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1. Osama (2003) - Siddiq Barmak
Award : AFCAE Award, Cannes Junior Award, Golden Camera - Special
Mention
Video : Widescreen
Audio : Pashtu Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitle: English, Korean
Synopsis :A 12-year-old Afghan girl and her mother lose their jobs when the
Taliban closes the hospital where they work. The Taliban have also
forbidden women to leave their houses without a male "legal companion."
With her husband and brother dead, killed in battle, there is no one left to
support the family. Without being able to leave the house, the mother is left
with nowhere to turn. Feeling that she has no other choice, she disguises
her
daughter as a boy. Now called 'Osama,' the girl embarks on a terrifying and
confusing journey as she tries to keep the Taliban from finding out her true
identity. Inspired by a true story, Osama is the first entirely Afghan film shot
since the fall of the Taliban.
2. Beautiful People (1999) - Jasmin Dizdar
Award : Un Certain Regard Award
Video : 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio : English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitle : Korean, English
Synopsis:
In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the
preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and
refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political
adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations.
Meanwhile, the lives of four English families are affected in different ways by
encounter with the refugees; one of the families improbably becomes
involved with a Balkan refugee through the England vs. Holland match.
3. Kandahar (2001) - Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Award : Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Video : Widescreen
Audio : English Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitle : Korean, English
Synopsis :
Nafas (Niloufar Pazira) is a reporter who was born in Afghanistan, but fled
with her family to Canada when she was a child. However, her sister wasn't
so lucky; she lost her legs to a land mine while young, and when Nafas and
her family left the country, her sister was accidentally left behind. Nafas
receives a letter from her sister announcing that she's decided to commit
suicide during the final eclipse before the dawn of the 21st century;
desperate to spare her sister's life, Nafas makes haste to Afghanistan,
where she joins a caravan of refugees who, for a variety of reasons, are
returning to the war-torn nation. As Nafas searches for her sister, she soon
gets a clear and disturbing portrait of the toll the Taliban regime has taken
upon its people.
4. The Son (2002) - Jean-Pierre Darden
Award : Best Actor, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention
Video : 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio : French Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitle : Korean, English
Synopsis:
Olivier, a carpentry instructor at a vocational training center for troubled boys,
has his world turned upside down with the arrival of Francis, a mysterious
16-year-old. Unbeknownst to Francis, a past tragedy, involving Olivier's son,
connects him to his new teacher. When Olivier's ex-wife, Magali, is told of
the boy's existence she is horrified. Olivier becomes obsessed, stalking the
boy, furtively, while struggling to maintain a professional distance in his
presence. As the secret that Bond's Olivier to the Francis is revealed, Olivier
is thrown further into a conflicted world in which he is forced to take a
journey of profound emotional and moral complexity
5. The Hole , aka - Dong (1998) - Ming-liang Tsai
Award : FIPRESCI Prize,
Video : Widescreen
Audio : Chinese Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitle : Korean, English
Synopsis :
Seven days to the 21st century: the rain will not let up in Taiwan, and a
strange disease reaches epic proportions. Despite evacuation warnings, the
tenants of a run-down public housing building stay put. A plumber has been
sent to Hsiao Kang's apartment, but instead of fixing the leak, he leaves a
gaping hole in the middle of the living room. Through the hole, Kang spies on
his downstairs neighbor, a woman who stockpiles toilet paper and dreams
about singing and dancing in Kang's arms