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- DirectorFred SchepisiStarsMeryl StreepSam NeillDale ReevesA mother whose child was killed in a dingo attack in the Australian Outback fights to prove her innocence when she is accused of murder.In Competition
- DirectorClaire DeversStarsBéatrice DalleWadeck StanczakFrancis FrappatAfter learning she's pregnant, a woman must face her boyfriend's social disconnectedness and state of untidiness.In Competition
- DirectorBernhard WickiStarsUlrich MüheKlaus Maria BrandauerArmin Mueller-StahlUlrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The shameless man's story is contrasted with that of his polar opposite, a Jewish anarchist.In Competition
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsDanny AielloOssie DavisRuby DeeOn the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.In Competition
- DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsDavor DujmovicBora TodorovicLjubica AdzovicIn this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.In Competition
- DirectorAgustí VillarongaStarsMaribel MartínLisa GerrardEnrique SaldanaAdopted by a treacherous semi-scientific cult where extraordinary mental powers are common, extraordinary 12-year-old David begins an archetypal journey across two continents to find his destiny as Child of the Moon.In Competition
- DirectorLiliana CavaniStarsMickey RourkeHelena Bonham CarterAndréa FerréolDocudrama about the life of St-Francis of Assisi.In Competition
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsLothaire BluteauCatherine WilkeningJohanne-Marie TremblayA group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors' lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself.In Competition
- DirectorRuy GuerraStarsTaumaturgo FerreiraFernanda TorresCláudio MambertiFrom contemplation to awakening, from revolt to sacrifice, the inner journey of a young Jesuit priest, Nando, into the depths of the jungle, into the depths of himself. Amongst the Xingu Indians, in the heart of Brazil, in the very place where the quests take form, he will begin to understand the destiny of his "Kuarup". For God, for a woman or for justice, these are always the same words for all loves. A passionate fresco on a Brazil large as life.In Competition
- DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsYoshiko TanakaKazuo KitamuraEtsuko IchiharaThe story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse's novel.In Competition
- DirectorCarl-Gustav NykvistStarsAmanda OomsHelena BergströmStellan SkarsgårdAn innocent and beautiful teenage girl, Linnea takes a garret room in Stockholm just before WWI. She begins work for a dour older man, but soon meets an interesting young woman, Anna, a photographer. They form a relationship based on mutual attraction; soon they are lovers. From Anna, Linnea learns the craft of photography; European politics heat up, and Anna's even-tempered and versatile boyfriend Willy suddenly returns to take up with her again and with Linnea, too.In Competition
- DirectorHugh HudsonStarsDonald SutherlandAdam HorovitzAmy LocaneA troubled youth from a split Los Angeles family is sent to a private psychiatric hospital after a violent scrape with the police. In the hospital, he makes a connection with one of the doctors who has his own problems.In Competition
- DirectorPatrice LeconteStarsMichel BlancSandrine BonnaireLuc ThuillierA recluse is accused of murdering a young woman simply because his neighbors think he is strange.In Competition
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsMasatoshi NagaseYûki KudôScreamin' Jay HawkinsThree stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.In Competition
- DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsPhilippe NoiretEnzo CannavaleAntonella AttiliA filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.In Competition
- DirectorJerry SchatzbergStarsJason RobardsChristien AnholtSamuel WestTwo young boys from very different backgrounds become friends in 1933 Stuttgart. However, they don't realize how different they are until much later as one is the son of a well-to-do Jewish doctor and the other the son of a German aristocrat. After that summer and the election of Hitler, things change as anti-semitism gains fervor. After the core of the film deals with that era, the film flashes to the present and the Jewish man now returns to his boyhood home and seeks his old friend with some surprises.In Competition
- DirectorPercy AdlonStarsMarianne SägebrechtBrad DavisJudge ReinholdA kind but thieving shopaholic tries to turn her mistakes around, but does so by becoming a skilled computer hacker, something that could only get her into more trouble despite her goal to impress her beloved family.In Competition
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJames SpaderAndie MacDowellPeter GallagherA sexually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.In Competition
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsMarcello MastroianniMassimo TroisiMarina VladyJordan, forced to close his movie theater due to financial problems, recalls the events, the characters and the films that marked his life.In Competition
- DirectorJane CampionStarsGeneviève LemonKaren ColstonTom LycosAn introspective young woman's life is upturned by the arrival of her maladjusted sister.In Competition
- DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsTimothy HuttonNastassja KinskiValeria GolinoA young Russian aristocrat found himself in a difficult situation before his wedding - the temptation of a different way of life was revealed to him.In Competition
- DirectorBertrand BlierStarsGérard DepardieuJosiane BalaskoCarole BouquetA sharp love triangle is formed by a wealthy businessman.In Competition
- DirectorMilan MuchnaStarsMilan KnazkoOum SavannyNov ChandaryUn Certain Regard
- DirectorIldikó EnyediStarsDorota SegdaOleg YankovskiyPaulus MankerTwo twin sisters, who grew up separately, Dóra, a pseudo-aristocrat, and Lili, an anarchist bomber, are reunited through Z, a mysterious traveller of the luxurious Orient-Express.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorPaul LeducStarsFrancisco RabalÁngela MolinaErnesto Gómez CruzA series of images, music and sounds which transport through Mexico's history, without any narrative sequence. The film spins constantly round the question 'Where are the singers from?' (De donde son los cantantes? in spanish: the title of a popular cuban song).Un Certain Regard
- DirectorYong-Kyun BaeStarsYi Pan-YongSin Won-SopHae-Jin HuangAbout three monks in a remote monastery; an aging master, a small orphan and a young man who left his city life to seek Enlightenment.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorMathieu CarrièreStarsVictoria TennantMaría BarrancoMareike CarrièreUn Certain Regard
- DirectorLina WertmüllerStarsPiera Degli EspostiDominique SandaHartmut BeckerUn Certain Regard
- DirectorBill BennettStarsCaz LedermanBob BainesIan GilmourThis docu-drama highlights the complexities of compensation through the legal system for medical malpractice. For when the mother attempts to investigate the hospital procedure of using forceps to deliver her now retarded child, her husband frowns upon this and would rather ignore the whole thing.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorBoris FruminStarsStanislav ZhdankoMikhail VaskovMarina NeyolovaA young guy decides to try himself in a northern region of USSR after being honorably discharged from Soviet Army.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorPatricia MazuyStarsSandrine BonnaireJean-François StéveninJacques SpiesserA decade after a man was killed in an accident in an isolated part of the French countryside, a family tries to come to terms with what happened.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorShaji N. KarunStarsPremjiArchanaLakshmi KrishnamurthyRaghu, the only son of Raghava Chakyar was born late for him. So he poured his entire love and affection on him. Raghu, studying in an engineering college in a far away city has to arrive at his home to attend the engagement ceremony of his only sister. But he doesn't. The father starts his endless wait for his son. He daily waits at the bus stop till the last bus from the town also returns. Raghava Chakyar comes to know from newspapers that Raghu was taken into custody by the Police for political reasons. He reaches the capital and meets the higher Police officials. But they pretended helpless as there is no proof that Raghu was taken into custody. Raghu's sister comes to understand that he probably would have died in police custody after being tortured, but cannot bear to tell this to her father. The old man's grip on reality slowly slips and he starts dreaming that his son is with him.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAxel JodorowskyBlanca GuerraGuy StockwellA former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother - the leader of a strange religious cult - and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes "her arms".Un Certain Regard
- DirectorDanièle HuilletJean-Marie StraubStarsAndreas von RauchVladimir BarattaHoward VernonA short story based on the work of Friedrich Hölderlin.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorNouri BouzidStarsHichem RostomHamadi ZarroukMichket KrifaYoussef Soltane, a 45-year-old Tunisian intellectual, is the product of a generation that lived the era of euphoria and great ideologies in the sixties, and their subsequent failure. He was incarcerated and tortured for his political opinions. Furthermore, his relationship with Zineb, a young, beautiful bourgeois, only brings him more trouble. During one long winter night, Youssef wanders in search of an emotional haven, prey to all the questions that flood his memory.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorBako SadykovStarsVladimir MsryanDumitru FusuAli MukhammadUn Certain Regard
- DirectorIan PringleStarsEfrem AccursoIfrim BenderSolveig DommartinA low-key drama about a disturbed young man whose reality shifts between the present and the past - specifically the worlds of the great Russian writers Gogol and Dostoyevsky and the deserted streets of Berlin by night the 'prisoner' of St Petersburg is Jack who arrives in Berlin penniless, dazed and confused, armed only with quotes from his literary heroes and a head full of delusions.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorMichael GwisdekStarsHermann BeyerCorinna HarfouchUwe KockischIn the fall of 1793, the essayist and naturalist Georg Forster meets his estranged wife, Therese, and her lover Ferdinand Huber. Over the course of three days and nights, and in the shadow of the revolutionary events in Paris, a private melodrama takes place in Travers, Switzerland. Shown at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorIan SellarStarsRay McAnallyDavid HaymanSinéad CusackPeter, a young boy living in the fishing village of St Monans, Scotland during 1940s, learns about life and the beauty of imagination from his grandfather and female teacher in this touching semi-autobiographical story about childhood.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorNigel NobleStarsLeleti KhumaloBaby CelePat MlabaUn Certain Regard
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsMichael ChiklisRay SharkeyJ.T. WalshThe ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career, while journalist Bob Woodward researches Belushi's life as he prepares to write a book about the late comic actor.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorWoody AllenFrancis Ford CoppolaMartin ScorseseStarsWoody AllenNick NolteRosanna ArquetteA middle-aged artist obsessed with his pretty young assistant, a precocious 12-year-old living in a hotel, and a neurotic lawyer with a possessive mother make up three Gotham tales.Out of Competition
- DirectorLuis PuenzoStarsJane FondaGregory PeckJimmy SmitsWhen school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet. Bierce is a famous writer, who knowing that he is dying, wishes to keep his identity secret so he can determine his own fate. Though he likes Arroyo, Bierce tries to provoke the General's anger whenever possible in an attempt to get himself killed, thus avoiding suffering through his illness. Winslow is intrigued by both Bierce and Arroyo, and the men are in turn attracted to her. She becomes romantically involved with Arroyo. When Winslow learns of Bierce's true identity (a writer whose work she has loved and respected for years), she is singlemindedly determined to fulfill his dying wish.Out of Competition
- DirectorAndré DelvauxStarsLouise BrooksSpecial Screenings
- DirectorGilles CarleA series of very brief clips celebrates the 50th anniversary of the National Film Board of Canada.Special Screenings
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeDhritiman ChatterjeeDipankar DeyIn this adaption of the Ibsen stage play, an idealistic physician discovers that the town's temple waters are dangerously contaminated. But with the community relying on the holy attraction for tourist dollars, his warnings go unheeded.Special Screenings
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony QuinnThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.Special Screenings
- DirectorGérard VienneStarsMichel PiccoliSusan SarandonFilmed over a period of five years, this is a documentary about monkeys, and how their world is not too different from our own. They share with man concerns for the search for affection, the care of children, and the struggle for power.Special Screenings
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsPhillip SalvadorDina BonnevieGina AlajarIn 1985, in the obscure town of Santa Filomena, the Orapronobis, a cult under the leadership of Kumander Kontra (Roco), murders a foreign priest who gave the last rites to an alleged rebel, who was also executed by the same group. At the success of the 1986 EDSA revolt, political detainees, led by Jimmy Cordero (Salvador), celebrate the fall of the dictatorship. All political prisoners are released, including Jimmy, an ex-priest-turned-underground revolutionary. Not long, after, Jimmy marries a human rights activist, Trixie (Bonnevie). Jimmy becomes an advocate of human rights. Despite Trixie's protests, her brother, Roland (Lorenzo), and Jimmy go on a fact-finding mission to Santa Filomena to investigate the latest crime committed by the Orapronobis. Jimmy meets Esper (Alajar), his ex-girlfriend. He finds out that he has a son with her, Camilo (Herrera). They agree to keep Jimmy's true identity a secret form the boy. Conniving with the military, the Orapronobis step up their acts of terror. Jimmy's group helps evacuate the townspeople to the town church, then later to Manila. Back in Manila, Jimmy turns down a friend's invitation to rejoin the underground movement. Later, he and Roland are ambushed. Jimmy survives, but Roland does not. He recovers and shortly after that, Trixie gives birth to their child. Soldiers raid the refugee center with a masked man who identifies several of the barrio folk as rebels. The refugees and the human rights activists complain to the government. Esper and her son are abducted by the Orapronobis who accuse Esper of helping the rebels. She is raped and beaten up by Kumander Kontra in front of Camilo. Fighting back, she shoots at Kontra. In a hysterical rage, Kontra goes on a shooting rampage, killing Esper, Camilo and the captured barrio men. Later, the military bring the casualties to the town where Jimmy weeps over the bodies of Esper and his son. The film ends with Jimmy contacting his old colleague from the underground.Special Screenings
- DirectorMichael Caton-JonesStarsJohn HurtJoanne WhalleyBridget FondaBased on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.Special Screenings
- DirectorMohamed Rachid BenhadjStarsBoubakeur BelaroussiDalila HelilouAthmane AriouetA young disabled man named Moussa live in an oasis in the Algerian desert. His sister Zineb take care of him and protect him while working in dates factory to provide for both of them. In the desert, Moussa would like to grow a rose.International Critics' Week
- DirectorEros DjarotStarsPitradjaya BurnamaChristine HakimRudy WoworTjoet Nja' Dhien assumes the leadership when her husband Teuku Umar is killed in an ambush. Dhien's charismatic presence and power of survival motivate the locals to join and later continue their opposition to the Dutch in Aceh in 1896.International Critics' Week
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsAndy LauMaggie CheungJacky CheungMid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.International Critics' Week
- DirectorChristian WagnerStarsRolf IlligSibylle CanonicaVolker PrechtelWaller, an old track inspector will be forced out of work, because his railway line will be shut down. In flashbacks he reflects his past while walking for his final inspection.International Critics' Week
- DirectorFadhel JaziriFadhel JaïbiStarsJalila BaccarZahira Ben AmmarFatma Ben SaïdaneWithout news of his companion Seif, Palestinian freedom fighter disappeared in Beirut, Houria, stewardess in an Arab company, goes to Tunisia in search of Khalil, war photographer, last to meet the missing. She falls into a real Traquenard: refugees with their suite in an old disused basilica, Khalil and his brother Qouraich, a rich landowner, barricaded themselves there in the company of their cousin Arbia that Qouraich delighted his family to dispose of a land which she inherited . Hurray is forced to seek refuge from the besieged. She is courted by Mannoubi, the groom, who offers him to flee with him; she is hated by Arbia who accuses him of bewitching his lover Quraish. Hooray awakens an old and impossible love affair in Khalil, who ends up admitting that Seif was murdered. Hurray refuses to believe him, reveals to be pregnant and decides to leave the basilica. She will train the small community in a whirlwind of violence from which she alone will escape.International Critics' Week
- DirectorU. Son KimStarsKotoe HatsuiHisashi IgawaMi Bom KangA Japanese boy in love with a girl of Korean origin must battle the prejudices of those around him in order to sustain the relationship.International Critics' Week
- DirectorMichael SynekStarsJoe BergerErwin LederLisa LuginbuhlInternational Critics' Week
- DirectorClaude MouriérasStarsMathilde AltarazChristophe DelachauxRobert SeyfriedInternational Critics' Week
- DirectorIosif PasternakStarsErik BulatovIlya KabakovNikita KhrushchevNamed after a Malevich piece, Black Square shows avant garde art suppressed during the post Stalin era: "unofficial" painters go underground, Khruschev castigates a 1963 show,an exhibit in Izmailovsky Park in 1976 is bulldozed.International Critics' Week
- DirectorJean-Blaise JunodStarsCarmeloJosé Martinez AhumadoInternational Critics' Week
- DirectorMichael SchottenbergStarsRegula BillGerhard ZemannHerta BöhmHopfner runs a gas station together with his wife Helga. They both prepare for a dance competition. A prostitute from a nearby brothel bears a striking resemblance to his wife, leading him to hatch a plan to get rid of Helga.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsBirgit DollDieter BernerLeni TanzerA European family who plan on escaping to Australia seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorRudolf ThomeStarsJohannes HerrschmannAdriana AltarasFriederike TiefenbacherThe obscure philosopher Georg almost withdrew from the world to concentrate on his studies, especially Heraclitus, having no relationship since his mother's death. When he wants a new suit for a lecture (actually very minor) about his new book, he meets the sisters Franziska, Breate and Marthe, who run a boutique, share a house and have a lover each. They invite him to dinner, Franziska even on dates. Falling off a boat he gets naked with her, and they become lovers. The girls all take to him and get him to move in, spoiled by all and offered polygamy.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorWayne WangStarsCora MiaoRussell WongVictor WongA study in culture bridging, including ... a new US-born husband, trying to work within the traditional ways, a new China-born wife, eager to join the "dream" of America, two family-minded fathers, lots of gender-related social bifurcations.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorAntonio del RealStarsTony PeckAlfredo LandaFernando Fernán GómezIn 1946, an irishman joins a group of 'gancheros' (wood workers) while they drive wood thru the Tajo river, discovering human solidarityDirectors' Fortnight
- DirectorKaren ShakhnazarovStarsLeonid FilatovOleg BasilashviliVladimir MenshovGoing on a business trip, the hero of the film suddenly finds himself in a fantastic city. It is very similar to our world, only the hidden absurdity of everyday life here has become apparent.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniWalter MatthauStefania SandrelliDuring an exorcism, father Maurice meets a little devil named Giuditta, who refuses to return to hell and decides to discover the world.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorThomas MauchStarsHeikko DeutschmannRobert DüsslerIsolde FreitagDirectors' Fortnight
- DirectorAndi EngelStarsJeroen KrabbéSusannah YorkUlrich WildgruberArt critic Keller was once part of a far-left radical group. They contact him again 10 years later and ask him to assassinate a Chilean doctor and war criminal, who's visiting London, but Keller has lost his ideals and feels conflicted.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorSijie DaiStarsLiang Yi GuoQuan Ngieu TieuCheung Siang ChangIn August 1966, the Cultural Revolution in full swing, 13-year-old Tian Ben is arrested for playing a pop record; he's sent to a remote mountain camp in Niu-Peng. There he's called "Four Eyes" and, with about 16 other older boys and men, he's made to carry muck up a mountainside, make bricks, saw logs, and sing daily to Chairman Mao of his faults. There's camaraderie among the five youths, especially with a young pickpocket named Baimao, and Tian is also drawn to a silent monk who cares for him when he falls ill and the others expect him to die. The camp is remote, so there are no fences or walls. Tian longs to escape.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorRicky TognazziStarsSergio CastellittoLina SastriNancy BrilliPaolo is an actor still in love with Francesca, his former partner, and wanders around the apartment where they are loved and separated. He is determined to stay there.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorCharles LaneStarsCharles LaneNicole AlysiaTom AlpernNearly silent comedy filmed in black and white follows a street artist (Charles Lane), who rescues a baby after her father was murdered. The artist then sets off to find the mother, but has to first learn how to care for the child. Ultimately he ends up in a horse drawn chase of the murderers.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorZülfü LivaneliStarsRutkay AzizSevtap ParmanAsli AltanIt's brother against brother in a turbulent period in Turkey. Former judge Ali Firat is dragged into the turmoil when his son Murat is killed. Is it his brother with the opposite view that killed him in this political turmoil environment?Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsMichael McManusArsinée KhanjianGabrielle RoseA lonely woman stalks a co-worker by obsessively watching videos he appears in. He is an actor trying to get a part in a new TV movie, written by his lover. She has written about her brother's death, but is losing control of the project.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorIdrissa OuedraogoStarsFatimata SangaNoufou OuédraogoRoukietou BarryA small village in Burkina Faso. The story focuses on Bila, a ten year old boy who befriends an old woman, Sana. Everybody calls her 'Witch' but Bila himself calls her 'Yaaba' (grandmother). When Bila's cousin Nopoko gets sick it is Sana's medicine who saves her.Directors' Fortnight
- DirectorYolande ZaubermanPerspectives du Cinéma Français
- DirectorEduardo de GregorioStarsLaura MoranteTchéky KaryoGerardo RomanoAn Argentine architect and a French man fall in love and travel to the mansion that belonged to the architect's grandmother. Then a subplot is told about a grandmother's romance with a painter during the 1920s.Perspectives du Cinéma Français
- DirectorRadovan TadicStarsFrancis FrappatMuniGéraldine DanonThe crossed destinies of three tenants who share the same floor: an elderly woman, a libertine young woman and a typographer passionate about poetry.Perspectives du Cinéma Français
- DirectorFrançois VilliersStarsAyesha DharkerJulian SandsStéphane AudranA young girl who lives in an Indian fishing village believes that she has lived before, and a teacher helps her find out the truth.Perspectives du Cinéma Français
- DirectorPatrick GrandperretStarsDenis LavantAntoine ChappeySophie SimonPerspectives du Cinéma Français
- DirectorFranck LandronStarsChristine BoissonChristophe OdentJean-Michel MartialPerspectives du Cinéma Français
- DirectorChristine PascalStarsFabienne BabeAndré MarconFrancis GirodA penniless producer sets out to shoot the film "Zanzibar" with a famously difficult filmmaker and drug addict.Perspectives du Cinéma Français