A woman recalls her childhood growing up in the North of Spain, focusing on her relationship with her father.

There are two of them: a mother and a girl. They have no names. And they are in a constant run. The mother runs away from the daughter in an attempt to start new life, and the girl runs after her mother as she has no idea how to live without her. This endless run is full with repeated mistakes and resembles a barrel-organ sorrowful song or a spinning-top rotation. This small ridiculous toy "volchok" was the first toy in the girl's life, the only thing that tied her with the mother.

An atomic explosion awakens Gammera, a giant fire breathing turtle monster from his millions of years of hibernation.

On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956). The producer is nowhere to be found and director Munro attempts to find him in hopes of being able to finish the film.

Filmmaker Victor Erice follows Spanish artist Antonio Lopez in his painstaking attempt to paint the image of a tree.

The story of the creation of The Spirit of the Beehive, a film directed by Víctor Erice in 1973.

The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans. She is later shocked when he lets her know that he does not love her.

Over more than a decade, the daughter of a Kyoto Imperial University professor comes of age as she witnesses her father fired for opposing the rise of fascism in Japan and becomes involved with two of his students.

A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.

Celovečerní debut Bahmana Ghobadiho, režiséra oceňovaného filmu Želvy mohou létat (2004), vychází z jeho krátkometrážního dokumentu Žít v mlze (1999), který získal několik cen na mezinárodních festivalech. Název dokumentárně stylizovaného snímku poukazuje na bizarní reálii týkající se života na hranicích Íránu a Iráku. V hraničních horských oblastech Íránu je počasí natolik nehostinné, že i tažná zvířata dostávají alkohol, aby vůbec fungovala. Režisér do daného prostředí zasadil realitou inspirovaný příběh o těžkých životech dětí z kurdské rodiny.

A grieving widow embarks on a new romance when she discovers her late husband had been cheating on her.

Horká vlna zaplavila L.A., všichni se chystají na velkolepé oslavy 4. července a svět stojí na pokraji katastrofy. Vlna veder zaplavila Los Angeles. Všichni se chystají na velkolepou oslavu 4. července 2008. Hlavní postavou je boxer Santaros, který trpí amnézií a jehož osudy se spojí s pornoherečkou Krystou, která rozjíždí vlastní televizní projekt. Svět stojí na pokraji společenské, ekonomické a ekologické katastrofy a policejní důstojník Ronald Taverner má důkazy o spiknutí obrovských rozměrů

An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.

A Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life.

Už dva roky jezdí Bruno se svou starou dodávkou, která mu slouží i jako příbytek, po zapadákovech podél hranice s NDR a opravuje projektory ve zdejších kinech. Náhoda ho dá dohromady s Robertem, který se neúspěšně pokouší vzít si život. Bruno ho vezme s sebou do dodávky, a tak začíná cesta skrze provinční, nepoznané Německo. Scenerie ani lidé, které Bruno s Robertem potkávají, nejsou běžným obrazem Německa. V běhu času je poetická roadmovie plná znepokojivě krásných, sugestivních obrazů, technicky dokonale zvládnuté „kino v kině".

Set in the late 1980s, this family drama is about an 11-year-old boy who befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox, and learns from him how to survive in a rapidly changing world as well as things his poor father would never be able to teach him.

Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.

During the Ming Dynasty, Tsao Siu-yan, a power-crazed eunuch who rules his desert region of China as if he were the Emperor, ruthlessly thwarts plots against him and sets a trap for one of his enemies at the Dragon Gate Inn.

Dospívající Liam, kterého touha po rodině a lepším životě zavede na cestu zločinu, je vyhrocenou obdobou hrdiny většiny Loachových filmů, jimiž poukazuje na zhoubné důsledky chudoby a nezájmu společnosti o sociálně slabé. Paul Laverty, od spolupráce na tomto filmu stálý režisérův scenárista, získal v roce 2002 v Cannes cenu za nejlepší scénář. (52nd KVIFF)

Teodoro, a Spanish engineer working as a professor in the United States, returns to Spain to enjoy a sabbatical year.