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Adventures Of Power
A small-town dreamer tries to realise his ambition of becoming the world's greatest air drummer.

Alone In Four Walls
Inside a juvenile Russian reform school.

American Teen
The kids are not all right.

The Art Star And The Sudanese Twins
An artist's obssessive attempt to adopt twins in Darfur.

Be Kind Rewind
After accidentally wiping all the tapes in the video store where they work, two enterprising clerks decide to re-shoot the films themselves.

Blue Eyelids
A pair of lonely people come together in offbeat romance.

Breadmakers
A day in the life of a bakery staffed by people with learning disabilities. Showing as part of Bridging The Gap and the Short Scottish Documentary Awards (which it won) at EIFF 2007.

Captain Abu Raed
Uplifting tale about an airport janitor who spins stories for street kids after being mistaken by them for a pilot.

A Complete History Of My Sexual Failures
Does what it says on the tin - a personal documentary about a subject for which most blokes will have sympathy.

Diary Of The Dead
Film students try to record the end of civilisation as they know it when the dead begin to walk. Plus read our with George A Romero.

Donkey Punch
Seven go mad on a yacht.

Eat, For This Is My Body
Avant garde 'documentary' loosely exploring the colonialist history of Haiti.

The Escapist
A prison inmate must break out to make amends with his dying daughter.

Fear(s) Of The Dark
Ten animations from the dark side.

Flighty
Speed dating for butterflies.

Funny Games
English language remake of the ice-cold horror about a family held hostage by a pair of preppy youngsters. Plus read our with producer Chris Coen.

Good Dick
Offbeat romance between a damaged young woman and a video store clerk.

I Love Sarah Jane
A 13-year-old will stop at nothing to win the heart of the girl of his dreams. Showing at EIFF 2008 as part of International Shorts: Childproof.

In Bruges
No country for hitmen.

Inertia
Exploration of the difficulties of running in a suit of armour.

In Prison My Whole Life
Documentary about questions that hang over the conviction of Death Row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Just Another Love Story
A case of mistaken identity after a car accident turns violent and seedy.

The King Of Ping Pong
Coming-of-age drama sees trouble brew between two siblings.

The Last Word
The love life of a man with a morbid calling.

Love Comes Lately
An old man dreams of sex.

Man On Wire
Documentary about tightrope walker Phillippe Petit's attempt to cross between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

The Merry Gentleman
A woman who has fled her past strikes up a relationship with another loner - not realising he works as a hitman.

Máncora
Grief and desire on a road trip.

My Olympic Summer
A discovery prompts a filmmaker to re-examine his parents' relationships.

Otto; Or, Up With Dead People
A romance with all that love entrails.

Patti Smith: Dream Of Life
Intimate portrait of the icon.

Plot Point
At a big event in Times Square, something is going on - but what?

Red
A man sets out to find justice after his dog falls victim to a random act of violence.

Savage Grace
Accomplished telling of a real life upper class family's disturbing meltdown.

The Second Line
Cleaning the filth after Hurricane Katrina.

Sick Sex
The libido blues for an ill girl.

Sikumi (On The Ice)
An Inuit hunter inadvertantly witnesses a murder.

Sleep Dealer
Node Runner - if they catch you you're through!

Smart People
Can a little romance and a bit of brotherly bonding help a self-absorbed professor confront his life?

Soft
Youth Gang Terrorises Suburbia. Winner of European Film Academy Short Film Prix UIP.

Spider
When practical jokes go bad...

Strangers
Romance blossoms between an Israeli and a Palestinian - but will wider conflicts halt it in its tracks?

Time Crimes
When a man accidentally travels back in time, he finds restoring the status quo is easier said than done.

Transsiberian
Mystery on the Tran Siberian Express.

U2 3D
The Irish mega-band take it to the Imax.

Under The Bombs
As the Israeli army bombs Lebanon in 2006, a mother makes a desperate journey to try to save her son.

Up The Yangtze
Documentary about the humanitarian impact of the Three Gorges Dam project.

The Visitor
An ageing, lonely man rediscovers his love of life when he visits New York and shares his home with two strangers.

The Wackness
A teen drug dealer swaps spliffs for psychiatry in the long, hot New York summer of 1994.

The Wave
A high school teacher demonstrates with his class the true meaning of autocracy.

Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?
Morgan Spurlock goes in search of the al-Qaeda leader.

News & Features Baby Mama

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In our exclusive interview Brit acting stalwart Perry Benson talks about his contrasting roles in Somers Town and Mum & Dad.

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Sunshine director 'delighted' by invitation.

The Frijj Film Festival offers a classic selection.

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