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A La Cantábrica La Cantábrica is a factory that recently closed in a suburb of Buenos Aires, where four young friends meet regularly during the financial crisis of the 1990s.... Ezequiel Erriquez, 2012, Argentina, 80 min.

About the Pink Sky Cheeky, untouchable girls can make a film immortal. Think of Jean Seberg in À bout de souffle. From now on you can also dream of the bold Ai Ikeda. In... Kobayashi Keiichi, 2011, Japan, 113 min.

Abrir puertas y ventanas Set during a hot late summer, Mumenthaler’s debut follows the sisters Marina, Sofia and Violeta, who come to terms with the death of their grandmother as they... Milagros Mumenthaler, 2011, Argentina, Switzerland, Netherlands, 98 min.

Alms for the Blind Horse In the Punjab region during one turbulent night, a home is demolished at the orders of the landlord. In the morning, the whole village protests. A film dealing... Gurvinder Singh, 2011, India, 117 min.

Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi and the 27 Years Without Images, The Eric Baudelaire, artist and photographer, films on Super-8 the political and personal reflections of May, the daughter of the founder of the Japanese Red Army... Eric Baudelaire, 2011, France, 66 min.

Black & White & Sex Eight excellent actresses together play Angie, a woman who is more than just a prostitute and wants to show that too. In her interview in this film-in-a-film,... John Winter, 2011, Australia, 94 min.

Carnival This visually exciting film merges documentary and fiction, evoking notions of Eros and Thanatos, and of joy and sadness. Meandering with a very free camera... Madhuja Mukherjee, 2012, India, 61 min.

Chapiteau-show Light-hearted epic on four kinds of communication (love, friendship, respect, collaboration). Not just another Russian 'art-flick' but an off-beat manifesto on... Sergey Loban, 2011, Russia, 207 min.

Corta Corta (cut) shows how agricultural labourers in Valle del Cauca, Colombia, harvest a field of sugar cane using machetes. The hypnotic rhythm of the... Felipe Guerrero, 2012, Colombia, Argentina, France, 69 min.

Dress Rehearsal for Utopia The filmmaker, whose personal essay/experimental travel journal Color Runaway Dog was screened at IFFR last year, once again links autobiographic drama... Andrés Duque, 2012, Spain, 75 min.

éclats (Ma gueule, ma révolte, mon nom), Les Sylvain George has aimed his camera for more than four years at the ups and downs of refugees stranded in the French port of Calais. Most compassionately,... Sylvain George, 2011, France, 84 min.

Eden's Ark Compiled from found footage, real and fake, alongside beautifully shot images in the footsteps of the curious narrator: Eden's Ark is a hypnotic film... Marcelo Felix, 2011, Portugal, Brazil, Italy, 80 min.

estate di Giacomo, L' A summer day in Italy. The camera follows the deaf-mute Giacomo and a childhood girlfriend Stefi closely - in the woods, by the river - without wanting to... Alessandro Comodin, 2011, Italy, France, Belgium, 78 min.

Ex Press Made on a modest budget, but with an immodest cinematographic eye. Fiction and fact are mixed as in a dream. A dream about trains and the sinister affairs that... Jet Leyco, 2011, Philippines, 90 min.

Fluss war einst ein Mensch, Der A young German travels through an unnamed country in Africa. Soon, he loses his way, moving deeper and deeper into the darkness of the continent. Africa as a... Jan Zabeil, 2011, Germany, 83 min.

Future Lasts Forever Sumru travels to Diyarbakir to do research for her thesis. Listening to the evidence of Kurdish victims of the sanguinary oppression, she is confronted with... Özcan Alper, 2011, Turkey, Germany, France, 108 min.

Gaamer The protagonist of Gaamer is a young Ukrainian guy who spends most of his time playing video games. He is great at shooting enemies in Quake but not so... Oleg Sentsov, 2012, Ukraine, 92 min.

Girimunho Deep in the hinterland of Brazil, in the sleepy town of São Romão, magic and everyday events are juxtaposed in this beautiful debut to create a loving, dreamy... Helvécio Marins Jr., Clarissa Campolina, 2011, Brazil, Germany, Spain, 90 min.

Grandma Lo-fi: The Basement Tapes of Sigrídur Níelsdóttir Charming documentary shot on Super8 and 16mm, replete with hand-made animations about a cult figure in Icelandic music who, starting when she turned 70,... Orri Jónsson, Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir, Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir, 2011, Iceland, Denmark, 62 min.

Great Northwest, The Fifty years after four women recorded their journey through the North-west of America in a scrapbook, McCormick repeats their journey. His film, which is also... Matt McCormick, 2012, USA, 70 min.

Hail Ex-prisoner Jones and his wife play the leading roles themselves in this gripping drama based on his memories. After a tender start, it soon turns rough and... Amiel Courtin-Wilson, 2011, Australia, 104 min.

He Was a Giant with Brown Eyes After her parents’ divorce, Sabina reluctantly followed her mother to Switzerland. Five years later Sabina, now 17, finally returns to her homeland of... Eileen Hofer, 2012, Switzerland, Azerbaijan, 85 min.

Hello, Mr. Tree! Han Jie (Tiger Award winner with Walk on the Wild Side, 2005) constructs a slightly absurd social comedy around the eccentric protagonist Mr Tree (Wang... Han Jie, 2011, China, 88 min.

HISTÓRIAS que só existem quando lembradas Beautifully photographed fable about a ghost village where no one has died since 1976, where old people are stuck in their memories - until the arrival of a... Julia Murat, 2011, Brazil, Argentina, France, 98 min.

hiver dernier, L' Headstrong young cattle farmer in a remote area in France refuses to adapt his way of working to the demands of the modern era. Controlled and beautifully... John Shank, 2011, Belgium, France, 103 min.

Hunter, The He's a family man with a farm. She's a convict from a nearby prison obliged to work there. Something happens between them. What does it entail? Without giving... Bakur Bakuradze, 2011, Russia, 123 min.

Hyperwomen, The Deep in the jungle of Mato Grosso, in the upper course of the Xingu, this sparkling documentary follows preparations for a Jamurikumalu ritual: a festival of... Carlos Fausto, Leonardo Sette, Takuma Kuikuro, 2011, Brazil, 80 min.

hypothèse du Mokélé-Mbembé, L' South-eastern Cameroon. A French zoologist investigates stories from pygmies about a prehistoric monster. For years, he has crossed the jungle back and forth... Marie Voignier, 2011, France, 78 min.

I Carried You Home Another kind of road movie. Two sisters - played by two striking actresses - accompany their dead mother by ambulance across Thailand. They have grown apart,... Tongpong Chantarangkul, 2011, Thailand, 113 min.

Invader, The Provost has been a regular guest in Rotterdam since his first short film and his feature debut is a hypnotic series of big-city tableaux. An opinionated black... Nicolas Provost, 2011, Belgium, 95 min.

jubilada, La Appealing film about how ordinary people relate to each other in unusual situations. Fabiola (played by Tony Manero actress Paola Lattus) returns to her... Jairo Boisier Olave, 2011, Chile, 83 min.

Kill List Sombre, nervous and easily hurt: Jay is unemployed and his beautiful wife gets on his nerves. Time to do another job? The skilfully improvised social-realist... Ben Wheatley, 2011, United Kingdom, 95 min.

King Curling Is curling a major sport? It is in Norway. The indestructible genre of the anti-hero who has to conquer himself and sporting setbacks is dressed up in this... Ole Endresen, 2011, Norway, 75 min.

Lena Almost every teenage girl yearns for love and almost every teenage girl is insecure. And if you don’t live up to what is seen as the ideal image of women but... Christophe Van Rompaey, 2011, Netherlands, 119 min.

Louise Wimmer After a painful divorce, Louise Wimmer has lost nearly everything. With only her car, in which she lives and sleeps, and the voice of Nina Simone, she does... Cyril Mennegun, 2011, France, 80 min.

Low Definition Control - Malfunctions #0 In the name of safety, the most banal movements in public spaces are being watched. Before a wide screen of strikingly captivating black-and-white images of... Michael Palm, 2011, Austria, 95 min.

Malaventura One day, a nameless old man in Mexico City feels that he his life will end - and with it his memories. Dignified debut by the young Lipkes, who’s already the... Michel Lipkes, 2011, Mexico, 67 min.

Matière grise If you are cynical, you could call this a genre film. Almost all Rwandan films are about the genocide they can’t come to terms with. As in the case of good... Kivu Ruhorahoza, 2011, Rwanda, Australia, 104 min.

Nana The unusual Nana is filmed from the perspective of a child. Four-year-old Nana walks with a childlike purity through a world that is partly paradise,... Valérie Massadian, 2011, France, 68 min.

Now, Forager: A Film About Love & Fungi A couple are picking wild mushrooms to sell to chic restaurants. One of them offers her a job. While her culinary star is rising, their relationship goes... Jason Cortlund, Julia Halperin, 2012, USA, 93 min.

nuage dans un verre d'eau, Un Young Anna is from Romania and old Noun is from Egypt. They are neighbours in a rundown building in Paris. They share the same interest in idle news but they... Srinath C. Samarasinghe, 2011, France, Canada, 90 min.

Nuit #1 Nikolaï spots beautiful Clara in a night club. Clara follows him home for a one-night stand. Before long, a brief sexual encounter turns into a long night of... Anne Émond, 2011, Canada, 91 min.

Oslo, August 31st Trier (Reprise) does not attempt to invalidate clichés about Scandinavia (depression, suicide): his lead has just quit drugs, but can think of little... Joachim Trier, 2011, Norway, 95 min.

Oversimplification of Her Beauty, An Overwhelming debut about the doubts of the director Nance about his relationship with a beautiful young woman. He combines personal experiences with fiction,... Terence Nance, 2012, USA, 93 min.

Papirosen Starting with the birth of his nephew Mateo, the young Argentine filmmaker Solnicki recorded the equally unique and universal vicissitudes of his Polish-Jewish... Gastón Solnicki, 2011, Argentina, USA, 74 min.

Par exemple, Electre Balibar, well-known as an actress and singer, left none of her talents unused in her directing debut. In this eclectic homage to Greek tragedy, Balibar and... Jeanne Balibar, Pierre Léon, 2012, France, 80 min.

Parts of the Heart Lessons in life about love: eight of these lessons about Peter from the age of ten to forty. Growing up as a homosexual in Indonesia. Autobiographical? The... Paul Agusta, 2012, Indonesia, 90 min.

Patron Saints, The Disturbing portrait of life in a nursing home. A handicapped resident shares his experiences in an openhearted and occasionally funny way. Thanks to the... Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy, 2011, USA, Canada, 72 min.

Pettifogger, The 1963: a year in the life of a petty criminal. This abstract crime film reconnoitres the frontiers of the genre, with images from comics and advertising and old... Lewis Klahr, 2011, USA, 65 min.

Rânia Rânia (16) dreams of a career as a dancer - but if you live in the slums of Fortaleza, talent and effort are not enough. Carried by a beautiful leading role by... Roberta Marques, 2011, Brazil, 85 min.

Räuberin, Die Tania is an actress, 43. Thore is 15, a misfit in a small village at the northern tip of Germany. At the beginning of winter, Tania escapes from her numb life... Markus Busch, 2011, Germany, 92 min.

Room 514 In this disturbing, realistic debut a determined young female soldier interrogates an officer. Contrary to her colleagues’ advice she accuses him of beating up... Sharon Bar-Ziv, 2012, Israel, 90 min.

Sentimental Animal Mysterious, oppressive and occasionally shocking film in stylised black-and-white (shot by a colleague director Zhang Yuedong) about the latter days of a... Wu Quan, 2011, China, 108 min.

Shame Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan star in McQueen’s second, once again stunning and very physical feature film, as a successful yet sex-obsessed... Steve McQueen, 2011, United Kingdom, 99 min.

Skoonheid Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. So does obsession. Beauty is set in a South Africa we seldom see: white suburbia, where people speak Afrikaans... Oliver Hermanus, 2011, South Africa, France, 99 min.

Sound of Light, The The filmmaker is a filmmaker, but the filmmaker is also a farmer. The film is about farmers and their problems pursuing a traditional life in this era. Filmed... Yamasaki Juichiro, 2011, Japan, 89 min.

Stillleben A father pays prostitutes to play Lydia, his own daughter. His shameful secret comes to light before the entire family in the most embarrassing way. Meise’s... Sebastian Meise, 2011, Austria, 77 min.

Sur la planche Badia and Imane work in Tangier peeling shrimps and at night they earn money robbing men. The determined Badia hates peeling shrimps and sees two new... Leïla Kilani, 2011, Morocco, France, 106 min.

That Small Piece Very simply a story about a quarrel between neighbours about a small piece of land. Made with next to nothing. Not even a low budget. The film maker puts out... JOSEph S KEN, 2011, Uganda, 90 min.

Totem Fiona is young and willing. She is a housemaid in the Bauer family, where all seems meticulously planned but no one seems to understand anyone. They also have... Jessica Krummacher, 2011, Germany, 86 min.

Twilight Portrait A young middle-class woman accidentally gets into horrible trouble, which drastically turns her tedious life upside down and makes it much more real. A very... Angelina Nikonova, 2011, Russia, 105 min.

Two Years at Sea An intimate portrait of Jake Williams, who lives isolated in the forests of Scotland, an area he is very tightly linked to. His everyday activities - in fair... Ben Rivers, 2011, United Kingdom, 88 min.

Ultimate Pranx Case, The In 2010, three boys played a prank on a girl at school and streamed it all live on Internet. What started as a fairly innocent joke soon got completely out of... 2012, Canada, 80 min.

ultimo terrestre, L' For his refreshing film debut, comic-strip artist Gipi adapted a strip by colleague Giacomo Monti. That background is tangible in this beautifully designed... Gianni Pacinotti, 2011, Italy, 96 min.

Valley of Saints During a violent summer in the beautiful Kashmir Valley, a young boatman tries to escape. But then he finds a new love. It’s a story of conflict, but it’s also... Musa Syeed, 2012, India, USA, 82 min.

Wavumba Fascinating, personal debut that follows an old fisherman in Kenya who can immerse himself in a world of stories, especially concerning his unwavering belief... Jeroen van Velzen, 2012, Netherlands, 80 min.

Weekend A chance encounter between the shy Russell and the extrovert Glen unexpectedly grows into something beautiful. It’s followed by a weekend of drink, sex and... Andrew Haigh, 2011, United Kingdom, 96 min.

Wereldsneak! We’re not going to give anything away about this film debut, because it is a one-off sneak screening. Oh, very well then, a couple of hints: father and... 80 min.

Whirlpool, The Two lonely twentysomethings meet by Niagara Falls. A fleeting relationship blossoms, that should provide comfort for both their unhappy pasts. But it isn’t... Alvin Case, 2011, USA, 74 min.