Tribute to Asian Short Films: 

Synopsis: Meharn comes in home carrying a gift for his sad sister, Negar. Mehran lives with the souls of their dead parents.

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Synopsis: A research about sculptural Budha history in Bamiyan(Afghanistan).

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Synopsis: Life and artistic development of Master Yadollah Kaboli Khansari.

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Director: Miki Ii
Country: Japan
Time:3min.,54 sec.
Category: Animation/
Format: BetaCam
Script: M.Ii
Score: Dai Ito, EriHoraganmi
Producer: 6NIN
Date:2004

Synopsis: A man sits alone on the side walk,drawing on the pavement images from his imagination,suddenly the pictures comes alive.

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Director: Mohammadreza Fat'hi-Najafi
Country: Iran
Time: 25 min
Category: Documentary
Format: SVHS
Photographer: Alireza Fat'hi-Najafi
Editor: M.R. Fat'hi-Najafi
Sound: Reza Shahbeigi, Yoosef Sardari
Score: Alireza Soheilizadeh, M.R. Fat'hi-Najafi
Producer: M.R. Fat'hi-Najafi
Date: 2004

Synopsis: A speculation in natural catastrophes, especially earthquakes, using the Holy Quran.

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Director: Farshad Fadaiian
Country: Iran
Time: 24 min
Category: Documentary
Format: DV Cam
Script: F. Fadaiian Photographer: F. Fadaiian
Editor: F. Fadaiian
Score: F. Fadaiian
Producer: F. Fadaiian
Date: 2005

Synopsis: Dariush and Banoo, two of about 30,000 Zoroastrian people remaining in Iran live in a large house with small expectations.

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Director:Young-Chan Jeon
Country:Korea
Time:4 min.
Category:Animation
Format:35mm
Script: Y.C. Jeon Producer:Indiestory
Date:2001

Synopsis:A boy is falling from the parapet of the roof.

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Director: Jun Miyazaki
Country: Japan
Time: 23 min
Category: Experimental
Format: 16 mm
Script: J. Miyazaki
Photography: J. Miyazaki
Editor: J. Miyazaki
Sound: Masayuki Sasaki
Producer: Vision Fix
Date: 2004

Synopsis: This experimental film captures the landscapes of a housing project as well as the varied possibilities arising from its visual impact on the landscape.

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Director: Atsuko Ishizuka
Country: Japan
Time: 3min.,35 sec.
Category: Animation
Format: DV
Date:2003

Synopsis: A girl, waking up in the middle of the night experiences a strange phenomenon Ceought between the gravitations of the earth and the moon, her body performs cosmic dance.

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Director:Khavn de la Cruz
Country: Philippines
Time: 12min.
Category: Fiction
Format:Mini –DV
Script: Kh.dela Curz
Photographer: Kh.dela Cruz
Editor: Gatla Gunawin
Producer:Khavn (Filmless films)
Date:2001

Synopsis:A car accident comes to a very bad end.

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Director:Vinayan Kodoth
Country: India
Time: 37min.
Category: Documentary
Script: V.Kodoth
Photographer: Sameer Mahajan
Editor: Narayanan Av.
Producer: Black Pepper Inges-Anab jain
Date:2003

Synopsis:A film on the nature of urban journeys Mombai. Humbai (Bombay). Over 6 million passengers take the suburban trains every day to work and back.

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DIRECTORS: Seyed Javad Mir Hashemi
COUNTRY: Iran
TIME: 19 min
Category: Fiction-Documentary
FORMAT: DVCam
SCRIPT: S.J. Mir Hashemi
PHOTOGRAPER: Abbas Fathi Ashkani
EDITOR: Parviz Hassanlou
PRODUER: IYCS with the cooperation of Shahab Industrial Group
DATE: 2005

Synopsis: The late Nosratollah would try to return the deposited box which belongs to his brother. The box that dose not consider as a good omen for his relatives.

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Director: Dong-Hyun Mi
Country: Korea
Time: 7 min.,40 sec.
Category: Animation
Date: 2004

Synopsis: This animation is about a man who is fearful and nervous about writing a story.

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Director:Ju-ho Kim
Country:Korea
Time:14min
Category:Fiction/ Experimental
Format:16 mm
Script:J. Kim
Photographer:Young- hoon
Editor:J. Kim
Producer:Indiestory
Date:2002

Synopsis:The man sees little girl in the dream and he becomes so sure she is his mother.

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Director: Ashvin Kumar
Country: India
Time: 15Min
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Script: A.Kumar
Photography: Markus Huersch
Editor: A.Kumar
Sound: Roland Heap
Producer: Allpur Films
Date: 2004

Synopsis: "Jamal ", a ten year old Muslim Pakistani mistakenly crosses the boarder between India and Pakistan.

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Director: Dang- Ryung Kim
Country: Korea
Time: 17min.
Category: Fiction
Format:16mm
Photography :Ji-Woon Yoon
Date: 2004

Synopsis: After getting a call that her mom is sick, Yun-ji finds herself constantly wandering about in the subway on her way home.

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Director:Ryuhei Kitamura
Country:Japan
Time:14 min
Category:Fiction
Format:DVD
Producer:Jam Films

Synopsis:The film is about a woman who is known as a messenger, but indeed she is an assassin.

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Director: Hassan Zariabi
Country: Iran
Time: 8 min
Category: Animation
Format: 35 mm
Script: H. Zariabi Producer: DEFC, IYCS
Date: 2004

Synopsis: In an unknown city, men have no direct relations. The inner voice of a person, changes everything, and people can see each other.

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Director:Sudhesh Unni Raman
Country:India
Time: 20min.
Category: Fiction
Format: DVcam
Script: S.Unni
Raman
Photographer:Yasir Abassi Editor: Anil Krsharm,Uday vr Chauhan
Sound:Karan
Producer:S.Unni Raman
Date:2005

Synopsis: The film follows the lives of a group of spirited individuals who fight this age-old exploitation,cast system and social inequalities to lead their community to an equitable future.

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Director: Jun Aoki
Country: Japan
Time: 3 min.,35 sec.
Category: Animation
Format: Betacam sp
Script: J.Aoki,Edo Atsushi,Yus Ke Koyanagi,Kenji Hachiyama
Photographer: J.Aoki,E.Atsushi, Y.K.Koyanagi, K.Hachiyama
Editor: J.Aoki,E.Atsushi,Y.K.Koyanagi, K.Hachiyama
Sound: J.Aoki, E.Atsushi, Y.K.Koyanagi, K.Hachiyama
Score: J.Aoki, E.Atsushi,Y.K.Koyanagi, K.Hachiyama
Date: 2003

Synopsis: Salaryman Mayhem as office workers fight on the platform of the Tokyo subway.

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Director: Jiang Yue
Country: China
Time: 28 min
Category: Documentary
Format: DVD
Photographer: Duo Ji
Editor: Li Youngquan, Zhang Xin
Producer: Center of International Cultural Exchange
Date: 2004

Synopsis: From the 1980's to 1990's,the Erhai lake at the west of china's yunnan province had suffered serious pollution.In order to clean up the water, the local administration of Dali prohibited power boats and live box fish culture on this lake.

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Director: Mahmoud Kiani Falavarjani
Country: Iran
Time: 26 min
Category: Documentary
Script: M. Kiani Falavarjani, Mohammad Moghadam
Photographer: Ali Reza Javani
Editor: M. Moghadam
Sound: Mojtaba Mir Louhi
Score: Selected Producer: IYCS, M. Kiani Falavarjani
Date: 2005

Synopsis: This documentary film is about "Sarah Khatoon" Temple in Esfehan, which has been visited by some Muslims and Jews who have vows.

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Director: Liana Badr
Country: Palestine
Time: 35min.
Category: Documentary
Format: VHS
Editor: Saed Andoni
Score: Bash Abed Robbo
Producer: Creation Women Forum
Date:2003

Synopsis: What Shoud a writer do in the midst of a roothless war when the alphabet dries up,when the writring Stops?

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Director: Elham Hosseinzadeh
Country: Iran
Time: 15 min
Category: Fiction
Format: 35mm
Script: E. Hosseinzadeh
Photographer: Reza Roshan
Editor: Reza Soorani
Sound: Reza Alizadeh, Behrooz Shahamat
Producer: IYCS, E. Hosseinzadeh
Date: 2004

Synopsis: At the height of the US invasion of Iraq, an Iraqi man comes to Iran through the water frontier of Hoorolazim to borrow bride dress for his finance from his Iranian friends.

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Director: Kyong-Mo Kim
Country: Korea
Time: 24min.
Category: Fiction
Format: 16mm
Photographer: Hong - Ryeol Park
Date:2004

Synopsis: A young boy died in a traffic accident ten years ago while he was on a field trip. The boys parents spend their wedding anniversary in remembrance of their lost son.

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Director:Liza Wong
Country: Hong Kong
Time: 13min.
Category: Fiction
Format:35mm
Script: Stephan Chan,L.Wong
Photographer: Charlie Lam
Editor: Yu Kai Yee,L.Wong
Sound: MBS Studio
Producer: L.Wong
Date:2003

Synopsis:An old man makes a living by skinning live birds and selling them on the street.

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Director: Asghar Saffar-Khoozani
Country: Iran
Time: 7 min
Category: Animation
Format: DV Cam
Script: A. Saffar-Khoozani
Photographer: A. Saffar-Khoozani
Editor: A. Saffar-Khoozani, Nasser Saffar-Khoozani
Sound: A. Saffar-Khoozani
Producer: IYCS
Date: 2004

Synopsis: A man goes to a thicket to commit suicide, but a crow causes him difficulties.

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Director: Won-Sik Lee
Country: Korea
Time: 23min.
Category: Fiction
Format:16mm
Photographer: Ji-Woon Yoon
Production: 2004

Synopsis:A place that you can no longer go to... A man and Woman coincidently come upon each other, Although they break up at the place where it's been shut for so long... when will they ever meet again

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Director: Dhananjay Kapoor
Country: India
Time: 5Min,45Sec
Category: Documentary
Format: Betacam
Script: D.Kapoor
Photographer: D.Kapoor
Editor: D.Kapoor
Producer: Emagyn
Date: 2003

Synopsis: This film is about the most crowded public transport of the world, "Mumbai's Local Train".

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