La Lunga Ombra (Passages)

. Director: Jon Jost . 77 Min. .

In a poetic tone, ?La Lunga Ombra? illuminates the impact of 9/11 on the European and especially on the Italian intelligentsia embedded in the story of three women spending time together at the seaside to work through the recent breakup of one of them.

Dreaming by Numbers

. Director: Anna Bucchetti Director is present . 75 Min. .

The film is set in Naples? crowded poorer neighborhoods. Here one finds numerous small gambling offices and people playing lottery on a daily basis, hoping to flee their destiny by fluke. But the numbers they use are not picked randomly. In fact there?s always a personal association, a direct link between the numbers chosen and the attempt to change fate. ?Dreaming by Numbers? portrays some of the regular visitors to a local gambling office and tells their stories in which the notion of hope intermingles with visions of the rest of their lives.

Tell Me Do You Miss Me

. Director: Matthew Buzzell Director is present . 102 Min. .

?Tell Me Do You Miss Me? documents the last tour of indie-rock band LUNA as its four members begin the transition into an uncertain future.

The Cheese and the Worms

. Director: Kato Haruyo Director is present . 98 Min. .

?The Cheese and Worms? documents firsthand what it means to lose a loved one forever. Deeply personal and convincing, the documentary searches for something comforting and meaningful in the midst of pain and loss.

Valerie

. Director: Birgit M?ller Director is present . 85 Min. .

?Valerie? is a modern fairytale about homelessness, beauty and honesty. Once a successful model, Valerie is broke and homeless in Berlin. Now she sleeps in a car on a parking lot but still manages to mingle in the world of the rich and beautiful.

China Villagers Documentary Project

. Director: Nong Ke, Zhang Huancai, Zhou Cengjia, Shao Yuzhen, Ni Lianghui, Cili Zhuoma, Jia Zhitan, Fu Jiachong, Wang Wie, Yi Chujian Director is present . 95 Min. .

Ten Chinese villagers operate a film camera for the first time, so as to report first hand on the changes that have taken places in the public culture of their villages in the course of the transition to ?village self-governance.?

Cowboy Angels

. Director: Kim Massee Director is present . 100 Min. .

In Paris, 11-year-old Pablo contracts the dubious poker-playing Louis to help him find his father, yet he doesn?t seem to exist?.

Halid Bunic - The Eternal

. Director: Damir Nemir Janecek Director is present . 30 Min. .

This is a documentary film about Halid, who was born in the cinema. With ?Halid Bunic ? The Eternal? director Damir Nemir Janecek has created an impressive thirty-minute film about life, cinema and friendship. .

Beg, Borrow or Steal

. Director: Andreas Koefoed Director is present . 36 Min. .

At age 89, well-traveled Rahi sets out in a rented taxi on his final journey through India in hope of smuggling himself into universities where he can sell the mystical books he?s authored. But the world has changed, and Rahi?s final journey leads in search of something else: about the basic human need for recognition.

Views of a Retired Night Porter

. Director: Andreas Horvath Director is present . 35 Min. .

?Views of a Retired Night Porter? is an enthralling film about the history of socialist realism, the Polish people and the effects of recent historical developments lovingly centered on a night porter who was once an icon of the totalitarian state.

Der Junge ohne Eigenschaften

. Director: Thomas Stiller Director is present . 96 Min. .

Tim suffers from the trauma that his father nearly murdered his whole family. His development slowed by a bullet fragment in his head, Tim sets out on a liberating journey to come into contact with reality ? and with himself.

Les Quatre Cents Coups (Sie k?ssten und sie schlugen ihn)

. Director: Fran?ois Truffaut . 99 Min. .

The young Parisian Antoine grows up in poverty and neglect. As Antoine delves into a life of petty crime, he is delivered to the ?mercy? of the French judicial system.

Colour Me Kubrick

. Director: Brian Cook Director is present . 87 Min. .

: Ambling around London society, pretending to be the great Stanley Kubrick, the British conman, Alan Conway, lived a fairly large life for a number of years. Played by John Malkovich, Conway is a compelling rogue, so confident in his gift of deception that he barely bothered to learn his own supposed filmography. His exploits are detailed with a cool, picaresque delight. Packed with insider film references, from the visuals to the score, the film becomes a study of celebrity, deception and good old-fashioned grifting. The British conman Alan Conway lived a fairly large life for a number of years by pretending to be the great Stanley Kubrick. ?Colour Me Kubrick? is a beautifully impish film offering much insight into the life of the real Stanley Kubrick.

Bittersweet Place

. Director: Alexandra Brodsky Director is present . 86 Min. .

Against the backdrop of a dilapidated auto repair shop, a family?s world begins to derail in a wonderful story about love, fear and uncertainty in a constantly changing world.

Little Miss Sunshine

. Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris . 100 Min. .

When the seven-year-old Olive is selected to participate in the ?Little Miss Sunshine? contest, the whole family hits the road for California in their VW bus. Against all odds, they still come out shining...

Firn

. Director: Axel Koenzen Director is present . 38 Min. .

Murder disguised as suicide ? a son?s belated revenge on his father ? this gripping tale is filmed against breathtaking glacier scenery.

Hochhaus

. Director: Nikias Chryssos . 40 Min. .

Growing up in a poor neighborhood, twelve-year old Daniel suffers increasingly under his older brother?s machinations. He flees into a world of fantasy. For a moment, Daniel manages to find a friend in the person of a neighborhood junkie.

Charles et Lucie

. Director: Nelly Kaplan . 95 Min. .

It is a compassionate comedy about a middle-aged couple whose lives are turned upside-down as a result of the news of an unexpected inheritance. An on-the-road movie in the sun of southern France, the couple?s often tragic adventures lead them to reassess their love for one another, rekindling their spirits.

Mare Nero

. Director: Roberta Torre . 82 Min. .

Inspector Luca is drawn deeply into the mysterious murder case of beautiful, young Valentina. The case becomes a tough test for Luca who has just embarked on a relationship with Frenchwoman Veronica.

Mah Nakorn (Citizen Dog)

. Director: Wisit Sasanatieng . 100 Min. .

?Mah Nakorn? (?Citizen Dog?) is a cult flick about a migrant worker from the Thai countryside who falls in love with a girl who, in turn, is obsessed with the environmental movement and a hippie westerner. But when he becomes famous, everything takes a surprising twist.

Son of Man

. Director: Mark Dornford-May Director is present . 86 Min. .

?Son of Man? is Mark Dornford-May?s new and adventurous interpretation of the New Testament. Filmed in South Africa, and in collaboration with the pioneering Dimpho Di Kopane theater group, the film masterfully transports the biblical narrative of the coming of a messiah to a fictional country in present day Africa.

Gringo

. Director: Eric Kowalski . 87 Min. .

A film about the Lower East Side of New York, an incisive documentary from the drug scene. Director Lech Kowalski spent four months living with the local junkies, gaining their trust, and then brought in the cameras

Unrequited Love

. Director: Chris Petit . 77 Min. .

?Unrequited Love? is about stalking and its victims. New types of modern technology define urban stalkers as a new category of terrorist. The methods duplicate: irrational, but targeted -- a dark valentine.