Nino crosses a vast waste ground in the outskirts of Tbilisi (Georgia). This young woman tries to push her life forward, but it´s not going to be easy. In the remote mountains of the Caucasus, solitary Beqa is visited by his nephew Tazo, a refugee from the Russian bombings. When the echoes of the war still persist, both lives are crossed by this bittersweet story of silences and cigarretes. (more)
This thriller shows a young German trying to kill the holocaust beast. 1942, on a balcony Hitler gives an impassioned speech to the crowd. From a window across the road Franz trains a rifle on the Nazi leader's forehead. A crack of gunfire. Is this really happening or perhaps the fabric of memory is mixing with the fabric of time itself? (more)
The brother used his credit card to buy a mobile phone for his little sister’s birthday. As a result, he won two flight tickets from the prize draw. His sister insistence gave the tickets to their parents to go on their second honeymoon abroad. They set out today which happens to be his little sister’s birthday. Her daddy promises to call her on her new mobile to make birthday wishes with... (more)
It`s hot in Las Toscas. Mariana, a 15 year-old girl, and her family get together to spend Christmas eve away from the city. Everything seems normal, fireworks, the kids playing and the mother cooking, but nobody knows that Mariana wants to sleep whit her uncle. Maybe there`s a chance tonight. (more)
A filipino immigrant girl who lives in Germany gets into a conflict between filipino tradition and european way of live. Caught between two stools she is a victim of her own roots. The untold tradition says, that the youngest daughter in a filipinos family has not the obligation to get married. She has to stay from cradle to death in her parents house to take care of her parents until they die. (more)
What would you do if your life is centred around a relationship where your partner has forgotten why you are together? (more)
A mentally challenged lady living on the streets of Kolkata, meets a man of similar condition. After the initial refusals from the lady, intense and persistent, the man succeeds in winning her camaraderie. But, very soon, the budding relationship snaps, and the couple is separated. Alone and impassioned, the lady moves to deserted fields and finds solace in her loneliness. Seasons change, and the... (more)
Nazeeya, a 24 year old immigrant girl from the Caucasus has one day to find a man to marry in Estonia, before her devout muslim grandfather, Jassim, marries her away to a friend in the village they're from. She befriends a train conductor named Mihkel, whom agrees to help her escape. Just when everything seems to be going her way, her little brother, Emir, becomes the biggest obstacle in her path... (more)
A young woman flees through the Veneto countryside, seeking refuge in the construction site of a new, important highway. She is followed by a man with a briefcase who wants to attack and rape her. He catches her but she quickly turns the tables on him. But what seems like the end of the affair is perhaps just the beginning of a nightmare. (more)
Diego is a young Photojournalist in the conflict between idealism and his wish for success. During a story on the landing of African Refugees on the Canary Islands he has to learn that the right decision is not always easy to see. (more)
Isabelle is a teacher. Bruno is a thief. Together, they start believing they could find happiness. The day the police tightens the noose round him, Bruno runs away, taking Isabelle along with him. In the heart of the forest, they hide and love each other, timelessly, in an ultimate attempt to keep the violence of the world away. (more)
A blind young man who has a heart that loves to imagine. Since he read the book “Don Quixote”, he has been hoping to become the main character in the book, traveling the world and experience the beauty of it himself. (more)
A poetic and controversial journey into the rarely seen world of vampires and other blood-loving creatures. Featuring:5 shades of red4 lovers3 erotic nightmares2 vampires1 snake Horror magician DR GORE performs the art of splatter on stage to tackle his fear of blood. His lover NAZ has a history of self-harming and plays with needles to turn him on. TAMMY used to wear a penknife on a velvet... (more)
VACSORA explores Hungary’s current state of schizophrenia. It follows one day in the life of a small, rural family. When Gaspar slips and falls in the pigpen during the morning feeding, the farm quietly transforms into a stage of “Le Théâtre de l'Absurde.” Set in the shadows of the Budapest riots in the fall of 2006, this intimate family tale draws impish parallels to the psychosis of a... (more)
This is a NOIR black-and-white 16mm film. (more)
Garden of the Nameless is a tropical gothical thriller that uses the keys of the suspense and horror films, to tell the story in two times of a nun and a arqueologist both of them obssesed in discovering the misteries that inhabit a convents garden. (more)
This is the story of a woman, to which her husband hits every day ... In Mexico City, Mary, 30 years old, married since 2 years, mother of two children, tries to keep up appearances. (more)
A woman and her uncommunicative neighbors monitor a new tenant's movements until they meet up via their intercom to face consequences. (more)
Yin, grown up in a single parent family, ganged up with the bad peers and spent most of his time in computer games. When Yin make a terrible mistake, he knows a TV game will show how much his mother loves him. (more)
Alan, a portrait photographer is shaken from his still life when an old girl friend, Jenny, reappears by chance with her husband Frank and her 7 year old son, Danny. It soon becomes clear to Alan that Danny is his son. After a very difficult discussion with Jenny, at which neither Frank nor Danny are present, he takes some pictures of the whole family and then he spends a few minutes alone with... (more)
dramatic mother-daughter conflict after the death of the father set on the Island of Rügen with the islands harsh and unforgiving landscape as emotional backdrop (more)
The serenity of another quiet evening is shattered for an amateur photographer when a desperate woman takes refuge in his humble suburban home. Reluctantly, he is pulled into a cat and mouse game with her pursuers. Only dawn will reveal the blood-soaked fallout of being alone in the middle of suburbia. (more)
David Lynch meets Bertolt Brecht in this dark, seriously twisted story of a factory worker who holds no interest for the girl of his dreams until he develops a curious cyst on his body, a cyst which seems to reproduce itself... (more)
'Lovers' begins as a young photographer, 'Jeremy Smith' arrives in Shanghai, China on the night of his first solo exhibition in the city. Elsewhere, on that same Winter's night, a young woman, 'Qiu Sen' quickly and silently snaps photos of a random couple while stalking closely behind them. She is eventually led into a small street corner art gallery advertising a 'JEREMY SMITH SOLO... (more)
At the age of one, Hakim is found at the side of his dead mother by an old man who sends him to a children’s village for AIDS orphans. There he meets Aga, a kindhearted educator whose stories captivate the kids and allows them to live life in the now. (more)
Irene and Bruno, two friends in their mid-thirties, end up alone together at the end of a party. As Irene tries to leave, Bruno manages to keep her there and invites her to play strange games... (more)
Several years pass, Dong and Rerey meet again at their classmates reunion party. They feel quite close to each other and recollect the old days they had together. But Rerey has married someone else. And Dong is moving to another city the next day. (more)
Still a child but longing to be an adult, thirteen year-old Nancy encounters her first real threat as a female when an older man aggressively pursues her on her way home. (more)
Korean country boy Tae has dreamed of being a famous ballroom dancer since his first encounter with the beautiful art form when he was a young boy. Twenty years later, self taught with the aid of dance videos, Tae knows the only way to take the next step is to leave Korea for Singapore where he can be trained by Emi Lim, a former ballroom dancing champion forced into early retirement due to an... (more)
A tale of two polar opposites who mystically provide the balm for each other's souls. (more)
An urban love story about finding oneself by losing one's heart. (more)
When her high school sweetheart unexpectedly returns to town, Shelly is forced to confront the things in her life that she's been avoiding, including Kyle, her 12-year-old son. (more)
A vacationing couple has an eerie encounter on a secluded forest road. (more)
In the Northwest of the 1970's, a down and almost out loner comes up with an escape plan from his life — to hijack an airplane and demand a ransom. Cigarettes and bourbon fuel his resolve to pull off the dangerous gambit, which he undertakes with steely-eyed determination. If he can resist the charms of the flight's lovely young stewardess, he just might get away with it. (more)
Iraq, 2004. Following the last day of the Spanish military retreat, more mercenaries hired by private corporations arrive, taking the place of the soldiers. Ishtar, a Spanish soldier, gets trapped in an ambush. Far from home, she will have to fight a new war where she will meet Abdel, a taxi driver who will take her to her destination. (more)
Set in rural South India, a place where social barriers are built stronger than fort walls, VANAJA explores the chasm that divides classes as a young girl struggles to come of age. Vanaja (Mamatha Bhukya) is the 14 year-old daughter of a poor, low caste fisherman, struggling with dwindling catches and mounting debt. When a sooth-sayer predicts that she will be a great dancer one day, she goes to... (more)
A chance encounter between two strangers pushes both to come to terms with past decisions made. (more)
An injured college athlete, Elliot (Mike Reilly), falls for a stripper, Anna (Julia Ander- son), but is unable to perform sexually. The relationship oscillates between tender and cruel; issues of infidelity, along with doubts about his ability to father children arise, as his on-field performance begins to decline, putting his draft status at stake.With tension mounting between the couple, Elliot... (more)
A poetical narrative in past and present. A man embark on a journey to retrieve the love of his life.A dishevelled fisherman plods through the dunes, lugging a heavy cart with a wooden boat on it. Finally at the beach, the lure of the sea is strong but first the boat needs repairs.Quickly and decidedly, the fisherman starts to work. He tinkers all night, lit by a little fire. In the morning fog,... (more)
After escaping execution, Tarik, a Bosnian prisoner of war, immigrates to the United States looking to leave his past behind. Years later, the man who spared his life shows up on Tarik’s doorstep asking for a favor. (more)
At the occasion of his tenth birthday, Laurent receives a painting set. But he is overall absorbed into a mysterious painting. So begins an incredible trip during which he must overcome his fear. (more)
2006 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury and Audience Award Winner Quinceanera's lead actor Jesse Garcia stars in the story of a young man forced to deal with the long forgotten past. Jesse (Jesse Garcia), a hardened young man serving as a surrogate parent to his younger brother, Andy (Andrew Aguilar), encounters a stranger, Alex (Alex Castillo), on a desolate beach. When Alex, a clean-cut older... (more)
Bahar owns a cafe and lives with her father who suffers from memories of war and his past as a war photographer. After his wife left him some time ago, she's back asking Bahar to leave there with her. (more)
Wei-Lun Yang was a senior in high school in Taipei city. He spent most of his time at school, the cram school, his home or on the way between two of any abovementioned destinations. The only time for him to catch his breath was the break in an internet café when he had free time between school and the cram school. He was not serious about his tests, and not thinking much about his future.Yang... (more)
An Arabic Muslim motel owner gets into a game of cat and rat with his wife and two nephews when he saves the life of an Orthodox Jewish man who's been violently beaten in a hate crime robbery by hiding him in one of the rooms the motel he owns. (more)
Khuda Kay Liye (Urdu: خدا کے لیے, English translation: In the name of God The film is about the difficult situation in which Pakistanis in particular and the Muslims in general are caught up since 9/11. There is a war going on between the fundamentalists and the liberal Muslims. The situation is creating a drift not only between the Western world and the Muslims but also within the Muslim... (more)
Do we still make friends after thirty? (more)
| Rank | Festival Name | Pro. Att |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cannes Film Festival | 4,376 |
| 2 | Berlin Int'l Film Festival | 4,200 |
| 3 | Generation | 3,600 |
| 4 | Comic Con Int'l San Diego | 3,500 |
| 4 | Venice Film Festival | 3,500 |
| 6 | Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival | 2,000 |
| 6 | Moscow Int'l Film Festival | 2,000 |
| 8 | Pusan International Film Festival | 1,695 |
| 9 | Netherlands Film Festival | 1,500 |
| 10 | Tribeca Film Festival | 1,300 |
| Rank | Festival Name | # |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rotterdam International Film Festival | 782 |
| 2 | Gijon Int'l Film Festival | 701 |
| 3 | Holland Animation Film Festival | 700 |
| 4 | Anima Mundi Int'l Animation Festival | 619 |
| 5 | Sitges Int'l Film Festival Catalonia | 600 |
| 5 | Tampere Film Festival | 600 |
| 7 | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | 553 |
| 8 | ERA NEW HORIZONS Int'l Film Festival | 522 |
| 9 | Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film | 494 |
| 10 | Seattle International Film Festival | 487 |
| Rank | Festival Name | Established |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venice Film Festival | 1932 |
| 2 | Cannes Film Festival | 1946 |
| 2 | Festival Int'l del Cinema di Salerno | 1946 |
| 2 | Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival | 1946 |
| 2 | Locarno Int'l Film Festival | 1946 |
| 6 | Edinburgh Int'l Film Festival | 1947 |
| 7 | Pula Film Festival | 1949 |
| 8 | Montecatini Terme Short Film Festival | 1950 |
| 8 | Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival | 1950 |
| 10 | Berlin Int'l Film Festival | 1951 |