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	16 Years Of Alcohol Life and times of a budding drunk in the mean streets of Edinburgh.		Afterlife A man goes on a personal voyage of discovery with his Down Syndrome sister.
	All Over Brazil World Cup summer of 1974 and all 13-year-old Steve wants to be is a glam rocker.		All Tomorrow's Parties Confusing refugee shenanigans.
	American Splendor True story about misfit who creates a popular comic series based on his own life.		Anna Spud Who wants holidays if getting there is beyond ruin?
	Annotate Discourse on electricity - the hows and whats - with moveable graphs and animated thingies.		Aram An Armenian terrorist returns home to see his family and exact revenge.
	Belleville Rendez-Vous European cartoon about a boy who loves cycling, his supportive Gran and a dog called Bruno.		A Big Girl Like You A French provincial girl grows up fast in Paris.
	Black Tape A tortured relationship is captured on camera.		Blind Shaft Moral parable about greed and deception in rural China.
	Blind Spot Gritty Slovenian drama about a girl trying to help her drug-addicted brother.		A Boy's Life Documentary about a dysfunctional boy and his family in small town Mississippi.
	Cabin Fever Deadly virus attacks teens in the woods.		Camp A summer camp for kids who adore musicals.
	Capturing The Friedmans A documentary charting the implosion of a family after a child sex scandal.		Charlie: The Life And Art Of Charles Chaplin Biopic of the little tramp.
	Le Chignon d'Olga Introspective drama focusing on the trials and tribulations of a family.		Christmas A dysfunctional New Zealand family Christmas.
	Comandante Oliver Stone interviews Fidel Castro.		Cremaster A series of symbolic works about sexual development and creation.
	Crimson Gold Anatomy of a murder, Iranian style.

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	Dad's Dead Nostalgia for a working-class Liverpudlian childhood turns sour.		A Decade Under The Influence Documentary outlining Hollywood’s 1970s heyday.
	Deserted Station Story about a couple stuck in the desert evolves into a modern parable.		Eating For Two Trying for a baby over fish and chips.
	Echelon The Secret Power Mockumentary on the workings of a global information-gathering organisation.		Elle Est Des Notres A lonely French office temp fantasises about a more interesting life, which might include murder.
	Eroica The birth of Romance.		EvenHand A year in the life of two small town Texan cops.
	Fear X A dark noir-ish mystery about a man looking for his wife's killer.		Feathers In My Head Coping with the loss of a child by indulging in brutal sex.
	The Federation Of Black Cowboys Documentary about black cowboys in Brooklyn.		Four Eyes Dark Scottish comedy as a man tries to support his family by selling double glazing for the boss from hell.
	Herman Can Sing Puppetry ventriloquy.		The Hours Of The Day Portrait of a serial killer from the Barcelona suburbs.

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	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Once a gangster, always a gangster?		In America A family of Irish immigrants tries to find their feet in New York.
	Infernal Affairs Two men, working undercover for the police and Triads respectively, have to eliminate each other to save their jobs, and their lives.		In My Skin Marina De Van indulges in self-harm and enjoys it.
	Interstella 5555 The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5sytem Daft Punk and Leiji Matsumoto’s animated house odyssey.		Kamchatka A family tries to evade capture following the military coup in Argentina.
	Killing Time At Home There is a website called www.disposablefriends.com.		Laurel Canyon Culture-clash drama about a man and his fiancee who move with his mother.
	The Lease A divorced Lithuanian woman leases an apartment and is miserable.		Letters In The Wind Teenage Iranian conscripts endure basic army training in the mountains.
	Lonely Boy An abused child grows into a sad recluse.

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	Man Of The Year mass murderer runs amok in the dusty streets of Brazil		Mansion By The Lake Chekov transposed to the failing aristocratic classes of Sri Lanka.
	My Architect A son searches for the spiritual heart of his architect father through his life and work.		Mystic River Murder mystery in Massachusetts resurrects memories of child sex abuse.
	Ned Kelly The myth The Kelly Gang is brought down to earth in an unromantic biopic.		New Life Exploitative, misogynistic film about men treating women as dogs.
	Nobody's Life Flying by deceit of his pants.		Noi Albinoi An icy tale of love and rebellion.
	One For The Road Drink-drivers gang up on a boozy millionaire and relieve him of his large change.		The Other Final Movie maker sets up an alternative World Cup final between the world's two worst teams.
	Party Monster Flamboyant drama based on the life of club-kid promoter Michael Alig.		Paw A couple find something nasty in the woods.
	Perfect Scottish estate agent works hard showing clients and colleagues the stairway to heaven.		The Plot An intruder in an empty house leads to the discovery of a website address.
	Policewoman A mother and son escape from their past lives in Portugal.		Pork Chop An old lady goes to the butchers - twice - and has a night in with a pal.
	Pulse Facing the apocalypse, as a secret website devotes itself to the terrible isolation of ghosts and the parable of techno terror.

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	The Rage In Placid Lake Subversive comedy about an oddball making his way in a bland world.		The Red And The White The bloody civil war in Russia that followed the October Revolution.
	Returner Japanese futuristic action pic about a probable alien invasion.		The River A romantic comedy road movie, with thriller elements, in Senegal.
	Room For The Night A man alone in his car discovers the emotional alienation of sex for hire.		Royal Bonbon A vagrant lays claim to the kingdom of Haiti.
	Screaming Men Finnish male voice choir have a scream on tour.		The Separation A Siamese twin is unable to accept his oneness after being separated.
	Shade A boy comes to terms with his new baby sister.		Silence. The Stigmatised What do you do when you meet someone who knows you better than yourself?
	Since Otar Left Three Georgian women deal with the absence of Otar, the only man in the family.		The Sky The Plane The Girl The tale of a flighty romance.
	So Close Kill-for-hire sisters get martial arts kicks.		Solid Air Is a gambler really fighting for his dad - or just trying to win cash to pay off a debt?
	Song For A Raggy Boy Autobiographical account of life as a boy offender in an Irish Catholic reform school.		Sophiatown Documentary about black cultural renaissance during apartheid in an area of Johannesburg in the Forties and Fifties.
	Spare Parts Drama about Slovenian immigrants being smuggled over the Italian border.		Sredni Vashtar Spooky tale of a sick boy and a shed at the bottom of the garden.
	A Story That Begins At The End A high-caste Indian landowner discovers a wart on his chin that grows like Topsy.		Structure Space Form Art is the shape of the city.
	Style Wars/Style Wars: Revisited Remastered 21-year-old documentary about graffiti artists in New York.		Success With Sweet Peas Animation about gardening and friendship.
	Swimming Pool Prickly English author finds inspiration for crime novel in hedonistic housemate.		A Thousand Clouds of Peace Fence the Sky, Love, Your Being Love Will Never End A 17-year-old Mexican boy agonises over his lover, who has walked out on him.
	A Thousand Months Life in a poor Moroccan village, where a school chair is the most valued object.		Today And Tomorrow A rather bad day for Paula.
	Torremolinos 73 Comedy in which an encyclopedia salesman and his wife start shooting “scientific reproduction” Super 8 films.		Traces Of A Dragon: Jackie Chan And His Lost Family Jackie Chan reveals the secrets of his family history.
	The Trigger An old Taiwanese gangster agrees on one last hit, which involves a young ex-con, trying to go straight.		Trilogy 1: On The Run A homegrown terrorist escapes from jail in Grenoble and stays one step ahead of the police.