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The 3 Rooms Of Melancholia (Melancholian 3 Huonetta)(Country: Finland; Director: Pirjo Honkasalo; Writer: Pirjo Honkasalo; Cast: Pirkko Saisio)
A portrait of children in war.

Dhakiyarr Vs. The King(Country: Australia; Director: Allan Collins, Tom Murray; Writer: Tom Murray; Cast: Ted Egan, Djambawa Marawili, Wakuthi Marawilli, Waka Munungurra, Gawaratj Munungurr, Dhukal Wirrpanda, Mulkun Wirrpanda, Wuyal Wirrpanda, Galawarriwuy Wunnungmurra, ,)
An Australian Aboriginal's descendants bid to find out what happened to him after he had a conviction overturned and subsequently disappeared.

El Inmortal(Country: Mexico; Director: Mercedes Moncada Rodríguez)
A look at twin brothers who fought on opposite sides of the Contra war in Nicaragua.

Grizzly Man(Country: US; Director: Werner Herzog; Writer: Werner Herzog; Cast: Werner Herzog, Timothy Treadwell, Amie Huguenard, Franc G. Fallico, David Letterman, Willy Fulton, Marnie Gaede, Marc Gaede, Sven Haakanson, Jewel Palovak, Val Dexter, Carol Dexter, Kathleen Parker)
Werner Herzog examines the psyche of Timothy Treadwell, a man who lived and died with bears. Full Review

I Am Cuba, The Siberian Mammoth (Soy Cuba, O Mamute Siberiano)(Country: Brazil; Director: Vicente Ferraz; Writer: Vicente Ferraz; Cast: Othon Bastos, Alexander Calzatti, Fidel Castro, Luz María Collazo, Sergio Corrieri, Maurício do Valle, Vicente Ferraz, Raúl García, Jean-Luc Godard, Alfredo Guevara, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea)
Exploration of the strange history of cinematic "classic" I Am Cuba.

The Liberace of Baghdad(Country: UK; Director: Sean McAllister; Cast: Samir Peter, Sean McAllister)
A man who was a musical phenomenon in pre-Sadam Iraq. Showing how the advent of war affects him and his family.

Odessa... Odessa!(Country: France; Director: Michale Boganim)
A poetic journey from Odessa, Ukraine to Brighton Beach, New York to Ashdod, Israel, manoeuvring among ncharacters who summon feelings of Odessa through memory and music.

Shake Hands With The Devil (Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire)(Country: Canada; Director: Peter Raymont; Writer: Based on the memoires of Romeo Dallaire)
Story of Canadian Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire's UN role in Rwanda, tracing his return to the country 10 years after the genocide. Full Review See: Sundance Film Festival - Day 7

Shape Of The Moon (Stand Van De Maan)(Country: Netherlands; Director: Leonard Retel Helmrich; Writer: Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmich, Leonard Retel Helmrich)
Three generations of a Christian family amid the bustle and texture on the outskirts of Jakarta in Muslim-dominated Indonesia.

Unknown White Male(Country: USA, UK; Director: Rupert Murray; Cast: Doug Bruce and family)
Controversial documentary about an amnesiac. Full Review

Wall (Mur)(Country: France, Israel; Director: Simone Britton)
A haunting portrait of one of the most profound geographical markers of our time: the wall of separation constructed by Israel that shields it from Palestine.

Yang Ban Xi: The 8 Model Works (Yang Ban Xi, De 8 Modelwerken)(Country: Netherlands; Director: Yan Ting Yuen; Writer: Yan Ting Yuen)
Exploration of the propagandist musicals that were virtually the only filmed intertainment for a generation of Communist Chinese.

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