International Films
Amun
A cynical Russian tourist, desperate to save his dying son, travels to the Monastery of Temptation in Israel to find an aging Shaman Healer named Amun. His search leads him to the Judean desert where thirst and scalding sun bring him to the edge of death--and life changing insights about himself and the ones he loves.
Bad Guy
Kim Ki-Duk, the award-winning director of THE ISLE and SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER… and SPRING, has created a lurid fable of obsessive love, using a potent mix of dark romance, surrealist technique, and violent action.
Big City Lights
A young filmmaker, Fedya, tries to save the local movie theatre in his provincial town from greedy developers by making a successful independent film. But with no money, barely any skilled crew and a distinct lack of big name actors, things are very bleak—until he and his rag tag crew, led by the beautiful Zhenya, kidnap a fading movie star and force him to be in their film.
Bite The Dust
The end of the world gets a decidedly Russian makeover when a sleepy rural village decides to throw an end of the world party after news of an onrushing comet hits town.
Break Loose
Herman, Lykov, Shorokh and Grekh are three army veterans and the best of friends. Their new jobs working for an Elite Anti-Crime unit seem to be working out great, until they find themselves in the middle of a bloody gang war.
Call Myskin
A struggling actor, Myskin, is given the job of accompanying the daughter of a famous actress to a Moscow Theatre tryout where desperate circumstances lead the Producer to offer him the main role.
Captive
Two Russian soldiers walk over the mountains and through the gorges of Chechnya: the seasoned and laconic Rubakhin and the cheerful and frivolous rifleman, Vovka.
Clara Et Moi
The relationship between a lonely man and a woman who turns out to be HIV positive is the focus for this moving French drama.
December Kisses
A desperate man on the lam (Freddy) is taken in by his old friend (Thomas), a kindhearted preist, and hidden away in the bell tower of his church.
Dirty Conscience
Two young police recruits, Santos and Suarez, are assigned to a tough, decorated Officer, Captain Mao, for training. It quickly becomes clear that their new boss is involved with serious corruption.
Dreaming Of Space
The USSR, 1957- time of hope and genuine belief that the future will undoubtedly be bright. The Soviet satellite is conquering space, and on the Earth, in a little port city, the bright beaming eyes of Konyok and Lara – a naive restaurant cook and his waitress girlfriend – follow the movement of the satellite with hope and excitement.
Earth and Water
A modern Dionysian tale of unrequited love between tworural teenagers set against the backdrop of urban prostitution and the Russian Mafia.
Enemies
Belorussia, summer 1942. The war has moved on, far off to the east. The life of a small town where the German authorities of the region have set themselves up is getting back to “normal”.
Fissures (Ecoute le Temps)
Charlotte is a sound engeneer. Her mother is murdered in her house in the countryside. Charlotte realizes that she doesn’t know much about her mother’s life in the village.
Gamblers
Rising auteur Frederic Balekdjian has created a modern day “Mean Streets” with his new film, GAMBLERS, a crackling melodrama set in the garment district of Paris.
His Wife’s Diary
"His Wife's Diary", reveals a new and unexpected aspect of the private life of Ivan Bunin, the famous writer and Nobel prize laureate. The action takes place in France, Sweden and Germany between the 1930s and 1950s.
I’ll Be Around
lnna is single, pretty, successful and cheerful. She is a typical new Russian comfortable middle class young woman, working as a manager at a Moscow restaurant where she is surrounded with respect and love of her colleagues. Apart from that, she has a very special person in her life – her 6-year-old son Mitya. The little boy is the centre of her universe, her best friend and ally.
Khadak
A magical -realist fable set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, KHADAK tells the epic story of Bagi, a young nomad shepherd who confronts his destiny to become a shaman.
La Vaca
When an eccentric millionaire dies, his two former lovers travel to Guatemala to claim their inheritance. But there are a couple catches.
Live!
A lonely hunter, Michail, stumbles on an attempted murder in the woods of the Russian countryside. Michail instinctively helps the victim, Andrey, to escape. He quickly realizes that the bad guys are not going to just let them get away and a deadly game of pursuit through the wilderness ensues.
Oasis
Jong-Du is back on the streets after serving a prison term for a crime that was actually committed by his brother. In an awkward attempt at reconciliation, Jong-Du seeks out the family of the man killed in the hit-and-run accident.
Pavlov’s Dog
“Pavlov’s Dog” is a debut for several members of its crew, including the screenwriter and director Katya Shagalova,and the cinematographer Evgeny Sinelnikov.
Relations
Two commuting professionals meet on the train from St. Petersburg to Moscow.
Romance and Rejection
Set against the backdrop of contemporary London, Mike (Dinsdale) is a broke but talented composer in search of true love.
Romeo and Juliet Get Married
Shakespeare’s tragic love story is given a sweetly romantic, raucously fresh and inventive retelling by Bruno Barreto with the lovers’ families being passionate fans of opposing soccer teams.
Rouleman
Award-winning director Panos Karkanevatos (Earth & Water, Borderline) takes us on a voyeur’s journey of discovery as a documentary film crew struggles to piece together the events that led to a beautiful woman’s death.
Ryna
A beautiful teenager, raised as a boy because her mechanic father was obsessed with having a son, struggles to find her own identity in Ruxandra Zenide’s unforgettable festival hit.
Shaking Dream Land
When Robert marries the beautiful Alice they are the ‘perfect couple’. But the moment he learns his wife is pregnant, dark secrets from the past fly unbidden into the present and threaten to destroy their future.
Sorry For Kung Fu
Following the end of the Slavic wars, a pregnant young woman returns from Germany to her village in Croatia.
Steve + Sky
Sky is a somewhat naive, banana-split loving prostitute. After several chance encounters, they finally officially meet through a mutual acquaintance – Steve’s ex cellmate.
The Dry Valley
“Dry Valley” is the first full feature film by Alexandra Strelyanaya. The film is based on the famous novel written by Nobel Prize laureate Ivan Bunin.
The Elephant
Zarezin, a circus employee is tasked with driving Bodhi, a sick elephant, to be euthanized. He is joined by a pretty trapeze performer who was left behind. Together this unlikely trio make their way towards the death house and the end of Bodhi. Along the way, life and love intervene.
The Game
The action takes place at the training base of the Russian national football team. The whole country’s attention is focused on the camp where the players are training prior to one of the biggest matches in the Russian football history.
The Inspirator
Gijs Schippers is at the top of his game as the number one inspirational speaker for his firm, dispensing nonsensical advice for business and love--until his own personal life can no longer withstand the weight of his own. b.s. and everything starts falling apart, with hilarious and unexpected results.
The Major
When an upstanding Police Major accidentally kills a young boy, his panicked efforts to cover things up lead to an escalating series of questionable arrangements that force him to confront the corrupt moral codes that drive his beloved police department.
The Road To
Sergey is an "invisible" man who works as a sales assistant in an always empty shop of unusual gadgets. He rents a room at a pensioner's apartment, and the old man chases Sergey with his annoying advices and unnecessary preachment.
The Sea
Whatever he was doing in his turbulent Moscow student life, he always dreamed of the Northern Sea.
The Stroll
Today’s twenty-something Russians are the first generation in the country’s post-communist history to have grown up free.
The West Wittering Affair
When Jamie accepts an invite to spend a weekend in the country with Kathy and her friend Natasha, he never expects to sleep with both of them in one night.
Time
From acclaimed director Kim Ki-Duk comes a seering examination of modern culture’s obsession with youthful beauty and unattainable physical perfection.
Voices In The Dark
“Voices” tells the tale of an Italian family in the border city of Trieste. Angelo is an unemployed professor who makes ends meet delivering newspapers.
Wild Camp
A tranquil campground in rural France is the background for this erotic sizzler between bored, beautiful teenager Camille (Isild le Besco – A Tout de Suite, Sade), and a down on his luck ex con, Blaise (Denis Lavant – The Lovers on the Bridge, Beau Travail ).
Yermak’s Treasure
Kostya is a nerdy grade schooler who finds a treasure map. With the help of a free spirited, runaway girl, Masha, they manage to evade gangsters and the police as they seek to find the famous treasure of Yermak.