Directed by Mani Ratnam

YEAR 4 | FILM 6
Drama-Comedy | India | Tamil and Sinhala w/ English subtitles

Winner of six 2003 National Film Awards of India

Music by the Academy Award® winning composer of Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman

"A Peck on the Cheek is a sweet, funny, fairy tale about the adopted daughter of loving parents who wants to find her real mother, even if it means running away from home."

--Adam Nayman, Eye Weekly

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YEAR 1 | FILM 3
Drama | Morocco-France | English Subtitles

Official Selection - Sundance Film Festival

"Director Nabil Ayouch takes a subject that could be thoroughly depressing (the life of street kids in Morocco's port city of Casablanca) and -- through a simple story line, dramatic acting and National Geographic-like shots of the city's rough and pristine edges -- creates cinematic magic."

--Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle

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Directed by Stefan C. Schaefer and Diane Crespo

YEAR 5 | FILM 12
Drama | USA | English Language

Winner - Best Film - Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival

"The simple sweetness of this heartfelt effort arrives as both endearing and culturally provocative."

-- Toddy Burton, The Austin Chronicle 

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Directed by Eric Khoo

YEAR 4 | FILM 9
Romantic-Drama | Singapore | Cantonese, Hokkien and Mandaring w/ English subtitles

Nominated - Screen International Award - 2005 European Film Awards

"I fell for the (2005 Cannes) Fortnight's opening film, 'Be With Me' … I didn't have any idea what was going on for the first half hour, but was in tears by the end, which is fairly rare (big surprise)"

--  Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

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YEAR 3 | FILM 10
Drama | Israel | Hebrew w/ English subtitles

Winner of six 2004 Israeli Academy Awards® including Best Film

"Released as the settlements on the Gaza Strip were being dismantled, Cedar's film offers a refreshing new perspective of them and a sly critique of their origins."

--Ken Fox, TV Guide

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Directed by Imanol Uribe

YEAR 2 | FILM 2
Drama | Spain | Spanish w/ English subtitles

Winner - Crystal Bear - Berlin Int'l Film Festival

"A little gem by the name of Carol's Journey … the personal message of this type of film drives much deeper into our hearts as the events unfold in such a manner as to remind us that life goes on as much as war comes at a greater cost than we tend to realize."

-- Don Houston, DVD Talk

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Directed by Hamid Rahmanian

YEAR 4 | FILM 4
Drama | Iran | Farsi w/ English Subtitles

Official Selection - Toronto Int'l Film Festival

"A condemned man's wrenching wait for his own execution works like a ticking time bomb"

--Robert Koehler, Variety

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Directed by Laurent Salgues

FILM 9 | YEAR 5
Drama | Burkina Faso, Canada, France | French w/ English subtitles

Nominated - Grand Jury Prize - Sundance Film Fesival

"…hypnotic widescreen photography…which is well written and directed… Salgues' screenplay is perfectly crafted…"

-- Deborah Young, Variety

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Directed by Wang Xioashuai

YEAR 3 | FILM 9
Drama | China | Mandarin w/ English Subtitles

Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard)

"Wang Xioashuai's follow-up to his fest hit Beijing Bicycle is another stern, compelling story of modern proletariat life as seen through the eyes of China's Seventh Generation filmmakers."

--Jason Anderson, Eye Weekly

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Directed by Andrea Staka

YEAR 5 | FILM 8
Drama | Switzerland | German, Swiss German, Bosnian w/ English subtitles

Winner - Golden Leopard (Best Film) - Locarno Int'l Film Festival

"A remarkably affecting work that doesn't go for easy sentiment."

--Jay Weissberg, Variety

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Directed by Dominique Standaert

YEAR 1 | FILM 9
Family-Drama | Belgium | French w/ English subtitles

Nominated - Best Actor, Best Actress - European Film Awards

"Hop is an admirable and technically adept effort for Standaert, whose genuine compassionate for the plight of his characters and gentle humor pervade the film's well-intentioned soul."

--Acquarello, Strictly Film School

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Directed by Yamina Benguigui

YEAR 1 | FILM 7
Drama | France | French w/ English Subtitles

Winner - FIPRESCI Prize - Toronto Int'l Film Festival

"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

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