The Oscar®-nominated young people's film The Secret of Kells is set against the Norse eighth century and concerns the creation of that foremost illuminated manuscript, the Book of Kells. Twelve-year-old Brendan (Evan McGuire) is caught... more
After her husband's death, Romany Vera Horvathova discovers that she presents a problem for most of society. After years of not paying rent, she moves into a small welfare flat where, despite the rough conditions, she tries to give her... more
In a bucolic village in the 1950s, a colorful wedding is silently taking place while the country enters national mourning over Stalin's death. Silent Wedding is inspired by a real-life event from the communist past and proves pure gold... more
Winner of audience awards and other accolades at festivals from Bratislava and Bologna, Mid-August Lunch is a mellow gem of a film, and represents a modest triumph for Di Gregorio, who co-wrote Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah. Sixtyish Giann... more
Haiti has a castle high atop a mountain outside Port-au-Prince. It is a remnant of colonial power and debauchery hiding in the mists. It is from this height that the president rules. Styling himself an imperial monarch, he rattles para... more
Oskar has his roles perfectly balanced: beloved husband, attentive father, and favorite television weatherman. However, one Saturday morning he wakes up to the realization that his wife’s nose is just too big. How could he have lived w... more
This charming romantic comedy was Switzerland's top-grossing film of the year. In a Swiss village straight out of a chocolate ad, Rahel Hubli (Marie Leuenberger) works as a civil registrar performing marriages. Although her own marriag... more
Writer-director Pawel Borowski's remarkably assured debut feature takes place over one very long day in a busy Polish city. His camera follows people as they bump into each other—sometimes literally—on their daily rounds, and the story... more
This year's collection features: 7:57 AM-PM (France), As The Rain Was Falling (France), Caviar (Romania), Jade (UK), Pigeon Impossible (USA), Seeds of the Fall (Sweden), Six Dollar Fifty Man (New Zealand) and Sundown (Greece). ... more
Instead of wasting energy bad-mouthing Romania's communist regime, Tales from the Golden Age takes an affectionate look at the absurdity it wrought. Divided into five episodes, the film adapts well-known urban legends to recreate the p... more
Christian Carion's previous film, the Oscar®-nominated Joyeux Noel, took the director into French, English, and German archives to research the story of the "Christmas Truce" during WWI. For Farewell, Carion added a trip inside Russia’... more
This brisk ensemble-cast thriller begins as if somebody just kicked over a rock and all the underworld characters in picturesque Barcelona went scurrying. Amid the thieves, hookers, and crooked cops, it's hard to tell the good guys fro... more
After the 1973 overthrow of Chilean President Salvador Allende, the members of his cabinet were sent to Dawson Island, a naval base in frigid Patagonia. They were imprisoned in a makeshift concentration camp and assigned numbers. Numbe... more
"Here" is the less glamorous streets of New York City, and "there" is battle-scarred Belgrade, Serbia. And to director Lungulov’s camera, the two can often look the same. The issue of where one's home truly is lies at the heart of this... more
This lively documentary shows the White Stripes duo on a tour of Canada that visits every province and territory, including remote Nunavut. In addition to regular concerts, the group performs "side-shows" in such locations as boats, bo... more
The Oscar®-nominated young people's film The Secret of Kells is set against the Norse eighth century and concerns the creation of that foremost illuminated manuscript, the Book of Kells. Twelve-year-old Brendan (Evan McGuire) is caught... 
After her husband's death, Romany Vera Horvathova discovers that she presents a problem for most of society. After years of not paying rent, she moves into a small welfare flat where, despite the rough conditions, she tries to give her... 
In a bucolic village in the 1950s, a colorful wedding is silently taking place while the country enters national mourning over Stalin's death. Silent Wedding is inspired by a real-life event from the communist past and proves pure gold... 
Winner of audience awards and other accolades at festivals from Bratislava and Bologna, Mid-August Lunch is a mellow gem of a film, and represents a modest triumph for Di Gregorio, who co-wrote Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah. Sixtyish Giann... 
Haiti has a castle high atop a mountain outside Port-au-Prince. It is a remnant of colonial power and debauchery hiding in the mists. It is from this height that the president rules. Styling himself an imperial monarch, he rattles para... 
Oskar has his roles perfectly balanced: beloved husband, attentive father, and favorite television weatherman. However, one Saturday morning he wakes up to the realization that his wife’s nose is just too big. How could he have lived w... 
This charming romantic comedy was Switzerland's top-grossing film of the year. In a Swiss village straight out of a chocolate ad, Rahel Hubli (Marie Leuenberger) works as a civil registrar performing marriages. Although her own marriag... 
Writer-director Pawel Borowski's remarkably assured debut feature takes place over one very long day in a busy Polish city. His camera follows people as they bump into each other—sometimes literally—on their daily rounds, and the story... 
This year's collection features: 7:57 AM-PM (France), As The Rain Was Falling (France), Caviar (Romania), Jade (UK), Pigeon Impossible (USA), Seeds of the Fall (Sweden), Six Dollar Fifty Man (New Zealand) and Sundown (Greece). ... 
Instead of wasting energy bad-mouthing Romania's communist regime, Tales from the Golden Age takes an affectionate look at the absurdity it wrought. Divided into five episodes, the film adapts well-known urban legends to recreate the p... 
Christian Carion's previous film, the Oscar®-nominated Joyeux Noel, took the director into French, English, and German archives to research the story of the "Christmas Truce" during WWI. For Farewell, Carion added a trip inside Russia’... 
This brisk ensemble-cast thriller begins as if somebody just kicked over a rock and all the underworld characters in picturesque Barcelona went scurrying. Amid the thieves, hookers, and crooked cops, it's hard to tell the good guys fro... 
After the 1973 overthrow of Chilean President Salvador Allende, the members of his cabinet were sent to Dawson Island, a naval base in frigid Patagonia. They were imprisoned in a makeshift concentration camp and assigned numbers. Numbe... 
"Here" is the less glamorous streets of New York City, and "there" is battle-scarred Belgrade, Serbia. And to director Lungulov’s camera, the two can often look the same. The issue of where one's home truly is lies at the heart of this... 
This lively documentary shows the White Stripes duo on a tour of Canada that visits every province and territory, including remote Nunavut. In addition to regular concerts, the group performs "side-shows" in such locations as boats, bo...