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Karakara
Japanese Movie - 2012
Pierre, a professor from Quebec who is on sabbatical in Okinawa to reevaluate his life after the death of his friend, is drawn into a love affair with Junko, a local woman fleeing an abusive husband, who offers to be…
Trace
Japanese Movie - 2012
Naomi Kawase was born into a world where her parents, and most family, were absent. Chiri is the close observation of the end of the life of her foster mother, after she had turned 95. Following her mother's daily life…
Nighthawks in Bangkok
Japanese Movie - 2012
Proy, a young waitress has always been curious about a worn-out drifter who often strolls into the cafeteria with no money. One night, seeing the drifter again lost in thought, Proy takes the courage to speak to him.…
Home from Home
Korean Movie - 201210.0
Returning to the country of their birth, three Korean women, all with German husbands after thirty years abroad, discover their homeland is no longer their home. Retreating to the comforts of a German ghetto, complete…
The Aswang Phenomenon
Filipino Movie - 2011
What would happen if a country of 97 million people were taught at a young age that the boogie man was real? In the Philippines for the last 400 years, the 'aswang' has been used as propoganda and social control by Spanish…
Red Nights
Hong Kong Movie - 20105.3
During the reign of the first emperor of China, an ingenious torturer concocted an elixir that paralyzed its victim's limbs, while increasing the sensitivity of their nerve endings tenfold. Kept in a jade skull, the…
Yuki & Nina
Japanese Movie - 20097.0
Yuki is a 9-year-old Japanese girl who lives in France and is best friends with 9-year-old French girl Nina. One day, Yuki's mother informs her that she will be divorcing her father and that she will be taking Yuki to…
Last Train Home
Chinese Movie - 2009
A couple embarks on a journey home for Chinese new year along with 130 million other migrant workers, to reunite with their children and struggle for a future. Their unseen story plays out as China soars towards being…
Land of Scarecrows
Korean Movie - 20093.0
A loner, a gypsy-like character, Jang Ji Young, is an amateur sculptor that lives a very isolated life. Rein, a Filipina, comes to Korea to earn money. She falls in love with Ji Young and marries him but is shocked to…
Cinematic Correspondences: Isaki Lacuesta - Naomi Kawase
Japanese Movie - 2009
The exhibition 'The Complete Letters' features epistolary works defined by cinematographic creation. This is an experimental communication format used between pairs of film directors. Although each director is situated…
John Rabe
Chinese Movie - 2009
The film focuses upon the experiences of John Rabe, a German businessman who used his Nazi Party membership to create a protective International Safety Zone in Nanking, China, helping to save over 200,000 Chinese from…
The Old Fool Who Moved the Mountains
Chinese Movie - 2008
Yugong Yishan refers to an ancient Chinese fable of an old man coined a fool for attempting to move the mountains that blocked the path in front of his house. He determinedly digs a small amount every day and with perseverance…
Neo-Lounge
Filipino Movie - 2007
A look at an eclectic international group of people who gather at a hip Beijing nightclub, Neo-Lounge. (Source: IMDb)
Birth/Mother
Japanese Movie - 2006
Naomi Kawase raises her voice in anger, blaming her foster mother for threatening to abandon her as a young girl. The camera reveals Kawase's impatience when coming to terms with her foster mother's senility, and at…
Kamataki
Japanese Movie - 2005
Ken-Antoine, a young Canadian man of mixed Japanese and European descent from Montreal who is distraught over the recent death of his father, is sent to live with his uncle Takuma in Japan after a suicide attempt. Takuma,…
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