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- DirectorJoris IvensMarceline Loridan IvensJean BigiaouiFrom 1972 until 1974, Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan, along with a Chinese film crew, documented the last days of the Cultural Revolution, marking the end of an era. The vast amount of footage they shot was edited into twelve films of varying lengths. Focusing on ordinary people spread over a wide geographic area-many of whom were living and working in collectives-the filmmakers recorded a unique moment in history, and also captured some of the more enduring aspects of Chinese culture.
- DirectorShigeyoshi SuzukiYoneo OtaStarsKeiko TakatsuRintarô FujimaYôyô KojimaA girl sets out on a lonely journey when a father decides it is best for his young daughter to go live with his brother and her uncle. The trek begins on a train, but has to continue on foot and by cart when a stranger gives her a lift. Alas, there is not any joy, compassion or kindness to be found; least of all at the uncle's home where she is both a surprise arrival and unwanted. She is sold to servitude and employment soon. Her world and life spirals downward as the girl finds how she is not able to rely on family, humanity or god for an iota of grace or assistance.
- StarsPaul CopleyPamela BrightonNikolas SimmondsA series of four films from the Great War to the General Strike.
- DirectorFei XieStarsDalarsurongAojirdaiBayirtcyaBayinbulag and Somiya are brought up, from a young age, as brother and sister by their adoptive grandmother. The three live happily in a yurt on the Mongolian steppes. Just before Bayinbulag is to leave for the city, to be trained as a vet, the grandmother suggests that Bayinbulag and Somiya should eventually marry. Bayinbulag, now training to be a musician, stays away for long periods of time without communicating with Somiya. He finally comes back expecting to marry her.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsYul ServoJoel TorreGloria DiazA Filipino teenager is shot to death on a New Jersey, USA sidewalk: an investigation starts and his family and friends are interviewed. Along the way, more about him is revealed and so is more about the Filipino community in America in general, including the destructive effect of the drug "shabu" on its youth. The detective who handles the case also has his own personal demons to settle with his violent past.
- DirectorYigong WuStarsJie ShenMin ZhangFengyi ZhangYingzi is a young, impressionable girl living on the southern side of Beijing in the late 1920s. Encountering people in the city, she tries to understand how people are really like inside through her own eyes.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsSaburô BôyaIzumi HaraYasufumi HayashiSummer 1937 Japan begins a war with China. Militaristic moods are growing in the country. A group of Japanese schoolchildren do not understand the militaristic hysteria of adults.
- DirectorFei XieStarsWen JiangCheng LinHong YueA semi-literate who was deprived of schooling during the Cultural Revolution, Li Huiquan, is released from labor camp. But his attempts to make good are continually thwarted. His street stall selling clothes puts him on the fringe of the black market, and he soon gets lured back into his old neighbourhood gangs. His disenchanted comrades include a nightclub chanteuse as well as an escaped convict.
- DirectorKôsaku YamashitaStarsKôji TsurutaTomisaburô WakayamaHiroshi NawaTokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer and suggests they choose Matsuda, who is in prison.
- DirectorPatrick TamStarsKuo-Chu ChangCharlie ChinAnn HuiThe story of a young co-ed whose boyfriend turns into a demented stalker after the suicide of his sister.
- StarsFernando Fernán GómezJuan RibóEmma CohenThe adventures of Lucas Trapaza The rogue in his wanderings through seventeenth-century Spain.
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsDuk-wha LeeLee Hye-yeongSeok-Gu LeeThe story of Choe Si-hyeong, a leader of the Donghak Peasant Revolution during the late 19th-century Korea.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsStephen HirstLouise CooperJean FranvalWhen honest young Tolly is forced on the run with 'Black Jack,' adventure and mishap are never far away. Based on Leon Garfield's popular novel, Ken Loach's 'Black Jack' is a dark, complex adventure film set in the 18th century.
- DirectorWenguang WuStarsMay May Ci ZhangBo GaoSen MouIndependent Chinese documentary by Wu Wenguan following and interviewing a group of young artists around the time of the events Tiananmen about their lives and careers.
- DirectorFei XieStarsSiqin GaowaYujuan WuKesheng LeiThe tragedies of two Chinese country women: a wealthy sesame oil seller and her daughter-in-law, married to her son.
- DirectorYasuzô MasumuraStarsAyako WakaoKeizô KawasakiKenji SugawaraYuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is actually the love child of her wealthy businessman father and his ex-secretary.
- DirectorJin XieStarsXijuan ZhuXingang WangMei XiangIn 1930s, Wu Qionghua was a housemaid of Nan-ba-tian, a cruel warlord of a village in Hainan Island, China. Often abused by her master, Qionghua was finally rescued by Hong Changqing, leader of the Red Detachment of Women - a troop of women soldiers. She joined the troop and became the Detachment leader after the death of Hong. They captivated and executed the warlord and liberated Qionghua's home village.
- DirectorChatrichalerm YukolStarsChalita PattamapanRon RittichaiSo AsanachindaA feisty teacher leads a group of slum-dwellers against a real estate developer who is determined to evict hundreds of families in order to make way for a construction project.
- DirectorSu LiStarsWanqiu HuangZongxue XiaJu-ke ZhangThis is the first musical film in China which tells the story of Liu San Jie (Liu the Third Sister), a legendary folk female singer of Zhuang minority in Guangxi Autonomous Region.
- DirectorAnand PatwardhanAn exploration of caste in India. The documentary begins with the suicide of Vilas Ghogre, a Dalit poet and singer, following the 1997 atrocities against the Dalit community of Ramabai in Maharashtra. It is the culmination of over 14 years of work by Anand Patwardhan.
- DirectorKazuo MoriStarsShinpachirô AsakaUtaemon IchikawaYaeko KumoiA cheerful period drama, sprinkled with comical scenes tells the story of a loyal and handsome Edo servant who fights to help his older brother marry the woman he loves.
- DirectorStan LaiStarsBrigitte LinShih-Chieh KingPao-Ming KuTwo drama companies happened to share one auditorium for rehearsal. Friction was inevitable. One of them played 'Peach Blossom', a comedy in medieval costume. Another played 'Secret Love', a sad story with contemporary setting. Though unreconciled in all aspects, they find themselves telling the same story: the story of Chinese people forced to leave home.
- DirectorRaymundo GleyzerStarsVíctor ProncetRaúl FraireSusana LanteriFilm originally intended for revolutionary working class and leftist intellectuals. About the life of a union activist who began his struggle in the Peronist ranks during the '60s and corrupted in his rise to power.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsKiwako HaradaNoriko WatanabeRiki TakeuchiAfter a failed romance, a temperamental young biker meets a carefree rural girl while riding through her island hometown and gets her obsessed about riding a motorcycle.
- DirectorNaomi KawaseStarsNaomi KawaseUno KawaseFilmmaker Naomi Kawase captures the love, loss, and loneliness felt as she prepares to move out of her foster mother's home.
- DirectorShinsuke OgawaThis important film compiles "Magino Story" footage taken by Ogawa for a period of more than ten years after he moved to Magino village.
- DirectorNabwana I.G.G.StarsIsaac Newton KizitoKirabo BeatriceNattembo Racheal MonicaAfter a commando's daughter is kidnapped by the Tiger Mafia, he goes insane and starts a quest to stop the kidnappings with the father of another kidnapped child.
- DirectorDang Nhat MinhStarsTat Binh DangYen HoangVân LêThe dynamics of a Vietnamese rural village change when an urban woman returns to the village she originally belonged to and begins a love triangle.
- DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsKeiko AwajiMotoji FujiwaraChieko HigashiyamaA young student (Akira Inshihama) falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to an invalid girl (Keiko Awaji) whom he can only see from afar.
- DirectorTatyana LioznovaStarsLyudmila KhityaevaNikolay LebedevLyuba BasovaA workman Evdokim and his wife Evdokia live in a small suburban town. They don't have children but they are raising stepchildren. At first glance their life may seem routine, but in fact it is full of strong passions, striking and important events that make you sympathize with the heroes.
- DirectorPhilip FordStarsDon 'Red' BarryAnn SavageAdele MaraAfter a bank robbery, the loot disappears and is sought after by an insurance investigator, the police and the surviving robbers.
- DirectorKwang-kuk LeeStarsShin Dong-miKim Kang-hyeonYoo Joon-sangA grumpy actress, her lost ex-boyfriend, a friendly detective, and his damaged sister form the web of enchanted melancholy, with the help of a little soju.
- DirectorYôji YamadaStarsChieko BaishôAkira TeraoAtom ShimojôA quasi-docu-drama pertaining to the monumental process to bring a performance troupe to a small Japanese village to perform for one night.
- DirectorPark Kwang-suPark Kwang SooStarsKim Bo-KyeongKim Bo-kyungYoo Byeong-SeokThe film intercuts two stories, one in black and white, one in color. From 1965 to 1970.
- DirectorKaizô HayashiStarsMasatoshi NagaseShirô SanoKiyotaka NanbaraMaiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing brother. Through a series of double-crosses Hama gets embroiled in a gang war and a revenge plot between the two brothers.
- DirectorUlrike OttingerTaiga is an eight-hour documentary directed and photographed by Ulrike Ottinger. It focuses on the life and rituals of nomadic peoples in Northern Mongolia, specifically the Darkhad nomads and the Sojon Urinjanghai.
- DirectorKiriô UrayamaStarsSayuri YoshinagaMitsuo HamadaEijirô TônoSet in Kawaguchi, just north of Tokyo in the early 60s, the movie chronicles the lives of poor foundry workers and their families; and one girl's dreams of self-improvement through going on to higher education.
- DirectorVichit KounavudhiStarsTabak JeeraditKrailad KriangkraiOng-art PonethonA historical drama set in the 1930s Isan province Thailand, telling the travails of a small clan of subsistence farmers and their village as a particularly bad drought reduces them to bush living.
- DirectorBodil IpsenStarsGull-Maj NorinPoul ReichhardtAngelo BruunA woman is found strangled in her shop. Shortly after, another murder is committed. Perhaps the most terrifying is that the both girls' name is Sonja. The police is convinced it's the same killer and at each scene is heard a woman singing the same song. A song which is soon dubbed the 'murder melody'.
- DirectorKaizô HayashiStarsMasatoshi NagaseKiyotaka NanbaraHaruko WanibuchiMike Hama is a private investigator who has been reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle.
- DirectorYi ChangStarsHui-Shan YangHsiang-Ping HuLi-Chun LeeThis film tells of a woman's never-ending struggle to keep herself and her family fed and clothed.
- DirectorPen-Ek RatanaruangStarsFay AtsawetPhaibunkiat KhiaogaoRay MacDonaldA young working woman has to follow obscure advice by an old sage in order to prevent a worst-case scenario. A returning nightmare of a family home built by her deceased mother for the still-living father in the hereafter gives her and her fortune teller the necessary instructions. A loving, yet complex tale of the new Thai middle class. Houses are built, family members live in parallel worlds and the presence is a very Asian mix of the 19th and 21st Centuries.
- DirectorCheng-sheng LinStarsKang-sheng LeeVicky WeiGrace ChenHistorical drama about a man coping with the tragic death of his young wife. As he makes new connections, he works to be a better man and father.
- DirectorHan Hsiang LiStarsBetty Loh TiLei ZhaoRhoqing TangA young scholar spends the night in a creepy temple that is said to be haunted. He doesn't believe in the rumors, but after running into a Taoist swordsman, he meets a beautiful lady ghost.
- DirectorJiayi WangStarsLikun YangZijiang MoJingzhen SunAh Peng meets a girl named Jinhua at a festival and they agree to meet the next year. One year later, he searches for her and finds other girls named Jinhua, leading to a series of misunderstanding.
- DirectorGermaine DulacStarsAndrée BrabantGabriel SignoretJules RaucourtA Parisian museum director believes his wife has lost interest in him and so places a poisoned cigarette in the box on his desk - thus allowing chance to decide the moment of his death.
- DirectorLarry YustStarsOlive DunbarWilliam 'Billy' BenedictWilliam FawcettAn adaptation of Shirley Jackson's short story of the same name, "The Lottery" tells the story of a shocking annual tradition in a small village.
- DirectorLawrence Gordon ClarkStarsSimon Gipps-KentJoseph O'ConorJames MellorA young orphan, Stephen, is sent to go and live with his strange, much older cousin at his remote country house. Once there, Stephen experiences terrible dreams in which he sees a young girl and boy who are missing their hearts.
- DirectorHisayuki ToriumiStarsRyoko SanoAtsuko TakahataIkuko TaniCountry girl Ginga leaves her home in hope of becoming one of the Emperor's Wives.
- DirectorChun-Ku LuStarsLeanne LauSiu Chung MokJason Piao PaiA brother and sister seek vengeance for the death of their parents.
- DirectorYu-Hsun ChenStarsAkio ChenYi-fan ChenHsiao-fan FanYoung boy, Ah-Jiang, a school failure and day dreamer witnesses the kidnapping of a child. After being taken hostage by a corrupt family, he begins an unusual adventure away from home.
- DirectorJorge PreloranThe film shows the children of the rural school of Chucalezna, in the Quebrada de Humahuaca, learning to express themselves pictorially using the classroom walls as easels and paper donated by the teacher's son as cloth.
- DirectorJohnnie ToKa-Fai WaiStarsRaymond Ho-Yin WongSammi ChengAnita MuiA gifted female warrior is destined to marry the emperor and bring prosperity to the dynasty.
- DirectorLawrence Gordon ClarkStarsEdward PetherbridgePreston LockwoodBarbara EwingMan of leisure Sir Richard (Edward Petherbridge) receives notification that his Uncle has died, bequeathing him his stately country manor and all its lands. On his return to England he immediately sets about taking stock of all legal matters concerning his new property, but during these dealings Sir Richard seems to be more than a little distracted, he hears strange noises from the ash tree outside his bedroom window.
- DirectorBernard NicolasStarsGay Abel-BeyMarva AndersonLarry BellSet to Nina Simone's haunting rendition of "Pirate Jenny" and concludes with Archie Shepp's "Things Have Got to Change."