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| 3 Needles |
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Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Country: Canada
| Three tales of redemption create a mosaic portrait of the worldwide AIDS pandemic, starring Lucy Liu, Stockard Channing, Shawn Ashmore, Chloe Sevigny, Olympia Dukakis, Sandra Oh and Sook-Yin Lee. |
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| Invisible Children |
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Director: Jason Russell
Country: Uganda
| Can a story change the world? In the spring of 2003, three young Americans traveled to Africa in search of such a story. The filmmaking adventure transforms as three boys from California are stranded in Uganda. |
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| Sand and Sorrow |
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Director: Paul Friedman
Country: USA
| While the souls of this undermanned mission brave harsh conditions and unfettered violence, 2.5 million displaced persons have no choice but to settle inside squalid camps to wait, and hope. |
Special Advance Screening
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| Bunny Chow |
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Director: Jon Barker
Country:South Africa
Half improvised and half scripted, this funny film follows a group of comedians on – and off – stage.
Running time: 95 min |
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| Driving With My Wife's Lover |
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Director: Tai-Sik Kim
Country: South Korea
Tae-han, discovers that his wife is having an affair with
a taxi driver. So he goes to Seoul, intentionally gets in the lover's cab and asks for a very long-distance drive. |
Running Time: 92 min
International Premiere
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| Entry Level |
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Director: Douglas Horn
Country: USA
Romantic Comedy. Being unemployed and middle aged in the US is not funny, but Entry Level finds the humor in this and exposes it.
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Running Time: 85 min
World Premiere
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| Que Tan Lejos |
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Director: Tania Hermida
Country: Ecuador
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Three strangers travel through remote Ecuador during a road strike and are forced to band together to finish their journey. |
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| A Tale of Two Generals |
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Director: Lorne Thyssen
Country: Lebanon
| An epic battle movie of civil–war torn Lebanon, with no winners and many losers. |
Running Time: 86 min
European Premiere
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| Tie a Yellow Ribbon |
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Director: Joy Dietrich
Country: USA
| A tale of three Asian-American women who fit into neither their adopted American home nor their native homeland. |
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| Satanas |
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Director: Andres Baiz
Country: Colombia
| A suspense thriller that peels back the layers of mankind – constantly choosing between good and evil. |
Running Time: 95 min
European Premiere
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| Shoonya |
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Director: Arindam Mitra
Country: India
| The film follows a star cricket player into the corrupt and seedy world of professional sports gambling. A moral dilemma faces him, construed as match-fixing bribes. |
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| Sovia |
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Director: Robert Franke
Country: Germany
| More than a thriller. A dead woman seeks revenge in an unusual manner. |
Running Time: 90 min
World Premiere
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| Tele Guerre |
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Director: Luc Damiba, Abdoulaye Diallo, Gideon Vink
Country: Burkina Faso
| During the civil war in Ivory Coast, this film shows the role that the international community plays in the realization of a fragile peace. |
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| Tha Cat and Claudia |
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Director: Lily Coates
Country: Australia
| A surrealistic view of the place between life and death. Claudia is stuck between the living and the dead. Only her cat can see, or hear her. |
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| Cricket Head |
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Director: Grant Greenberg
Country: USA
This film takes a new look and strange look at a teacher who falls in love with her student.
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| Deweneti |
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Director: Dyana Gaye
Country: Senegal
| A young boy who begs for a living must write a letter to Santa Claus, fulfilling his promise to those who gave him money. |
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| Di |
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Director: Leong-Huat Kam
Country: Singapore
| Two kids at home alone are bound to get into trouble. |
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| Kibera Kid |
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Director: Nathan Collett
Country: Kenya
| After a theft gone bad, Otieno is forced to choose between saving an innocent man’s life and the Razors, the only family he knows. |
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| Lost My Head |
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Director: Bjargey Olafsdottir
Country: Iceland
| When the heroine of the film gets what she always hoped for, she becomes miserable and unhappy. |
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| Lucia y Las Cosas |
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Director: Paula Abramovich Gullco & Andres Riva
Country: Argentina
| 500 hundred children were “reassigned” during the dark days of Argentina’s dictatorship rule. This is the story of one. |
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| Meander |
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Director: Joke Liberge
Country: Belgium
| Five teenagers seek rest near a river. While we watch, the apparent calm is disrupted. A poetic short film, without dialogue, about a seemingly innocent day. |
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| My Friend Ana |
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Director: Laura Turek
Country: Canada
| At 14, Sophie’s life is suddenly turned upside down. She finds herself in a surreal work camp with no guards or sentries and where the gates are wide open. |
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| Uma Vide e Outra |
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Director: Daniel Aragão
Country: Brazil
| A young Brazilian girl is forced to choose between abortion or raising a child on her own. |
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| Years of Solitude |
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Director: Filip Kondovski
Country: Macedonia
A recurring nightmare:
Every male in a family is sent to war. |
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