Nail

In a country with a notoriously fraught political past and precarious future, why does Long-Shan Temple exert such mesmeric powers over such diverse groups of Taiwanese people? What do they find here? Why do scores of local chars volunteer their domestic services to the Temple’s upkeep, maintaining an immaculately scrubbed appearance for public view? The documentary, shot in monochrome, attempts to capture the essence of this district, presenting realist and experimental images in a frantic collage that reflects the golden, slightly frayed soul of this proletariat’s utopia.

How High Is the Mountain

In this film director Shiang-Chu TANG records his own son’s birth and growing up, his father’s recovery from a stroke and a nostalgic trip to China. in his search for the earliest memory of life he examins the parallel of different times. In his previous work, ”How deep is the Ocean”, director Shiang-Chu TANG ended it with an ultrasound image of his unborn child, representing the beginning of a new life. With this film, he begins with a series of questions about life and continues to examine his own life and his longing for a perfect world.

Von Werra

In his short, dazzling, devastating life, Franze Von Werra - legendary figure of the Second World War - attained notoriety in Germany and Britain. He made a name for himself as a daredevil fighter pilot and media darling of Hitler’s Thrid Reich, Von Werra’s escape from a British POW camp and his subsequent perilous flight to his homeland, only served to enhance his Iegend-as did his untimely death at the ludicrously low age of 27 in 1941. Through his posthumous media career, Von Werra has been canonized as an anti-hero. The director sets out to separate fact to fantasy.

Thomas Pynchon: A Journey into the Mind of [p.]

From Mary Shelley to Margaret Mitchell authors have complained of their public persona being eclipsed by their literary creations. Not so in the case of American author Thomas Pynchon who takes the phrase “maintaining a low profile” to new heights. In the absence of any substantial information about his life, an elaborate mythology has emerged - mostly based on the themes of the writer’s work: paranoia, conspiracy theories and coincidences. Rumors about that he was once a CIA agent, which explains the military dimension to his work.

Thirst

This 15 minute short focuses on a girl, Tammy Ballaban, and her struggle with anorexia. A kaleidoscope of images and sounds reflect the dialectic between Tammy’s conscious and unconscious self. Tammy’s candid observations about her anorexia are interspersed with off-screen voices of therapists and family members, adding weight to the protagonist’s plight. In today’s media saturated society we are exposed to endless images of anorexic celebrities.

On the Edge of Time: Male Domains in the Caucasus

The Caucasus exists on the very edge time. This mountainous region has a notorious history of ethnic conflicts and devastating wars. The Caucasus people are said to possess dark and mystical souls. Rich in natural resources such as oil, gas and gold, it is a region better known as the Silk Route of the 21st century. At the same time, the Caucasus also contains some of the most breath-taking scenery you are likely to find.

Mysterious Object at Noon

Inspired by an old parlor game in which players add words, phrases and entire sentences to an unfolding tale with little knowledge of what has gone before, the filmmaker and his crew went on a spectacular journey across the Thai landscape. Along the way they encountered people in villages who narrate the next chapter to a story that began life about a disabled boy and his teacher who provides him with pictures of the outside world. The storytellers include a pair of belligerent food-stall vendors.

Mothers of Life

The Nenets are a breed of people who lead a nomadic life in north western Siberia. The Yaptik family, who from part of this hardy breed, are the central focus of Mothers of Life.They are a family who have suffered great hardships. All but one of the male members of their clan have died, but their presence looms over the lives of the remaining females, who refer obliquely to them as “the ones who have gone away” or “the ones who will not come back”.

Love Inventory

An emotional journey to find the grave of a brother, who died in infancy in Israel in 1951, and information relating to his twin sister, who disappeared in mysterious circumstances at roughly the same time. “Love Inventory” brings into deep focus the tears, tantrums and sometimes laughters exhibited by four siblings as they struggle with the chaos and psychological disorder of modern life. We get to know their dreams, fears and worries as their haunting quest to recover the lost twins takes them to endless hospitals, graveyards and bureaucracies…

The Last Trout

Don Florencio is one of the 45 inhabitants of Moon Island. He has lived here all his life. Florencio is Aymara Indian. He lives, like his ancestors, by the golden rules of the Inca: don’t lie, don’t steal, don’t be lazy. Everything Florencio and his family do they have to do by hand, sailing, fishing, working the land. On the island he brings up his son the Aymara way, performs his rituals for Pacha Mama (Mother Earth) and celebrates what God gives him.

International Film in Competition

Films

A Bibo Reader

A Bibo Reader

2002
Hungary
69min
彼得.佛格茲
Petér FORGÁCS

A Gleam in the Dark

A Gleam in the Dark

2002
Argentina
77min
巴布羅.米爾斯坦,挪伯托.盧汀
Pablo MILSTEIN,Norberto LUDIN

Bonanza

Bonanza

2001
Argentina
84min
尤利瑟斯.羅賽
Ulises ROSELL

Coastal Life

Coastal Life

2001
Norway
90min
翁文.桑德堡
Øyvind SANDBERG

Family

Family

2001
Denmark
90min
費伊.安堡-尼爾森,沙米.馬丁.沙伊夫
Phie AMBO-NIELSEN, Sami Martin SAIF

How High Is the Mountain

How High Is the Mountain

2002
Taiwan
56min
湯湘竹
TANG Shiang-Chu

Karama Cowboy

Karama Cowboy

2001
Germany
43min
桑妮.海斯,凡芮莎.胡登
Sonja HEISS,Vanessa Van HOUTEN

Love Inventory

Love Inventory

2000
Israel
93min
大衛.費雪
David FISHER

Mothers of Life

Mothers of Life

2002
Finland
74min
安娜塔西雅.拉斯維,馬庫.列慕斯卡里歐
Anastasia LAPSUI,Markku LEHMUSKALLIO

Mysterious Object at Noon

Mysterious Object at Noon

2000
Thailand
83min
阿比查邦.魏拉希沙可
Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL

Nail

Nail

2002
Taiwan
45min
黃庭輔
HUANG Ting-Fu

On the Edge of Time: Male Domains in the Caucasus

On the Edge of Time: Male Domains in the Caucasus

2001
Germany
90min
史特芬.托茲
Stefan TOLZ

The Last Trout

The Last Trout

2002
Netherlands
45min
巴特.布羅霍文
Bart Van BROEKHOVEN

Thirst

Thirst

2001
Canada
15min
潔西卡.裘伊.懷斯
Jessica Joy WISE

Thomas Pynchon: A Journey into the Mind of [p.]

Thomas Pynchon: A Journey into the Mind of [p.]

2001
Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland
90min
東納特洛.杜比尼,佛斯哥.杜比尼
Donatello DUBINI,Fosco DUBINI

Von Werra

Von Werra

2002
Germany, Switzerland
102min
華納.史威澤
Werner SCHWEIZER
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