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Among the films screening this year are:
Sleeping Betty and Space Travel According To John
2 Birds
(Smáfuglar, Two Birds)
(Country: Iceland; Year: 2008; Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson; Writer: Rúnar Rúnarsson; Stars: Atli Óskar Fjalarsson , Hera Hilmarsdóttir , Sigurður Jakob Helgason , Þórunn Jakobsdóttir)
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A group of teenagers experiment with ketamine and find themselves out of their depth.
Christmas With Dad
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Conor McCormack)
A family prepare for Christmas.
The Crumblegiant
(Country: UK, Northern Ireland; Year: 2007; Director: John McCloskey; Writer: John McCloskey; Stars: Narrated by Bernard Hill)
Half-remembered charcoal dreams from childhood.
Keith Reynolds Can't Make It Tonight
(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Felix Massie; Writer: Felix Massie; Stars: Scott Johnson)
A businessman reaches the end of his tether.
Last Time In Clerkenwell
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Alex Budovsky; Stars: n/a)
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Birds go bonkers.
2 Birds and Christmas With Dad
Leaving
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Sam Hearn, Richard Penfold; Writer: Penfold Richard; Stars: Kierston Wareing, Johnny Harris, Joe Siffleet)
A battered wife tries to find the courage to leave her husband.
Madame Tutli-Putli
(Country: Canada; Year: 2007; Director: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski; Writer: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski)
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A woman boards a train with all her worldly goods.
Radiohead "There There"
(Country: UK; Year: 2003; Director: Chris Hopewell; Writer: Chris Hopewell)
Fantastical video set in the woods.
Space Travel According To John
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Jamie Stone, Anders Jedenfors)
A ten year old boy explains his space travel plans in this award winning animated film
Sleeping Betty
(Isabelle Au Bois Dormant)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2007; Director: Claude Cloutier; Writer: Claude Cloutier)
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The palace try to wake their princess.
The Suburban Train and Last Time In Clerkenwell
The Suburban Train
(Elektryczka)
(Country: Poland; Year: 2005; Director: Maciej Cuske)
Examination of faces on a Russian commuter train.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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