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Atash Director: Tawfik Abu Wael Cast Summary: Hussein Yassin Mahajne, Amal Bweerat, Roba Blal, Jamila Abu Hussein, Ahmad Abed El G'ani Winner of the International Critics' Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, this beautiful and powerful debut feature from the brilliant young Arab filmmaker, TAWFIK ABU WAEL, is also an important groundbreaking collaboration between a Palestinian writer/director and an Israeli producer, financiers and crew - the first of its kind.	Blue Eyelids Director: Ernesto Contreras Cast Summary: Cecilia Suárez, Enrique Arreola, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Tiare Scanda, Luisa Huertas BLUE EYELIDS (PARPADOS AZULES) is the critically acclaimed account of the developing relationship between two people in the vast metropolis of Mexico City. Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, it has earned director Ernesto Contreras a place alongside Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, Babel) and Carlos Reygadas (Japón, Silent Light) as a major new force in world cinema.
Carancho (The Vulture) Director: Pablo Trapero Cast Summary: Ricardo Darín, Martina Gusman, Carlos Weber Highly acclaimed and in Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival, the latest from leading Argentinean director Pablo Trapero (Lion’s Den, Born & Bred, Familia Rodante), CARANCHO (The Vulture) is a thrilling jounrey into the darker side of Buenos Aires life.	Chop Shop Director: Ramin Bahrani Cast Summary: Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales, Ahmad Razvi, Carlos Zapata Widely praised at the Cannes, Berlin and Toronto Film Festivals, CHOP SHOP is the second remarkable feature from the internationally acclaimed young director Ramin Bahrani, who was recently hailed 'the new great American film director' by eminent critic Roger Ebert.
De Bruit et de Fureur Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau Cast Summary: Bruno Cremer, FranCois Negret, Vincent Gasperitsch, Thierry Helaine, Luc Ponette Winner of the Special Youth Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Jean-Claude Brisseau's (SECRET THINGS, THE EXTERMINATING ANGELS, A L'AVENTURE) acclaimed film presents a brutal, shocking and poignant look at the lives of impoverished children living in the Paris projects.	Kings of the Road Director: Wim Wenders Cast Summary: Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler The final part of Wim Wenders' loose trilogy of road movies (following on from Alice in the Cities and Wrong Move), KINGS OF THE ROAD (aka IN THE COURSE OF TIME) has been hailed as one of the best films of the 1970s and remains Wenders' most remarkable portrait of his own country.
Libero Director: Kim Rossi Stuart Cast Summary: Alessandro Morace, Marta Nobili, Kim Rossi Stuart, Barbora Bobulova Italian actor KIM ROSSI STUART (Romanzo Criminale, The Keys to the House) makes his impressive directorial debut with this moving and richly rewarding coming-of-age drama that he co-wrote with LINDA FERRI (The Son's Room). Featuring a stand-out debut performance from the young ALESSANDRO MORACE as Tommi, and from Rossi Stuart himself as the raging single father, LIBERO rightly won the Directors' Fortnight prize at the Cannes Film Festival and has been hailed as a modern update on the masters of the French and Italian neo-realist tradition.	Lion's Den Director: Pablo Trapero Cast Summary: Martina Gusman, Elli Medeiros, Rodrigo Santoro One of the most acclaimed films at the Cannes Film Festival, LION'S DEN is the fifth feature by Argentine filmmaker Pablo Trapero (FAMILIA RODANTE, EL BONAERENSE).
Paris, Texas Director: Wim Wenders Cast Summary: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell With his outsider's view of America, Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire, Alice in the Cities) transforms PARIS, TEXAS into a haunting tale of loss, redemption and the ties that bind families together, and is arguably Wenders' greatest achievement.	The Exterminating Angels Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau Cast Summary: Frederic Van Den Driessche, Maroussia Dubreuil, Lise Bellynck, Marie Allan, Raphaele Godin, Magaret Zenou THE EXTERMINATING ANGELS is the second part of filmmaker provocateur Jean-Claude Brisseau's (Choses Secrètes, A l'Aventure) startling trilogy exploring societal taboos.
The Housemaid Director: Sang-soo Im Cast Summary: Do-yeon Jeon, Jung-Jae Lee, Seo-Hyeon Ahn, Seo Woo, Yeo-Jong Yun A favourite at Cannes Film Festival, THE HOUSEMAID is a stylish, sexy thriller about an innocent young woman caught in the twisted web of a rich family's games.	Wings of Desire Director: Wim Wenders Cast Summary: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Peter Falk In WINGS OF DESIRE, director Wim Wenders' (Paris, Texas, Alice in the Cities) most metaphysical work, a guardian angel desires nothing more than to be human.

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