Born in Beijing (2011)

인생의 가장 찬란했던 시절, 동네깡패에게 건넨 한마디가 위세등등한 무용담으로 바뀌고 수줍던 속앓이 첫사랑이 파란만장한 연애담으로 탈바꿈하던, 바로 그때의 이야기. 중국의 한 조그마한 마을, 전쟁영웅을 꿈꾸던 마소군(하우 분)이란 소년, 아버지가 없는 소년의 여름은 쏟아지는 햇살만큼이나 자유로 넘쳤다. 수업을 빼먹는 건 기본이고 친구들과 어울려 놀다가 집에 들어가지 않는 일도 많았다. 열쇠가 따지는 소리에 희열을 느낀 소년의 취미는 어느새 남의 집 문을 열고 신나게 놀다가 주인이 돌아오기전 감쪽같이 정리해두고 나오는 지경까지 이르렀다. 물건을 훔치거나 피해를 준 것은 아니지만, 소년의 열쇠 따기는 멈추지 않았다. 항상 자물쇠가 달린 집을 드나들던 마소군은 어느 날, 붙박이 문을 열고 들어가게 된다. 벽에 걸려있던 망원경을 갖고 신나게 놀던 소년은 정신이 번쩍 드는 사진을 발견한다. 열 여섯 시절 가장 짜릿한 기억, 벽에 걸린 소녀의 사진에 넋을 잃은 마소군은 길에서 우연히 소녀를 만나게 되고 거의 매일 만나서 얘기하는 가까운 사이가 된다. 그녀의 이름은 미란(영정 분)이고 소년보다 나이가 많았다. 마소군은 매일매일 그녀를 찾아가 자신에게 있었던 이야기를 과장과 거짓말을 보태 엄청난 사건인양 얘기해 주었다. 동네 건달패와 어울리던 소년은 그녀를 친구들에게 소개시키기로 마음먹는다. 친구들과 미란이 처음 만난 날, 마소군은 높은 굴뚝에 올라가 떨어지는 객기를 부린다. 소년은 다른 구역 패거리와의 싸움에서도 지나친 활약으로 인해 처절한 패싸움의 직전까지 몰고 간 적도 있다. 미란이 점점 패거리의 리더인 유이쿠와 가까워지자 심술이 난 소년은 생일 파티장에서 테이블 위의 병을 깨고 유이쿠에게 덤벼들기도 한다. 문화혁명이 시작되고 반혁명가로 몰린 외할아버지는 자살했고, 아버지는 좌천당했으며, 소년의 실수로 동생도 생겼다.

Set during the second Intifada, this documentary follows four Palestinian families living in Dheisheh Refugee Camp near Bethlehem. Fadi is 13 and cares for his 4 younger brothers, the Hammashes are a close-knit family who pass on the lessons of life with humor and passion, Sana is a single woman who endures long commutes to do community work, and Emad and Hanan are a young couple trying to shield their daughter from the harsh realities of the occupation. They talk about their past and discuss the future with humor, sorrow, frustration and hope. Until When paints an intimate in-depth portrait of Palestinian lives today.

열대 태풍이 휩쓸고 간 필리핀의 작은 섬. 일찍 퇴근했다는 두 자매는 집으로 돌아오지 않았고, 그녀들의 살인 용의자로 체포된 19살 파코 라라냐가는 무죄를 뒷받침할 무수한 증거들이 있음에도 불구하고 강간과 살해 혐의로 사형 선고를 받는다. 영화는 필리핀 역사상 가장 많은 논란을 불러일으킨 재판을 통해 필리핀의 부패한 사법 체계를 폭로한다. (2012년 4회 DMZ국제다큐멘터리영화제)

This feature documentary tells the stories of 5 asylum seekers who flee their native countries to escape homophobic violence. They face hurdles integrating into Canada, fear deportation and anxiously await a decision that will change their lives forever.

A documentary that tells the emotional journey of Shane and Tom, two young men in a loving and committed relationship — a relationship that was cut tragically short by a misstep off the side of a roof.

Daily life in an impossibly cramped Beijing apartment takes on epic proportions in this, intimate portrait, with unprecedented access, of a working-class Chinese family. Boldly transforming documentary into fiction, Liu Jiayin cast her parents and herself as fictionalized versions of themselves. Her father, Liu Zaiping, sells leather bags but is slowly going bankrupt. He argues with his wife, Jia Huifen, and his daughter over methods to boost business in the shop. A cloud of anxiety follows them into sleepless nights shared in the same bed. But through the thousand daily travails of city life, a genuine and deeply moving picture of Chinese familial solidarity emerges from the screen.

애인을 잃고 아이를 출산한 주인공. 가족에 의해 딸을 잃어 버린 후, 정신 이상자가 되어버렸다. 6년 후, 6살 여자아이 ‘잉즈’와 우연히 친구가 되면서 잉즈를 통해 친딸을 느끼게 된다. 여 주인공과 6살 잉즈의 눈에 비친 20년대 말 베이징 사람들의 삶을 현실적으로 표현한 영화. 로 알려진 장펑이의 출연작으로 ‘제2회 마닐라 국제영화제’ 최우수 작품상 및 ‘제3회 금계장 영화제’ 최우수 감독상 수상.

A three-part study that introduces audiences to the celebrated Martinican author Aimé Césaire, who coined the term "négritude" and launched the movement called the "Great Black Cry".

This documentary follows the life of Seven children who are working under extreme conditions at India's busiest cremation ground, Manikarnika in Banaras.

A young girl from the city is sent out to work in a village of Dai people in China's cultural revolution. Here she learns to enjoy being young and gains a new outlook on life.

WHO KILLED CHEA VICHEA? is a highly charged murder mystery, a political thriller, and a documentary like no other. In 2004, Cambodian union president Chea Vichea was assassinated in broad daylight at a newsstand in Phnom Penh. As international pressure mounted, two men were swiftly arrested and convicted of the crime, each sentenced to twenty years in prison. Filmmaker Bradley Cox’s five-year investigation reveals an elaborate cover-up that reaches the highest echelons of Cambodian society. Winner of a 2011 Peabody Award among many other honors and banned by the Cambodian government, WHO KILLED CHEA VICHEA? uncovers the face of dictatorship behind the mask of democracy.

Girls at a Beijing High School in 1952 have dreams for China.

This documentary reviews and summarises the development of homosexuality as an issue in the past three decades in China. We interviewed thirty prominent figures in the gay community, who have experienced the changes of views and life-styles regarding homosexuality.

Tells the story of a young student and his spanish journalist friend who, after being victims of violence, they decide to act and organize a movement through Mexico's internet, but this is mistaken for a terrorist organization.

Throughout the Islamic world, each year hundreds of women are shot, stabbed, strangled or burned to death by male relatives because they are thought to have “dishonoured” their families. They may have lost their virginity, refused an arranged marriage or left an abusive husband. Even if a woman is raped or merely the victim of gossip, she must pay the price. Crimes of Honour documents the terrible reality of femicide – the belief that a girl’s body is the property of the family, and any suggestion of sexual impropriety must be cleansed with her blood. We meet women in hiding from their families, a brother who describes his reasons for killing the sister he loved, and a handful of women who have committed themselves to the protection of young women in danger of losing their lives.

Coco, a Beijing modern girl wants to spend a romantic and fancy Christmas vacation in Osaka. However the place where she gets in is Shinsekai ( "New World" in English, is an old neighbourhood located next to south Osaka city's downtown "Minami " area, as known as one of the most poorest and dangerous area in Osaka.)When she arrives there, she starts feeling regret and frustrated by the encounters and the landscapes which are far beyond her expectation. Suddenly she is involved in an incident surrounds a Chinese family there, meanwhile she starts fascinated by Shinsekai through her wondering. In this short and unusual Christmas vacation, Coco discovers a "Japan " she never knows and a "China" that she is not familiar with.

인종과 국적, 성별과 종교, 부자와 가난한 자. 세상의 사람들을 가르는 온갖 차이를 넘어서서, 전 세계인에게 ‘마더’로 불렸던 가난한 자들의 어머니 ‘마더 데레사’ 그녀의 사후에 공개된, 마더 데레사가 사제들에게 50여 년 간 써 내려간 편지들은 우리가 기억하는 살아있는 성자가 아니라, 조국 알바니아를 떠나 인도 콜카타에서 길 위에서 태어나고 죽는 가난한 자들의 어머니로 거듭나기까지 마더 데레사가 겪어야 했던 외로움과 고통, 영적 갈등과 하느님에 대한 목마름을 보여준다. 수녀원 밖으로 나갈 수 없다는 봉쇄 규정과 가톨릭의 도움을 거부하는 힌두와 무슬림의 탄압과 반대 등 현실의 어려움과 맞서 사랑의 선교회를 만들기까지. 가난한 자들과 함께 하라는 신의 목소리를 들은 후, 고통이 있는 곳이면 그 어디든 달려갔던 마더 데레사의 진솔한 목소리가 우리를 찾아온다.

A documentary about the atrocities committed against the Hmong people by the Laos government. Shot by Hmong people with cameras provided to them in 2006, this film provides a unique look into one of the worst, and silent, human rights tragedies of the 21st century.

British sad sack Gary is a failed entrepreneur who has just arrived in Beijing's stylish Sanlitun district, allegedly to start a business. There are other reasons why he has uprooted himself — he's followed his ex-wife and young son, for one — but he soon finds out that China isn't the easiest place to succeed. Blissfully untouched by self-awareness, and only fitfully in tune with reality, Gary sallies forth to make money, armed with faith in himself and little to no knowledge of Chinese culture. He soon hooks up with Frank, a trust-fund kid from Australia who offers to mentor Gary in Eastern ways, although Frank's pedagogical method is restricted to yelling at Gary for being a Westerner and not being as "Chinese" as him.

A short documentary about the October 14 1979 March For Lesbian And Gay Rights in Washington D.C.