancient folklore and avant-garde art blend...This is a cute yet unadulterated piece of visual poetry like adding Seijun Suzuki and Shuji Terayama and splitting it half. A masterpiece from Uzbekistan you shouldn't miss! |
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Don
( INDIA/2006/168min.)
Director : Farhan Akhtar
Cast : Shahrukh Khan,Priyanka Chopra
| 16 Sept.(Sun) |
16:00 |
Elgala Hall |
| 19 Sept.(Wed) |
13:15 |
Elgala Hall |
24 Sept.
(Mon/National Holiday) |
16:00 |
Nishitetsu Hall |
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| Business in India and Malaysia for the giant drug cartel is booming but "Don", the man behind the cartel is arrested and dies. An Indian narcotics officer then trains a splitting image of Don to infiltrate the cartel. The double gives enough information to the narcotics officer to bring down the cartel, but then...The latest giant piece of entertainment starring Shahrukh Khan, the newest "Don" of Bollywood. |
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Suddenly Dangdut
(INDONESIA/2006/95min.)
Director : Rudi Soedjarwo
Cast : Dwi Sasono,Titi Kamal
17 Sept.
(Mon/National Holiday) |
19:00 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 21 Sept.(Fri) |
13:15 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
24Sept.
(Mon/National Holiday) |
10:30 |
Nishitetsu Hall |
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| She is a selfish and high-tempered new star in alternative rock. Only her older sister, also her manager, understands her. One day, the two get involved in a serious drug incident forcing them to run and hide. Then they are exposed to Dangdut music. In a new world she used to regard as "square", the former rock star learns much about life, about respecting others and about hard work. |
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3 Days to Forever
(INDONESIA/2006/108min.)
Director : Riri Riza
Cast : Nicholas Saputra,Adinia Wirasti
| 15 Sept.(Sat) |
10:30 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 18 Sept.(Tue) |
16:00 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 22 Sept.(Sat) |
13:15 |
Nishitetsu Hall |
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| An uptight 21 year-old male goes clubbing with his wild 19 year-old female cousin and the two get drunk and miss their flight to attend a family wedding. Their destination takes a day by plane but they decide to travel by car. This is a road movie, which takes a large stance at depicting the flickering state of mind of the young. |
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Where The Sun Rises
(SINGAPORE/
TIMOR - LESTE/2006/78min.)
Director : Grace Phan
Cast : Xanana Gusmao
| 15 Sept.(Sat) |
13:15 |
Elgala Hall |
17 Sept.
(Mon/National Holiday) |
19:00 |
Elgala Hall |
| 22 Sept.(Sat) |
10:30 |
Elgala Hall |
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| Xanana Gusmao, East Timor's first President since its independence in 2002, is a legend. The poet-guerrila led a 24-year old war against Indonesian occupation, 7 years from a Jakarta prison. He emerged from hardships of incarceration not bitter but advocating forgiveness and reconciliation. A documentary narrated by the President, himself. |
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Seasons Change
(THAILAND/2006/117min.)
Director : Nithiwat Tharatorn
Cast : Vittavat Singlumpong
,Chutima Teepanart,
Yuvanart Arayanimitrsakul
| 16 Sept.(Sun) |
19:00 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 20 Sept.(Thu) |
13:15 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 22 Sept.(Sat) |
10:30 |
Nishitetsu Hall |
| 23 Sept.(Sun) |
11:00 |
Elgala Hall |
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| The season of love begins on a sunny morning. The protagonist is a typical high school student except when it comes to his passion for rock and his skills at drumming. He then goes after a young girl who is smart, beautiful, kind and gifted at the violin. He enrolls in her music school and orchestra but then a different girl enters the picture. A film praising youth from Thailand's Nithiwat Tharatorn. |
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Mheejou
(THAILAND/2007/79min.)
Director : Sukanya Vongsthapat
Cast : Fuana Hiroyama
,Phimphan Chayanacupt
17 Sept.
(Mon/National Holiday) |
10:30 |
Elgala Hall |
| 21 Sept.(Fri) |
16:00 |
Elgala Hall |
| 23 Sept.(Sun) |
19:00 |
Elgala Hall |
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| She is a little girl from the Ahka hill tribe community in Thailand's most northern region. The Ahkas are still a self-sustaining community. A youthful NGO arrives at her village to build a small community TV station. All programming is to be about the village with the NGO planning ultimately to have the villagers produce their programs. The little girl is interested but there is a bit of commotion... |
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The White Silk Dress
(VIETNAM/2006/142min.)
Director : Luu Huynh Luu
Cast : Quoc Khanh
,Truong Ngoc Anh
| 15 Sept.(Sat) |
16:00 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 19 Sept.(Wed) |
10:30 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 22 Sept.(Sat) |
19:00 |
Nishitetsu Hall |
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| At about the fall of French colonialism, a man gives a woman a traditional "Ao Dai" dress with his love, and the two get married. Although poor 12 years later, the wife vows to give her daughters "Ao Dai" dresses before they enter school and she secretly begins selling her breast milk to do so when a bomb explodes bringing tragedy to the happy couple and a warning to the nation of a crisis to come. |
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Desert Dream
(MONGOLIA/KOREA/FRANCE/2006/125min.)
Director : Zhang Lu
Cast : O.Bat-Ulzii,Suh Jung,Shin Dongho
17 Sept.
(Mon/National Holiday) |
16:00 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 20 Sept.(Thu) |
19:00 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 23 Sept.(Sun) |
10:30 |
Nishitetsu Hall |
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| In a Mongolian village close to China, a left behind middle-aged man spends his lonely life drunk. He used to be the village leader but everyone including his wife and daughter, have left for the city. One day, a mother and son fleeing from North Korea arrive at his home... The latest from director Zhang Lu, a leading Chinese literary author and a 3rd generation of Korean descent living in China. |
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Tuya's Marriage
(CHINA/2006/95min.)
Director : Wang Quanan
Cast : Yu Nan,Bater
17 Sept.
(Mon/National Holiday) |
13:15 |
Elgala Hall |
| 21 Sept.(Fri) |
19:00 |
Elgala Hall |
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| To expand its industries, the Chinese government pressures North West Mongolia to end its nomadic shepherd lifestyle and move to nearby towns instead to pursue agriculture. Tuya resists and prefers to continue her nomadic life of raising 100 sheep with her family. Winner of this year's Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. |
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The Road in the Air
(TAIWAN/2006/81min.)
Director : Isaac Li
Cast : Go Lee,Chang I-Han
| 16 Sept.
(Sun) |
13:15 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 19 Sept.(Wed) |
19:00 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 22 Sept.(Sat) |
16:00 |
Nishitetsu Hall |
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| A youth in despair sets fire to a convenience store and flees on his bicycle. A cowardly police officer, awed by his dangerous tasks, abandons his post and his superior dies as a result. Meeting on a highway, the two develop friendship and solidarity. Suddenly an aboriginal girl appears and joins the two. The three then meet a Canadian girl and the road movie reaches its climax... |
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Water
(INDIA/CANADA/2005/117min.)
Director : Deepa Mehta
Cast : John Abraham,Sarala
| 20 Sept.(Thu) |
19:00 |
Elgala Hall |
| 21 Sept.(Fri) |
10:30 |
Elgala Hall |
| 22 Sept.(Sat) |
19:00 |
Elgala Hall |
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| It is at a time when Indian custom often forced young girls to marry older men for economic reasons. When the husband died, many of the widows would be forced to live at Hindu monasteries. This was the fate that awaited many widows who carried the burden of family debt. The film was the opening film to the 2005 Kerala International Film Festival. |
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Earth
(INDIA/CANADA/1998/108min.)
Director : Deepa Mehta
Cast : Aamir Khan,Maia Sethna
| 20 Sept.(Thu) |
10:30 |
Elgala Hall |
| 22 Sept.(Sat) |
16:00 |
Elgala Hall |
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| An 8 year-old Parsee girl lives comfortably in a well to do family. Yet the separation-independence movement even comes to the town of Lahore in 1947. When Hindu and Sikh followers massacre Moslems, Moslems seek revenge and the in-town blood for blood struggle continues. The girl would even see her loved ones victimized by a cruel history. A moving film starring the top Indian movie star, Aamir Khan. |
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Fire
(INDIA/CANADA/1996/108min.)
Director : Deepa Mehta
Cast : Jeved Jaffrey
,Nandita Das
| 19 Sept.(Wed) |
10:30 |
Elgala Hall |
| 22 Sept.
(Sat) |
13:15 |
Elgala Hall |
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| An owner of a video store ignores his wife and continues to see the Chinese beautician he's in love with. His brother, angry over his wife for not getting pregnant, joins an extremist cult that practices celibacy. Through their marriages, the wives meet and share their misery forced upon them by Indian tradition. Then they comfort each other, finding mutual love for one another... |
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The Warship That Walked on Land
(JAPAN/2007/95min.)
Director : Yasuhiro Yamamoto
Cast : Kaneto Shindo,Ippei Kanie
17 Sept.
(Mon/National Holiday) |
13:15 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 20 Sept.(Thu) |
10:30 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
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| Drafted in the spring of 1944, Kaneto Shindo was assigned to the Takarazuka Naval Air Corps in June, 1944 and saw Japan's defeat in 1945 as an upper class sailor. The anti-war film shows the personal testimony of Japan's oldest active film director (age 95) alternating between a documentary of Shindo on camera as a conscientious witness of war, and a realistic reenacted drama of Shindo during the conflict. |
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New Thick Wall
(JAPAN/2007/111min.)
Director : Setsuo Nakayama
Cast : Tokie Hidari,Casey Takamine
| 19 Sept.(Wed) |
13:15 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 21 Sept.(Fri) |
10:30 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
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| A homeless man recalls a murder in Kumamoto 50 years ago to a freelance reporter by saying, "I'm sorry for the convicted man...he may be innocent". The reporter pursues the incident lightly as nothing more than a story which might sell...The much talked about film addressing Setsuo Nakayama's life long cause he has so passionately pursued for life since introducing "Thick Wall" (1969), his very first film. |
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Koume,the Legendary Singer
(JAPAN/2007/76min.)
Director : Hiko Yamamoto
| 21 Sept.(Fri) |
13:15 |
Elgala Hall |
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Born and raised in Chikuho, Koume studied to be a Geisha in North Kyushu before debuting as a singer in 1929. "Hontouni Sounara" (1933) by M. Koga became her big hit. Attaining national singer stardom with many popular, folk hits such as "Kurodabushi" and "Kankobushi", she died at 85 in 1992. The film pursues her life by interviewing those who knew her and by using her surviving songs and visual footage.
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Let's Sumo !
(MALAYSIA/JAPAN/2007/143min.)
Director : Ahdlin Shauki
Cast : Ahdlin Shauki
,Inthira Charoenpura
17 Sept.
(Mon/National Holiday) |
16:00 |
Elgala Hall |
| 21 Sept.(Fri) |
16:00 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
24 Sept.
(Mon/National Holiday) |
13:15 |
Nishitetsu Hall |
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A loose, gutless man meets his buddies at a sushi restaurant and through Sumo, matures spiritually by learning about pride and passion. This is the world's coolest sumo movie from Malaysia! "Nokotta" means, "the match isn't over yet!" The film, through its theme of "never giving up", sends a message to the world about the Japanese spirit of "willpower, guts, perseverance and "effort".
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Fuckin' Runaway
(JAPAN/2007/99min.)
Director : Keita Motohashi
Cast : Hisashi Yoshizawa,Minami
| 15 Sept.(Sat) |
19:00 |
Elgala Hall |
| 18 Sept.(Tue) |
13:15 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
| 20 Sept.(Thu) |
16:00 |
Solaria Cinema 1 |
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| A rockish road movie of feeling something after escaping from a mental ward, riding an old car, having inner conflicts and dealing with society, the film takes on manic depression by depicting the "ailment of the mind and spirit", a rising Japanese phenomenon. Based on a story with the same title by A. Itoyama who won the Akutagawa with "Waiting in the Offing", the film was shot across Kyushu in the fall of 2006. |
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Gift
(KOREA/2006/28min.)
Director : LEE In-eui
Cast : PARK Hyun-young,SHEEN Victoria
| 16 Sept.(Sun) |
10:30 |
Elgala Hall |
| 20 Sept.(Thu) |
13:15 |
Elgala Hall |
| 23 Sept.(Sun) |
16:00 |
Elgala Hall |
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| LEE Hyun-joo is genius who has never fallen behind to anyone in her studies at high school. However, she suffers from a bad empyema. One early morning, she startles after witnessing a long big creature coming out from her nose. Hyun-joo is glad that her empyema is gone after the disappearance of the creature. Nevertheless, after the incident, her intelligence is fading away. She realizes the loss of her brightness is because of the creature that has escaped from her. |
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The Ordinary People
(KOREA/2007/28min.)
Director : Yurim Lee
Cast : Kyuhoi Lee,Anna Lee
| 16 Sept.(Sun) |
10:30 |
Elgala Hall |
| 20 Sept.(Thu) |
13:15 |
Elgala Hall |
| 23 Sept.(Sun) |
16:00 |
Elgala Hall |
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Jongmo Park, dismissed worker, gets a phone call from the company and hears that he is being rehired. His wife says she needs money and his former colleagues say he should not forget them. Still thinking that he wants to go back to the company, he is hesitating, agonized by memories of love and hurt. And one day, Jongmko Park, still unsure, meets a journalist and gets reminded of his memories of love and pain. |
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One Day to Be Passing By
(KOREA/2007/19min.)
Director : KIM Yang-hee
Cast : YOON So-hyun,JO Kyung-en
| 16 Sept.(Sun) |
10:30 |
Elgala Hall |
| 20 Sept.(Thu) |
13:15 |
Elgala Hall |
| 23 Sept.(Sun) |
16:00 |
Elgala Hall |
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| After Young-nam makes up her mind to die, she visits Ohiri who failed the college entrance exam. Although she is dealing with what to do before she kills herself, everything goes wrong and a feeling of emptiness continues to grow. |
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Tool
(KOREA/2006/8min.)
Director : YOON Yong-a
Cast : PANG Eun-jin,PARK Ji-un
| 16 Sept.(Sun) |
10:30 |
Elgala Hall |
| 20 Sept.(Thu) |
13:15 |
Elgala Hall |
| 23 Sept.(Sun) |
16:00 |
Elgala Hall |
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A mother and a daughter are on their way home from shopping. After making a quick stop at the bathroom the mother returns to find her daughter locked inside the car and drinking ant insecticide. A young man wielding an iron wire takes the girl to the hospital, and fortunately she heads home safely. Now, however, while her mother is preparing supper, the girl torments ants going into the wall socket with the young man’s wire. |
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You Will Know
(KOREA/2007/21min.)
Director : KIM Young-jae
Cast : CEON Ha-eun,GONG Sang-ah
| 16 Sept.(Sun) |
10:30 |
Elgala Hall |
| 20 Sept.(Thu) |
13:15 |
Elgala Hall |
| 23 Sept.(Sun) |
16:00 |
Elgala Hall |
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| So-young is accused of cheating in the first mid-term exam, but she keeps denying it. In the meantime Young-sook, proctor that day who is also a part-time teacher at school gets to be suspicious due to lack of evidence to prove So-young's case.
As knowing that this happening may affect an upcoming interview for appointment Young-sook suggests something to So-young.
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Graceland
(THAILAND/2006/17min.)
Director : Anocha Suwichakornpong
Cast : Sarawut Martthong,Jelralin Chanchengrop
| 16 Sept.(Sun) |
10:30 |
Elgala Hall |
| 20 Sept.(Thu) |
13:15 |
Elgala Hall |
| 23 Sept.(Sun) |
16:00 |
Elgala Hall |
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One night in Bangkok, Jon meets a mysterious woman. Together,
they embark on a journey to a foreign land – the human heart. |
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