International Films of the Week

Wit by Mike Nichols

Acclaimed director Mike Nichols has his take on Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize winner Wit, the story of a distinguished academic (Emma Thompson) who cannot come to terms with her terminal cancer. The HBO Film has won awards at Valladolid 2001 and Emmy 2001.

Weekend Plot by Zhang Ming

The legendary award-winner for In Expectation, filmmaker Zhang Ming presents his rare Chinese horror movie called Weekend Plot at Pusan 2001. His screenplay for Weekend Plot won the Hubert Bals Fund Award at Pusan 2000.

After receiving the 1998 Goya award for his short film Cazadores, Mañas embarked on a full-length feature film, El Bola. His film reflects the hardships of a 12-year-old boy nicknamed “El Bola” (“Wooden Ball”). Winner of an Honorable Mention, Audience and Young Audience awards at Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival 2001.

Best Film winner at Cottbus 2001 and Tokyo 2001, Slogans marks the second feature from 38-year-old Tirana-born Gjergj Xhuvani. Slogans is set in the late 1970s when the Hoxha regime held Albania in an iron grip and the frontiers were all but closed.