Films A-Z   

Accidents A free adaptation of two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Shadow and Silence, presented as a double-screen projection, with a complex... Gran Lux, 2009, France, 25 min.

Adieu Philippine Characteristic Nouvelle-Vague film about an apprentice in television who gets to know two would-be actresses. Against the background of the Algerian War, this... Jacques Rozier, 1963, France, 106 min.

Adrift In the big city chaos of Hanoi, two newlyweds have to come to terms with life before they can be together. Atmospherically filmed reconnaissance of the shadow... Bui Thac Chuyen, 2009, Vietnam, France, 105 min.

Affair at Akitsu, The Yoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and postwar disillusion. The story of the fatal attraction between... Yoshida Kiju, 1962, Japan, 112 min.

After School Special A compact, semi-abstract and delirious study of the clichéd teen rebel genre. Corin Sworn, 2009, Canada, United Kingdom, 20 min.

After the Crash Notes on the economy of gravity. An airplane graveyard turns out to be an essential link in the contemporary feature film industry. Hito Steyerl, 2010, Austria, Germany, 8 min.

After the Crash When we look back, only then do we see how enormous the impact was. Time for contemplation?

After Victory 1 A series of films, documentary and fiction, long and short, old and new, popular and obscure, focusing on the various ways in which the ever-topical theme of...

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Agua fría de mar A young Costa Rican couple on holiday discover one evening a seven-year-old girl who has run away, yet the next morning, when they want to take her back to her... Paz Fábrega, 2010, Costa Rica, France, Spain, Netherlands, Mexico, 80 min.

Air Doll Reflections on loneliness and transience, seen through the eyes of a plastic sex doll who comes to life. She takes her first wooden and naive steps in Tokyo,... Kore-Eda Hirokazu, 2009, Japan, 116 min.

Alamar Unusual film in an unusual location: the Mexican coral reef Banco Chinchorro, where grandfather, father and five-year-old son spend their days fishing for... Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio, 2009, Mexico, 73 min.

Algérie en flammes Scenes from the FLN’s struggle for the independence of Algeria. Film making as an act of solidarity in the international anti-imperialist struggle. Paragonal. René Vautier, 1958, France, Germany, 20 min.

Aliquot Light Sharp, white, clear: Aliquot Light has the aesthetics of basic 3D computer animations (global illumination), but was entirely made with real... Goshima Kazuhiro, 2009, Japan, 7 min.

All That I Love There's nothing better than to be a rebellious 18-year-old in a punk band. But in Poland in the early 1980s (Solidarity, strikes, state of siege, tanks in the... Jacek Borcuch, 2009, Poland, 95 min.

All Under the Moon Sai’s breakthrough film builds a tragi-comic fresco of Asian-immigrant experience in Tokyo: the rip-offs and pitfalls, the subtle Japanese racism, the constant... Sai Yoichi, 1993, Japan, 109 min.

Altered States Reality is something to lay aside. You have to adapt to the new situation. From a primeval soup to deep in the cosmos.

Amer A hallucinogenic horror allegory that is inspired both by film history and psychoanalysis. The viewer follows a woman in her childhood, adolescence and... Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, 2009, Belgium, France, 90 min.

amore è nell'aria, L' Witty morality play by the highly prolific Italian duo Germondari and Spagnoli. About the struggle between two friends and their toys. Screened before... Werther Germondari, Maria Laura Spagnoli, 2010, Italy, 14 min.

Anna Blume Vivid, imaginative ode to love. Absurdist animation, based on the poem An Anna Blume by the famous Dadaist Kurt Schwitters. Screened before... Vessela Dantcheva, 2009, Germany, Bulgaria, 9 min.

Annunciation, The Moving, atmospheric social realism by the young Chinese debutant is about a simple newlywed couple who have moved to the city like so many others looking for... Hsu Ronin, 2010, China, 86 min.

Another Girl, Another Planet This feature about a tormented man reflecting on his lost loves was made with a cheap toy camera. It is a style exercise that shows how dire financial straits... Michael Almereyda, 1992, USA, 58 min.

Ante Raw and intense drama about the Filipino family Domingo, each of the members of which try to survive in their own clumsy way and wrestle with dilemmas in an... Adolfo B. Alix Jr., 2009, Philippines, 80 min.

Ape, The 'Don't say too much' was and remains the motto for the second film by the maker of Falkenberg Farewell. Driving instructor wakes up covered in blood.... Jesper Ganslandt, 2009, Sweden, 81 min.

Appunti sul lavoro a Napoli Excerpt from a longer mixed-media film on working conditions in the region of Naples. An unconventional project for an uneasy subject. Napoli Monitor, 2010, Italy, 30 min.

Aqua Every morning, Amadou goes in search of jugs or old bottles and transforms these containers into new homes for the fish he catches. Samba Félix N'diaye, 1989, Senegal, 12 min.

Araromire Lives are miraculously changed with the discovery of a figurine in an abandoned shrine which according to legend bestows seven years of good luck. But what... Kunle Afolayan, 2009, Nigeria, 120 min.

Are You Listening? Immensely captivating directing debut by famous Indian actress, about a little blind girl and her rich inner world, beautifully visualised in animations. Geethu Mohan Das, 2010, India, 22 min.

Area Boys Lifelong friends Bode and Obi are determined to change their lives, but their plans fall apart before they have begun when a crucial last scam backfires. Omelihu Nwanguma, 2007, Nigeria, 24 min.

Arena Golden Palm winner at Cannes in 2009 is superbly shot, unemphatic drama about a man under house arrest, occupied by tattooing. João Salaviza, 2009, Portugal, 15 min.

art délicat de la matraque, L' The use of the club and truncheon, visualised in a cleverly composed choreography. Director Périot once again examines power and the masses. Jean-Gabriel Périot, 2009, France, 4 min.

Arugba Kelani's Yoruba world view presents the story of a king who brays against corruption while rigorously prosecuting economic reform and handily welcoming foreign... Tunde Kelani, 2008, Nigeria, 95 min.

Assemblage Assemblage of recurring elements from the life of artist/musician Luyken: his stones, his rituals, his canoe, life and death. Edward Luyken, 2010, Netherlands, 14 min.

Asylum Images without dialogue depict the private drama of a young woman from Darfur who has sought refuge in London. Rumbi Katedza, 2007, United Kingdom, 5 min.

At the End of Daybreak TV news report about two murdered girls form the source of inspiration for this crime drama by Ho Yuhang, who has previously been to Rotterdam with... Ho Yuhang, 2009, Malaysia, Hong Kong, South Korea, 94 min.

At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World This worrying jewel by David Cronenberg was made for the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival as part of the omnibus film Chacun son cinéma. He... David Cronenberg, 2007, Canada, 5 min.

At the Very Bottom of Everything The Indonesian director Paul Agusta based his experimental film about experiencing manic depression on personal experience, while leading lady and co-writer... Paul Agusta, 2010, Indonesia, 84 min.

Ateliers urbains Fragments selected from a video shot around Flagey Square, an area whose recent renovation has resuscitated many polemics. , 2009, Belgium, 20 min.

Atlantiques The story of a young stowaway from Dakar who gives up his youth for a new life on the other side of the endless water. Mati Diop, 2009, France, Senegal, 15 min.

Atletu An unusual portrait - biopic, international travel log, drama and documentary all in one - of the legendary Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who became... Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew, 2009, USA, Germany, Ethiopia, 89 min.

Aurora In the heart of the jungle, the social worker Aurora is kidnapped by a group of Moslem rebels. Her name means 'first light of day', but it remains the question... Adolfo B. Alix Jr., 2009, Philippines, 85 min.

Autumn Adagio A catholic nun, played by the musician Rei Shibakusa, gets confused around the age of forty about her emotions and sexuality, as a result of her encounters... Inoue Tsuki, 2009, Japan, 70 min.

Avenida Brasilia formosa The houses in a poor district in the centre of Recife had to make way for a motorway along the coast. How do the inhabitants experience their life and what are... Gabriel Mascaro, 2010, Brazil, 85 min.

Avoir vingt ans dans les Aurès Spring 1961: A bunch of draftees from Brittany, all pacifists, are turned into soldiers - all of them, save one. A research-based experiment in empathy, a... René Vautier, 1972, France, 100 min.

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