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Israeli masterpiece
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Special Screenings
The Special Screenings section presents 14 new films from Asia and around the world.
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South Korea / 2012 / 89 min.
Director: HONG Sang-soo
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The latest from HONG Sang-soo, starring Isabelle HUPPERT and comprised of three stories in which she plays different characters. HONG's regular cast members form an exquisite ensemble with HUPPERT that shapes the world of the film. Screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Iraq, Turky / 2012 / 103 min.
Director: Bahman GHOBADI
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Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel is released after 30 years in prison, and attempts to find his wife. However, she has been made to believe he is dead... A powerful work from Bahman GHOBADI, who has been living in exile since he made "No One Knows About Persian Cats" (09). Starring legendary Iranian actor Behrouz VOSSOUGHI.
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Portugal / 2012 / 89 min.
Director: Pedro COSTA, Manoel de OLIVEIRA, Victor ERICE, Aki Kaurismäki
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The former capital, Guimarães is considered the founding region of Portugal. Through its wealth of cultural assets, it was registered as a World Heritage site as "Historic Center of Guimarães." Designated a European Capital of Culture in 2012, four preeminent contemporary European masters capture this alluring city from many aspects in this omnibus film.
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South Korea / 2012 / 173min.
Light in the Yellow Breathing Space
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Korea, Sri Lanka / 2012 / 33 min.
Dir. Vimukthi JAYASUNDARA
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A father on the verge of death takes his young son to the most beautiful place on Earth, so that he may be there to witness the moment when he takes his last breath...
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The Great Cinema Party
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Korea, Philippines / 2012 / 70 min.
Dir. Raya MARTIN
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Filmmakers from various countries visit Corregidor Island in Manila Bay, a bloody Pacific War battleground. A fine example of director MARTIN, known for his experimental approach, in his element.
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When Night Falls
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Korea, China / 2012 / 70 min.
Dir. YING Liang
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In Shanghai in 2008, a young man was sentenced to death for killing six police officers. This film shines a spotlight on his mother, documenting her attempts to gain a visitation with him.
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Israel, France, Switzerland / 2012 / 87 min.
Director: Amos GITAI
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A beautiful visual poem of renown architect Munio WEINRAUB GITAI, the director's father. His father's lifetime--being born in Poland, studying at the Bauhaus, immigrating to Palestine to escape the Nazis--is recounted combining filmed footage, interviews and fiction yet is also the very history of Israel.
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Israel, France, Italy / 2009 / 93 min.
Director: Amos GITAI
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From the battles between the 1st Century A.D. Roman Empire and the Jewish people, to today's military camps... the feelings from a deceased mother's recollections toward her son on military operations... Israel's history and the personal history of GITAI are emotionally interwoven in this masterpiece. Jeanne MOREAU narrates.
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Iran / 2012 / 87 min.
Director: Mohsen MAKHMALBAF
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The Baha'i Faith was founded in Iran around 170 years ago. Mohsen MAKHMALBAF and his eldest son Maysam take their cameras to Haifa in Israel, the Baha'i Faith's holy land and the location of its headquarters... A work filled with various contemplations of religion's relationship with war and peace in our world today.
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Thailand, UK, France / 2012 / 61 min.
Director: Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL
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Rehearsal for a film shoot is being held at a quiet hotel on the Mekong River basin. The film's premise deals with a fiend who eats the organs of humans.... A masterpiece that effortlessly traverses the line between documentary and fiction. The guitar melody playing throughout the film is relaxing. A Cannes Special Screening film.
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South Korea / 2012 / 104 min.
Director: KIM Ki-duk
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A lonely man who retrieves debts by inflicting serious injuries on borrowers and collecting their insurance money is visited by a woman who claims to be the mother from whom he was separated as a child. He gradually comes to accept her despite his suspicions, but... A masterpiece that enjoyed an unusually enthusiastic reception at the Venice Film Festival, and went on to win the Golden Lion.
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Hong Kong, France / 2012 / 153 min.
Director: WANG Bing
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Documentary capturing three young sisters living at a mountain village in Yunan Province, China. To support themselves, they engage in demanding farm work while attending school. The audience's hearts will be touched by the drama that arises amid their daily existence. Winner of the Orizzonti Award at the Venice International Film Festival.
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Focus on Japan
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Japan / 2012 / 130 min.
Director: OMORI Tatsushi
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Temporary worker KAJI is introverted so his life is dependent on internet message boards. But even such a person can make a friend he can trust, and meet a girl who attracts him, but.... "A Crowd of Three" director OMORI Tatsushi, inspired by an actual incident, draws attention to socially disadvantaged youth in this tour de force.
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Japan / 2012 / 161 min.
Director: SONO Sion
©2012 Dongyu Club / pictures dept. / Sono Sion
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This legendary film was shot on Hi-8 over the course of a year in 1995, but remained unfinished. Taking place in Shinjuku and on the Chuo train line 20 years after Hong Kong's return to China, this masterwork is an extremely violent depiction of out-of-control street children. Its crowd scene shot in front of the Shinjuku Alta building with numerous extras is a must-see.
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Japan, USA / 2012 / 80 min.
Director: Linda HOAGLUND
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A film about the transformative power of the first major international art exhibit devoted to Hiroshima, held in Vancouver, Canada. The protagonists are 48 photographs taken by renowned ISHIUCHI Miyako.
Utilizing the photographic images, an American film artist Linda HOAGLUND, crafts a moving and evocative meditation on memory and loss.
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Centennial Celebration for Samuel FULLER
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USA / 1955 / 103 min.
Director: Samuel FULLER
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Masterpiece film noir depicting the fierce, deadly struggle between an American investigator and a gang in Tokyo. Seeing the Sky Cruiser in the final shootout atop the Matsuya Asakusa department store's rooftop plus other Tokyo scenery now lost is invaluable. Screening of a digitally restored version for the 100th anniversary of FULLER's birth.
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