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- DirectorRalf HuettnerStarsFlorian David FitzKaroline HerfurthHeino FerchA young man suffering from Tourette's syndrome absconds from an institution with two other inhabitants to travel to Italy to fulfill his mother's last wish.
- DirectorMark HendersonKate HorneIn 2003 Mark Henderson was one of eight backpackers taken hostage in Colombia. One year after his release one of his kidnappers contacted him by email. Now he's going back to meet him and finally close this chapter in his life.
- DirectorDoris DörrieStarsElmar WepperHannelore ElsnerAya IrizukiAfter Rudi's wife Trudi suddenly dies, he travels to Japan to fulfill her dream of being a Butoh dancer.
- DirectorSherry HormannStarsSoraya Omar-ScegoIdriss Abdillahi HoufanehAwa Saïd DararWaris Dirie, born 1965 in Somalia, flees at thirteen when sold to be a mans fourth wife. She works as a maid at the Somalian embassy in London, then in a McDonald's where she's discovered and becomes an international top model. Then, in 1997 she speaks up against female genital mutilation.
- DirectorKurt KuenneStarsKurt KuenneAndrew BagbyDavid BagbyA filmmaker decides to memorialize a murdered friend when his friend's ex-girlfriend announces she is expecting his son.
- DirectorVanessa GouldStarsErik D. DemaineMartin L. DemaineVincent FlodererDepicts a cast of fine artists and eccentric scientists (from MIT and NASA) who have devoted their lives to the unlikely medium of modern origami. Through their determination to reinterpret the world in paper, they arouse a fascinating mix of sensibilities towards art, form, expressiveness, creativity and meaning.
- DirectorMariana ChenilloStarsFernando LujánEnrique ArreolaAri BrickmanThis story begins when José finds out that Nora, the woman he'd been married to for 30 years and then divorced, has committed suicide. The rabbi explains to José that due to the celebration of the Passover festivities, together with a few other factors, if Nora is not buried that same day, they will have to wait almost five days to be able to carry out the burial. It turns out that before she died, Nora had devised a Machiavellian plan in order for him to take care of her funeral. But she missed something, a mysterious photograph left under the bed will lead to an unexpected outcome which will remind us that sometimes the greatest love stories are hidden in the smallest places.
- DirectorClement GhariniStarsKirsty CoxBrian HartnettBen ShockleyOne fatal morning, John's door is left ajar. A strange woman slips through the crack in his orderly life. Is she a squatter, a wanderer or a woman from his past? As John's tidy flat is rapidly invaded, his inner space is also besieged. What started as a comic encounter changes his life forever.
- DirectorMegumi SasakiStarsPaula AntebiWill BarnetRobert BarryHerb and Dorothy Vogel redefine what it means to be an art collector.
- DirectorStephen Lloyd JacksonStarsLonyo EngeleIsaura Barbé-BrownBrigitte Millar90 Minutes Rated 15 (Suitable only for persons of 15 years & over) NTSC Region (USA,Canada, West Indies, South America) Special Features: Interview with cast & director Official film trailer SYNOPSIS: The thin veneer of youth, money, good looks and love are shattered when David is diagnosed with HIV. With his pregnant fiancée kept in the dark, David confronts the realization that he may have infected them as well. Sessions with a therapist become a narrative device that filmmaker Stephen Lloyd Jackson uses to document David's descent into hedonistic despair. Written & Directed by Stephen Lloyd Jackson Starring Lonyo Engele, Isaura Barbe-Brown & Brigitte Millar With Stephen Samuel Jackson Jnr
- DirectorJon CelliniStarsMandy LevinSuzy CoteBrice WilliamsAn over-populated, concrete-filled Los Angeles drives Maggie into fear and isolation. On the edge, her cries for change are neglected by her husband Ben. When she turns to her dysfunctional but affluent friends, Alex and Kyle, they propose an overnight camping trip to get away from the confines of the city and escape to the solitude of the mountains. Deep in the mountains, they encounter a self-proclaimed radical environmentalist, Birch. Although worlds apart, she and Maggie have an undeniable chemistry, encouraging Maggie to find her inner strength. New information sends the foursome on a journey where masks are ripped away and secrets are revealed. Accusations lead to violence, and desperation fuels an irreversible chain of events. Survival is uncertain...
- DirectorKirby DickStarsAmy ZieringKirby DickKori CiocaAn investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military.
- DirectorLisa LeemanStarsIvor David BaldingFloraTen years in the making, ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT follows the poignant journey of circus producer David Balding as he tries to find a nurturing and permanent home for Flora, the 18-year-old African elephant that he rescued as an infant, raised as his "daughter" and made the star of his circus. David's love for Flora is put to the ultimate test when he realizes he made a terrible mistake keeping her as a solo elephant, and decides to retire her from the circus after 17 years of performing. Knowing Flora will outlive him, and with his health and finances becoming an issue, David sets off on a quest to find a home for Flora can live freely with other elephants. This complicated task begins with Flora's final circus performance in St. Louis and takes us on an emotional trek across America, then to Africa and back. We follow David's journey as he discovers just how difficult it is to find a proper home for an elephant in a world that reveres these animals for their majesty yet slaughters them for their ivory, adores them as cuddly Dumbos yet brands them "rampaging creatures". ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT raises critical issues about the well-being and future of the hundreds of thousands of endangered and exotic animals kept in captivity, the over development and destruction of their natural habitats, our intense and often damaging relationship with wild animals, and how all these issues have impacted the life of one very lucky elephant.
- DirectorMatej MinacStarsBen AbelesDenisa AugustinovaMartin BandzakThe nearly forgotten story of Nicholas Winton, who organized the rescue of 669 children just before the outbreak of WWII.
- DirectorGaylen RossStarsLewis BlackYusef BulosKate BurtonDocumentary film about actress Caris Corfman and her theatrical one woman show, Caris' Peace.
- DirectorSherien BarsoumStarsAnthony McLeanCOLOUR ME is a documentary film that will change the way you think about race. We follow motivational speaker Anthony McLean into the ethnically explosive city of Brampton, Ontario - where is his forced to critically examine his own identity while mentoring six youth grappling with theirs. At a time when statistics on black youth in crime, drop-outs, and pregnancy are rising, we ask 'why' while exploring the confines of race, the complexity of identity and the need to find our voice.
- DirectorPeter LuisiStarsFabian KrügerIrene BrüggerBeat SchlatterOne fine morning, Benno finds sand in his bed. While he tries to ignore this at first, he soon must realize that he himself is loosing the sand. Day after day the sand increases and soon his time literally starts running short. Finally he is left no choice but to ask Sandra for help, who runs a small coffee shop under his apartment. Although Benno hates her with a passion, he started having dreams of her every night. What could Sandra and the dreams have to do with the sand?
- DirectorRuggero DipaolaStarsLaura MoranteRichard SammelGerasimos SkiadaressisAthens, 1943. An apartment is requisitioned to provide accommodation for a German officer.
- DirectorKurt KuenneStarsT.J. ThynePaula RhodesChris StoneA man begins to experience his life out of order: each time he falls asleep, he wakes up on a different day of his life, at a different age, and he never knows where or when he will be "tomorrow."
- DirectorDaniel Sánchez ArévaloRaúl ArévaloStarsQuim GutiérrezInma CuestaRaúl ArévaloThree cousins travel to the village where they spent summer vacations as kids.
- DirectorMichael CollinsWhen a teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of a double murder, the country's entire judicial system is put to the test after years of alleged corruption.
- DirectorMichael KingMichael W. KingStarsMartin GilbertStephanie NyombayireGustav GoldbergerThe film traces the journey of Stephanie Nyombayire, a young Rwandan anti-genocide activist who teams up with Sir Martin Gilbert, the renowned Holocaust historian, to travel across 15 countries and three continents interviewing survivors and descendants of the diplomats who rescued tens of thousands of Jews from the unspeakable horrors of the Nazi death camps. While Nyombayire embarks upon this quest in an effort to uncover potential solutions for the ongoing genocide in Darfur and elsewhere, what emerges from their journey is more a testament to the ways in which the inherent good in the human spirit can trump institutional evil no matter what the circumstance.
- DirectorOla SimonssonJohannes Stjärne NilssonStarsBengt BraskeredSanna PerssonMagnus BörjesonA tone-deaf cop works to track down a group of guerilla percussionists whose anarchic public performances are terrorizing the city.
- DirectorDan CarracinoKevin HanlonStarsBill WilsonDr. BobBlake J. EvansA documentary about Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
- DirectorTrisha ZiffStarsErnest AlósJuan Diego BottoSebastian del AmoThe story of three lost boxes known as the Mexican Suitcase that were recovered in 2007. The boxes, misplaced in the chaos at the start of WWII, contained many of the Spanish Civil War negatives by the legendary photographer Robert Capa and fellow photographers Gerda Taro and David "Chim" Seymour.
- DirectorVyacheslav RossStarsPyotr ZaychenkoMikhail ProtskoSergey NovikovSiberia. The fates of the characters are intertwined unexpectedly and dramatically. They need to make their choice again and again, discovering in themselves the forgotten humanity and compassion. Mercy is greater than justice.
- DirectorMaarten TreurnietStarsRutger HauerReinout Scholten van AschatGijs NaberA bold, amateur kidnapping goes wildly awry in this fictionalized account of beer magnate Alfred Heineken's 1983 abduction, which would go on to become one of The Netherlands' most infamous crimes.
- DirectorKatie DellamaggioreStarsJe'Daiah BallantyneMichelle BallantyneRochelle BallantyneAmidst financial crises and unprecedented public school budget cuts, Brooklyn Castle takes an intimate look at the challenges and triumphs facing members of a junior high school's champion chess team.
- DirectorDavid RedmonAshley SabinStarsAshley ArbaughRachel BlaisOlivia ArbenA documentary on the modeling industry's 'supply chain' between Siberia, Japan, and the U.S., told through the experiences of the scouts, agencies, and a 13-year-old model.
- DirectorValeriy TodorovskiyStarsAnton ShaginOksana AkinshinaEvgenia BrikYoung people struggle to do things their way in the 1950s.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsZoé HéranMalonn LévanaJeanne DissonA family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.
- DirectorBrendan Gabriel MurphyStarsShiloh FernandezJuno TempleChris AshworthAfter stealing money from a diner, Daniel and his girlfriend Missy wake up in a car wreck. ShortsHD Top 10 Arthouse Film of All-Time.
- DirectorKurt KuenneStarsLeonard MaltinJohn BloomSamuel Z. ArkoffThis film chronicles the drive-in's birth and development, its phenomenal popularity with audiences of all ages, its tragic decline, and its inevitable comeback as a classic form of Americana.
- DirectorMorten TyldumStarsAksel HennieSynnøve Macody LundNikolaj Coster-WaldauAn accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
- DirectorPaddy ConsidineStarsPeter MullanArchie LalJag SangheraJoseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, earns a chance of redemption that appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker.
- DirectorPeter RichardsonStarsHarry BrutonRay CarnayCody CurtisIn 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize a terminally ill person's request to end his or her life with medication. At the time, only Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands had legalized the practice. 'How to Die in Oregon' tell the stories of those most intimately involved with the practice today -- terminally ill Oregonians, their families, doctors, and friends -- as well as the passage of a similar law in Washington State.
- DirectorMarkus SchleinzerStarsMichael FuithDavid RauchenbergerChristine KainFive months in the life of a pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement.
- DirectorHu GuanStarsHuang BoNi YanTielong ShangA Chinese peasant is given the responsibility of protecting his village's special dairy cow during a particularly harsh winter in 1940.
- DirectorRufus NorrisStarsCharlie BootyLily JamesTim RothThree suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.
- DirectorKatherine Fairfax WrightMalika Zouhali-WorrallStarsDavid BahatiLou EngleLong JohnIn Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato - Uganda's first openly gay man - and his fellow activists work against the clock to defeat the legislation while combating vicious persecution in their daily lives. But no one, not even the filmmakers, is prepared for the brutal murder that shakes the movement to its core and sends shock waves around the world.
- DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsÓlafur Darri ÓlafssonStefán Hallur StefánssonJoi JohannssonBased on actual events, a fisherman tries to survive in the freezing ocean after his boat capsizes off the south coast of Iceland.
- DirectorRola NashefStarsEJ AssiNada ShouhayibMike BatayehAn ambitious Lebanese-American youth is forced to take over his family's gas station after his father's death.
- DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsJo Min-sooLee Jung-JinWoo Ki-hongA loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.
- DirectorTom DonahueStarsDeborah AquilaRisa Bramon GarciaEllen ChenowethThe surprising, never-before-told tale of the indispensable yet unsung Casting Director - Iconoclasts whose keen eye, exquisite taste and gut instincts redefined Hollywood.
- DirectorAlex WinterStarsMike DHenry RollinsNoel GallagherA documentary that explores the downloading revolution; the kids that created it, the bands and the businesses that were affected by it, and its impact on the world at large.
- DirectorCecilia PeckStarsLinor AbargilAliza AbargilJackie AbargilOne woman's quest to turn personal tragedy into global awareness.
- DirectorFreida Lee MockStarsJill AbramsonJoe BidenJohn CarrA profile of Anita Hill, the African-American lawyer who challenged Clarence Thomas' nomination to the US Supreme Court and thus exposed the problem of sexual harassment to the world.
- DirectorHarry FreelandStarsJakaya Mrisho KikweteMussaMizengo PindaUkerewe Island, in Tanzania is home to a large community of people who live with albinism. While many albinos are killed at birth or rejected by their families, those who survive risk being murdered for their body parts. Told over the course of five years, In the Shadow Of The Sun tells the story of two members of the Tanzanian Albino Society. We follow Vedastus, a teenage boy as he struggles to find a place in the world, and Josephat, a strong-willed advocate for people with albinism, who fights to unite his country and dreams of scaling the heights of Kilimanjaro. As the brutal wave of murders escalate Vedastus flees the island in search of safety whilst Josephat stands and faces the killings head on.
- DirectorÉtienne FaureStarsIsaach De BankoléSonia RollandNiels SchneiderVincent, Marie and their son have just moved from Paris into a farm near a small town in the south of France. He is a history and geography teacher, who looks forward to a quieter life, some kind of return to nature. His wife, a renowned international pianist, who retired in spite of her young age, has decided to follow him but almost unwillingly. From the very beginning, Thibault, one of Vincent's students, invades his family and slowly the couple, whose desires seem now so far away, falls apart. But Thibault's intentions are not at all motivated by love. And he will do anything to achieve his goal...
- DirectorBenjamín ÁvilaStarsErnesto AlterioNatalia OreiroCésar TroncosoJuan lives in clandestinity. Just like his mum, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto. And he meets María, who only has one name. Based on true facts, set in the Argentina of 1979, this film is "one about love".
- DirectorMiroslav MomcilovicStarsEmir HadzihafizbegovicRadoslav 'Rale' MilenkovicNatasa NinkovicAfter a musician commits suicide, his Webcam records the discovery of his dead body by his eccentric neighbors.
- DirectorOleg PogodinStarsSergey GarmashBogdan StupkaYekaterina RednikovaCompromising family secrets arise when a whole Russian family have their holidays interrupted.
- DirectorMarkus ImbodenStarsKatja RiemannStefan KurtMaximilian SimonischekA Swiss-German rural peasant family takes Max, a crude 15-year-old boy, into a foster situation of constant bullying. Soon, a foster girl is added to the mix.
- DirectorZaza UrushadzeStarsKakha AbuashviliZura BegalishviliTinatin DalakishviliGogliko has just served 16 years in jail. Upon his release, he realizes that the world as he knew it doesn't exist any more, and the people who set him up are now government officials.
- DirectorArsen A. OstojicStarsAlma PricaOlga PakalovicMijo JurisicIn order to recover the body of her son lost during the war in Bosnia, a grieving, but strong-willed Muslim woman, Halima, must track down her estranged niece, who we find carries a mysterious connection to him.
- DirectorPeter GetzelsEduardo LopezStarsJunot DiazLuis EnriqueJuan GonzalezA powerful documentary that exposes the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. From the territorial expansionist policies that decimated the young economies of Mexico, Puerto Rico and Cuba, to the covert operations that imposed oppressive military regimes in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador, Harvest of Empire provides an unflinching look at the origins of the growing Latino presence in the United States. Adapted from the landmark book written by journalist Juan Gonzalez, the film tells the story of an epic human saga that is largely unknown to the great majority of citizens in the U.S., but must become part of our national conversation about immigration.
- DirectorDan HayesStarsBert BrachEarl BrussJoe DeanHonor Flight chronicles a community coming together to honor World War II veterans. The film follows a team of Midwest volunteers as they race against the clock to send every local WWII veterans to see the memorials built in their honor.
- DirectorPaul SaltzmanStarsDelay de la BeckwithJim IngramDonna LaddIn 1965, 21-year-old Torontonian, Paul Saltzman drove to Mississippi, volunteering as a civil rights worker with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. He was arrested, spending 10 days in jail. He smuggled letters out of jail to the Toronto Star. Canadian Foreign Affairs requested his release but Saltzman declined. Posted to one of the toughest segregationist towns, Greenwood, he helped disadvantaged sharecroppers register to vote. He was assaulted by a young Klansman. In 2007, Saltzman returned to find the KKK member who had punched him in the head, to explore if individual reconciliation was possible. He found him and a 5 year dialogue has ensued. His assailant was, Byron de la Beckwith Jr., whose father, Byron de la Beckwith Sr. murdered NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers.
- DirectorPeter YoungStarsDave DobbynThe race to protect Earth's last untouched ocean, the Ross Sea Antarctica, from our insatiable appetite for fish. The film raises the simple ethical question: do we fish the last ocean or do we protect it?
- DirectorBoudewijn KooleStarsRick LensLoek PetersCahit ÖlmezA young boy and his father have a difficult relationship, but are trying to reach each other. They need a catalyst to make that happen.
- DirectorLuke KoremStarsOliver TobiasLord Montagu of BeaulieuPrince Michael of KentThe fascinating inside story of Lord Edward Montagu, one of England's most controversial and iconic aristocrats of the Twentieth Century.
- DirectorDavid MorrisJacqui MorrisStarsHarold EvansDon McCullinMichael ParkinsonTo many, Don McCullin is the greatest living war photographer, often cited as an inspiration for today's photojournalists. For the first time, McCullin speaks candidly about his three-decade career covering wars and humanitarian disasters on virtually every continent and the photographs that often defined historic moments. From 1969 to 1984, he was the Sunday Times of London's star photographer, where he covered stories from the civil war in Cyprus to the war in Vietnam, from the man-made famine in Biafra to the plight of the homeless in the London of the swinging sixties. Exploring not only McCullin's life and work, but how the ethos of journalism has changed throughout his career, the film is a commentary on the history of photojournalism told through the lens of one of its most acclaimed photographers.
- DirectorMaxine TrumpStarsThe AntlersDave BerrymanTurin BrakesThe most famous guitar-makers in the world band together on a journey into one of the most primeval forests on earth. Their struggle is with a Native American logging company, their hope: to save the acoustic guitar.
- DirectorUlrich SeidlStarsMargarete TieselPeter KazunguInge MauxTeresa, a fifty-year-old Austrian mother, travels to the paradise of the beaches of Kenya, seeking out love from African boys. But she must confront the hard truth that on the beaches of Kenya, love is a business.
- DirectorKim LonginottoInternationally-acclaimed, multiple award winning filmmaker Kim Longinotto (ROUGH AUNTIES, World Cinema Jury Prize in Documentary, Sundance, 2009) returns to Sundance 2013 with the World Premiere of her new documentary, SALMA-the extraordinary story of a woman who becomes the legendary activist, politician, poet, Salma.
- DirectorCatherine CorsiniStarsRaphaël PersonnazClotilde HesmeArta DobroshiThis is the tale of a hit-and-run accident that results in the death of an illegal foreigner. Three men, including a young executive, are aboard the vehicle responsible of the accident and decide to keep silent about the whole thing. But a young woman witnesses it and succeeds in finding the driver, and the wife of the deceased.
- DirectorMaryanne ZéhilStarsNathalie CoupalJoseph AntakiWafa TarabeyMarie, a Canadian editor specialized in testimonies of Genocide survivors, starts to receive anonymous large envelopes with the narrative of Ali, a young Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp in Lebanon. Intrigued, Marie investigates the origin of these envelopes and finds out who is the anonymous writer. This is how she establishes a connection with Joseph, a Lebanese worker hired to paint the offices. A strange relation develops between these two persons who come from very different worlds. But after a while, Joseph abruptly disappears and Marie, overwhelmed by the mission fallen on her, starts a journey into the past, through a small village in Lebanon, in the heart of a bloodthirsty culture were lies the key of all the enigmas.
- DirectorOlga SommerováStarsVera CaslavskaJohn BokVáclav HavelVera Cáslavská, with her seven gold and four silver Olympic medals, represents the most successful Czechoslovak sportswoman of all time as well as the fourth most successful Olympic sportswoman of the world.
- DirectorGoran PaskaljevicStarsMustafa NadarevicPredrag EjdusMeto JovanovskiThe story of a retired music professor, Misha Brankov, who under unusual circumstances discovers his true origins. At the place where once stood a Nazi concentration camp for Jews during World War II, a metal box filled with documents is found. It was buried by an inmate Isaac Weiss in the year 1941. The professor finds out that his real parents, the Weiss's, gave him away to their friends, the Brankovs, just before they were taken into the camp. Inside the box there is an unfinished musical score, called "When day breaks", composed by the inmate Isaac Weiss. Searching for the truth about himself and his origins, Misha discovers the little-known truth about Judenlager Semlin camp, one of the worst Nazi execution sites in the heart of contemporary Belgrade. At the same time, the professor's obsession is to complete the composition, started by his father, and to perform it on the site of the former camp... which he, after many vicissitudes, finally succeeds.
- DirectorLiang YingStarsNai AnKate WenMing SunTaken from a real life miscarriage of justice in China , this adaptation focuses on a mother ,detained in a mental facility, as her son is sentenced to death for taking vengeance on police officials.
- DirectorMichael SarrowStarsMichael B. MoynahanValerie HannaBrie BernsteinSecret cross-dresser Ronnie is able to quickly change clothes when his wife comes home from work early. But he doesn't get off that easy when she finds his lipstick stains and accuses him of cheating.
- DirectorJuan Carlos ManegliaTana SchémboriStarsCelso FrancoVíctor SosaLali GonzalezVíctor receives an unusual proposal, to carry 7 boxes of unknown content through the Market Number 4 but things get complicated along the way.
- DirectorBill MorrisonThe Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in American history. In the spring of 1927, the river broke out of its banks in 145 places and inundated 27,000 square miles to a depth of up to 30 feet. Part of it enduring legacy was the mass exodus of displaced sharecroppers. Musically, the Great Migration of rural southern blacks to Northern cities saw the Delta Blues electrified and reinterpreted as the Chicago Blues, Rhythm and Blues, and Rock and Roll. Using minimal text and no spoken dialog, filmmaker Bill Morrison and composer - guitarist Bill Frisell have created a powerful portrait of a seminal moment in American history through a collection of silent images matched to a searing original soundtrack.
- DirectorTao PengStarsYuanbing GaoDequn HanQifa HongA couple purchases an eleven-year old girl who cannot walk, with the intention of using her to earn money through begging.
- DirectorTamar van den DopStarsJoren SeldeslachtsHalina ReijnKatelijne VerbekeIn late 19th century's Netherlands, an albino woman and a blind man develop an indiscriminate love for one another. Will love be blind?
- DirectorHsiao-Hsien HouStarsJuliette BinocheHippolyte GirardotSimon IteanuA little boy and his baby-sitter inhabit the same imaginary world: through their adventures they are followed by a strange red balloon.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsCherry Pie PicacheKier SegundoEugene DomingoA drama centered on the state of foster care in the Philippines.
- DirectorClaude LelouchStarsFanny ArdantDominique PinonAudrey DanaA popular novelist researches unlikely sources to find characters for her next bestseller.
- DirectorOle BornedalStarsPaprika SteenUlrich ThomsenJonas WandschneiderA group of sixth-graders is convinced their new substitute teacher is actually a menacing alien.
- DirectorYung ChangStarsJerry Bo Yu ChenCampbell Ping HeCindy Shui YuAt the edge of the Yangtze River, not far from the Three Gorges Dam, young men and women take up employment on a cruise ship, where they confront rising waters and a radically changing China.
- DirectorMary Olive SmithStarsCatherine Hamlin"A Walk to Beautiful" tells the story of five women in Ethiopia suffering from devastating childbirth injuries. Rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, these women are left to spend the rest of their lives in loneliness and shame. We follow each of these women on their journey to a special hospital in Addis Ababa where they find solace for the first time in years, and we stay with them as their lives begin to change. Through the intimate experiences all five share, we are no longer in the heart of Africa-we are in the hearts of these women. The trials they endure and their attempts to rebuild their lives tell a universal story of hope, courage, and transformation.
- DirectorPaolo TavianiVittorio TavianiStarsCosimo RegaSalvatore StrianoGiovanni ArcuriInmates at a high-security prison in Rome prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar."
- DirectorRichard PressStarsBill CunninghamAnna WintourMichael KorsA profile of the noted and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer.
- DirectorKristi JacobsonLori SilverbushStarsJeff BridgesTom ColicchioKen CookA documentary that investigates incidents of hunger experienced by millions of Americans, and proposed solutions to the problem.
- DirectorFreida Lee MockStarsGreg BoyleA look at the life and work of a gang reformer.
- DirectorRichard BergeBonni CohenNicole NewnhamStarsJoan AllenE. Randol SchoenbergMaria AltmannThe story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.
- DirectorAnthony PowellStarsAnthony PowellGenevieve BachmanWilliam BrotmanA visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in Antarctica for a full year, including winters isolated from the rest of the world, and enduring months of darkness in the coldest place on Earth.
- DirectorPer FlyStarsEdda MagnasonSverrir GudnasonKjell BergqvistThe world famous Swedish jazz singer, actress and icon Monica Zetterlund's life through stardom and hardship.
- DirectorArild Østin OmmundsenStarsSilje SalomonsenTomas Alf LarsenEgil BirkelandA woman goes to prison for murder. After being released back into society, she tries to create a new life for her and her now-nine-year-old daughter. But her dark past comes back to haunt her and threaten both of their lives.
- DirectorSébastien PiloteStarsGabriel ArcandGilles RenaudLucie LaurierWhen his grown daughter returns to the family farm in desperate need of money, solitary and stoic Gaby will be asked to sacrifice everything for those closest to him. WINNER - Cannes Film Festival
- DirectorJan VerheyenStarsKoen De BouwJohan LeysenVeerle BaetensA Belgian business executive takes on his country's justice system after a procedural error that released his wife's murderer drives him to take matters into his own hands.
- DirectorShi WeiStarsGuangda ZhouIn the remote mountains of Enshi in Central China, the river Dasha separates a village in two. When villagers need to cross the river to cultivate their lands or to go to the nearby city, the only way is to take an old boat from old Tian. For three generations, the Tians have undertaken to make people cross the river for free. Tian's wife died a few years ago and his only son Chuanjie works in the city. Tian Hai lives alone in his small squalid hut, making do with very little. Tian Chuanjie comes to see his aged widower father. He tries to convince him to stop these crossing of the river. The young man will spend a whole summer in the village, trying to understand the reasons pushing a human being to help others without return.
- DirectorChristian SchwochowStarsJördis TriebelTristan GöbelJacky IdoShe Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.
- DirectorKirk MarcolinaMatthew PondStarsEunetta T. BooneJean HerbertThomas JacquesTells the real life story of an 80 year old international jewel thief. Features interviews with Doris Payne, her daughter and son, her childhood best friend and law enforcement officers. Doris tells stories that include a daring escape, how she used "sleight of hand", and the first time she "took" a piece of jewelry at the age of 10. As the movie begins we see Doris dealing with her most current charges and the possibility of facing a term in prison. From there the film goes back and forth between the past and the present until we finally learn what her destiny will be after over 50 years as an international jewel thief.
- DirectorFabio GrassadoniaAntonio PiazzaStarsSaleh BakriLuigi Lo CascioSara SerraioccoSalvo is a body guard and hit man for a mafioso. After foiling an attack on his employer, Salvo hunts down the man who organised it and encounters the man's blind sister. She causes Salvo to question himself and his existence.
- DirectorBrenda GoodmanRemember how you learned about sex? Sex(ed): The Movie captures the humor, shock and vulnerability people face when learning about sex, through the lens of the often hilarious, only sometimes informative, sex-ed films from 1910 to the present day.
- DirectorAlain GuiraudieStarsPierre DeladonchampsChristophe PaouPatrick d'AssumçaoSummertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this but wants to live out his passion anyway.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsMarkku PeltolaKati OutinenAnnikki TähtiM arrives in Helsinki only to be viciously attacked by thugs and pronounced dead by medics. He revives but with no memory of his past or his identity. He rebuilds his life from scratch, but the past inevitably catches up with him.
- DirectorAlex van WarmerdamStarsJan BijvoetHadewych MinisJeroen PercevalA vagrant enters the lives of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.
- DirectorRory KennedyStarsRichard NixonHenry KissingerStuart HerringtonDuring the final days of the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbled. An unlikely group of heroes emerged as Americans and South Vietnamese took matters into their own hands.