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Apart Together (Tuan Yuan) (Country: China; Director: Quanan Wang; Writer: Na Jin, Quanan Wang; Cast: Baiyang, Feng Ling, Lisa Lu, Xiaotian Mo, Cai-gen Xu, Lu Yan)
Liu returns to his native city Shanghai after 50 years in Taiwan, determined to find the first love of his life, Qiao, who he left behind pregnant.

Barney's Version (Country: Canada, Italy; Director: Richard J Lewis; Writer: Mordecai Richler, Michael Konyves; Cast: Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Dustin Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Bruce Greenwood, Rachelle Lefevre, Scott Speedman, Saul Rubinek)
Four decades in one man's life, told as a personal confessional. Full Review See: San Sebastian Film Festival: Sarah's Key, Beautiful Boy, Barney's Version, Aita

Buried (Country: Spain; Director: Rodrigo Cortés; Writer: Chris Sparling; Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Ivana Miño, Anne Lockhart, José María Yazpik)
A US contractor working in Iraq awakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone, it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap. Full Review

Carancho (Country: Argentina, Chile, France, South Korea; Director: Pablo Trapero; Writer: Alejandro Fadel, Martín Mauregui, Santiago Mitre, Pablo Trapero; Cast: Ricardo Darín, Martina Gusman, Carlos Weber, José Luis Arias, Loren Acuña, Gabriel Almirón, José Manuel Espeche)
An ambulance-chasing lawyer forms a relationship with a young doctor. Full Review See: San Sebastian Film Festival: Day Three Official Site, View Trailer

Cirkus Columbia (Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, UK, Germany, Slovenia, Belgium, Serbia; Director: Danis Tanovic; Writer: Ivica Djikic, Danis Tanovic; Cast: Miki Manojlovic, Boris Ler, Mira Furlan, Jelena Stupljanin, Mario Knezovic, Milan Strljic, Svetislav Goncic, Almir Mehic, Ermin Bravo, Mirza Tanovic, Miralem Zupcevic, Mirsad Tuka, Slaven Knezovic, Jasna Beri, Adnan Besirovic)
In 1991, family trouble brews in a small town in the former Yugoslavia, when a man returns to his roots with a pocketful of cash and a life full of problems. See: San Sebastian Film Festival: Day Three

Exit Through The Gift Shop (Country: US, UK; Director: Banksy; Cast: Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Rhys Ifans, Space Invader)
A documentary about a French shopkeeper who tracked down the famous graffiti artist Banksy... or a very clever piece of performance art. Full Review See: Sundance Film Festival 2010: Day Four Official Site

Happythankyoumoreplease (Country: US; Director: Josh Radnor; Writer: Josh Radnor; Cast: Malin Akerman, Josh Radnor, Kate Mara, Zoe Kazan, Tony Hale, Pablo Schreiber, Michael Algieri)
Six New Yorkers negotiate love, friendship, and gratitude at a time when they're too old to be precocious and not ready to be adults. Full Review See: Sundance Daily Diary 2010: Happythankyoumoreplease, Restrepo, Last Train Home and Hesher

Honey (Bal) (Country: Turkey, Germany; Director: Semih Kaplanoglu; Writer: Semih Kaplanoglu, Orçun Köksal; Cast: Erdal Besikçioglu, Tülin Özen, Alev Uçarer, Bora Altas)
Examination of the bond between a little boy, the forest and his beekeeper dad. Full Review See: San Sebastian Film Festival, Peter Mullan, Bicycle, Spoon, Apple, Honey

How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster? (Country: UK, Spain, Germany, US, Switzerland, France, China, Hong Kong; Director: Carlos Carcas, Norberto López Amado; Cast: Deyan Sudjic)
Documentary charting the rise of architect Norman Foster.

The Oath (Country: US, Cuba, Yemen; Director: Laura Poitras)
Filmed in Yemen, this is the story of two men whose fateful encounter in 1996 set them on a course of events that led them to Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo, and the US Supreme Court. Full Review

Poetry (Shi) (Country: South Korea; Director: Lee Chang-dong; Writer: Lee Chang-dong; Cast: Yoon Jeong-hee, Ahn Nae-sang, Lee Da-wit, Kim Yong-taek)
A grandmother discovers poetry and begins to reassess the world around her. Full Review

Le Quattro Volte (Country: Italy, Germany, Switzerland; Director: Michelangelo Frammartino; Writer: Michelangelo Frammartino; Cast: Giuseppe Fuda, Bruno Timpano, Nazareno Timpano)
A poetic view of the cycles of life and nature, of the forgotten traditions of a timeless place. A film accompanying the spectator to an unknown, magical world to discover the secret of four lives mysteriously entwined with one another. Official Site

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