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Before The Rains (Country: India; Director: Santosh Sivan; Writer: Cathy Rabin, Dan Verete; Cast: Linus Roache, Rahul Bose, Nandita Das, Jennifer Ehle, John Standing, Leopold Benedict, Lal Paul)
A sweeping period romance set in Colonial India. UK Premiere.
Full Review Official Site

The Edge Of Love (The Best Time of Our Lives) (Country: UK; Director: John Maybury; Writer: Sharman Macdonald; Cast: Keira Knightley, Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, Camilla Rutherford, Alastair Mackenzie)
Wartime drama about two women who form an unlikely friendship, united by their feelings for poet Dylan Thomas. World Premiere.
Full Review See: Article about The Edge Of Love press conference and premiere, EIFF 2008: A grand Night Out Official Site, View Trailer

Elite Squad (Tropa De Elite) (Country: Brazil; Director: José Padilha; Writer: Rodrigo Pimentel, Bráulio Mantovani, José Padilha; Cast: Wagner Moura, Caio Junqueira, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz, Luiz Gonzaga de Almeida, Fernanda de Freitas, Bruno Delia, Marcelo Escorel, André Felipe, Thelmo Fernandes, Emerson Gomes)
Fresh from winning the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, and one of the most controversial Brazilian films of recent times, Elite Squad is a searing and astonishing look at the corruption of the special police force in the volatile slums of Rio. As one cop desperately tries to get out, two naive recruits see if they have what it takes to get in. UK Premiere.
Full Review See: Tribeca 2008 Diary: Day 5 and 6, Interview with Jose Padilha about Elite Squad

A Film With Me In It (Country: Ireland; Director: Ian Fitzgibbon; Writer: Mark Doherty; Cast: Dylan Moran, Mark Doherty, Keith Allen, Amy Huberman)
Unemployed actors come face to face with sudden death. Full Review

Married Life (Country: US; Director: Ira Sachs; Writer: Ira Sachs, Oren Moverman; Cast: Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams)
How do you avoid humiliating you wife with a divorce? Kill her. Full Review See: Diary article about the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Ira Sachs interview about Married Life

Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (Country: US; Director: Bharat Nalluri; Writer: David Magee, Simon Beaufoy; Cast: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciarán Hinds, Lee Pace, Tom Payne, Shirley Henderson)
An actress dresses up a former governess so she can experience a glamorous life as they help one another with romantic problems. Full Review Official Site, View Trailer

The New Ten Commandments (Country: UK; Director: Kenny Glenaan, Douglas Gordon, Nick Higgins, Irvine Welsh, Mark Cousins, Sana Bi )
Filmmakers mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Of Time And The City (Country: UK; Director: Terence Davies; Writer: Terence Davies)
Documentary ode to Liverpool. Full Review Official Site

The Rocker (Director: Peter Cattaneo; Writer: Maya Forbes, Wally Wolodarsky; Cast: Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Emma Stone, Teddy Geiger, Josh Gad)
The original drummer of an Eighties hair metal band gets a second chance at stardom when his nephew’s group makes it big. Surprise Movie.
Full Review Official Site

Standard Operating Procedure (Country: USA; Director: Errol Morris; Cast: Christopher Bradley, Sarah Denning, Joshua Feinman, Jeff L. Green, Merry Grissom, Roy Halo, Cyrus King, Daniel Novy, Zhubin Rahbar, Shaun Russell, Combiz Shams)
Errol Morris' documentary on the infamous photographs at Abu Ghraib prison. UK Premiere.
Full Review See: Tribeca 2008 Diary: Day 1 and 2, Errol Morris Q&A about Standard Operating Procedure

Transsiberian (Country: UK/Germany/Spain; Director: Brad Anderson; Writer: Brad Anderson, Will Conroy; Cast: Woody Harrelson, Eduardo Noriega, Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, Kate Mara, Thomas Kretschmann)
Mystery on the Tran Siberian Express. UK Premiere.
Full Review See: Sundance Film Festival 2008: Day 2

The Wackness (Country: US; Director: Jonathan Levine; Writer: Jonathan Levine; Cast: Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Olivia Thirlby, Mary Kate Olsen, Method Man)
During a sweltering New York summer, a troubled teenage drug dealer trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist, and in the process falls for the doctor's daughter. International Premiere.
Full Review See: Tribeca 2008 Diary: Day 3 and 4 Official Site, View Trailer

WALL·E (WALLE, WALL E, WALL-E) (Country: USA; Director: Andrew Stanton; Writer: Andrew Stanton, Jim Capobianco; Cast: Voices of: Sigourney Weaver, Kathy Najimy, John Ratzenberger, Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Paul Eiding, Ben Burtt, Garrett Palmer, Kim Kopf)
A robot - Wall·E, left alone on Earth begins to explore the cosmos with a companion, the sleek and sultry EVE. Full Review See: WALLE press conference with Sigourney Weaver, Andrew Stanton, Ben Burtt, Jim Morris

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