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40 Days (Quaranta Giorni)(Country: Italy; Director: Emma Rossi Landi)
The story of thousands of Belarussian orphans who come to Italy to spend time with families there - and the conflicts they face as a result. UK Premiere.
Blue Collar White Christmas (Nede på jorden)(Country: Denmark; Director: Max Kestner; Writer: Dunja Gri Jensen)
Lifeboat factory workers all lose their jobs over Christmas 2001. International Premiere.
Documentarist (Vaveragrogh)(Country: Armenia; Director: Harutyun Khachatryan; Writer: Valeri Gasparyan, Harutyun Khachatryan, Mikayel Stamboltsyan)
State of the nation documentary about Armenia, taking as its premise the filmmaker as tyrant. UK Premiere.
Document Shorts 1: American Dream
Short documentaries exploring the notion of freedom within the US. Features: Freestyle (Elena Elmoznino), Out Of Status (Sanjina Singh, Pia Sawhney), Parents Of The Year (James Scurlock), Promised Land (Nora Meyer), Three Poems By Spoon Jackson (Michel Wenzer).
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Document Shorts 2: Personal Stories
Intimate portraits of people's obssessions. Featuring: A Diary From The Other World (Oxana Barkovskaya), Jumpers (Mark Rinehart), New Improved Deli (Vani Subramanian), Orders Of Love (Jes Benstoc), Stockholm Street (Mans Mansson), Suckerfish (Lisa Jackson), Suicide Tom (Dakota Clearwater Lacroix).
House Of The Tiger King(Country: Sweden, UK; Director: David Flamholc; Writer: Tahir Shah; Cast: Tahir Shah, Richard Fowler, Eduardo Huamani, Pancho Oserotaki)
An Indiana Jones wannabe searches the jungles of Peru for a lost Incan city. International Premiere.
I Like Killing Flies(Country: US; Director: Matt Mahurin; Cast: John A. Papa, Eve Shopsin, Kenny Shopsin, Calvin Trillin)
Documentary about the restaurant, Shopsins, in Greenwich Village, New York. International Premiere.
In The Dark(Country: Russia, Finland; Director: Serge Dvortsevoy; Writer: Serge Dvortsevoy)
A cute study of an old man and his pet cat. UK Premiere.
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A Letter To True(Country: US; Director: Bruce Weber; Writer: Bruce Weber; Cast: Julie Christie, Marianne Faithfull, Bruce Weber, Thomas Sessa, Gerald Johnson, Marleine Bastein, Alicia Tully Jensen, Will Tant, John Martin, Reinaldo Posada, Iedo Ivo Lins Lima)
Abstract Valentine to the filmmaker's dog. UK Premiere.
Love Is In The Air(Country: Iceland; Director: Ragnar Bragason; Writer: Ragnar Bragason)
People on a theatrical exchange programme between Iceland and London's Young Vic work on a production of Romeo And Juliet. International Premiere.
Overnight(Country: US; Director: Mark Brian Smith, Tony Montana; Cast: Troy Duffy, Mark Wahlberg, Billy Connolly, Paul Reubens, Willem Dafoe, Ron Jeremy, Jake Busey, Jeffrey Baxter, Harvey Weinstein, Matthew Modine, Billy Zane, Sean Patrick Flanery, Vincent D'Onofrio, John Goodman, Patrick Swayze)
How to be the next big thing in Hollwood and screw up.
International Premiere. Full Review
Peace One Day(Country: UK; Director: Jeremy Gilley; Writer: Jeremy Gilley; Cast: Jeremy Gilley, Kofi Annan, the Dalai Lama, Mary Robinson, Shimon Peres, Amre Moussa)
One man goes on a global pilgrimage in search of world peace for a day.
World Premiere. Full Review
Rhythm Is It!(Country: Germany; Director: Thomas Grube, Enrique Sánchez Lansch; Cast: Simon Rattle, Royston Maldoom, Susannah Broughton, Marie Theinert, Martin Eisentraut, Olayinka Shitu, Volker Eisenach, Die Berliner Philharmoniker, Miriam Pech)
Documenting moves by the Berlin Philharmonic to reach out to young children. UK Premiere.
Riding Giants(Country: US; Director: Stacy Peralta; Writer: Stacy Peralta, Sam George; Cast: Greg Noll, Flea, Laird Hamilton, John Milius, Gerry Lopez)
Everything you will ever want to know about surfing.
UK Premiere. Full Review
A Social Genocide (Memoria Del Saqueo )(Country: Argentina; Director: Fernando E Solanas; Writer: Fernando E Solanas)
Exploration of Argentine history after the fall of the military junta. UK Premiere.
Super Size Me(Country: US; Director: Morgan Spurlock; Writer: Morgan Spurlock; Cast: Morgan Spurlock)
Documentary filmmaker acts as guinea pig in fast food experiment.
Scottish Premiere. Full Review
Touch The Sound(Country: Germany, UK; Director: Thomas Riedelsheimer; Cast: Evelyn Glennie, Fred Frith, Jason the Fogmaster)
Documentary about deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie. International Premiere.
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession(Country: US; Director: Alexandra Cassavetes; Cast: Robert Altman, Jacqueline Bisset, FX Feeney, James B Harris, Jerry Harvey, Henry Jaglom, Jim Jarmusch, Alexander Payne, Alan Rudolph, Penelope Spheeris, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Verhoeven, James Woods, Vilmos Zsigmond)
Documentary about the ground-breaking TV channel.
UK Premiere. Full Review
