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Historic Centre and Ilo Ilo
Alienation (Otchuzjdenie)
(Country: Bulgaria; Year: 2013; Director: Milko Lazarov; Writer: Milko Lazarov, Georgi Tenev, Kitodar Todorov; Stars: Christos Stergioglou, Mariana Zhikich, Ovanes Torosian, Kitodar Todorov)
A Greek man heads to Bulgaria... to buy a newborn baby.
Belated (Deshora)
(Country: Argentina, Colombia, Norway; Year: 2013; Director: Bárbara Sarasola-Day; Stars: Luís Ziembrowski, Alejandro Buitrago, María Ucedo)
Things change for a couple in a troubled marriage when a young man arrives on the scene.
Coast Of Death (Costa da Morte)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2013; Director: Lois Patiño)
Documentary about an area of Galicia considered to be the end of the world by the Romans.
The Dance Of Reality (La Danza De La Realidad)
(Country: Chile; Year: 2013; Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky; Writer: Alejandro Jodorowsky; Stars: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Axel Jodorowsky, Adan Jodorowsky)
The director looks back at his childhood in Chile.
The Eternal Return Of Antonis Paraskevas (I Aionia Epistrofi Tou Antoni Paraskeua)
(Country: Greece; Year: 2013; Director: Elina Psykou; Stars: Christos Stergioglou, Syllas Tzoumerkas, Theodora Tzimou)
A faded TV celebrity desperate for attention fakes his own kidnapping and hides out in an abandoned luxury hotel.
You And The Night and The Strange Colour Of Your Body's Tears
Historic Centre (Centro Histórico)
(Country: Portugal; Year: 2012; Director: Aki Kaurismäki, Pedro Costa, Víctor Erice, Manoel de Oliveira; Writer: Aki Kaurismäki, Pedro Costa, Víctor Erice, Manoel de Oliveira; Stars: Ilkka Koivula, Ventura, António Santos, Manuel ‘Tito’ Furtado, Valdemar Santos, Amândio Martins, Henriqueta Oliveira, Ricardo Trêpa)
Four stories about life in Guimarães, Portugal.
Ida
(Country: Poland, Denmark; Year: 2013; Director: Pawel Pawlikowski; Writer: Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Pawel Pawlikowski; Stars: Agata Kulesza, Joanna Kulig, Dawid Ogrodnik, Adam Szyszkowski, Agata Trzebuchowska)
A novice nun comes face-to-face with her family’s past in 1960s Poland.
Ilo Ilo
(Country: Singapore; Year: 2013; Director: Anthony Chen; Stars: Yeo Yann Yann, Chen Tianwen, Angeli Bayani, Koh Jia Ler)
A family struggles to deal with the impact of the financial crisis.
It's All So Quiet (Boven Is Het Stil)
(Country: Netherlands, Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Nanouk Leopold; Stars: Jeroen Willems, Henri Garcin, Wim Opbrouck, Martijn Lakemeier)
A Dutch farmer opens up about his emotional distance as he anticipates the impending death of his father.
Lifelong (Hayatboyu)
(Country: Turkey, Germany, Netherlands; Year: 2013; Director: Asli Özge; Stars: Defne Halman, Hakan Cimenser)
A tale of lost love and the increasing alienation that blights a middle class couple's relationship.
The Dance Of Reality and Ida
Miracle (Zázrak)
(Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic; Year: 2013; Director: Juraj Lehotsky; Writer: Juraj Lehotsky, Marek Lescák; Stars: Michaela Bendulova, Michaela Bendulová, Michaela Bendulová, Katarina Feldekova, Katarína Feldeková, Ela Lehotská, Robert Roth, Robo Roth)
Story of a 15-year-old who is sent to a detention centre because of an affair with a much older man.
Miss Zombie
(Country: Japan; Year: 2013; Director: Hiroyuki Tanaka; Writer: Hiroyuki Tanaka; Stars: Ayaka Komatsu, Makoto Togashi, Toru Tezuka, Okito Serizawa, Tarô Suruga, Riku Ohnishi, Takaya Yamauchi)
A high society family in rural Japan receives a post package with a new housemaid, who is… somewhat different.
Morning Star
(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: Sophie Blondy; Writer: Philippe Benkemoun, Sophie Blondy; Stars: Denis Lavant, Iggy Pop, Tchéky Karyo, Béatrice Dalle, Natacha Régnier, Bruno Putzulu, Laura Favali, Roland Menou, Zimsky, Sissi Duparc, Hervé Chenais, Dominique Rocher, Michel Adam de Villiers, Patrick Mimoun, Erland Malmberg)
Drama set within the confines of a circus.
Our Heroes Died Tonight (Nos héros sont morts ce soir)
(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: David Perrault; Writer: David Perrault; Stars: Denis Ménochet, Jean-Pierre Martins, Constance Dollé, Pascal Demolon, Alice Barnole, Yann Collette, Pablo Nicomedes, Philippe Nahon)
Black and white drama about two downbeat wrestlers.
The Police Officer's Wife (Die Frau des Polizisten)
(Country: Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Philip Gröning; Writer: Philip Gröning; Stars: Alexandra Finder, David Zimmerschied, Pia Kleemann, Chiara Kleemann, Horst Rehberg, Katharina Susewind, Lars Rudolph, Fabian Stromberger)
Study of the effects of domestic abuse on a young family.
Ship Of Theseus
(Country: India; Year: 2012; Director: Anand Gandhi; Writer: Anand Gandhi, Anand Gandhi, Pankaj Kumar, Khushboo Ranka; Stars: Aida El-Kashef, Sohum Shah, Neeraj Kabi, Vinay Shukla, Sameer Khurana, Manoj Shah, Faraz Khan, Vipul Binjola, Ramnik Parekh, Sunip Sen)
A documentary style drama, set in contemporary Mumbai, about three separate philosophical stories, which converge at a single point of illumination.
The Strange Colour Of Your Body's Tears (L’étrange Couleur Des Larmes De Ton Corps, The Strange Color Of Your Body's Tears)
(Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg; Year: 2013; Director: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani; Writer: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani; Stars: Klaus Tange, Jean-Michel Vovk, Sylvia Camarda, Sam Louwyck, Anna D’annunzio, Manon Beuchot)
A woman's disappearance forms the central mystery in this visually stylish neo-giallo.
Story Of My Death (Historia De La Meva Mort)
(Country: Spain, France; Year: 2013; Director: Albert Serra; Stars: Vincenc Altaio Morral, Lluis Massanellas Serrat, Clara Visa, Noelia Rodenas, Jordi Pau Costa)
This is Sanlitun
(Country: China, Iceland, Australia, Ireland; Year: 2013; Director: Róbert I Douglas; Writer: Róbert I Douglas, Carlos Ottery, Christopher Loton, Róbert I. Douglas, Peter Walters; Stars: Carlos Ottery, Christopher Loton, Ai Wan, Cromwell Cheung, David Kenneth Vaughan, Hugo Catonné, Daniel Douglas-Li, Hu Gaoxiang, Hui Ting Kang, Yi Xin Kuang, Leonardo Lee, Greg Lepkoff, Gerry Mattios, Anastasia Nobobranova, Efraim Smits)
A westerner heads to Beijing... and gets more than he bargained for.
You And The Night (Les Rencontres D'Après Minuit)
(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Yann Gonzalez; Writer: Yann Gonzalez; Stars: Kate Moran, Niels Schneider, Nicolas Maury, Eric Cantona, Fabienne Babe, Alain Delon Jr.)
A couple prepare to welcome guests for the evening but the atmosphere is tense.
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