Jeonju International Film Festival

Now 10 years old, the Jeonju International Film Festival began Korea's crusade for the digital revolution in the year 2000, when it centered its efforts on producing and funding three digital shorts each year. The festival itself has grown exponentially even though it has continued its focus on digital, experimental and independent cinema--not an enviable task in the current milieu of film festivals obsessed by markets. You can buy the nine-disc DVD box set, but you can also watch the very rare and eye-opening Asian titles right here.
 

Shinya Tsukamoto (of Tetsuo fame) directs Haze, a nerve-wrenching violent tale of a man struggling with his conscience while crawling through a tunnel. In contrast, Kazakh director, Darezhan Omirbayev's Chekovian tale, About Love, is a minimalist look at how love and attraction can ache just as much when it happens over a brief interlude as over decades.