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Ander
A poignant debut feature, winner of a CICAE prize at Berlin, exploring the challenges faced by a middle-aged farmer in a rural Basque community whose certainties are called into question by the arrival of a Peruvian labourer.
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The Ape
A fresh and disquieting tale of a day in the life of a deeply disturbed man.
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Applause
Drama, drink and divorce. An inspiring take on the devastating nature of addiction and the long road back to normality.
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As God Commands
Impressive adaptation of Niccolo Ammaniti's novel, The Crossroads by acclaimed Italian film-maker, Gabriele Salvatores.
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The Big Dream
Exciting, romantic autobiographical story of a cop come actor, who infiltrates the student protest groups in Rome, during the height of the 1968 demonstrations.
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Burrowing
Beautifully evocative and impressionistic exploration of lives of local Swedish misfits.
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Calimucho
Eugenie Jansen's smart and thoroughly charming film is a verité exercise shot during the 2007 summer tour of Circus Harlekino and features a cast whose daily routine is very similar to that of the characters they portray.
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Dogtooth
The product of an active and inventive imagination, though some may doubt it comes from a healthy one…
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The Double Hour
Ultra-suspenseful contemporary crime thriller about a new romance, torn apart by robbery and murder.
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The Eagle Hunter's Son
The allure of breaking with tradition and experiencing city life calls to a young nomad living near the Mongolian border.
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Giulia Doesn't Date at Night
Haunting and unusual romance between a nearly successful writer and his mysterious swimming teacher, who conceals a dark and desperately sad, past history.
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The Happiest Girl in the World
The latest find from Romania: an acerbic comedy about a young girl who wins a soft-drinks competition and finds that success comes with a catch.
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Headhunter
A stylish corporate thriller. A journalist turned headhunter becomes entangled in a multinational power.
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Help Gone Mad
A superbly acted black comedy of life in the Moscow suburbs that recalls the films of Kaurismaki and the theatre of Samuel Beckett.
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His & Hers
This distinctive documentary, shot through with charm and humour, has a deceptively simple conceit that manages to deliver an honest and revealing insight into life in Ireland.
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Ivul
Brit eccentric Andrew Kötting returns with a French rural drama - a young man takes to the trees when he falls foul of the family patriarch.
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Journey to the Moon
Turkish villagers' quest to fly to the moon in the 1950s becomes an engaging study of contemporary Turkish culture.
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The Last Days of Emma Blank
An unsettling, darkly playful, very funny, and thoroughly relevant comment on class, power, greed and hypocrisy.
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Little Indi
Marc Recha's latest feature is a contemporary fable of a teenager caught between a dying way of life in the country and the possibilities offered by the laws and social conventions of a more wily city existence.
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Lourdes
A meticulously drawn study of a pilgrimage to the iconic site, touching on themes of faith, hope and charity.
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The Man Who Will Come
Based on real life events, powerful World War 2 drama about the impact of German soldiers gradually encroaching on farming villages outside Bologna.
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Max Embarrassing
Amusing, coming of age tale sees young Max constantly failing to achieve despite his best intentions.
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Men on the Bridge
A prize-winning portrait of life in the rapidly changing sprawl of today's Istanbul, offering resonant and affecting insights in a pacy, punchy, multi-strand narrative.
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Metropia
Vincent Gallo and Juliette Lewis lead the voice cast in an innovative futuristic animation.
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Morphia
A compelling and occasionally graphic story adapted from Mikhail Bulgakov's stories about a country medical practice in Russia in 1917.
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My Only Sunshine
Reha Erdem follows the celebrated Times and Winds with a poetic, bold and rewarding feature, daring in both form and content.
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Osadné
A witty and entertaining documentary about a small village in Eastern Slovakia and its application for a grant from the European Union.
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Protektor
Radio journalist Emil protects his film star wife against anti-Semitism in a stylish drama set in Prague during the Nazi occupation.
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A Room and a Half
Nobel prize-winning poet Joseph Brodsky embarks on an imaginary voyage to St. Petersburg in Khrzhanovsky's imaginative and poetic film.
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St George Shoots the Dragon
Epic, visionary Serbian war film from director Srdjan Dragojevic, about conflict, passion and jealousy in a village facing the prospect of World War I.
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Storm
A legal drama about personal and political integrity, and about the face of modern Europe.
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Sweet Rush
A subtle, multi-layered film combining fiction, real-life narrative and an exploration of film-making itself, from veteran director Andrzej Wajda.
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This Very Instant
A stylish documentary from Spanish filmmaker Manuel Huerga follows Oscar-winning Uruguayan singer-composer Jorge Drexler as he undertakes a short tour in late 2007.
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Three Days with the Family
A large bourgeois Catalan family come together for the funeral of the paterfamilias in Mar Coll's impressive debut feature.
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What Do You Know About Me?
Thought provoking and provocative documentary on the past and present history and situation of the Italian cinema.
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The White Space
Sensitive, powerful and touching story of a middle-aged woman, coping with the premature birth.
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Who's Afraid of the Wolf?
Family relations and fairy stories become intertwined in a charming fantasy for ‘adults with children'.
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Wolfy
A compelling portrait of a child's memories of her relationship with her mother in a film directing debut by award-winning dramatist Vassily Sigarev.
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Woman Without Piano
From the 2006 LFF FIPRESCI winner, Javier Rebollo, comes 24 hours in the life of a Madrid housewife whose secrets begin to tumble as day rolls into night.
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Women Without Men
In 1953, four Iranian women search for freedom or survival in Shirin Neshat's interpretation of the banned novel by Shahrunsh Parshipar.

Festival News

In Pictures | Day 16 of the Festival

30 Oct 2009

In Pictures | Day 16 of the Festival

We wave goodbye to the Festival at the Gala screening of Sam Taylor-Wood's Nowhere Boy.

Sight & Sound Young Journalist Winners

30 Oct 2009

Sight & Sound Young Journalist Winners

We tally the entries and present the winners.

Awards Ceremony

29 Oct 2009

Awards Ceremony

We announce the winner of the Best Film award, plus we welcome our new BFI Fellows.

In Pictures | Day 15 of the Festival

29 Oct 2009

In Pictures | Day 15 of the Festival

Behind the scenes at the Awards Ceremony.