World Cinema

• François LUNEL
• France
• 2009
• 81min

Once a popular writer, Frank comes to Paris to complete the scenario which was left alone, on a proposal made by Castel Publishing Company. Staying at the finest hotel, Frank tries...

World Cinema

• Sandra FIERLINGER,Paul FIERLINGER
• United States
• 2009
• 83min

Our continued love affair with our pets ? dogs in particular ? gets another treatment in this stunningly illustrated and moving story about a man that finds companionship with a do...

World Cinema

• Granaz MOUSSAVI
• Iran,Australia
• 2009
• 96min

In Iran living as a female stage actress doesn’t seem to be easy, at least, this film says so. To be an artist to express herself, she has to withstand the underground life like ma...

World Cinema

• Jean-Jacques MANTELLO
• UK,Bahamas
• 2009
• 85min

The film features the fantastic 7,000 km journey of a sea turtle to lay eggs on shore where she was born. It is the first feature film about this type of nature to be filmed in 3D ...

World Cinema

• Hilda HIDALGO
• CostaRica,Colombia
• 2009
• 97min

Costa Rican documentary filmmaker Hilda Hidalgo makes her feature debut with this ambitious adaptation of celebrated Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s [Of Love and Other De...

World Cinema

• George OVASHVILI
• Georgia,Kazakhstan
• 2009
• 93min

Starring non-professional young actor Tedo Bekhauri, George Ovashvili’s debut is a moving, unsentimental film about war that will speak to Russians and Georgians in particular, but...

World Cinema

• Nikolay DOSTAL
• Russia
• 2009
• 97min

Named best film at the 2009 Moscow International Film Festival, [Pete on the Way to Heaven] pivots on a young, somewhat mentally impaired man who lives his life pretending to be a ...

World Cinema

• Adama DRABO,Ladji DIAKITE
• Mali
• 2009
• 84min

In the dark night of Mali, with the sound of Kora, the traditional musical instrument of Mali, the legend of “Fantan Fanga (The Power of the Poor)” begins. Prior to the presidentia...

World Cinema

• GUO Xiaolu
• UK,France,Germany
• 2009
• 98min

“As a Mainland Chinese filmmaker, I think world cinema needs to move away from its focus on specific cultural identities?to go further, and to do something broader and wilder.” ? G...

World Cinema

• Andreas STRUCK
• Germany
• 2009
• 86min

“We need other people. We need to see beyond our own concerns, to communicate, ask questions, share our questions?for life offers no answers and love promises nothing. Hanna’s poem...