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2008 SYRACUSE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Foreign Language Films


For up-to-date info about screening times and locations: CLICK HERE
* This list does NOT include all languages represented in the festival’s program

SPANISH

Llueve by Alexis Mendez Giner (Venezuela), 14 minutes, fiction
In The Heart Of Chile by Stacy Barton (USA) 47 minutes, documentary
Americano by Carlos Ferrand (Quebec/Canada) 110 minutes, documentary (and French)
The Tunnel (El Boquete) by Mariano Mussi (Argentina) 83 minutes, fiction
El Benny by Jorge Luis Sanchez (Cuba) 120 minutes, fiction
Icaro by David Hartmann (Cuba), 11 minutes, fiction
Our Daily Bread by Martin Rosite (Spain) 12 minutes, fiction
Pulqui – A Moment In the Native Land Of Happiness by Alejandro Fernandez Moujan (Argentina) 85 minutes, documentary
Maldeamores by Carlos Ruiz Ruiz ∠ Miriem Perez Riera (Puerto Rico) 85 minutes, fiction
Hollow (Huecos) by Paula Ortiz (Spain), 17 minutes, Experimental/Animation
Siberia by Renata Duque (Cuba), 10 minutes, fiction

PLUS this special Program of classic silent films with Spanish intertitles on Saturday, April 26 at the EVERSON MUSEUM

7:00pm – Special Event – American Express Heritage Series
In collaboration with Neva Pilgrim and the Society For New Music and with music performed by members of the Society:
Un Chien Andalou by Luis Bunuel (1927) Spain, 16 minutes, surrealism An original music score written by Martin Matalon (Argentina)
Las Hurdes by Luis Bunuel (1933) Spain, 30 minutes, surrealistic documentary An original music score written by Martin Matalon (Argentina)

ITALIAN

Red Like The Sky by Cristiano Bortone (Italy), 90 minutes, fiction
Adel e Yusuf by Claudio Noce (Italy) 30 minutes, fiction
Crossing The Line by Pietro Marcello (Italy) 57 minutes, documentary USA Premier
The Path of the Skeptics (La passeggiata dello scettico) by Filippo Feel Cavalca (Italy) 30 minutes, fiction
Phaedra by Salvo Bitonti (Italy), 13 minutes, experimental/fiction
One Hundred Nails (Centoc Chiodi) by Ermanno Olmi (Italy), 90 minutes, fiction
Crossing The Line by Pietro Marcello (Italy) 57 minutes, documentary
One Of The Last (Italy), 12 minutes, documentary
Simultaneous Worlds by Mauro Pace (Italy), 6 minutes, experimental

FRENCH

Americano by Carlos Ferrand (Quebec/Canada), 110 minutes, documentary
Artefacts by Giles Daoust (Belgium), 75 minutes, fiction
Continental: a film without guns by Stephane Lafleur (Quebec/Canada), 103 minutes, fiction
Juju Factory by Balufa Bakupa-Kanyinda (Congo), 93 minutes, fiction

RUSSIAN

Black Prince by Aratoli Ivanov (Russia), 100 minutes, fiction
Fat Stupid Rabbit by Slava Ross (Russia), 93 minutes, fiction
Gagarin’s Grandson by Andrey Panin (Russia), 100 minutes, fiction
Goodbye Southern City by Oleg Safaraliyev (Azerbaijan), 90 minutes, fiction
The Father by Ivan Solovov (Russia), 82 minutes, fiction
Caucasia by Farid Gumbatov (Azerbaijan), 90 minutes, fiction (only on the web, not in the printed schedule. Friday, May 2 at 9:30pm, Syracuse Center for the Arts

CHINESE

Empty Town by Hu Yaozhi (China), 91 minutes, fiction
Exit No. 6 by Yu-Hsien Lin (Taiwan), 99 minutes, fiction
Wild Sunflowers by Zhao Penghiao (China), 90 minutes, fiction
City Of Oblivion (Taiwan), 8 minutes, animation
The Soupfather by Tseng Hui Ming (Taiwan), 10 minutes, animation
The Woman With Pearls by Abi Foijo & Steven Brown (Taiwan), 11 minutes, animation

GERMAN

All the Invisible Things (Heile Welt) by Jacoby Erwa (Austria)

JAPANESE

Fly Daddy Fly by Izuru Narushima (Japan), 121 minutes, fiction
A Clear Sky On a Bad Day by Akinobu Ikeno (Japan), 17 minutes, fiction

KOREAN

Let’s Finish!!! by Cheol Mean Hwang (Korea), 100 minutes, fiction
Lineage Of The Voice by Yeon-ah Paik (Korea), 102 minutes, documentary
A Millennium Giraffe by Jong-shik Won (Korea), 17 minute, animation
A Noisey Boy by Seok-beom Ahn (Korea), 12 minutes, fiction
Bab Mook Ja by Sung-ah Min (Korea), 11 minutes, animation
Camera (Korea), 10 minutes, animation
Escape From Hell (Korea), 6 minutes, animation
Sweat by Hong-jin Na (Korea), 12 minutes, experimental
The Bath by Mi-rang Lee (Korea), 20 minutes, fiction
The French Lieutenant’s Woman by Seung-bin Baek (Korea), 20 minutes, fiction
The ten-minute Break by Seong-tae Lee (Korea), 27 minutes, fiction

ARABIC/PERSIAN

Goodbye Life by Ensieh Shah-Hosseini (Iran), 93 minutes, fiction
The Red Card by Mahnaz Alzali (Iran), 74 minutes, documentary
Unfinished Stories by Pourya Azarbayjani (Iran), 76 minutes, fiction
Horn by Roohollah Masroor (Iran), 10 minutes, fiction

HEBREW

Encounter Point by Ronit Avni & Julia Bacha (Israel/Palestine), 85 minutes, documentary
Every Time We Say Goodbye by Moshe Mizrahi (Israel, 1984) 95 minutes, fiction
I Love You Rosa by Moshe Mizrahi (Israel, 1972) 72 minutes, fiction
Madame Rosa by Moshe Mizrahi (Israel, 1977) 105 minutes, fiction
No Exit by Dror Sabo (Israel), 90 minutes, fiction
Nuzhat al-Fuad by Judd Ne’eman (Israel), 110 minutes, fiction
Rita Working Title by Michal Bat-Adam (Israel), 100 minutes, fiction
To Die In Jerusalem by Hilla Medalia (Israel), 76 minutes, documentary
Weekend In Galilee by Moshe Mizrahi (Israel), 100 minutes, fiction
Crossing Borders by Bilal Yousef (Israel), 58 minutes, documentary
The Woman Of Sarajevo by Ella Alterman (Israel), 58 minutes, documentary

CZECH and SLOVAK

Grandhotel by David Ondruck (Czech Republic), 93 minutes, fiction
Little Girl Blue by Alice Nellis (Czech Republic), 93 minutes, fiction
Abel’s Black Dog by Mariana Cengel (Slovakia), 25 minutes, fiction
Cold Joint (Studeny Spoj) by Miroslav Remo (Slovakia), 20 minutes, fiction
Horrible Coincidences by Libor Pixa (Czech Republic), 8 minutes, fiction/animation
Naus by Lukas Glaser & Roman Stetina (Czech Republic), 14 minutes, animation
People By Railway (Ludia Na Trati) by Arnold Kojnok (Slovakia), 30 minutes, documentary
Radio Kebrle by Zdenek Durdil (Czech Republic), 16 minutes, experimental/fiction
See You In Denver by Jan Sikl (Czech Republic), 52 minutes, documentary
Sona and Her Family by Daniela Rusnokova (Slovakia), 40 minutes, documentary
Summer Games by Marian Tutoky (Slovakia), 17 minutes, fiction
The Bead by Marie Dvorakova (Czech Republic), 15 minutes, fiction
With Kisses From Your Love by Jan Sikl (Czech Republic), 52 minutes, documentary

HUNGARIAN

Dolina by Zoltan Kamondi (Hungary), 122 minutes, fiction
Fragment by Gyula Maar (Hungary), 86 minutes, fiction
Iska’s Journey by Csaba Bollok (Hungary), 93 minutes, fiction
Lora by Herendi Gabor (Hungary), 118 minutes, fiction
The Emigrant by Istvan Darday (Hungary), 110 minutes, fiction

ARMENIAN

Bojo by Mikayel Vatinyan (Armenia), 14 minutes, animation
Dinner Time by Gor Baghdasaryan (Armenia), 3 minutes, documentary
Karabagh Fairy Tale by Levon Kalantar (Armenia), 17 minutes, documentary
Little Fairy Tale by Gor Margaryan (Armenia), 28 minutes, documentary
Seven Indian Boys by Ashot Mkrtchyan (Armenia), 8 minutes, documentary
The Autumn Sun by Diana Kardoumian (Armenia), 10 minutes, fiction