Selection of 16 indpendent feature films made outside the US. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize was The Hero, while the audience favoured Brothers. A Special Jury Prize was also given to Jorge Gaggero for Live-In Maid.
Two brothers are faced with a trauma that profoundly transforms their relationship, their family and their judgement between right and wrong.
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2004; Director: Susanne Bier; Writer: Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen; Stars: Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sarah Juel Werner, Rebecca Løgstrup, Bent Mejding, Solbjørg Højfeldt, Niels Olsen, Paw Henriksen, Lars Hjortshøj, Lars Ranthe)
Crónicas
In a small town in Ecuador, fear grips the public as a serial rapist and murderer relentlessly stalks local children. Into the centre of the horror strides a TV journalist who has been covering the case.
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2004; Director: Sebastián Cordero; Writer: Sebastián Cordero; Stars: John Leguziamo, Leonor Watling, Damián Alcázar, Jose Maria Yazpik)
The Forest For The Trees
(Der Wald Vor Lauter Bäumen)
A girl leaves the countryside to take a city job as a high school teacher, but faces a struggle to cope with the change.
(Country: Germany; Year: 2003; Director: Maren Ade; Writer: Maren Ade; Stars: Eva Loebau, Daniela Holtz, Jan Neumann, Ilona Schulz, Robert Schupp, Heinz Röser-Dümmig, Martina Eckrich, Nina Fiedler, Hans-Rüdiger Kucich, Ruth Köppler, Achim Enchelmaier)
Green Chair
(Noksaek Uija)
A divorcee is convicted for seducing a minor., but can she give up her young lover?
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2005; Director: Park Cheol-su; Writer: Kim Jun-han, Park Chul-soo ; Stars: Suh Jung, Shim Ji-ho, Oh Yun-hong, Kim Jeon-han)
The Hero
(O Herói)
A veteran struggles to come to terms with the aftermath of the Angolan civil war.
Mullan brings a gruff, no-nonsense persona to his role, making Frank's emotional journey well worth taking.
A redundant shipworker from Glasgow dreams of swimming the English Channel.
(Country: UK; Year: 2005; Director: Gaby Dellal; Writer: Alex Rose; Stars: Peter Mullan, Brenda Blethyn, Sean McGinley, Jamie Sives, Ron Cook, Benedict Wong, Jodhi May, Billy Boyd, Anne Marie Timoney, Shaun Dingwall, Tony Roper)
Urban drama about best friends and petty thieves who become embroiled in a kidnapping.
(Country: Argentina; Year: 2004; Director: Eduardo Pinto; Writer: Federico Finkielstain, Brian Maya; Stars: Brian Maya, Matías Desiderio, Manuela Pal, Edgardo Nieva, Christina Banegas, Martín Adjemián, Pablo Tagliani, David Di Napoli, Luis María Montanari, Hernán Dalo, Miguel Dedovich)
Stranger
(Ono)
A young woman on an existential journey of discovery, inspiration and love.
(Country: Japan; Year: 2004; Director: Jun Ichikawa; Writer: Jun Ichikawa, based on the book by Haruki Murakami; Stars: Issei Ogata, Rie Miyazawa, Shinohara Takahumi, Hidetoshi Nishijima)
Backpackers go looking for hedonism in the Aussie outback... and find horror.
(Country: Australia; Year: 2005; Director: Greg McLean; Writer: Greg McLean; Stars: John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, Gordon Poole, Guy O'Donnell, Phil Stevenson, Geoff Revell, Andy McPhee, Aaron Sterns, Andrew Reimer, Vicki Reimer, Isabella Reimer, David Rock, Jenny Starvall, Guy Petersen)
