2008

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A writer with an audience of one.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
István Dárday, Györgyi Szalai
Cinematography:
Ferenc Pap, Zsolt Tóth
Cast:
Ferenc Bács, Katalin Gyöngyössi, Gábor Welker, Mónika Balsai
Editor:
Gabriella Koncz
Producer:
Jenő Hábermann
Language:
Hungarian w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Armando Trovagliolo

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Affluence, recklessness and power blend together in a bizarre and mesmerizing mystery.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
János Vecsernyés
Cinematography:
Tamas Lajos
Cast:
Péter Haumann, Kati Takáts, Máté Haumann, Ernő Fekete, István Iglódi, Imre Csuja, Ágnes Kovalik, Balázs Czukor, Zoltán Rátóti, Tibor Gáspár, Zsolt Kovács, József Tóth
Editor:
Csaba Tóth
Producer:
Péter Baráth
Language:
Hungarian w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Thriller
Music:
Bálint Bolscó

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Is your name safe?

Luís Galvão Teles, whose film Elles won the Audience Favorite Choice Award in 1999 and also joined the festival in 2005 with Fado Blues, returns with Dot.Com, a wondrous tale wherein the cold hand of big business casts its ugly shadow upon a poor, unsuspecting village.

Season:
2008
Director:
Luís Galvão Teles
Cinematography:
Miguel Sales Lopes
Cast:
João Tempera, Maria Adanez, Isabel Abreu, Marco Delgado
Editor:
Carlos Domeque
Producer:
Luís Galvão Teles
Executive Producer:
Francois Gonot
Language:
Portuguese w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Guy Farley

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US Premiere


Why is the case so heavy?

Frozen body parts, a milquetoast husband and his shrewish wife, and the serene scenery of Lijiang blend to sharp, entertaining effect in this fresh black comedy. He Dashang and his nagging wife run a riverside guesthouse in a well-known tourist spot. One morning, he wakes to find a suitcase floating down the river. To his surprise, inside are chopped up frozen body parts.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Wang Fen
Cinematography:
Zhang Huajie
Cast:
Wu Gang, Wu Yujuan, Wang Sifei, Wang Hongwei, Tang Wei
Editor:
Zhou Xinxia
Producer:
Yin Xin
Executive Producer:
Miao Kaihe
Language:
Mandarin w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Comedy, Drama
Music:
Xiao He

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Is it normal for a child to levitate??

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Kjell-Åke Andersson
Cinematography:
Olof Johnson
Cast:
Alice Havrell, Adam Lundgren, Frida Hallgren, Lotta Tejle, Claes Månsson, Peter Lorentzon, Tove Wiréen
Editor:
Petra Ahlin
Producer:
Francy Suntinger, Lina Jonsson
Language:
Swedish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Comedy

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Like its club-hopping heroine, Breaking the Surface tears across the screen.

Having just landed a gig with a trendy magazine, young photographer Nadja celebrates at the local disco, where she bumps into Darius, a 20-year-old skateboarder. Although her frankness at first scares him, the two quickly become a couple, and as their intoxicating affair takes off, they seem like passionate soul mates. Soon, however, career demands and emotional intensity gradually put a strain on their rapport, and things turn even more complicated when Nadja discovers she?s pregnant.

Season:
2008
Director:
Felicitas Korn
Cinematography:
Kay Gauditz
Cast:
Henriette Heinz, Golo Euler, Sabine Bach, Wolfgang Packhäuser, Till Trenkel, Patrick Güldenberg, Jürgen Lehmann
Editor:
Ulrike Tortora
Producer:
Judith Erber, Bernhard Koch
Language:
German w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Drama

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Graceful and incisive, Amal cuts a unique path between sentiment and suspense.

Season:
2008
Director:
Richie Mehta
Cinematography:
Mitch Ness
Cast:
Rupinder Nagra, Koel Purie, Naseeruddin Shah, Seema Biswas, Vik Sahay, Roshan Seth, Tanisha Chatterjee
Editor:
Stuart A. McIntyre
Producer:
David Miller, Steven Bray
Executive Producer:
Peter Starr, Robin Cass
Language:
English and Hindi w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Dr. Shiva

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In a city without words, the one with ?The Voice? holds the key.

Season:
2008
Director:
Esteban Sapir
Cinematography:
Cristian Cottet
Cast:
Valeria Bertuccelli, Alejandro Urdapilleta, Julieta Cardinali, Rafael Ferro, Florencia Raggi, Sol Moreno, Jonathan Sandor, Ricardo Merkin, Raul Hochman, Carlos Piñeyro
Editor:
Pablo Barbieri Carrera
Producer:
Jose Arnal
Language:
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Fantasy
Music:
Leo Sujatovich

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Sex and the City meets reality.

Unfortunately, old school views of love and marriage being the most important event in a woman?s life still exist today. Meet Taylor, who is thirty-five, single, never been married and has no future prospects. Watch as Taylor and her desperate friends fish through the dating pool of Los Angeles but end up catching fetishists, phone sex operators, and self-help gurus instead of their soul mates.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Richard Waterhouse
Cinematography:
Birgit Martina Rudel, Richard Briglia
Cast:
Sarah Blevins, Jamie Anderson, Heather Stewart, Jesse Burch, Peter Murnik, Steve Florian, Matthew Atherton
Editor:
Peter Frey
Producer:
Cathleen Alexander, Cheri Waterhouse, Patricia Anton
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Jon Mattox

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Rock-bottom becomes the talk of the town.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Darren Curtis, Pat Kiely
Cinematography:
Bobby Shore
Cast:
Darren Curtis, Pat Kiely, Matt Silver, Kristin Adams, Dan Haber, Paul Spence, Claire Brosseau, Paul Mattsson, Etan Muskat, Brent Skagford
Editor:
Jared Curtis
Producer:
Kieran Crilly, Brandi-Ann Milbradt, Darren Curtis, Pat Kiely; Writers: Matt Silver, Darren Curtis, Pat Kiely
Executive Producer:
Paul Renaud, Jade Healy, John Lameray, David Fruchter, Charles D'Angelo, Jon Webb, Katye Stevens, Trevor Barnes
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Vincent Lefebvre
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