Drama | Spain | Spanish w/ English Subtitles

"Dealing with issues of domestic violence, El Bola teases a truly remarkable performance from its lead actor, twelve-year-old Juan José Ballesta, who plays this street urchin in equal parts tough and vulnerable."
   - Jamie Russell, BBC

Winner of 4 Goya Awards (Spanish Oscars®) including Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best New Actor, and Best New Director

Family-Documentary | USA | English Language no Subtitles

"Bowling for Columbine, Spellbound, Capturing the Friedmans and Winged Migration have all been unexpected hits.  "OT" deserves a place alongside them."
   - David Ansen, Newsweek

"OT plays like a jazzed-up version of Ulysses' 'Odyssey,' with the cast forced to traverse cultural chasms and scale seemingly insurmountable obstacles."
   - Patrick Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

Directed by the Academy Award nominated director of The Garden, Scott Hamilton Kennedy

Romantic-Comedy | Australia | English Language no Subtitles

"Richardson and McDonald are hilarious as the neo-hippy parents, with their casual talk about orgasms and their oddball approach to raising their son."
   - David Stratton, Variety

5 out of 5 stars - "Smartly acted and packed full of quotable lines and offbeat moments..."
   - Mathew Turner, View London

Drama-Comedy, Fantasy | Norway | Norwegian w/ English Subtitles

"Delightfully droll. [Its] use of sound and impossible space recalls the eerie worlds of David Lynch."
   - Leslie Felperin, Variety

"...full of cool nightmare imagery, by a moviemaker with a lot of talent."
   - Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

Drama | Finland and Sweden | Finnish and Swedish w/ English Subtitles

"Finnish helmer Klaus Haro comes up with an emotionally involving tale that could also resonate beyond the region in specialty situations. Pic is Finland's official submission for the Oscars' foreign film category."
   - Gunnar Rehlin, Variety

Mother of Mine was submitted by its country for the Best Foreign Film category of the Academy Awards®

Drama | USA | English Language no Subtitles

"The simple sweetness of this heartfelt effort arrives as both endearing and culturally provocative."
   - Toddy Burton, The Austin Chronicle

"Writer-director Stefan Schaefer's modest, surprisingly winning indie drama [has] a sense of intimacy that serves it well"
   - New York Magazine

Drama | Belgium | Dutch w/ English Subtitles

"The Best Teen Movie Since Donnie Darko."
   - Brian Miller, The Village Voice

"Buttressed by strong performances – particularly newcomer Timmermans in the lead – the film has not an ounce of fat or histrionics. Rarely has so much emotion and excitement been compressed into 90 minutes of screen time."
   - Denis Seguin, Screen Daily

"Strong...A terrific cast!"
   - New York Magazine

Drama | Italy | Italian w/ English Subtitles

"Breathtaking!...lyrical...poetic"
   - Bob Mondello, National Public Radio

"perceptively written… an absorbing, deliberate drama"
   - Eddie Cockrell, Variety

Winner of David Di Donatello Awards (Italian Oscars®) for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress

Comedy | United Kingdom | English Language no Subtitles

"Hilarious, heartwarming British film-making... Superb"
   - Robbie Collin, News of the World

"Witty and warmhearted, it's a feel-good movie that never seems forced."
   - Aaron Hillis, The Village Voice

"Young Thomas Turgoose won our hearts"
   - Elizabeth Weitzman, NY Daily News

"5 Stars!  A film you simply never want to end!"
   - Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

"Just about perfect!"
"Surprisingly strong!"
   - Kyle Smith, New York Post

Israel, Germany | 2008 | Thriller | in Hebrew with English Subtitles

"Transcendent!... the most powerful and moving film I can ever remeber seeing."  -- Eric Alterman, The Huffington Post

Nominated for 7 Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress

WINNER - Audience Award - Moscow Int'l Film Festival

WINNER - Grand Prix - Sofia Int'l Film Festival

WINNER - Crystal Heart - Heartland Film Festival

Official Selection - Hamptons, Montreal, Hamburg, Jerusalem Film Festivals

Germany, Denmark, Netherlands | 2009 | Thriller | in English, German, Bosnian, Serbian with English subtitles

"Harrowing, provocative and deeply probing!" -- Kevin Thomas, LA Times

Nominated for 5 German Academy Awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenply

WINNER - Amnesty International Film Prize - Berlin Int'l Film Festival

WINNER - Best Film - Munich Film Festival

Official Selection - Sarajevo, Chicago, London, Rio de Janeiro and Mill Valley Film Festivals

Starring Kerry Fox (Bright Star, Intimacy, The Hanging Garden) and Anamaria Marinca (4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days)

YEAR 7 | FILM 11
Norway-Sweden | 2008 | Thriller-Drama | Norwegian w/ English Subtitles

"It's absolutely the best movie I have seen in years!" --Michael Moore, Academy Award® winning director

"The performances… are fantastic and the direction is without fault." -- Alec Baldwin, Academy Award® nominated actor

Drama | France | French w/ English Subtitles

"A topnotch central perf by the attractive and convincing Fejria Deliba combines with well-observed details that bring the tricky assimilation of a generation of immigrants to life."
   - Lisa Nesselson, Variety

Inch'Allah Dimanche was submitted by its country for the Best Foreign Film category of the Academy Awards®

Drama | France-Morocco | French and Arabic w/ English Subtitles

"What distinguishes Raja from every other movie to contemplate the treacherous intersection of passion, avarice, and power is its unsettling emotional honesty."
   - Stephen Holden, New York Times

Winner France Culture Award
   - Cannes Film Festival

Drama | France | French w/ English Subtitles

"Just another soap opera in less deft hands, Nadir Mokneche's Viva Laldjerie jumps off the screen with humor, poignancy and local color."
   - Lisa Nesselson, Variety

Drama | France-Morocco | French and Arabic w/ English Subtitles

"In this remarkable directorial debut, the stern father of a Muslim family in France has his teenage son drive him to Mecca for the religious pilgrimage known as the hajj."
   - Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle

"The feel of a contemporary fable"
   - Tom Dawson, BBC

Comedy | Belgium | French w/ English Subtitles

"One of the wry pleasures of 2004, and certainly the year's most enjoyable Belgian disability road comedy."
   - Jonathan Romney, Film Comment

Drama | Canada | French w/ English Subtitles

"Familia is a refreshing and insightful look at the relationships of two sets of three generations of women that contemplates the question of whether or not women are genetically bound to be like their mothers."
   - Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter

"Familia is a smart, well-modulated drama from first-time Quebec director Louise Archambault that packs a powerful after-effect."
   - Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Drama | Burkina Faso, Canada, France | French w/ English Subtitles

"…hypnotic widescreen photography…which is well written and directed… Salgues' screenplay is perfectly crafted…"
   - Deborah Young, Variety

"The cinematography is stunning and director Laurent Salgues camera drinks up the landscape..."
   - Amber Wilkinson, Eye for Film

Documentary | France | French w/ English Subtitles

"Let's say it out loud; Her Name is Sabine is the most beautiful film that Cannes has given us this year."
   - FIPRESCI (The International Federation of Film Critics)

"You may have seen films about people with mental and physical illnesses, but you've never seen it handled this expertly."
   - Ain't It Cool News

Drama | France | French w/ English Subtitles

"Triumphant! [A] Gem of a film."
   - Stephen Holden, The New York Times

"Graceful.  Inflected with immense emotion."
   - Michelle Orange, The Village Voice

"Like taking a vacation to yhe French countryside and meeting people there of whom you grow extraordinarily fond, The Grocer's Son is an unalloyed pleasure, start to finish."
   - Green Cine Daily

Drama | Belgium | French w/ English Subtitles

"Damn-near perfect!"
   - Leslie Felperin, Variety

WINNER - Best European Film (Director's Fortnight)
   - Cannes Film Festival

 Yvan and Elie are two loners who wander aimlessly through their lives.  Yvan is a quick-tempered 40-year-old vintage car dealer....

France | 2009 | Drama | French, English and Kurdish w/ English subtitles

NY Times Critics Pick! Read Stephen Holden's Review Here

Nominated for 10 César Awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor (Vincent Lindon)

"Extremely evocative!  Newcomer Ayverdi is a significant discovery."
- Jonathan Romney, Screen Daily

WINNER - Best Picture - Lumiere Awards

WINNER - Label Europa & Prize of the Ecumincal Jury - Berlin Int'l Film Festival

WINNER - LUX Prize of the European Parliament

WINNER - Grand Jury Prize - Heartland Film Festival

Official Selection - Rendez-Vous with French Cinema; Seattle, Karlovy Vary, Istanbul, Warsaw, Helskinki Film Festivals

"Driven by absurdist humor, random off-the-wall moments of originality and a generally anarchic tone, He Died With a Felafel in His Hand mixes the heightened silliness of youth cinema with a more studied, film-literate approach."
   - Erin Free, The Hollywood Reporter

Drama | Canada | English Language no Subtitles

"When Marion Bridge, a small, exquisitely acted Canadian film, is observing the psychological tensions of three grown-up sisters attending their dying mother in a small Nova Scotia town, it uncovers a complexity and depth of feeling rarely glimpsed in a family drama."
   - Stephen Holden, New York Times

"The film is beautifully shot by Stefan Ivanov and wonderfully acted..."
   - John Petrakis, Chicago Tribune

Drama | Netherlands | English Language no Subtitles

"Tjebbo Penning has fashioned a sleek, highly stylized arthouse thriller that, fragmented in time and space, neatly resolves into a portrait of fictional painter Morlang, a middle-aged megalomaniac who feeds off his muses."
   - Ronnie Scheib, Variety

Drama-Comedy | Canada | English Language no Subtitles

"Falling Angels, based on the novel by Barbara Gowdy, is one of the most effective family dramas to emerge in a good long while."
   - Reel Film Reviews

"Falling Angels" is a dysfunctional-family tale that confirms soph helmer Scott Smith ("Rollercoaster") as a keen observer of character drama, particularly in the realm of teenage turmoil."
   - Dennis Harvey, Variety

Drama | Australia | English Language no Subtitles

"Alexandra's Project is a film like no other."
   - Shannon J. Harvey, Sunday Times (Australia)

"A domestic thriller in which a neglectful husband gets his comeuppance while watching TV, Rolf de Heer's Alexandra's Project would certainly make for a profoundly squirmy date movie."
   - Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

Comedy | Canada | English Language no Subtitles

"Follows in the footsteps of films like Short Cuts and Magnolia...Writer/director Daniel MacIvor does a wonderful job of establishing this small town… to the extent that we feel like we know the place."
   - David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

"For fans of the well-made eccentric Canadian ensemble comedy, today is a good day..."
   - Wesley Morris, The Boston Globe

Documentary-Political | USA | English Language

"A campaign for mayor that takes unexpected, and heartbreaking, twists and turns."
   - Josh Benson, The New York Times

Winner of Best Documentary
   - Long Island Film Festival

Winner of the Emerging Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary
   - Minneapolis-St. Paul Int'l Film Festival

Drama-Comedy | Canada | English Language no Subtitles

"A Simple Curve possesses wisdom that is rare for film these days, let alone a debut."
   - Peter Howell, The Toronto Star

Drama | USA | English Language no Subtitles

"Smart and engaging… Olabisi is most definitely a talent to watch."
   - Mark Rabinowitz, Indiewire

"Olabisi exhibits a sure hand with both story and ensemble… Emotional fireworks ring true."
   - Eddie Cockrell, Variety

Drama | USA | English Language no Subtitles

"Choking Man is everything an independent film should be"
   - Steven Soderbergh

"Delightful"
   - Stephen Holden, The New York Times

USA | 2009 | Documentary | USA | in English

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"One from the heart. Smart, sincere and affecting." -- Manhola Dargis, The New York Times

"The best movie I saw during the week-long SXSW Film Festival!" -- Karen Valby, Entertainment Weekly

"Absorbing!" -- Eddie Cockrell, Variety

WINNER - Audience Award - SXSW Film Festival

WINNER - Audience Award - San Francisco DocFest

Official Selection - SilverDocs, St. Louis, Mill Valley, Milwaukee Film Festivals

UK, USA | 2009 | Comedy-Drama | English | 85 min.

 "Fresh and insightful! …the performances are as good as anything in Hollywood... it's humorous and sweet, a lovely little film!" --Eric Snider, Cinematical

"With endearing performances and a witty script, BOMBER is one of my favorite films [from the] SXSW Film Festival!" --Tim Basham, Paste Magazine

Drama | Morocco-France | Arabic w/ English Subtitles

"Director Nabil Ayouch...creates cinematic magic."
   - Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle

"A real treat!"
   - Jamie Russell, BBC

Ali Zaoua was submitted by its country for the Best Foreign Film category of the Academy Awards®

Drama-Urban | USA | English and Spanish w/ some English Subtitles

"Mr. Eason, using a hand-held camera and a largely new or nonprofessional cast, brilliantly captures the pulse of daily life in working-class, immigrant New York: the hectic rhythms of labor, leisure and family life, the stresses and pleasures, the anxieties and hopes."
   - A.O. Scott, New York Times

Winner Special Jury Prize
   - Sundance Film Festival

Family-Drama | Canada | English and Cantonese w/ Some Subtitles

"With the sure hand of a skilled miniaturist, Mina Shum has crafted a nearly flawless film."
   - Susan Walker, Toronto Star

"Delightful story of love and hope..."
   - Toronto Sun

Documentary-African American | USA | English Language no Subtitles

"… a deeply moving 87 minutes that leave you feeling touched, renewed and refreshed- kind of like a great sermon"
   - Nathalie Hopkinson, The Washington Post

"Long before pic's end, Peterson has made viewers care deeply about these people..."
   - Scott Foundis, Variety - Review

Drama | Germany | German w/ English Subtitles

"The Forest for the Trees is a precisely modulated first film about an idealistic young educator ostracized for her lack of teaching skills and civil graces."
   - Eddie Cockrell, Variety

"Insightful, affecting & tightly realized..."
   - Screen Daily

"...disturbingly frank, compassionat debut film by writer -director Maren Ade features a very moving lead performance by actress Eva Loebau as Melanie..."
   - Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

Romantic-Drama | Norway | Norwegian w/ English Subtitles

"Monster Thursday marks the emergence of an electrifying new voice in Scandanavian cinema"
   - Trevor Groth, Sundance Film Festival

Nominated Grand Jury Prize
   - Sundance Film Festival

Drama-Spiritual | Russia | Russian w/ English Subtitles

"Pavel Lounguine surprises followers with his less-virile but oddly fascinating 'The Island.'…this parable about faith and salvation is addressed to the same kind of broad-minded arthouse audience drawn to spiritual themes."
   - Deborah Young, Variety

Winner of 5 Nika Awards (Czech Oscars®) including Best Film

Dark Comedy | Denmark | Danish w/ English Subtitles

Denmark's Academy Award® Submission for Best Foreign Language Film

"a funny, politically incorrect and, somewhere deep down, thoughtful black comedy…"
   - Gunnar Rehlin, Variety

Drama | Switzerland | German, Swiss, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian w/ English Subtitles

"A remarkably affecting work that doesn't go for easy sentiment."
   - Jay Weissberg, Variety

"Director Andrea Staka plays the actors like a fine instrument, eliciting anxiety, pain, passion and joy that feel genuine."
   - Dawn Taylor, Portland Tribune

Drama | Australia | English Language no Subtitles

"[Noise] kicks off with a wallop, then constantly confounds expectations by approaching its subject matter from fresh directions."
   - Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter

"Noise" is a slickly executed experiment full of sound and fury."
   - Russell Edwards, Variety

Drama | France, Lebanon, UK | Arabic w/ English Subtitles

"Raw, heart-wrenching and deeply powerful!"
   - Susan Sarandon

"Superb! ...a hypnotic roller coater [that is] chilling and deeply affecting"
   - Jonathan Curiel/ The San Franciso Chronicle

Winner of the Altre Visioni and Human Rights Film Award
   - Venice Int'l Film Festival

Drama | Hong Kong-Taiwan-Germany | English Subtitles

"A young Hong Kong rebel finds inner peace and a sense of purpose with a group of Zen musicians in the hills of Taiwan in "The Drummer," an entertaining blend of genre elements and spiritual content that plays much better than it sounds on paper."
   - Derek Elly, Variety

Drama | Brazil | Portuguese w/ English Subtitles

"Although not what American studios generally mean by "family fare," this drama is actually excellent family viewing – it both opens a window onto another culture and, through Antonio, speaks the universal language of teen angst."
   - Ethan Alter, TV Guide

Drama | Spain-Peru | Spanish w/ English Subtitles

"That Llosa has never directed for the camera before is remarkable considering how accomplished the film is...."
   - Robert Koehler, Variety

Madeinusa was submitted by its country for the Best Foreign Film category of the Academy Awards®

Drama | Mexico | Spanish w/ English Subtitles

"The Violin is filmmaking in its purest form. The debut film by Francisco Vargas moves us with its lyricism and shakes us with its honesty. A film that's moving, urgent and necessary."
   - Guillermo del Toro, Director of Pan's Labyrinth

"...a potent work made with confidence and skill that effectively melds aesthetic and thematic concerns within an involving dramatic framework."
   - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

A stunning film that dazzles with its deceptive simplicity."
   - Belinda Acosta, Austin Chronicle

Drama | Cuba | Spanish w/ English Subtitles

"Director Malberti has a simple, unfussy style that reflects his young heroes' clear-eyed naïveté....."
   - Adam Nayman, Eye Weekly

Viva Cuba was submitted by its country for the Best Foreign Film category of the Academy Awards®

Drama | Argentina | Spanish w/ English Subtitles

"Delicate, emotionally potent"
   - Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

"Raw-edged and moving…thoroughly nuanced… a tough, engaging, extremely touching work of cinema."
   - Richard James Havis, The Hollywood Reporter

XXY ws short listed for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards®

Drama | Uruguay, France, Brazil | Spanish w/ English Subtitles

"Towers supreme!…alternately heartbreaking and hilarious."
   - Ed Gonzalez, The Village Voice

"Fernández and Charlone have achieved something...with… visual and dramatic intensity"
   - Screen Daily

"Watch it now, and you'll be surprised how such a little movie can cut so deeply to the bone!"
   - David Fear, Time Out New York

"Charming…The Pope's Toilet entertains."
   - Aaron Hillis, The Village Voice

The Pope's Toilet was submitted by its country for the Best Foreign Film category of the Academy Awards®

Drama | Mexico | Spanish w/ English Subtitles

"Powerful"
   - J. Hoberman, The Village Voice

"Moving… Eimbcke is a master of tone."
   - Lee Marshall, Screen Daily

"Lake Tahoe is a gorgeous, artfully composed…miniature masterpiece"
   - Gary Kramer, Philadelphia City Paper

Teenage Juan crashes his family's car into a telegraph pole on the outskirts of town....

Drama | Argentina/Spain | Spanish w/ English Subtitles

"A moving tale of memory and regret, held together by beautiful performances and delicate direction."
   – New York Magazine

"The people of Argentina have made Carlos Sorín's drama a sensation."
   – Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York

"As elegant in its storytelling as in its story"
   - John Anderson, Variety

"Superb! Breathtaking! [A] tender gem"
"The acting is superb and the pastoral cinematography, by Julián Apezteguia, is breathtaking."
   - V.A. Musetto, New York Post

Drama-Comedy | Uruguay | Spanish w/ English Subtitles

Directed by Ciro Guerra

Colombia, Germany, Argentina & Netherlands | 2009 | Drama | Spanish w/ English subtitles

"Enormously satisfying!" – Justin Chang, Variety

"Heartfelt without ever becoming sentimental, The Wind Journeys has a pure and honest simplicity that makes it wonderfully compelling." – Diana Sanchez, Toronto Int'l Film Festival

Colombia's Official Selection for Best Foreign Language Film - 82nd Academy Awards®

WINNER - Award of the City of Rome - Cannes Film Festival

WINNER - Best Latin American Film - Santa Barbara Int'l Film Festival

WINNER - Best Colombian Film - Cartagena Int'l Film Festival

Official Selection - Toronto, San Sebastian, Rotterdam, Rio de Janeiro, London, San Francisco Film Festivals

Mexico | 2009 | Family-Drama | Spanish and Italian w/ English Subtitles

Critics' Picks!! New York Times, New York Magazine, Time Out New York

"Breathtaking! Spectacularly beautiful!" -  David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle

"Blissful viewing! - Stan Hall, The Portland Oregonian

"A gem! One of the true delicacies of the filmgoing year." -  Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

WINNER - Tiger Award - Rotterdam Int'l Film Festival

WINNER - Grand Jury Prize - Miami Int'l Film Festival

WINNER - New Directors Prize - San Francisco Int'l Film Festival

WINNER - Best Film - Buenos Aires Int'l Film Festival

WINNER - Audience Award & Jury Prize - Morelia Int'l Film Festival

Brazil, United Kingdom | 2009 |  Documentary | English and Portuguese with English Subtitles

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"An unforgettable experience... only the hardest of hearts could fail to be moved by this tremendously warm-hearted, yet clear-sighted documentary." -- Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

"A real life Billy Elliot!" -- Jane Rosenthal, Tribeca Film Festival

"Inspirational!" -- Stephen Holden, The New York Times

Official Selection - Tribeca Film Festival 2009

Official Selection - Edinburgh, Palm Springs, IDFA, Silverdocs, Vancouver Film Festivals

Drama | Italy | Italian w/ English Subtitles

"At once a fine character driven drama and an unconventional love story about two lonely people Light of My Eyes is considered part of the resurgence of quality Italian films. "
   - Matt Langdon, DVD Talk

Nominated for 5 David Di Donatello Awards (Italian Oscars®)

Romantic-Comedy | Italy | Italian w/ English Subtitles

"Ginger and Cinnamon is an unpretentious romp about a 14-year-old determined to lose her virginity on a Greek island."
   - Deborah Young, Variety

"I really think it had something to say, and said it well, in this personal look at love, romance and growing up."
   - Don Houston, DVD Talk

Romantic-Comedy | Australia | English Language no Subtitles

"Richardson and McDonald are hilarious as the neo-hippy parents, with their casual talk about orgasms and their oddball approach to raising their son."
   - David Stratton, Variety

5 out of 5 stars - "Smartly acted and packed full of quotable lines and offbeat moments..."
   - Mathew Turner, View London

Romantic-Comedy | Canada | English Language no Subtitles

"It is a treasure that speaks directly to the idea of love as an ephemeral emotion in all its complexity."
   - Bruce Kirkland, Toronto Sun

Romantic-Comedy | Norway | Norwegian w/ English Subtitles

"A feel-good, eminently likeable romp about three young Norwegians in their early 20s struggling through the rites of passage from adolescence to maturity, this feature debut by a director with a solid reputation in commercials should be a welcome addition to the youth-oriented film repertoire the world over."
   - Dan Fainaru, ScreenDaily.com

Winner Best Film Amanda Awards (Norwegian Oscars®)

Drama-Comedy | Italy | Italian w/ English Subtitles

"Another engaging magic realist adventure from Bread And Tulips director Silvio Soldini..."
   - Tom Dawson, BBC

Nominated for 8 David Di Donatello Awards (Italian Oscars®)

Drama | USA | English Language no Subtitles

"The simple sweetness of this heartfelt effort arrives as both endearing and culturally provocative."
   - Toddy Burton, The Austin Chronicle

"Writer-director Stefan Schaefer's modest, surprisingly winning indie drama [has] a sense of intimacy that serves it well"
   - New York Magazine

Drama | France | French w/ English Subtitles

"Triumphant! [A] Gem of a film."
   - Stephen Holden, The New York Times

"Graceful.  Inflected with immense emotion."
   - Michelle Orange, The Village Voice

"Like taking a vacation to yhe French countryside and meeting people there of whom you grow extraordinarily fond, The Grocer's Son is an unalloyed pleasure, start to finish."
   - Green Cine Daily

Drama | Italy | Italian w/ English Subtitles

"Breathtaking!...lyrical...poetic"
   - Bob Mondello, National Public Radio

"perceptively written… an absorbing, deliberate drama"
   - Eddie Cockrell, Variety

Winner of David Di Donatello Awards (Italian Oscars®) for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress

Drama | China | Mandarin w/ English Subtitles

"Diamond performances…perfectly calibrated."
   - Maggie Lee, The Hollywood Reporter

Winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Special Mention
   - Berlin Int'l Film Festival

Winner Silver Berlin Bear for Best Screenplay
   - Berlin Int'l Film Festival

Drama-Comedy | Uruguay | Spanish w/ English Subtitles

Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival

"Absorbing and touching!" -- Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter