Opening (1) Closing (1) Gala Presentation (4) A Window on Asian Cinema (35)
New Currents (11) Korean Cinema Today (17) Korean Retrospective (15) World Cinema (73)
Wide Angle (68) Open Cinema (7) Flash Forward (11) Mid Night Passion (12)
Special Program in Focus (22)
World Premiere
The Friends
Open Cinema
Director : Entry Year : 2007 (12) Country : Korea Running Time : 105min
This second feature by LEE Young-jae is adapted from a Japanese novel. As in his previous film The Harmonium in My Memory, he visualizes the innocent emotion of a human in delicate sentiment. Ye-jun, Dong-hee, and Young-tan are curious 6th graders. One day, they decide to visi...

Wolfhound
Open Cinema
Director : Entry Year : 2007 (12) Country : Russia Running Time : 136min
He was condemned to death, but survived to wreak revenge for the murder of his clan. The last member of the clan of the Grey Dogs became a fearless warrior by the name of Wolfhound. After cheating death in the severe slavery, Wolfhound sets out on a journey. Wolfhound has but ...

World Premiere
The Piano Forest
Open Cinema
Director : Entry Year : 2007 (12) Country : Japan Running Time : 101min
A piano in the middle of a quiet forest shines in the moonlight. As a boy touches the keys, a beautiful melody echoes through the woods like magic. A genius, Kai, is blessed with a God-given talent. Syuwue, however, can be an elite student of music but is not a genius. The Pia...

International Premiere
Hero
Open Cinema
Director : Entry Year : 2007 (12) Country : Japan Running Time : 130min
Japanese TV dramas are divided by seasons and produced in 11 segments. Sometimes, popular dramas are made into 2-hour-long specials. If that proves successful, larger-scale production costs and actors are added to make it into a motion picture. It is not an exaggeration to say...

International Premiere
Closed Note
Open Cinema
Director : Entry Year : 2007 (12) Country : Japan Running Time : 138min
The film is equipped with the best combination possible for a Japanese commercial film directed by Yukisada Isao starring SAWAJIRI Erika, ISEYA Yusuke and TAKEUCHI Yuko. A college student Kae, who dreams of becoming a teacher, discovers a notebook in the house she has just mo...

Blood Brothers
Open Cinema
Director : Alexi Tan Entry Year : 2007 (12) Country : Running Time : 95min
Blood Brothers is the story of three close friends, Fung, Kang, and his little brother Hu. They begin the story as poor fishermen from Zhujiajiao, a small village on the outskirts of Shanghai. They are young and trapped by unfortunate circumstances; they decide to move to Shan...

Cheeni Kum
Open Cinema
Director : R. BALKI Entry Year : 2007 (12) Country : India Running Time : 140min
A romantic comedy starring Amitabh Bachchan, a megastar of Indian cinema. This film is about an unexpected love and its beautiful success between 64-year-old Buddhadev Gupta, who runs a renowned Indian restaurant in London, and beautiful 34-year-old Nina who accidentally drops...



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