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- DirectorMira NairStarsKal PennIrrfan KhanTabuAmerican-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
- DirectorClyde BruckmanBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMarion MackGlen CavenderAfter being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.
- DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsLouise BrooksFritz KortnerFrancis LedererThe rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
- DirectorDina HaeriStarsMark BowdenClaudia CoulterRupert DegasGrace Andersen never knew how to feel good, hated to feel bad, so she chose to feel nothing.
- DirectorTim McLachlanStarsLuke AlexanderDana BernardDaniel BettyDeep within a dark forest at a faraway adventure camp, a group of young 'camp leaders' play a dangerous game of 'hide and seek'.
- DirectorBrian BedardStarsPatrick J. AdamsShannon ColtraneBrian BedardThis is a real-time story about the suicide of the protagonist, Harold. This film is inspired by true events. We follow him as his best friend, girlfriend, and mother all desert him. He is left with only a snail, representing his dead father. He watches as his world falls apart around him in this 89 minute piece.
- DirectorOlaf de Fleur JohannessonFilmed for over ten years, a monk visits the normal world by disrobing, marrying, divorcing and becoming a monk again.
- DirectorFrançois DompierreStarsJoey KernAlexandra HoldenRichard RoundtreeA critically acclaimed, international festival award winning feature debut the film effectively captures the push-pull of two two people attracted to each other.
- DirectorAda Bligaard Søby
- DirectorMike OttStarsChad CunninghamGranger GreenRyan JohnsenNewhall, California sits about thirty miles north of Los Angeles, not quite the middle of nowhere, but not exactly a real city either. A place where the youth are still stuck living at home, still trying to fit in, and not quite sure where the future will lead. These are the days where they start realizing that real life doesn't always end up like a movie.
- DirectorMilos 'Misa' RadivojevicStarsSvetozar CvetkovicLjuba TadicAnita MancicThe story AWAKENING FROM THE DEAD takes place at the beginning of the bombing, both in Belgrade and in one small town in Serbia, at the end of March 1999. Forty-year-old Mickey, an unaccomplished writer, a disillusioned assistant professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, a discouraged democrat and a columnist, dismissed from a famous daily newspaper, emerges from his own grave and enters into his own life. Within 48 hours, he will try to achieve all those things he couldn't while he was alive. At the same time, post-mortem, he will try to save the dignity of his own community and his tribe, not taking too much care of himself.
- DirectorBenji GarciaStarsGina AlajarNonie BuencaminoAlchris GaluraA 14-year old Batad Boy, a high school dropout, is forced to sell produce in the Banawe market to augment the family income while his father pursues the philantrophic mission of repairing the rice terraces of adjoining Ifugao villages. Exposed to Western modernization in Banawe, the boy obsesses with owning a pair of rubber shoes that he does not really need. In pursuit of his dream sneakers, he takes on all odd jobs imaginable and ultimately becomes a tour guide. During one of his tours, he barters his guide fee for a pair of shoes which are, however, too big for him. Upon possessing the long-desired rubber shoes, he attempts to leave his Ifugao roots and chase big city dreams.
- DirectorS.A. HalewoodStarsBen BarnesAndrey ChadovOvidiu MatesanSpiker & Cobakka are two self-confessed 'pieces of Moscow scum' who come to London to rip it off. This is their guide.
- DirectorAlex OrrStarsMike BruneAnna ChlumskyKatie OrrIn the near future, gas prices are at an astronomical high. One man is determined to find an alternate fuel source. That alternate fuel source turns out to be blood...HUMAN BLOOD.
- DirectorRajko GrlicStarsToni GojanovicSergej TrifunovicEmir HadzihafizbegovicA small border post on the Yugoslav-Albanian border in the spring of 1987. Frustrated and always drunk, lieutenant Pasic feels a strange pain in his groins. He seeks help from the only doctor among the soldiers, Sinisa, who diagnoses a sexually transmitted disease. Not wishing his wife to know about it and trying to find excuses not to go home, he declares a state of emergency, claiming that the Albanian army is preparing an attack against Yugoslavia. A joke transforms into war hysteria: soldiers dig trenches, Pasic grows wilder as the days go by, Sinisa embarks on a dangerous liaison, and his best friend Ljuba decides to leave the army. The situation slowly runs out of control...
- DirectorJens LienStarsTrond FausaPetronella BarkerPer SchaanningIn a strange city where every person seems content beyond reason a new man arrives in town and stirs up trouble by asking too many questions.
- DirectorRussell P. MarleauStarsTad HilgenbrinkBrett ChukermanAldevina Da SilvaA confident, out-of-the-closet gay teenager has the support of an eclectic range of friends while dealing with a homophobic bully during his first year at an international high school.
- DirectorYibai ZhangStarsJun HuCarina LauFan LiaoA story of adultery, jealousy, voyeurism and revenge is told in chapters by three of the characters involved.
- DirectorMatthew Scott HarrisStarsPaul TurnerMary Kay CookHarlan HoganGod gives the owner of a small neighborhood hardware store in Chicago the task of altering his customers' lives by the dimension of three inches - in any manner they desire.
- DirectorDavid HewlettStarsDavid HewlettMars the DogKate HewlettA dysfunctional man living a secluded life believes that he has accidentally killed his sister's TV star fiancé.
- DirectorWayne PriceStarsMevlut AkkayaLucas AkoskinAlex AldiNew York City's most famous and powerful nightclub gatekeeper, Trevor W., has somehow managed to lose his job at the door - but can't shake the documentary film crew following him. Trevor will play tour guide on his awkward journey down to earth as he comes to terms with his ego, identity and career options.
- DirectorÁgnes KocsisAndrea RobertiStarsIzabella HegyiJúlia NyakóAnita TurócziFresh Air is about the tensions between a teenage daughter (Angela) and her single mother (Voila). Voila is a hard working toilet attendant in a metro station in Budapest, Angela a school student aspiring to be a fashion designer. Though mother and daughter hardly speak to each other, they sit down for watching their favorite sitcom. Angela can't stand Voila due to her job, as soon the mother comes home the daughter opens all windows as a sign of her detest against her mother's job.
- DirectorDanny LernerStarsAnat KlausnerSandra SadeUli SternbergA lonely young woman survives a suicide bombing and assumes the identity of one of its victims. As she moves into his apartment her grip on reality starts to crack.
- DirectorDavid MunroStarsMatt McGrathJudah FriedlanderAlan CummingA man stuck in the reveries of his youth tracks down the boyhood friend he once tormented, only to find that simpler times were more complicated than he thought.
- DirectorGerardo TortStarsPablo Cabañas BarrientosArmando BartraFélix BautistaA testimonial fabric that attempts to reconstruct the memory of the struggle and the legendary figure of Lucio Cabañas.
- DirectorIris GreenStarsKasey BuckleyMarko MalicThe story, told in real time, is that of a young couple, Cate and Wes, in NYC who have quarantined themselves during a smallpox breakout. As time passes the couple begins to break under the pressure and the flaws of their relationship become exposed. The films dialog heavy, emotionally character driven story follows the life cycle of an entire relationship in one night from fights to sex to heartache and finally to a resolution.
- DirectorBrendan KeownStarsMichael MoriartyWyatt PageLinley SubryanTwo men meet in a train station. One believes he's Hitler, the other, Christ. Their unusual pairing brings together two of the most controversial figures in human history.
- DirectorDavid WachsStarsJack BeersArthur HillerKatherine Oliver94-year-old New Yorker, Jack Beers, has broken the age barrier full force. He can do what most young men can, and his diverse lifetime achievements would take many to accomplish. The film begins with Mayor Bloomberg acknowledging Jack, we see Jack's name on the marquee of Radio City Music Hall, and at 94 he rips a telephone book into 4 pieces with his hands. Jack was raised in poverty in Manhattan, was a strongman, built Radio City Music Hall, at The Manhattan Project he invented something that shortened WW2, erected the Empire State Building spire, was a professional dog trainer, was a film actor in 200+ films, beat terminal illnesses, and today rides 5 miles on a stationary bike. He's "goin' for 100!"
- DirectorFederico HidalgoStarsVanessa BaucheJesse Aaron DwyreConrad PlaTeresa, an alluring Mexican woman, comes to Montreal in search of her husband who had abandoned her in Mexico. In Montreal she meets Fenton, a young man who falls in love with her and convinces her to let him help her find her husband. They criss-cross Montreal in their pursuit, persuading a string of comical characters to reveal clues that will lead them to the wayward husband. In the end, Teresa must decide whether to reveal the painful secret that haunts her.
- DirectorKrisztina GodaStarsJudit SchellKata DobóSándor CsányiDora rejects all men when she discovers that her fiance has been living a double life with another women throughout their relationship (he was married). But with her biological clock ticking, Dora feels the urge to have a baby. She places an ad, searching for sex with no strings attached. When she finds that her choices are limited to three men: Tamas, Ali, and Peter, Dora realizes that her plan is not as simple as she had anticipated.
- DirectorRebecca ChaiklinMichael SkolnikStarsRussell SimmonsRuby DeeWanda BestFilm is set on the front lines of the dramatic campaign to end the "War on Drugs" and repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws.
- DirectorTudor GiurgiuStarsMaria PopistasuIoana BarbuTudor ChirilaIn order to spend more time with her girlfriend, Kiki, the young student Alex decides to give up her room at the student's hostel and move into the house where Kiki lives. A few months later, Alex and Kiki are a couple. Alex suggests to Kiki that they spend the summer at her parents' house in the country. Theirs is a peaceful, idyllic summer. Until Kiki's jealous brother Sandu appears on the scene, wanting to take Kiki back to town.
- DirectorAku LouhimiesStarsSamuli EdelmannMatleena KuusniemiLaura MalmivaaraA story of a priest, who considers himself as a rebel is suddenly asked to run for bishop of Turku.
- DirectorVibeke RingenStarsIngjerd EgebergMats EldøenØystein BenjaminsenMaria is 40 and has three lovely kids and a job she loves, and a father writing pulp fiction in the attic. But the balanced woman loses her grip when two men, successful shrink Fredrik and 22-year-old paraglider Jonas, enter her life.
- DirectorRobin MoranStarsUli AulianiButet KertaradjasaEpy KusnandarA boy is told by his dying father that he can inherit the family business only if he finds a new chicken mascot for the company's logo printed on the soy sauce bottles. But his quest becomes a nightmare as his father's assistant does everything he can to stop him from becoming heir.
- DirectorBranko SchmidtStarsKresimir MikicMei SunLeon LucevThe journey of a Chinese woman and her fellow countrymen as they travel in search of a better place to live, only to end up struggling for survival in the Balkans.
- DirectorDallas JenkinsStarsStephen BaldwinK CallanKirk B.R. WollerFaith Comes in Unexpected Places. Based on the story by the New York Times Best-Selling Author of the Left Behind Series, Jerry B. Jenkins.
- DirectorDale KutzeraStarsPatrick MuldoonElizabeth Ann BennettMackenzie AstinMajor Nick Reed is an intrepid analyst for Army Intelligence. It's his job to locate a secret enemy base whose fighters - the dreaded Ghost Squadron - attack our bombers. Complicating his efforts is a chance meeting with his former love, Lt. Monica Tasty, and her current beau, Major Mitch Dunning. Can Reed find the fighter base in time for the 4th Armoured to attack? Will the Nazi learn our next target and send the Ghost Squadron to attack our bombers? Why do some women fall for the bad boys, completely ignoring the good responsible men right in front of them? Learn the answers in 'At War With Intelligence.'
- DirectorAndrés León BeckerJavier SolarStarsElizabeth CervantesJuan Carlos ColomboJulia UrbiniThe relationship between beautiful Emilia (Elizabeth Cervantes) and her imaginative young daughter, Alicia, is tested in this understated Mexican drama. Disoriented after moving to a new apartment and left to herself when her mother starts bringing men home, Alicia takes refuge in dreams that soon become nightmares, especially after she begins to fear that her mom has become possessed by the vampirish man next door. With a keen eye for the rhythms and struggles of contemporary Mexican family life, this film illuminates the secret worlds of lonely children while never straying from its true subject: the uncommon love between a single mother and her child.
- DirectorJohn JeffcoatStarsJosh HamiltonAyesha DharkerAsif BasraAfter his entire department is outsourced, an American novelty products salesman (Hamilton) heads to India to train his replacement.
- DirectorMatthew NourseStarsRyan DonowhoDominique SwainJames DuvalIn the wake of a sudden loss, Eddy unexpectedly skips town leaving his friends to mourn for him. A vagabond musician, Eddy runs until there is nowhere to run but home.
- DirectorQuang Hai NgoStarsDo Thi Hai YenTa AmNguyen Thai AnSet in a breath-taking primitive landscape in the mountainous provinces of Vietnam, the film tells the story of a Hmong tribe girl named Pao. She was raised by her stepmother, for her real mother left her when she was little. One day, her stepmother dies in an accident, and she begins to track down her birth mother. But her journey turns out to disclose an unsealed sentimental drama of the family in the past.
- DirectorStan SchofieldStarsAshley Lynette BrownPatrick Michael BuckleyMichael CullenA timely blue-collar romantic comedy about a four-way friendship that gets......complicated.
- DirectorMatthias LuthardtStarsSebastian UrzendowskyMarion MitterhammerClemens BergAfter his father's suicide, confused angsty 16 year old Paul goes to stay with his uncle's family. His uncle's wife is also unhappy with her life, so she and Paul have sex and only end up feeling even worse afterwards. Things get ugly.
- DirectorOle Christian MadsenStarsMads MikkelsenStine StengadeBorivoj NavrátilChristoffer and Maja's trip to Prague to bring back Chistoffer's deceased father evolves into the story of a break-up. In the wake of the events that follow, secrets gradually emerge which threaten to destroy their marriage.
- DirectorJanne KuusiStarsPamela TolaMikko LeppilampiOuti MäenpääA soap opera screenwriter writes a romance for herself and the star of the show.
- DirectorPéter TímárStarsGabi SzabóZsolt LászlóTibor Gáspár
- DirectorKenneth KainzStarsAnders MatthesenLaura BroMorten SuurballeKriss lives at a mental institution, where he spends all day watching an old black-and-white film called "Rene hjerter". One day he and his friend, Willy, escapes the institution to find the star of "Rene hjerter", Ulla Vilstrup.
- DirectorRamón CervantesStarsCarmen BeatoRocío VerdejoSandra RodríguezMexico City, 1960. Aurelia lives a happy life with her husband, Andrés, and their daughters, Leonor and Beatriz. When Aurelia becomes pregnant with their third child, Andrés suddenly dies in an accident, and Aurelia is left to cope on her own. Years later, the oldest daughter, Leonor, quits school to help support the family. Immersed in her music, Beatriz, is letting life slip by her. Nadia only wants to seek new experiences. Aurelia starts to lose her sensibility to pain. The family becomes so alienated and bizarre that they start to mirror the surreal house they live in and both disintegrate in unison. Ciudad de México, 1960. Auerelia vive feliz con Andrés y sus pequeñas Leonor y Beatriz. En visperas de tener a su tercera hija, él muere en un accidente. Años después, Leonor, la hija mayor, ha dejado los estudios para ayudar a Aurelia a mantener la casa. Beatriz, inmersa en la música, deja que la vida se la resbale como una extraña melodía. La adolescente Nadia tiene un sólo interés: buscar nuevas experiencias. Aurelia comienza a perder la sensibilidad al dolor y las relacíones familiares se enrarecen hasta la irrealídad, al punto que la familia se va desintegrando como la casa que habita.
- DirectorJiarui ZhangStarsWei FanLu HuangHongyi LiAboard a bus in the rural mountains of China, a naive young girl name Li Chunfen attends to passengers' needs, all the while speaking of the virtues of the Communist Party. The always loyal Li is happy to serve the driver, Old Cui, a kind of father figure to her who also acts as the consoling voice of the party. When she develops an acute case of puppy love for a frequent passenger -- an emotion that leads to a chased kiss and a rape report, she learns all too well that her party and driver might not always have her best interests in mind. But how big of hand will the Cultural Revolution play in Li's life? How much control will she have over her own fate? Spanning five decades of Li's life, The Road is a coming-of-age tale of epic proportions. Heartbreakingly beautiful -- the countryside cinematography is jaw-dropping -- and tragically timely, the film stands out as a masterful work from a powerful new Chinese voice, director Zhang Jiarui, reminding us of a painful history and warning us never to repeat it.
- DirectorAmat EscalanteStarsFernando CoronaCirilo Recio DávilaKenny JohnstonDiego's job is counting people as they enter a large government building. After work, he and his wife Blanca lie on the couch, watch soap operas, or make love on the kitchen table. Their relationship is based on having sex, watching TV, and fighting, until one day their routine is interrupted. Karina, Diego's daughter from a previous marriage, arrives in search of her father's love, but Blanca refuses to accept her. Diego finds himself caught between an extremely jealous wife and a daughter in desperate need of guidance. An astonishing climax will lead Diego to a total loss of control.
- DirectorAaron J. WiederspahnStarsDavid StrathairnIan SomerhalderDaniel GilliesThis off-beat drama about man's search for meaning amidst the ache of despair chronicles Finn, an introspective English teacher entering a mid-life crisis impelled by a recent tragedy, as he sets afoot selling encyclopedias to the town locals.
- DirectorMiroslav MomcilovicStarsBranislav TrifunovicNikola VujovicMilos TimotijevicEveryday lives of people in Belgrade who are obsessed with their weaknesses and led by their passions. Seven independent stories on 7 deadly sins are told in a comical tone.
- DirectorMichael GlawoggerStarsPaulus MankerAugust DiehlMichael OstrowskiTwo yuppies play mean tricks on one another until one joke has fatal consequences.
- DirectorTony KrantzStarsTom CavanaghKathleen YorkLawrence Hilton-JacobsA man gets a colonoscopy. He wakes up in a hospital bed after a wrong operation. He's confused/scared and thinks back at talks at his 40th birthday party about hospital errors, scams etc.
- DirectorArturo Pérez TorresFive masked activists fight against corruption, homophobia, animal abuse, pollution and poverty in Mexico City.
- DirectorDerek SiegStarsLukas HaasJanuary JonesGordon BassSWEDISH AUTO is the dramatic story of a small-town mechanic who voyeuristically observes life from the shadows. When he discovers that a young woman is similarly watching him, he is compelled to confront a world that he has always avoided.
- DirectorVanessa RothAlexandra Dickson GrayStarsMick Del RosarioKayla BaconSam ArabianIn the fall of 2004, during a crucial American election, 'The Third Monday in October' explores student council campaigns nationwide, providing a candid portrayal of politics as seen through the perspective of 12-year-olds.
- DirectorLisa GornickStarsRaquel CassidyLisa GornickSarah PattersonA wry interweave film about baby making and how as time marches on the decision gets more intense and less romantic.
- DirectorGene RheeStarsJordan BelfiJohn ChurchillJosie DavisA provocative, sexy and insightful exploration of relationships between men and women and why we all still yearn for love despite the trouble with romance.
- DirectorDejan SorakStarsGoran NavojecBorko PericTarik FilipovicAnte and Dusko are two Dream Team players. Besides being a Croat and a Serb who fought on opposite sides in the war, both used to be volleyball players. Today, they live normal lives, one in a remote craggy region, the other in Banja Luka. There is little chance of them ever meeting again. The International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague has indicted Colonel Skoko, a hero to some, a criminal to the others. The two main witnesses to his defense, Mato and Joso, have disappeared without a trace. Skoko's sponsor from the intelligence circles, Antisa, wants to find two men resembling Mato and Joso, to impersonate them before the Hague investigators, and hopefully bring down the indictments. Naturally, the two men he finds are none other than our heroes, Ante and Dusko
- DirectorM. dot StrangeStarsChaylon BlancettDavid ChoeStuart MahoneyTwo outcasts fight for survival in a sinister fantasy world. Their lives are constantly in jeopardy after they're caught in the middle of a deadly battle between bizarre monsters on their way to the ice cream shop.
- DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsBent MejdingAnders W. BerthelsenJens Jørn SpottagA boy, inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., challenges a repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark.
- DirectorMatt BissonnetteStarsLukas HaasMolly ParkerAdam ScottA troubled young man's sudden return after a mysterious five-year disappearance reunites him with his wife and his best friend.
- DirectorRaimon MasllorensStarsAna FernándezPep MunnéCarolina PfaffenbauerLucía is a painter, happily married with two children who suffers a domestic accident. As a results she looses her sight. She begins a journey into herself, discovering what she couldn't see before about her own life.
- DirectorHenry PincusStarsMichael BiehnAdam CampbellKatie CassidySix people in Los Angeles recall their misadventures from the previous night at a club.
- DirectorStephane GaugerStarsCat LyThe Lu LeHan Thi PhamIn modern-day Saigon, three lonely strangers form a unique family as a ten-year old orphan plays matchmaker to a zookeeper and a beautiful flight attendant.
- DirectorSylvia BinsfeldStarsZachary NascarSylvia BinsfeldDominique LongThe breathtakingly, beautiful fantasy film, Dorme, sweeps the audience away on a magical journey into the world of dreams; that mystical place we go to play when our bodies sleep at night. Dorme is a celebration of the sub-conscious mind, an artistic feast for the eyes and an escape for the soul. The story is told as a boy is lulled to sleep by a captivating melody and his adventure of transformation and discovery begins.