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JaponThe Cuban Game
(Country: France; Director: Francois Ozon; Writer: Francois Ozon, Marina de Van, based on the play by Robert Thomas; Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Emmanuelle Beart, Ludivine Sagnier, Firmine Richard)
Eight women, one body and a house full of lies.

(Country: Chad/France; Director: Mahamat Saleh Haroun; Writer: Mahamat Saleh Haroun; Cast: Ahidjo Mahamat Moussa, Hamza Moctar Aguid, Zara Haroun, Mounira Khalil, Koulsy Lamko, Garba Issa)
Two brothers from Chad are affected in different ways when their father leaves home.

(Country: Japan; Director: Shunji Iwai; Writer: Shunji Iwai; Cast: Hayato Ichinara, Shugo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito, Yu Aoi, Takao Osawa, Miwako Ichikawa, Izumi Inamori)
A disaffected teen finds solace in music and fan chat rooms.

(Country: UK; Director: Mike Leigh; Writer: Mike Leigh; Cast: Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, James Corden, Marion Bailey, Alison Garland, Paul Jesson, Kathryn Hunter, Sally Hawkins, Helen Coker)
Mike Leigh investigates the sad, heartfelt lives of high-rise South Londoners.

(Country: Italy; Director: Roberta Torre; Writer: Roberta Torre; Cast: Donatella Finocchiaro, Andrea Di Stefano, Mario Pupella, Erasmo Lobello, Tony Gambino, Matteo Gulino, Maria Mistretta, Giuseppe Pettinato)
Tale of star-crossed lovers in Mafiosi world of Sicily.

Once Upon A Time In The MidlandsChanging Lanes
(Country: Australia; Director: Paul Goldman; Writer: Phillip Gwynne, based on his novel, Deadly Unna; Cast: Nathan Phillips, Simon Westaway, Lisa Flanagan, Luke Carroll, Kevin Harrington, Tom Budge)
Racial tension hides beneath the surface of a tidy Australian fishing town.

(Country: UK/US; Director: Isaac Julien; Cast: Samuel L Jackson, Pam Grier, Melvin Van Peebles, Quentin Tarantino)
Documentary about the 1970s blaxploitation films.

(Country: Germany; Director: Christopher Roth; Writer: Moritz Von Uslar; Cast: Frank Giering, Vadim Glowna, Laura Maori Tonke, Birge Schade, Daniel Krauss)
German jailbird lashes out at society with a series of uninteresting attacks and confusing exploits.

(Country: USA; Director: Paul Hough; Cast: "The Lizard", "Chaos", "Scar", "Heartless", "The Retarded Butcher")
A shockingly graphic documentary about the backyard wrestling phenomenon.

(Country: China/France; Director: Dai Sijie; Writer: Dai Sijie, Nadine Perront, based on the novel by Dai Sijie; Cast: Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Ye Liu, Suang Bao Wang, Xiong Xiaoi)
Boys sent for re-education get the hots for local seamstress.

BashkimHoover Street Revival
(Country: Switzerland; Director: Vadim Jendreyko; Cast: Bashkim Berisha, Riza Berisha, Djka Berisha)
A young Kosovan kick boxer and his family try to explain his rage and frustration.

(Country: US; Director: Joey Garfield; Cast: Doug E Fresh, Rahzel, Biz Markie, Fat Boys, Stetasonic, Emanon)
The phenomenon of human beat boxing revisited as a documentary.

(Country: Germany/Russia/Czech Republic; Director: Vitali Manski)
Documentary about a Black Sea holiday locale over one summer season.

(Country: Germany/UK/US; Director: Gregor Jordan; Writer: Gregor Jordan, Eric Axel Weiss, Nora MacCoby, based on the novel by Robert O'Connor; Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Anna Paquin, Scott Glenn, Elizabeth McGovern, Michael Pena, Leon Robinson)
Cynical depiction of life as a US soldier in Germany, 1989.

(Country: US; Director: Matthew Bright; Writer: Matthew Bright, Stephen Johnston; Cast: Michael Reilly Burke, Boti Ann Bliss, Stefani Brass, Marina Black, Wayne Morse, Tom Savini)
Biopic of serial killer Ted Bundy.

Pleasant DaysOut Of Control
(Country: US; Director: Roger Michell; Writer: Michael Tolkin, Chap Taylor; Cast: Ben Affleck, Samuel L Jackson, Toni Collette, Sidney Pollack, William Hurt, Amanda Peet, Richard Jenkins)
An ambitious lawyer and a recovering alcoholic have a bad day in New York after a car crash.

(Country: Germany; Director: Angela Christlieb, Stephen Kijak)
There, but for the grace of God, go Scorsese, Tarantino, Truffaut and Godard in this documentary about seriously obsessive New York cinephiles.

(Country: France/Bangladesh; Director: Tareque Masud; Writer: Tareque Masud, Catherine Masud; Cast: Nurul Islam Bablu, Russell Farazi, Jayanto Chattopadhyay, Rokeya Prachy)
Life as a Muslim seen through the eyes of Bangledeshis on the verge of civil war.

(Country: Turkey; Director: Zeki Demirkubuz; Writer: Zeki Demirkubuz; Cast: Taner Birsel, Basak Köklükaya, Iskender Altin, Mirac Eronat, Gulgun Kutlu)
A husband suspects his wife of infidelity and tries to make her confess.

(Country: China; Director: Bingjian Liu; Writer: Ja Deng, Bingjian Liu ; Cast: Liao Qin, Wei Xingkun, Zhu Jiayue, Li Longjun, Wen Ging)
Tough girl hustles work in China and discovers she has talent as a professional wailer at funerals.

AbounaSomething To Remind Me
(Country: Spain; Director: Manuel Martin Cuenca)
Baseball in Cuba - and its impact in a historical context.

(Country: Japan; Director: Hideo Nakata; Writer: Yoshihiro Nakamura, Ken-ichi Suzuki, based on the novel by Koji Suzuki; Cast: Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Mirei Oguchi, Asami Mizukawa, Fumiyo Kohinata, Shigemitsu Ogi)
Obvious but effective Japanese horror from the director and writer of Ring.

(Country: USA; Director: Bill Morrison; Writer: Bill Morrison)
Think Mirroball for those who find Mirrorball lightweight.

(Country: Israel; Director: Anat Even, Ada Ushpiz; Writer: Anat Even, Ada Ushpiz; Cast: Najwa, Nawal, Siham)
Powerful documentary about the life of three Palestinian widows and their families.

(Country: USA; Director: Laura Levine)
Documentary about the world's most wacky treasure hunt.

My Little EyeJust A Kiss
(Country: Norway; Director: Marius Holst; Writer: Nikolaj Frobenius, Marius Holst, based on the book by Ingvar Ambjornsen; Cast: Kim Bodnia, Mikael Persbrandt, Maria Bonnevie, Thomas Skarpordet, Tintin Anderzon, Tord Peterson, Shanti Roney, Anastasios Soulis, Ulla-Britt Norman-Olsson, Willy Karlsson)
Secrets from the past are prized open when an ex-con comes to see a couple in the country.

(Country: Romania; Director: Sinisa Dragin; Writer: Ioan Carmazan, Sinisa Dragin; Cast: Dan Condurache, Ana Ciontea, Horatiu Malaele, Dan Astileanu, Valer Delakeza)
An alcoholic butcher finds himself sucked into a world of murder he can't escape.

(Country: The Netherlands; Director: Leonard Retel Helmrich; Writer: Leonard Retel Helmrich, Hetty Naakens-Retel Helmrich; Cast: Rumidja, Dwi, Barkti, Ibu Sum, Tani)
Documentary about an Indonesian family, trying to survey the politically turbulent times.

(Country: USA; Director: Bill Paxton; Writer: Brent Hanley; Cast: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matthew O'Leary, Jeremy Sumpter, Luke Askew)
Bill Paxton’s kids think he’s gone nutzo in religious thriller about a serial axe murderer.

(Country: US; Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer; Writer: Tracey Jackson; Cast: Heather Graham, Jimi Mistry, Marisa Tomei, Christine Baranski, Michael McKean, Malachy McCourt, Rob Morrow, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ajay Naidu, Raahul Singh)
Dance instructor from Bombay goes to New York, meets a porn star and become a sex guru.

SpiderA Red Bear
(Country: Japan; Director: Takashi Miike; Writer: Kikumi Yamagishi; Cast: Kiyoshiro Imawano, Keiko Matsuzaka, Naomi Nishida, Kenji Sawada, Shinji Takeda, Naoto Takenaka, Tetsuro Tamba)
Running a guest house proves deathly for a family. Just as well they know a few good songs.

(Country: UK/US; Director: Damien O’Donnell; Writer: Paul Fraser; Cast: Michael Sheen, Mark Addy, Jim Carter, Ruth Jones, Celia Imrie, Jane Robbins, Mark Strong, Paul Shane, Phillipa Peak, Jade Rhodes)
Big-time loser turns his life around when he travels to Blackpool in an effort to win back his estranged wife.

(Country: New Zealand; Director: Mark J Gordon; Writer: Mark J Gordon; Cast: Sally Andrews, Anna Sheridan, Mark Clare, Alison Routledge, Geoff Snell, Craig Elliott, Patrick Morrison, Todd Emerson, Alexander Gandar, Anton Tennet, Stuart Devenie)
A girl dreams of meeting Queen Elizabeth II.

(Country: UK; Director: Sophie Fiennes; Cast: Bishop Noel Jones)
The goings-on within the 'hood of South Central LA and their all-black gospel church.

(Country: UK/US; Director: Oliver Parker; Writer: Oliver Parker, based on the play by Oscar Wilde; Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Massey)
Wilde's tale of love and identity gets saddled with unfortunate dream sequences.

InsomniaThe Last Great Wilderness
(Country: US; Director: Christopher Nolan; Writer: Hillary Seitz, based on the script by Nikolaj Frobenius and Erik Skjoldbjaeg for Insomnia (1997); Cast: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan, Nicky Katt, Paul Dooley)
Al Pacino is an LA detective come to Alaska to solve a teenage murder.

(Country: Spain; Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo; Writer: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo; Cast: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Mónica López, Antonio Dechent, Max von Sydow, Guillermo Toledo, Alber Ponte, Andrea San Vicente, Jesús Noguero, Ramón Serrada, Marisa Lull)
If luck is a commodity, it can be bought and sold.

(Country: France; Director: Gaspar Noe; Writer: Gaspar Noe; Cast: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon, Jo Prestia, Stephane Drouot)
Brutal story of a violent rape, told in reverse. Now out to own in special collectors edition.

(Country: Israel; Director: Tomer Heymann; Writer: Tomer Heymann)
Documentary about a group of adolescents in Tel Aviv.

(Country: Mexico/Spain; Director: Carlos Reygadas; Writer: Carlos Reygadas; Cast: Alejandro Ferretis, Magdalene Flores, Carlos Reygadas, Barquin, Martin Cerrano, Rolando Hernandez, Yolanda Villa, Bernabe Perez, Fernando Benitez and Claudia Rodriguez.)
Mystery man seeks redemption and death in Mexico.

TadpoleVolcano High
(Director: Ann Hui; Writer: Ivy Ho; Cast: Jacky Cheung, Anita Mui, Karena Lam, Shaun Tam, Tou Chung Hua)
A heartwarming tale about family relationships in China.

(Country: US; Director: Fisher Stevens; Writer: Patrick Breen; Cast: Ron Eldard, Kyra Sedgewick, Patrick Breen, Marisa Tomei, Marley Shelton, Taye Diggs, Sarita Choudhury)
Farcical romance as three couples become inextricably entwined due to wanderlust.

(Country: UK; Director: David Mackenzie; Writer: Michael Tait, Alistair Mackenzie, David Mackenzie, Gillian Berrie; Cast: Alistair Mackenzie, Jonny Phillips, Victoria Smurfit, David Hayman, Ewan Stewart, Ford Kiernan, Sheila Donald, Martin Bell)
Two men take refuge in a retreat for lost souls in the countryside.

(Country: UK, Canada; Director: Lynne Ramsay; Writer: Lynne Ramsay, Liana Dognini, based on the novel by Alan Warner; Cast: Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Raife Patrick Burchell, Carolyn Calder, Dan Cadan, Jim Wilson)
After her boyfriend commits suicide, Samantha Morton runs away to Spain with her best pal.

(Country: UK, Canada; Director: Marc Evans; Writer: David Hilton, James Watkins; Cast: Jennifer Sky, Stephen O'Reilly, Laura Regan, Sean CW Johnson, Kris Lemche)
People agree to take part in a reality TV experiment, which will see them share an isolated house for six months. But with a week to go, do their backers want them out?

8 WomenTattoo
(Country: UK; Director: Shane Meadows; Writer: Shane Meadows, Paul Fraser; Cast: Rhys Ifans, Robert Carlyle, Shirley Henderson, Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomlinson, Finn Atkins, James Cosmo)
Rhys Ifans and Robert Carlyle tussle for the affections of Shirley Henderson.

(Country: US; Director: Mark Romanek; Writer: Mark Romanek; Cast: Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Dylan Smith, Erin Daniels, Paul H. Kim, Lee Garlington, Gary Cole, Marion Calvert, David Moreland, Shaun P. O'Hagan)
Robin Williams assumes the stalker role in this offbeat thriller.

(Country: UK; Director: Dominic Savage; Writer: Dominic Savage; Cast: Tamzin Outhwaite, David Morrissey, Jamie Foreman, Frank Harper, Danny Young, Leo Gregory, Akemnji Ndifornyan)
Gritty drama about boys in borstal.

(Country: Hungary; Director: Kornél Mundruczó; Writer: Kornél Mundruczó, Viktória Petrányi; Cast: Tamás Polgár, Orsolya Tóth, Kata Wéger, Lajos Ottó Horváth, András Réthelyi, Károly Kuna)
Newly paroled timewaster Peter wanders aimlessly from scene to scene as he continues to squander his life.

(Country: Australia; Director: Phillip Noyce; Writer: Christine Olsen, based on the book by Doris Pilkington; Cast: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, Kenneth Branagh, Deborah Mailman, David Gulpilil)
True story of three mixed race Aboriginal girls who walk home across the breadth of Australia.

IrreversibleDecasia
(Country: Argentina; Director: Adrian Caetano; Writer: Adrian Caetano; Cast: Julio Chavez, Soledad Villamil, Luis Hachin, Agostina Lage, Rene Lavand, Enrqique Liporace, Daniel Valenzuela, Freddy Forbes, Ernesto Villegas)
Ex-con tries to re-establish relations with his family and collect money due him.

(Country: UK; Director: Alex Cox; Writer: Frank Cottrell Boyce, based on the play by Thomas Middleton; Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Eddie Izzard, Derek Jacobi, Diana Quick, Sophie Dahl, Justin Salinger)
A modern day adaptation of Thomas Middleton's 17th century stage play.

(Country: France; Director: Catherine Breillat; Writer: Catherine Breillat; Cast: Anne Parillaud, Gregorie Colin, Roxanne Mesquida, Ashley Wanninger, Dominique Colladant)
A director struggles to shoot the sex scene central to her film.

(Country: US; Director: Harry Gantz, Joe Gantz; Cast: Calvin, Julie, Shannon, Gerard, James, Theresa, Sara)
Documentary following the lives of couples who sleep around with any willing partner.

(Country: Canada; Director: Andre Turpin; Writer: Andre Turpin; Cast: David La Haye, Isabelle Blais, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Chantel Giroux, Pascale Desrochers,)
A man returns home after an accident in the Indian Ocean to see his photographs in a new exhibit.

Waiting For HappinessBuffalo Soldiers
(Country: Germany; Director: Christian Petzold; Writer: Christian Petzold; Cast: Nina Hoss, Andre Hennicke, Sven Pippig, Kathrin Angerer, Heinrich Schmieder, Franziska Trogner, Henning Peker, Michael Gerber)
Expertly constructed thriller in the tradition of Hitchcock and Chabrol.

(Country: Argentina/Spain; Director: Juan Jose Campanella; Writer: Fernando Castets, Juan Jose Campanella; Cast: Ricardo Darin, Hector Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Eduardo Blanco, Natalia Verbeke, Gimena Nóbile, David Masajnik, Claudia Fontán, Atilio Pozzobón, Salo Pasik)
Fortysomething businessman discovers the value of family over success.

(Country: France; Director: Damien Odoul; Writer: Damien Odoul; Cast: Pierre-Louis Bonnetblanc, Dominique Chevallier, Maxime Dalbrut, Jean-Claude Lecante, Jean Milrod)
Harsh coming of age drama set in rural France.

(Country: Canada/UK; Director: David Cronenberg; Writer: Patrick McGrath, based on the novel by Patrick McGrath; Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave, John Neville, Bradley Hall, Gary Reineke, Philip Craig, Cliff Saunders, Tara Ellis, Sara Stockbridge)
A man undergoes a mental collapse.

(Country: US; Director: Gary Winick; Writer: Heather McGowan, Niels Mueller, Gary Winick; Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Aaron Stanford, John Ritter, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Iler, Adam Lefevre, Peter Appel, Alicia van Couvering, Kate Mara, Hope Chernov)
A boy falls for his stepmother in this coming of age comedy.

Every Day God Kisses Us On The MouthBreath Control: The History of the Human Beat Box
(Country: South Korea; Director: Jeong Jae-eun; Cast: Bae Doo-na, Lee Yo-won, Ok Ji-young, Lee Eun-shil, Lee Eun-joo, Oh Tae-kyung)
Korean coming of age drama.

(Country: Germany; Director: Robert Schwentke; Writer: Robert Schwentke; Cast: August Diehl, Christian Redl, Nadesha Brennicke, Ilkur Bahadir, Jasmin Schwiers, Monika Bleibtreu, Fatih Cevikkollu, Johan Leysen, Ingo Naujoks, Florian Panzner, Gustav-Peter Wohler)
Stylish German Se7en style thriller.

(Country: Iran/France; Director: Abbas Kiarostami; Writer: Abbas Kiarostami; Cast: Mania Akbari, Amin Maher, Kamran Adl, Roya Arabshahi, Amene Moradi, Mandana Sharbaf, Katayoun Taleizadeh)
Conversations in a car reveal many aspects of modern Iranian life, especially for women.

(Country: US; Director: Jill Sprecher; Writer: Jill Sprecher, Karen Sprecher; Cast: Matthew McConaughey, John, Turturro, Alan Arkin, Clea Duvall, Amy Irving, Barbara Sukowa)
Several intertwining stories of New Yorkers with no sense of direction in life.

(Country: UK; Director: Bille Eltringham; Writer: Simon Beaufoy; Cast: Michael Colgan, Kenny Glenaan, David Bradley, John Henshaw, Adam Pepper, Keri Arnold, Chris Middleton)
Two petty crooks are hunted over rugged country after a gun goes off by mistake in a farmyard.

Le SouffleThe Guru
(Country: Brazil; Director: Beto Brant; Writer: Marcal Aquino, Beto Brant, Renato Ciasca; Cast: Paulo Miklos, Marco Ricca, Alexandre Borges, Mariana Ximenes, Malu Mader, Chris Couto, George Freire, Jayme del Cueto, Sabotage)
A hitman wreaks havoc when hired by two directors of a construction firm to eliminate a third.

(Country: US; Director: Kris Curry, Rich Fox; Cast: Larger Than Life, The Missing Links, Sheer Heart Attack)
Rockumentary following the lives of tribute bands and their fans.

(Country: Korea; Director: Kim Tae-gyun; Writer: Jung Ahn-chul, Kim Tae-gyun, Park Heon-soo, Huh Gyun, based on the story by Suh Dong-heon; Cast: Jang Hyuk, Shin Min-ah, Kim Soo-roh, Kwon Sang-woo, Gong Hyo-jin, Jung Sang-hoon, Kim Hyung-jong, Huh Jun-ho, Jo Sung-ha, Park Dong-bin)
Live action manga from Korea about violence at school, post apocalypse.

(Country: France/Mauritania; Director: Abderrahmane Sissako; Writer: Abderrahmane Sissako; Cast: Khatra Ould Abdel Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed, Nana Diakite)
Abdallah returns to his village to bid farewell to his mother before embarking on his journey to Europe.

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