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The Black Virgin and Before The Fall
The Anarchist's Wife (La Mujer del Anarquista)
(Country: Germany, Spain, France; Year: 2008; Director: Marie Noelle, Peter Sehr; Writer: Marie Noelle, Ray Loriga; Stars: María Valverde, Juan Diego Botto, Ivana Baquero, Nina Hoss, Jean-Marc Barr, Laura Morante, Irene Montalà, Adrià Collado, Biel Durán, Pere Arquillué)
During the Spanish Civil War an idealistic young lawyer combating Franco's Fascist troops is separated from his wife and children.
The Appeared (Aparecidos)
(Country: Spain/Argentina/Sweden; Year: 2007; Director: Paco Cabezas; Writer: Paco Cabezas; Stars: Ruth Díaz, Javier Pereira, Pablo Cedron, Leonora Balcarce, Luciano Caceres, Hector Bidonde, Isabela Ritto, Damasco Conde)
Siblings are terrified by tortured ghosts and a brain dead father's legacy in Argentina.
Ashes From The Sky (Cenizas Del Cielo)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2008; Director: José Antonio Quirós; Writer: Ignacio del Moral, Dionisio Pérez, José Antonio Quirós; Stars: Celso Bugallo, Gary Piquer, Clara Segura, Beatriz Rico, Eduardo Antuña, Txema Blasco, Nicolás Fernández Luna, Raquel Hevia, Carlos Kaniowsky, Fran Sariego)
An environmentalist fights for the closure of a power plant.
Awkward (Incómodos)
(Country: Argentina; Year: 2008; Director: Esteban Menis; Writer: Juan Manuel Bernal, Esteban Menis; Stars: Santiago Álvarez, Carolina Tejeda, Ivan Moschner)
An unlikely trio take a road trip to Miramar, for very different reasons.
Before The Fall (Tres Días, 3 Days)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2008; Director: F Javier Gutiérrez; Writer: F Javier Gutiérrez, Juan Velarde; Stars: Víctor Clavijo, Mariana Cordero, Eduard Fernández, Juan Galván, Ana de las Cuevas, Daniel Casadellà, Elvira de Armiñán, Marilo Muñoz, Vicente Romero, Pepe Salas)
A family face a serial killer... and the apocalypse.
Cowards and Sleep Dealer
The Black Virgin (La Virgen Negra)
(Country: Venezuela; Year: 2008; Director: Ignacio Castillo Cottin; Writer: Ignacio Castillo Cottin; Stars: Carmen Maura, Julio Rodríguez, Matheus Nachtergaele, Angélica Aragón, Carolina Torres, Carolina Torres, Francisco Díaz, Caridad Canelón, Martín Peyrú, César Suárez), Official Site
A town's church virgin begins granting favours... but people should be careful what they wish for.
Cowards (Cobardes)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2008; Director: José Corbacho, Juan Cruz; Writer: José Corbacho, Juan Cruz; Stars: Eduardo Garé, Elvira Mínguez, Eduardo Espinilla, Paz Padilla, Antonio de la Torre, Lluís Homar)
Communication breakdown and teenage bullying in a privileged Spanish day school.
Dead Hand Knocking (Mà morta, truca a la porta!)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2008; Director: Ramón Costafreda; Writer: Miquel Obiols, Sergi Pàmies; Stars: Leticia Dolera, Pablo Derqui, Gonzalo Cunill, Agustí Villaronga, Carol García, Carlos Blanco, Antonio Durán 'Morris', Mario Chichelnitzky, Georgina Amorós, Daniel Hernández)
Seven interlocking tales of sex, love, fate and death.
Empty Nest (El Nido Vacío)
(Country: Argentina, Spain, France, Italy; Year: 2008; Director: Daniel Burman; Writer: Daniel Burman; Stars: Cecilia Roth, Oscar Martínez, Inés Efron, Arturo Goetz)
As a couple's children grow up and leave, their absence exposes cracks in their parents' neglected relationship.
Gods (Dioses)
(Country: Peru, Argentina, France, Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Josue Mendez; Writer: Josue Mendez; Stars: Edgar Saba, Anahí de Cárdenas, Maricielo Effio, Sergio Gjurinovic )
A brother struggles to come to grips with his sister's hedonistic lifestyle.
The Appeared and LT22: Radio La Colifata
Heart Of Time (Corazón del tiempo)
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2009; Director: Alberto Cortés; Writer: Hernann Bellinghaussen, Alberto Cortés; Stars: Rocío Barrios, Francisco Jiménez, Marisela Rodríguez, Doña Aurelia, Leonardo Rodríguez), Official Site
Is love stronger than duty in the heartland of Mexico's rebel community?
The Jar (El Frasco)
(Country: Argentina, Spain; Year: 2008; Director: Alberto Lecchi; Writer: Verónica Chen, Peto Menahem, Pablo Solarz; Stars: Darío Grandinetti, Leticia Brédice, Martin Piroyansky)
Love story of two shy people whose lives connect via a urine sample jar.
The Last Magic Trick (El Último truco. Emilio Ruiz del Río)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2008; Director: Sigfrid Monleón; Writer: Asier Mensuro, Sigfrid Monleón; Stars: Ginette Angosse, Eugenio Caballero, Enzo G. Castellari, Biel Durán, Mateo Gil, Ray Harryhausen, José López Rodero, Juan Mariné, Juan Piquer Simón, Emilio Ruiz del Río)
Documentary about Emilio Ruiz del Río - a master of special effects who has worked on more than 500 films, including Pan's Labyrinth and Dune.
LT22: Radio La Colifata
(Country: Italy, Argentina; Year: 2007; Director: Carlos Larrondo)
Documentary about a radio show produced by patients at a Buenos Aires psychiatric hospital.
Nedar
(Country: Spain; Year: 2008; Director: Carla Subirana; Writer: Carla Subirana)
Documentary charting the lives of three generations of women in the filmmaker's family.
Heart Of Time and The Anarchist's Wife
Night Flowers (Flores De Luna)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2008; Director: Juan Vicente Córdoba)
Documentary about the El Pozo del Tio Raimundo suburb of Madrid, as a reflection of Spanish society, class war and solidarity.
The Paranoids (Los Paranoicos)
(Country: Argentina; Year: 2008; Director: Gabriel Medina; Writer: Nicolas Gueilburt, Gabriel Medina; Stars: Daniel Hendler, Jazmín Stuart, Walter Jakob, Martín Feldman)
A scriptwriter who makes ends meet as a clown is forced to face up to his failings when a successful childhood friend pays a visit.
Perro Come Perro (Dog Eat Dog)
(Country: Colombia; Director: Carlos Moreno; Stars: Marlon Moreno, Oscar Borda, Alvaro Rodríguez, Blas Jaramillo, Paulina Rivas))
In 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.
The Sandman (El Hombre De Arena)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2007; Director: José Manuel González; Stars: María Valverde, Hugo Silva, Samuel Le Bihan, Alberto Jiménez, Héctor Noas, Irene Visedo, Esteban G Ballesteros, Pedro Cebrino, Miguel de Lira, Gabrielle Lazure)
Charting a young man's defiance in a brutal psychiatric hospital, where he has een sent for denouncing a Nationalist officer.
Second Round (Segundo Asalto)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2005; Director: Daniel Cebrián; Writer: Daniel Cebrián, Imanol Uribe; Stars: Darío Grandinetti, Álex González, Eva Marciel)
An aspiring boxer finds himself torn between a life in the ring and a life of crime.
Sleep Dealer
(Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2008; Director: Alex Rivera; Writer: Alex Rivera, David Riker; Stars: Luis Fernando Peña, Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas)
Node Runner - if they catch you you're through!
Spleen (La Noche Que Dejó De Llover)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2008; Director: Alfonso Zarauza; Writer: Alfonso Zarauza; Stars: Luis Tosar, Nora Tschirner, Miguel de Lira)
A young dandy embarks on a surreal, magical romance.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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