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Art School Confidential (Country: US; Director: Terry Zwigoff; Writer: Daniel Clowes; Cast: Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar, Ethan Suplee, Joel Moore, Nick Swardson, Anjelica Huston, Adam Scott, Jack Ong)
Believing that art school will bring him success and the girl of his dreams, an untalented young man becomes embroiled in a murder that makes him a celebrity. International Premiere.
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Clerks II (Country: US; Director: Kevin Smith; Writer: Kevin Smith; Cast: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Trevor Fehrman, Rachel Larratt, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Shannon Larratt, Jason Lee, Wanda Sykes, Ben Affleck)
The clerks start life anew in another miserable retail job. UK Premiere.
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The Flying Scotsman (Country: UK; Director: Douglas Mackinnon; Writer: John Brown, Declan Hughes, Simon Rose; Cast: Jonny Lee Miller, Sean Brown, Joseph Carney, Brian Cox, Crawford McInally-Keir, Jan Plazalski, Niall Macgregor, Julie Austin, Morag Calder, Billy Boyd, Laura Fraser, Jean Marie Coffey)
A Scottish cyclist's biopic. Opening Night Film. World Premiere.
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Hoodwinked (Country: US; Director: Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards; Writer: Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards; Cast: Voices of Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, James Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson)
The truth about Little Red Riding Hood. UK Premiere.
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Little Miss Sunshine (Country: US; Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris; Writer: Michael Arndt; Cast: Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Marc Turtletaub, Beth Grant, Jill Talley, Brenda Canela)
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus. UK Premiere.
Full Review See: 2006 Readers' poll

The Night Listener (Country: US; Director: Patrick Stettner; Writer: Armistead Maupin, Terry Anderson, Patrick Stettner; Cast: Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Joe Morton, Bobby Cannavale, Rory Culkin, Sandra Oh)
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity arise, the host's life is thrown into chaos. UK Premiere.
Full Review See: Sundance Film Festival 2006: Day 7

Odd Man Out (Country: UK; Director: Carol Reed; Writer: F.L. Green, R.C. Sherriff, from the novel by F.L. Green; Cast: James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Kathleen Ryan, F.J. McCormick, William Hartnell, Fay Compton, Denis O'Dea, W.G. Fay, Maureen Delaney, Eleyn Brook-Jones, Robert Beatty, Dan O'Herlihy, Kitty Kirwan, Beryl Measor, Roy Irving, Joseph Tomelty, Arthur)
An injured IRA man goes on the run in the forbidding back streets of Belfast. Closing Night Film.
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The Oh in Ohio (Country: US; Director: Billy Kent; Writer: Adam Wierzbianski; Cast: Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Mischa Barton, Danny DeVito, Miranda Bailey, Liza Minnelli, Keith David, Robert John Burke, Tim Russ, James Kisicki, Adam Nelson)
An all-American wife pursues elusive orgasm. International Premiere.
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Stephanie Daley (Country: US; Director: Hilary Brougher; Writer: Hilary Brougher; Cast: Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn, Timothy Hutton, Denis O'Hare, Melissa Leo, Jim Gaffigan, Halley Feiffer, Kel O'Neill, Deirdre O'Connell, Neal Huff, John Ellison Conlee)
A forensic psychologist, seven months pregnant, is hired to learn the truth behind a teenager’s denial of accusations that she concealed her pregnancy and committed infanticide. International Premiere.
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The Treatment (Country: US; Director: Oren Rudavsky; Writer: Daniel Saul Housman, Daniel Menaker, Oren Rudavsky; Cast: Chris Eigeman, Ian Holm, Famke Janssen, Stephanie March, Harris Yulin)
Jake Singer needed a shrink, but now could he be driving him crazy? UK Premiere.
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