Synopsis:

Kiki is a thirteen-year old witch at the end of her schooling. According to tradition, every witch at that age has to leave her home in order to learn how to live alone and become a grown-up witch. Kiki parts with her mother and sets off to find a new home with her flying broom and faithful black cat Jiji. After initial difficulties, she settles in the small coastal town of Koriko and opens a delivery service.

digital, color, 103 min

PROJECTION:

Wednesday 07.10.2009 AT 19:00

Saturday 03.10.2009 AT 17:00

Monday 28.09.2009 AT 20:00

Synopsis:

The story takes place in Tokyo during WW II and shows life and death taking place between the sirens that warn of air attacks. The hero is a young girl Toshiko who loses her entire family in war, first her mother and two younger sisters and finally her father.

35mm, color, 86 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 06.10.2009 AT 21:00

Tuesday 29.09.2009 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

Naoya and Katsuhiro, a young homosexual couple at the beginning of their relationship, accidentally meet Asako, an impulsive girl who wants a child but has no luck in love. Seeing a perfect father in Katsuhiro, she asks him to be a donor. Even though Naoya immediately forbids that possibility, Katsuhiro secretly accepts the offer.

35mm, color, 135 min

PROJECTION:

Wednesday 30.09.2009 AT 19:00

Tuesday 29.09.2009 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

Seven-year-old Nita and his older brother Ita live in an eccentric fishing village. His father abandoned them a long time ago and their mother has been absent from the island for the last six months. The boys manage on their own roaming the village and spending time with its diverse inhabitants. When their mother returns together with a half-sister their daily routine changes.

35mm, color, 115min

PROJECTION:

Thursday 01.10.2009 AT 19:00

Wednesday 30.09.2009 AT 21:15

Synopsis:

Through a story about a brother and a sister from a Korean family that lives in Tokyo in 1974, the film depicts the problems of the Korean minority in the Japanese society. A group of Japanese high school students comes to the Korean neighborhood and starts causing trouble. After the incident local Japanese and Korean high school gangs start a war.

35mm, color, 119 min

PROJECTION:

Friday 02.10.2009 AT 19:00

Thursday 01.10.2009 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

The story is inspired by the actual event of a sarine attack in the Tokyo subway in 1995 and depicts the consequences on children of the members of the cult who carried out the attack. Twelve-year-old Koichi was abandoned by his mother, a member of the cult who is currently on the run. He is separated from his sister, who lives with their grandmother, and placed in foster care. He is determined to find his sister and goes to Tokyo.

35mm, color, 132 min

PROJECTION:

Saturday 03.10.2009 AT 19:00

Friday 02.10.2009 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

Soichiro Kaji, a retired police officer, comes to the police station and admits to murdering his wife. After their son’s tragic death and early signs of Alzheimer’s, his wife expressed her wish to die. In spite of the husband’s confession, there are 48 unaccounted hours between the murder and arrival to the police.

35mm, color, 122 min

PROJECTION:

Monday 05.10.2009 AT 19:00

Saturday 03.10.2009 AT 21:15

Synopsis:

This is a story about a family whose credo is to always tell the truth and never hide anything from each other. However, the mother Eriko, who cares the most about the idea of a happy, honest family, is fighting depression and her husband hides many affairs with lovers. Their daughter skips school and spends time with her boyfriend while their son is a typical rebellious fourteen-year-old.

35mm, color, 113 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 06.10.2009 AT 19:00

Monday 05.10.2009 AT 21:00