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Bran Nue Dae (Country: Australia; Director: Rachel Perkins; Writer: Reg Cribb, Rachel Perkins, Jimmy Chi, Kuckles, Patrick Duttoo Bin Amat, Michael Manolis Mavromatis, Stephen Pigram; Cast: Rocky McKenzie, Jessica Mauboy, Geoffrey Rush, Ernie Dingo)
In the summer of 1965, a young man is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome – fishing, hanging out with his mates and his girl.
US Premiere. Full Review See: Sundance Film Festival 2010: Day Six - Buried, Winter's Bone, Bran Nue Day and Contracorriente
Daddy Longlegs (Go Get Some Rosemary) (Country: US; Director: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie; Writer: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie; Cast: Ronald Bronstein, Sage Ranaldo, Frey Ranaldo)
A swan song to excuses and responsibilities, to fatherhood and self-created experiences, and to what it’s like to be truly torn between being a child and being an adult.
North American Premiere. Full Review
Enter The Void (Country: France, Germany, Italy; Director: Gaspar Noé; Writer: Gaspar Noé; Cast: Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy, Emily Alyn Lind, Jesse Kuhn, Olly Alexander, Masato Tanno, Ed Spear, Sara Stockbridge, Edward L. Papazian)
A psychedelic journey into the afterlife.
US Premiere. Full Review
I Am Love (Io sono l'amore) (Country: Italy; Director: Luca Guadagnino; Writer: Luca Guadagnino, Barbara Alberti, Ivan Cotroneo, Walter Fasano; Cast: Tilda Swinton, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Pippo Delbono, Alba Rohrwacher, Marisa Berenson)
A tragic love story set at the turn of the millennium in Milan.
US Premiere. Full Review
Louis CK: Hilarious (Country: US; Director: Louis CK; Writer: Louis CK; Cast: Louis CK)
Sharp-tongued comedian Louis C.K. pulls no punches in this visceral concert experience. World Premiere.
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Lourdes (Country: Austria; Director: Jessica Hausner; Writer: Jessica Hausner; Cast: Gilette Barbier, Walter Benn, Aurelia Burckhardt, Martin Habacher, Hubert Kramar, Gerhard Liebmann, Elina Löwensohn, Petra Morzé, Martin Thomas Pesl, Linde Prelog, Léa Seydoux, Sylvie Testud, Bruno Todeschini, Orsolya Tóth, Thomas Uhlir)
The story of a wheelchair-using woman's pilgrimage in search of a miracle.
US Premiere. Full Review
Mother And Child (Country: US, Spain; Director: Rodrigo García; Writer: Rodrigo García; Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Naomi Watts, David Morse, Annette Bening, Jimmy Smits, Kerry Washington, Carla Gallo, Tatyana Ali, Amy Brenneman, Marc Blucas, Brittany Robertson, Cherry Jones, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Ahmed Best, S. Epatha Merkerson)
Tale of three women and maternal love. US Premiere.
A Prophet (Un prophète) (Country: France, Italy; Director: Jacques Audiard; Writer: homas Bidegain and Jacques Audiard, based on an original screenplay by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit; Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb, Hichem Yacoubi, Jean-Philippe Ricci, Gilles Cohen, Antoine Basler, Leïla Bekhti, Pierre Leccia, Foued Nassah, Jean-Emmanuel Pagni, Frédéric Graziani, Slimane Dazi)
An illiterate teenager struggles when he is sent to jail, but after embarking on a series of "missions" for a gang leader, he begins to hatch plans of his own.
Full Review See: French Film Festival preview Official Site,
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Pumzi (Country: South Africa, Kenya; Director: Wanuri Kahiu; Writer: Wanuri Kahiu; Cast: Chantelle Burger, Kudzani Moswela)
A Sci-Fi film about futuristic Africa, 35 years after World War III, "The Water War". North American Premiere.
St Louis Blues (Un transport en commun) (Country: France, Senegal; Director: Dyana Gaye; Cast: Anne Jeanine Barboza, Yakhoub Ba, Bakary 'Vieux' Cissé, Abdoulaye Diakhaté, Antoine Diandy, Marième Diop, Adja Fall, Naïma Gaye, Umban Gomez de Kset, Mbègne Kassé, Gaspard Manesse, Bigué N'Doye)
Along the journey from Dakar to Saint Louis, seven passengers of a taxi meet each other and tell their lives through songs. US Premiere.
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The Tunnel (Country: South Africa; Director: Jenna Bass; Writer: Jenna Bass; Cast: Mveleli Jela, Tyrone Keogh, Patricia Matongo, Chiedza Mhende, Sibulele Mlumbi, Finch Moyo, Martin Munro, Vuyisile Pandle, Ntlantla Qhomo, Vuyolwethu Tshalisa, Anthony Watterson, Pakamisa Zwedala)
When her father vanishes in Eighties Zimbabwe, young Elizabeth believes he has dug a tunnel to the city. Only by facing reality will she discover the truth behind his disappearance. World Premiere.
Women Without Men (Zanan-e bedun-e mardan) (Country: Germany; Director: Shirin Neshat; Writer: Shahrnoush Parsipour; Cast: Bijan Daneshmand, Pegah Ferydoni, Arita Shahrzad, Shabnam Toloui, Orsolya Tóth)
Four women search for freedom in Iran, 1953. US Premiere.
