• Gerardo Olivares /
• Spain /
• 2007 /
• 95 mins

A visually stunning odyssey in search of freedom.

• Claire Denis /
• France, Germany /
• 2008 /
• 100 mins

One of the greatest living French directors turns her jeweller’s eye to a tender father-daughter bond.

• Wayne Wang /
• United States of America /
• 2007 /
• 83 mins

Heartfelt account of family life and cultural displacement.

• Greg Mottola /
• USA /
• 2009 /
• 107 mins

A hilarious 80s-set coming-of-age comedy, from the director of Superbad.

• Denis Côté /
• Canada /
• 2008 /
• 105 mins

Québécois rustic life as a dead end of petty crime, and a hymn to Bela Tarr and Diane Arbus.

• Lars von Trier /
• Denmark /
• 2009 /
• 104 mins

If you go down to the woods today…

• Joseph Cedar /
• Israel /
• 2007 /
• 125 mins

Powerful, award-winning Israeli war drama, based on Ron Leshem's novel.

• Jan Hrebejk /
• Czech Republic /
• 2006 /
• 110 mins

Beauty in trouble flees to the good angel/On whom she can rely/To pay her cab-fare, run a steaming bath/Poultice her bruised eye...

• Kim Ki-duk /
• South Korea /
• 2007 /
• 84 mins

Another hushed, quirky romance from the prolific South Korean master.

• Gillian Armstrong /
• United Kingdom, Australia /
• 2007 /
• 97 mins

Guy Pearce and Catherine Zeta-Jones strike sparks in an elegant, Edinburgh-set period romance.

• Kristian Levring /
• Denmark /
• 2008 /
• 95 mins

Suddenly, a middle-aged man finds a new lease of life. And then he keeps on changing...

• Brillante M Mendoza /
• Philippines /
• 2007 /
• 98 mins

This is unforgettable: beautifully-observed, moving comment on a timely issue.

• Andrei Konchalovsky /
• Russian Federation, France, Belgium /
• 2007 /
• 118 mins

A sparkling, ballsy fashion satire – think Ugly Betty with a dose of new Russian capitalism…

• Girish Kasaravalli /
• India /
• 2008 /
• 122 mins

A poetically beautiful film by Girish Kasaravalli, from Karnataka.

• Gary Yates /
• Canada, USA /
• 2009 /
• 78 mins

A blackly comic heist movie, from the grubby flipside of the 80s consumer dream...