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La Antena
Dystopian fairytale about a 'city without a voice'.

Año Uña
Personal photograph album becomes the basis for an unconventionally told romance.

Azuloscurocasinegro
Coming-of-age drama about a janitor striving to turn his dreams into reality.

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

Buenos Aires, 1977
A goalkeeper kidnapped and tortured by the Argentinian secret police becomes determined to escape.

The Cat Pact
Moggy hunting and romance on the rooftops of Barcelona.

Chaotic Ana
An artist who joins a commune tries to uncover her past lives to end a cycle of violence.

La Ciénaga
A long hot summer on Argentinian estate for dysfunctional extended family.

Deficit
After a spoiled, rich kid hosts a party, unexpected guests bring tensions to boiling point.

Doghead
An emotionally disconnected teenager finds himself forming relationships after becoming stranded in Madrid.

El Baño Del Papa
A man tries to build a public loo to cash in on a Papal visit.

My Life Inside
Documentarian tracks an illegal Mexican immigrant as she is tried for murder.

The Orphanage
Ghost story about a family who live in an orphanage.

[Rec]
A news crew get trapped in an apartment block with a deadly virus and something else...

A Red Bear
Ex-con tries to re-establish relations with his family and collect money due him.

The Signal
Film noir sees a down-at-heel gumshoe get mixed up an with Argentinian mafioso's moll.

Silent Light
A deeply religious, married man falls in love with another woman and has to question his whole life.

La Soledad
The lives of two women are changed forever by terrorist bombings in Madrid.

Thieves
A youth taught to steal in early childhood finds himself resorting to it almost compulsively as he searches for his mother.

Timecrimes
When a man accidentally travels back in time, he finds restoring the status quo is easier said than done. Plus read our exclusive interview with director Nacho Vigalondo.

Under The Stars
A self-centered trumpeter finds redemption in an unexpected place.

XXY
Coming of age drama about an intersexed teen.

The Zone
Residents of an affluent Mexican city enclave seek vigilante justice.


News & Features Repo

Jean-Pierre Améris talks about his comedy Romantics Anonymous.

Michel Hazanavicius, the Dardennes and others on cinematic and fairy tale influences.

McQueen, Fassbender, Cronenberg, Durkin, Olsen, Payne talk about clothes and authenticity

Bayou set drama takes home top prize

Awards for Welcome To Pine Hill, Bindlestiffs and No Ashes No Phoenix
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