In this 2009 Oscar winner of Best Foreign Film, an unemployed cello player Daigo finds a new life purpose in the encoffinment business – preparing bodies for cremation. It is considered unclean and low vocation, to the degree that Daigo tries to hide it from his wife. Eventually, he understands the deeper meaning of the rituals: performed with delicacy and precision, they help the bereaved to find peace. At the end of the day, death affects the living more than the dead.
Jul 4, 11:45 noon
日本Japan /2008/130mins
日語對白 中英文字幕In Japanese with Chinese and English Subtitles
導演Dir：Yojiro Takita
演員Cast：Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki
《同埋加映Additional screening: inDPanda shorts
《水槍》Wet Seasons 導演：鄭鴻坤／新加坡／2007／6’／錄像／國語對白，英文字幕
爸爸去世已經六年了，就讓我以真人演出加上單格動畫，表達我對他的懷念。
Dir: Michael TAY／Singapore／2007／6’／ video／In Mandarin with English subtitles
A tribute to the filmmaker’s father who passes away six years ago, Wet Seasons’ emotive story is enhanced by the combination of live-action and stop-motion animation.
* Special Jury Prize, 21st Singapore International Film Festival 2008
* Sundance Film Festival 2009
Jean-Dominique Bauby led a glamorous life as editor of the French Elle until the day he was hit by a massive stroke, which left him completely paralysed – except for his brain and one good eye. Starting with one blink for “yes” and two for “no”, Bauby gradually developed a communication system with the help of a speech therapist. Using his blinks, he spent over a year dictating his thoughts to an editor, and the result is the novel The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – the basis for Julian Schnabel’s life-affirming, award-winning (Best Director at Cannes) film.
Jul 11, 12:00noon
法國France /2007/112 mins
法語對白 中英文字幕 In French with Chinese and English subtitles
導演Dir: Julian Schnabel
演員Cast: Mathiew Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze
同埋加映Additional screening: inDPanda shorts
《翅膀》Wings Of The Mind
(導演Dir：許誠毅Raman HUI／香港Hong Kong／1984／3’30)
這是一個實驗計劃的成果。某男子睡著了並掉進了一個旅程，帶領我們經歷不同的情感。一雙翅膀也就是你的心，讓你參與這個抽象卻又教人心曠神怡的歷險。
This is the result of an experimental project. A man falls asleep and sinks into a journey that takes you through different emotions. A pair of wings that represents your mind will let you participate in this abstract and soothing adventure.
* Best Animation, Hong Kong Independent Short Film Festival 1984
When fashion photographer Romain is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he confronts his impending death by shutting everyone out of his life – his partner, his family and even his doctor. The only person he confides in is his grandmother Laura (the legendary Jeanne Moreau). As death approaches, an usual request from a friendly waitress could mean a form of salvation for the self-absorbed Romain. Touching and haunting, this is Ozon’s darkest film of late.
Jul 18, 12:30pm
法國France/2005/81mins
法語對白 中英文字幕In French with Chinese and English Subtitles
導演Dir：Francois Ozon
演員Cast：Melvil Poupaud, 珍摩露Jeanne Moreau
同場加映Additional screening: inDPanda shorts
《超越時間之愛》Overtime
(導演Dir：Damien FERRIÉ、Thibault BERLAND、Oury ATLAN／法國France／2004／黑白／5’)
一群小布偶發現主人死了，但是，他們不明白死亡是甚麼一回事，於是，他們當作如常地過這一天……
Small puppets find their creator lying on his bench, dead. They don't understand that he died, for they never had such a concept. They try to live as usual...
* Best Student Short Film, Stuttgart International Animated Film Festival 2006
* Grand Prize, Krok International Animated Film Festival 2006
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil – unfortunately that does not stop evilness from existing. Eyup’s boss killed a man in a car accident and pays him to be the scapegoat. While Eyup is in prison, his son gets into trouble and his wife becomes the politician’s mistress. How does Eyup family get broken, when the crime is not even committed by him? A dark drama with extraordinary visuals, Ceylan won the Best Director award at Cannes in 2008.
Jul 25, 12:15pm
土耳其Turkey/2008/109mins
土耳其語對白 中英文字幕In Turkish with Chinese and English Subtitles
導演Dir：Nuri Bilge Ceylan
演員Cast：Yavuz Bingöl, Hatice Aslan and Ahmet Rifat Sungar
同場加映Additional screening: inDPanda shorts
《全家福》A Family Portrait
(導演Dir：巫俊鋒BOO Jun-feng／新加坡、西班牙Singapore & Spain／2005／8’30'')
Sergio是一名17歲的攝影師，他被百科全書裡的女性性器圖表所牽動。某天，當他年幼的妹妹問他sex是甚麼時，他喚起了多年前的記憶，那是關於家庭成員裡的秘密性關係。
Sergio is a seventeen year-old photographer who is aroused by black and white cross-section diagrams of the female genitalia and breast in an encyclopedia. When his little sister asks him about sex one day, he revisits a memory years ago, in which he discovers a sexual secret amongst his family members.
* Best Film & Special Achievement Award, 18th Singapore International Film Festival 2005
