2009 İSTANBUL FİLM FESTİVALİ
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- DirectorMelis BirderStarsMizan KirbyThe Visitors is a feature length documentary about passengers of a charter bus that leaves New York City every weekend for various prisons located in Upstate New York. Reflecting the struggles of a unique culture living at the intersection of confinement and the free world, the story follows the coordinator of the bus -Denise- whose husband is coming home soon after 17 years of imprisonment.
- DirectorJ.-P. ValkeapääStarsPavel LiskaVitali BobrovJorma TommilaA stranger arrives into a remote farm where a mute boy is living with his mother.
- DirectorJavor GardevStarsZachary BaharovTanya IlievaVladimir PenevMoth is freed on parole after spending time in prison on wrongful conviction of murder. Jailed shortly before the Bulgarian communist coup of 1944, he now finds himself in a new and alien world - the totalitarian Sofia of the 60s. His first night of freedom draws the map of a diabolical city full of decaying neighborhoods, gloomy streets and a bizarre parade of characters.
- DirectorTerence DaviesStarsTerence DaviesGeorge HarrisonJack HawkinsA filmmaker looks at the history and transformation of his birthplace, Liverpool, England.
- DirectorUrsula MeierStarsIsabelle HuppertOlivier GourmetAdélaïde LerouxLife for an isolated rural family is upended when a major highway next to their property, constructed 10 years before but apparently abandoned, is finally opened.
- DirectorElizabeth Chai VasarhelyiStarsYoussou N'DourPeter GabrielMoustapha MbayeSenegalese pop sensation Youssou Ndour has spent the last 20 years in the spotlight as a world-renowned musician and the iconic representative "voice of Africa." At the height of his career, Youssou became frustrated by the negative perception of his Muslim faith and composed Egypt, a deeply spiritual album dedicated to a more tolerant view of Islam. The album's brave musical message was wholeheartedly embraced by Western audiences but ignited serious religious controversy in his homeland of Senegal. The film chronicles the difficult journey Youssou must undertake to assume his true calling.
- DirectorAndy BichlbaumMike BonannoKurt EngfehrStarsReggie WattsMike BonannoAndy BichlbaumTroublemaking duo Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, posing as their industrious alter-egos, expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the faces behind the environmental disaster in Bhopal, and other shocking events.
- DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsPreity G ZintaGick GrewalVansh BhardwajChand, a young Punjabi woman, travels to Canada to marry a man she has never met. They live in a crowded suburban house and Chand has to also put up with her husband's abusive behavior.
- DirectorOlivier AssayasStarsJuliette BinocheCharles BerlingJérémie RenierTwo brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession.
- DirectorKenneth GlenaanStarsRobert CarlyleSteve EvetsRachael BlakeWhile caring for a dying friend, a man reflects back on their youth together.
- DirectorPaula HernándezStarsErnesto AlterioValeria BertuccelliMatias UmpierrezBuenos Aires. It rains. Alma is in her car, stuck in Buenos Aires' traffic. She has recently broken-up with her boyfriend, and she has been living in her little car since then. Suddenly, Roberto gets into the car. He's wet and hurt, he's tired of the rain, of broken dreams. He has come back after thirty years abroad. In this new city he has nothing and nobody, just a father in coma, whom he has no relationship. He promises to leave the car as soon as the rain ceases. Alma, not knowing exactly why lets him in. That night will be different. And the next few days too. There's something new to find in the depth of their hearts.
- DirectorVentura PonsStarsAnna LizaranJoan PeraJoan BorràsA family experiences two traumatic events in a lapse of forty-odd years: the loss of one of the family members and how this affects the others; and the arrival of new neighbors, strangers, who upset the family and supposed social harmony.
- DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsSezer SezinKemal TanriöverSettar KörmükçüAn idealist teacher in national struggle of Turkey and local resident who collaborate with Greeks against her.
- DirectorErden KiralStarsNurgül YesilçayMurat HanTülin ÖzenAydanur, who works at the factory, has a forbidden love with Mahmut, who married his childhood friend. Hearing this relationship leads to great tragedy.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsMarlon BrandoJean PetersAnthony QuinnThe story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
- DirectorJames McTeigueStarsHugo WeavingNatalie PortmanRupert GravesIn a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.
- DirectorMiguel KohanStarsAníbal AriasErnesto BaffaEmilio BalcarceInterviews with the musicians and singers from Argentina's golden days of Tango.
- DirectorRaymond DepardonThis documentary follows the daily life of a section of the police station of the fifth "arrondissement" (district) of Paris.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsYavuz BingölHatice AslanAhmet Rifat SungarA family suffers from a major communication breakdown during their struggle to get through their hardships.
- DirectorMika KaurismäkiStarsKari HeiskanenPertti SveholmTimo TorikkaThree friends facing a midlife crisis go on an unforgettable night of boozing in this drama/comedy. Matti, a man anxiously awaiting his firstborn, Erkki, a ladies' man who has lost his family, and Rauno, a failed actor, come together on Christmas Eve. Looking to shake their loneliness, the crew heads to a karaoke bar, kicking off a night that'll change all three forever.
- DirectorThomas SiebenStarsKen DukenFranziska WeiszJosef HeynertYoung introvert Daniel Bauer works as a gardener in the botanical gardens, where he gets to know Jana, one of his colleagues. Jana, however, starts to suspect that there's something not quite right about Daniel... Unafraid to expose the shocking brutality of murder, writer/director Thomas Sieben cleverly weaves together a chilling study of a serial killer and a story of damaged love. This disturbing and oppressive portrait of a mass murderer is ostensibly as cold and restrained as its hero. Through him, the film speaks of anonymity, violence, and the lack of a sense of fulfillment in today's world.
- DirectorMahmut Fazil CoskunStarsNadir SaribacakGörkem YeltanMurat ErgunMuezzin Musa falls for his neighbor, the Catholic nurse Clara. The story gets even more exceptional when Musa meets Yakup, who turns out to be connected with Clara.
- DirectorSteve JacobsStarsJohn MalkovichNatalie BeckerJessica HainesAfter having an affair with a student, a Cape Town professor moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post-apartheid politics.
- DirectorHeddy HonigmannHeddy Honigmann returns to her birthplace of Lima, Peru to reacquaint herself with a place and people dear to her heart.
- DirectorJames TobackStarsMike TysonMills LaneTrevor BerbickA mixture of original interviews, archival footage, and photographs sheds light on the life experiences of Mike Tyson.
- DirectorMurat SekerStarsSinan AkkusPinar ErincinRecai Hallac
- DirectorSergei DvortsevoyStarsAskhat KuchinchirekovTolepbergen BaisakalovSamal YeslyamovaOn the steppes of Kazakhstan, Asa lives in a yurt with his sister Samal, her husband Ondas, and their three children. Ondas is a herdsman, tough and strong. It's dry, dusty, and windy; too many lambs are stillborn. Against this backdrop, Asa, a dreamer who's slight of build and recently finished with a stint in the Russian Navy, tries to establish a life on the steppes. He, his friend Boni, and Ondas call on Tulpan, the only single girl in the area. The men talk to her parents while she listens out of sight. Her answer and Asa's later trips to talk to her form an arc of hope against the harsh land. Is this the place of Asa's dreams? What about the other lambs?
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsAlfredo CastroAmparo NogueraHéctor MoralesA man is obsessed with John Travolta's disco dancing character from Saturday Night Fever (1977).
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsTeruyuki KagawaKyôko KoizumiYû KoyanagiAn ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsDevon BostickRachel BlanchardLouca TassoneFor his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy.
- DirectorNa Hong-jinStarsKim Yoon-seokHa Jung-wooSeo Yeong-hieA disgraced ex-policeman who runs a small ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time when one of his women goes missing.
- DirectorFernando EimbckeStarsDiego CatañoHector HerreraDaniela ValentineA story of a teenager and the strange events that take place in his small town.
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsDavid CarradineRonny CoxMelinda DillonThe early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.
- DirectorAbbas KiarostamiStarsMahnaz AfsharPegah AhangaraniTaraneh AlidoostiWomen's expressions are captured as they watch Khosrow and Shirin, a 12th-century Persian play staged by Kiarostami, revealing their reactions to the unseen narrative.
- DirectorGerardo NaranjoStarsJuan Pablo de SantiagoMaria DeschampsMartha Claudia MorenoTale of a young couple who throw caution to the wind and set out in search of their true fate. Román is the son of a contemptible, right-leaning congressman. Recently enrolled in a new high school, the rebellious teen clumsily attempts to hang himself on-stage at the big talent show. Maru is the sole member of the audience to applaud, earning both students a day of detention. After bonding during the course of their punishment, Román and Maru grab daddy's gun, steal a Volkswagen, and hit the road bound for nowhere.
- DirectorIlan Duran CohenStarsMarina FoïsLorànt DeutschJeanne BalibarA banker has died. He trafficked in nuclear material, so French intelligence assign two agents to find his list of contacts, which are on a flash drive: Muriel - the boss, acerbic, willing to sleep with any man, wondering if she should have a child - and Philippe, younger, boyish, meticulous, bothered by Muriel's frank sexual interest. They watch Constance, the banker's widow: a naïf, friendly, open, trusting. She's taking opera lessons, so the French spies join the class, which Muriel enjoys. It seems that other spies are after the same USB, and some of them sing as well. Singing, spying, and sex lead to duets of all kinds as well as to an eventual showdown.
- DirectorBill PlymptonStarsDaniel NeidenMaureen McElheronMarty NelsonA songwriter in love with his demanding boss's secretary enters an alternate, wacky world where a much-needed hit tune may be created from his heart.
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsMelih SelcukBasak KöklükayaRiza AkinYusuff has a hard time defining his adulthood. In one hand, there are his mother's expectations while on the other hand his passions.
- DirectorRaymond DepardonStarsMichèle Bernard-RequinThis documentary is a collection of footage of 14 suspects being 'interviewed' by the deputy public prosecutors.
- DirectorCarl DealTia LessinStarsMichael BrownGeorge W. BushJulie Chen MoonvesA redemptive tale of an aspiring rap artist surviving failed levees and her own troubled past and seizing a chance for a new beginning.
- DirectorSylvie VerheydeStarsLéora BarbaraMélissa RodriguèsLaëtitia GuerardParis, 1977. Eleven year old Stella knows poker better than grammar when she starts the year at a prestigious new school. There, she discovers the possibilities of a whole new world outside her parents' bar.
- DirectorAstra TaylorStarsKwame Anthony AppiahJudith ButlerMichael HardtIn Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas.
- DirectorÖzcan AlperStarsOnur SaylakMegi KobaladzeSerkan KeskinA man struggles after his release from ten years as a political prisoner.
- DirectorKazim ÖzStarsAga ErelAyse ErelDilara Erel
- DirectorErdogan TokatliStarsEdiz HunSelma GüneriTijen ParWhat the poor parents of Ayse plan for their two beautiful daughters is to marry them with wealthy husbands. After his older sister, it's Ayse's turn to get married, but Ayse falls in love with the newly graduated and poor engineer Oguz.
- DirectorRuya Arzu Koksal
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsMichel GomesCris ViannaMarcello Melo Jr.A chronicle of a real-life bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro that occurred on June 12, 2000.
- DirectorShane MeadowsStarsPiotr JagielloIreneusz CzopPerry BensonA black-and-white study of a social environment in London, concentrating on a pair of unlikely new friends and the girl they both fancy.
- DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsTommy Lee JonesJohn GoodmanPeter SarsgaardA detective in post-Katrina New Orleans has a series of surreal encounters with a troop of ghostly Confederate soldiers while investigating serial killings of local prostitutes, a 1965 lynching, and corrupt local businessmen.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsLatifaAhmad BedairAhmad WafiqDrama about Malak, a rich and famous singing star who, when her husband leaves her, takes up with the younger, handsome Lamei. What Malak can't see - but her family can - is that Lamei is only after her money.
- DirectorAntonello GrimaldiStarsNanni MorettiValeria GolinoIsabella FerrariA look at the strange bereavement behavior of an Italian executive. Based on a novel by Sandro Veronesi.
- DirectorPaul HumfressDerek JarmanStarsLeonardo TreviglioBarney JamesNeil KennedyReassigned to a lowly outpost, a Roman guard's Christian beliefs clash with his gay commander's desire for closeness. Being tortured becomes pleasurable.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsKrystyna JandaPawel SzajdaJan EnglertIn small-town Poland in the late 1950s, an aging woman married to a workaholic doctor meets a young man who makes her feel young again. Framed around this story, lead actress Krystyna Janda discusses the death of her husband from cancer.
- DirectorManoel de OliveiraStarsRicardo TrêpaCatarina WallensteinDiogo DóriaA young man falls helplessly in love with a mysterious blonde woman who turns his life upside down.
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsFrank WolffSalvo RandoneFrederico ZardiThe unclear and complicated twists between governal powers, independentist party and Mafia in the Sicily of the '40s culminate with the death of Salvatore Giuliano.
- DirectorBill PlymptonStarsEric GillilandSarah SilvermanDermot MulroneyA gothic '50s high-school comedy about a love-triangle that goes terribly bad, as two young, murdered teens return to their prom to get revenge.
- DirectorGötz SpielmannStarsJohannes KrischIrina PotapenkoAndreas LustEx-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsAlexandra LamySergi LópezMélusine MayanceWhen Katie, an ordinary woman, meets Paco, an ordinary man, something magical happens: a love story. From this union an extraordinary child is born: Ricky.
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsMartin FreemanEva BirthistleJodhi MayAn 'essayistic' documentary in which Greenaway's fierce criticism of today's visual illiteracy is argued by means of a forensic search of Rembrandt's Nightwatch. Greenaway explains the background, the context, the conspiracy, the murder and the motives of all its thirty-four painted characters who have conspired to kill for their combined self-advantage. Greenaway leads us through Rembrandt's paintings into seventeenth-century Amsterdam. He paints a world that is democratic in principle, but is almost entirely ruled by twelve families. The notion exists of these regents as charitable and compassionate entities. However, reality was different.
- DirectorBruce McDonaldStarsStephen McHattieLisa HouleGeorgina ReillyA radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.
- DirectorAmat EscalanteStarsJesus Moises RodriguezRubén SosaNina ZavarinJesus and Fausto, two low-paid Mexican laborers working illegally across the border in LA, are offered big money and a sawn-off shotgun to break into the home of a drug addicted single mother and take her hostage.
- DirectorCaner CanerikStarsAli SanliCevahir SanliKamer Güler
- DirectorThomas Borch NielsenTonni ZinckStarsPeter FrödinTrine DyrholmLars HjortshøjTwo lowly earthworms, Gloria and Barry, decide to make the world's greatest disco band which helps them rise from the bottom of the food chain to stardom proving that earthworms can boogie too.
- DirectorYesim UstaogluStarsTsilla CheltonDerya AlaboraOnur ÜnsalWhen an aging matriarch starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in Istanbul must navigate a minefield of unresolved issues to care for her.
- DirectorPatrick-Mario BernardPierre TrividicStarsDominique BlancPeter BonkeCyril GueïAnne-Marie leaves Alex. Unlike him, who would like to lead a real married life, she wants to protect her freedom. They split up without any problems and continue to see one another. However, when Anne-Marie finds out that Alex has a new woman, she is madly jealous. She plunges into a troubling world that is full of signals and threats.
- DirectorJan TroellStarsMaria HeiskanenMikael PersbrandtJesper ChristensenIn a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.
- DirectorMüjde Arslan
- DirectorAlbertina CarriStarsAnalía CouceyroJavier LorenzoVíctor Hugo CarrizoA married woman with a mute daughter has a forbidden relationship with the single father of a teenage boy.
- DirectorAdrian SitaruStarsAdrian TitieniIoana FloraMaria DinulescuThe story of some ordinary people who undergo a relationship crisis, as well as a consciousness crisis - people who find themselves in an extreme situation and give up their principles.
- DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsKinuyo TanakaTsukie MatsuuraIchirô SugaiFollows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.
- DirectorMorgan SpurlockStarsMorgan SpurlockGeorge BushDick CheneyMorgan Spurlock tours the Middle East to discuss the war on terror.
- DirectorÇagri KinikogluGloria RolandoStarsNazim HikmetA story of brotherhood and hope... The great Turkish poet of equality and freedom, Nazim Hikmet (1902-1963), had visited Cuba in 1961, due to the invitation of his friend and colleague Cuban poet Nicholas Guillen. After the attempt of the invasion of Bay of Pigs of the USA, Nazim went to Cuba for solidarity and also to observe the enthusiasm of the Cuban Revolution. Through the testimonies of Cuban intellectuals whom had met with Nazim in this joyous voyage and through the witnesses of the Revolution's history and actuality, the film discovers how the Cuban Revolution influenced Nazim and how Nazim influenced the Cuban intellectuals.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsFrancisco RabalMarga LópezRita MacedoA priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but many others do not return the favor.
- DirectorBill PlymptonStarsDan McComasFrancine LobisMatthew BrownMarooned by design in a strange asteroid inhabited by bizarre creatures, a left-for-dead astronaut miraculously heads back to Earth with a band of abominable mutant aliens to tie up some loose ends, after twenty long years in oblivion.
- DirectorAtalay TasdikenStarsElif BülbülMehmet BülbülMete DönmezerA brother and sister are split up after their mother dies, their father remarries, and their new stepmother rejects them.
- DirectorRaymond DepardonStarsPaul ArgaudLouis BrèsMarcelle BrèsThird documentary of a trilogy produced on the long term (together with Profils paysans: l'approche (2001) and Profils paysans: le quotidien (2005)), showing the simple lives of farmers in contemporary Southern France.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsSean PennJosh BrolinEmile HirschThe story of American gay activist Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and was elected as California's first openly gay official.
- DirectorNur AkalinStarsMehmet Gökalp ArikanSenay AydinYasar EyübogluSinan is an ordinary man who works on a construction site. When he witnesses the death of his boss, they will take him to the police station. As he also has a close friend who died in front of him, he is the primary suspect. He is afraid that the police will not understand his situation. He is also running away from the Army; therefore he doesn't reveal his identity. The police will have a hard time finding who he is.
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsGael García BernalMichelle WilliamsMarife NecesitoWhen a father has to leave his family in New York, for a business trip to Thailand in the gaming industry, fatal destinies collid.
- DirectorLisandro AlonsoStarsJuan FernándezNieves CabreraGiselle IrrazabalA merchant sailor returns to his home in Tierra del Fuego after spending most of his life at sea.
- DirectorRune Denstad LangloStarsAnders BaasmoKyrre HellumMarte AunemoNORTH Following a nervous breakdown, ski athlete Jomar has isolated himself in a lonely existence as the guard of a ski park. When he learns that he might be the father of a child way up north, he sets on a strange and poetic journey through Norway on a snowmobile, with 5 liters of alcohol as sole provisions. On this trip through amazing arctic landscapes, Jomar seems to do everything in his power to avoid reaching his destination. He meets other tender and confused souls, who will all contribute to push Jomar further along his reluctant journey towards the brighter side of life.
- DirectorPaul Andrew WilliamsStarsAndy SerkisReece ShearsmithJennifer EllisonA tough, cute woman is kidnapped for ransom and brought to a rural English cottage. David and two morons have way more to worry about than her crime boss stepdad, his two Asian killers and her.
- DirectorJean-Stéphane SauvaireStarsChristophe MinieDaisy Victoria VandyJoseph DuoA cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in the West African Country Liberia.
- DirectorEdwinStarsJoko AnwarClarine BaharrizkiLadya CherylThe experiences of a woman and the people around her, all with obsessive agendas of their own. A fragile but panoramic vision of a community that is not at ease with itself - and hopes that can never be truly fulfilled.
- DirectorAsli ÖzgeStarsFikret PortakalMurat TokgözUmut IlkerThe stories of three men working at the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul are told by the original characters, in this mosaic depicting real persons exposing their lives and aspirations.
- DirectorKristian LevringStarsUlrich ThomsenPaprika SteenEmma Sehested HøegA man signs up for a test trial of a new anti-depressant as a way to change his life. When the trial is called off, he continues taking the medication with violent results.
- DirectorJulie DelpyStarsJulie DelpyDaniel BrühlWilliam HurtA 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.
- DirectorDoris DörrieStarsElmar WepperHannelore ElsnerAya IrizukiAfter Rudi's wife Trudi suddenly dies, he travels to Japan to fulfill her dream of being a Butoh dancer.
- DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsYilmaz GüneyNilüfer KoçyigitKadir SavunThe daughter of the lord of the village and a poor herdsman cannot get married for traditional reasons, but the village elders find a way out of this dilemma: if the herdsman manages to make his thirsty sheep cross the river without drinking from the water then the marriage will be allowed.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsElizabeth TaylorPaul NewmanBurl IvesBrick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
- DirectorMarco BechisStarsClaudio SantamariaAlicélia Batista CabreiraChiara CaselliWhen a tribe of indigenous Guarani Indians attempts to re-inhabit their ancestral land, which lies on the border of a wealthy landowner's fields, tensions escalate.
- DirectorMehmet Bahadir ErMaryna Er GorbachStarsCemal ToktasVolga SorguAyfer DönmezRestless and young, best buddies Selim and Çaça live a meager existence on the outskirts of Istanbul. By day they breed pigeons on the roof, by night they roam the streets with their entourage in their pimped-up car, "My Orange Angel". Their neighborhood's view of the city's gigantic business towers accelerates their ambitions.
- DirectorFotos LambrinosStarsMihri BelliManos ZahariasA Turk, born in 1915, who after the Greek-Turkish war (1919-1922) was a devout nationalist and fanatic enemy of the Greeks, decides in 1947 to illegally visit the Greek north-eastern mountains at Thrace in order to fight in the Greek Civil War on the side of the Greek Guerrillas (Communists). Today, at the age of 92, he makes a journey back to Greece where he fought to visit again the battle fields and if possible to meet again with his comrades.
- DirectorEd HarrisStarsEd HarrisViggo MortensenRenée ZellwegerTwo friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
- DirectorPablo FendrikStarsArturo GoetzNahuel Pérez BiscayartGuillermo ArengoCab driver Arturo has to find $2000 within 24 hours; his older son, Ramiro, who left home four years ago, has just phoned from Houston asking for urgent help.
- DirectorÖzlem AkovaligilStarsMesut AkustaAyberk AtillaSemahat GorusaninSemahat's parents emigrated to Istanbul from Sarajevo many years ago, decides to take a journey to her homeland in spite of her late age. There is no meaning of the past and no hope for the future for those who are struggling to survive.
- DirectorPanos H. KoutrasStarsMina OrfanouYannis KokiasmenosMinos TheoharisYorgos is released from prison after 14 years of incarceration for a murder he committed. He meets Strella, a young transsexual sex worker. They spend the night together and soon they fall in love. But the past is catching up with Yorgos.
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsMaria FalconettiEugene SilvainAndré BerleyIn 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.
- DirectorAttila GigorStarsZsolt AngerAndrás Márton BalóPéter BlaskóBadly needing money for the treatment of his ill mother, pathologist Tibor Malkáv accepts the proposition of a stranger to murder someone he doesn't know a thing about.
- DirectorCarlos MorenoStarsMarlon MorenoÓscar BordaÁlvaro RodríguezIn the crime world of Colombia, there is an unwritten code. When Víctor and Eusebio, two hoods who bungle a shake-down job, break that code, they unwittingly sign their own death sentence.