TIFF50 2009
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1. Beach Guard in Winter (1976)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
This dramatic and yet comical story sorrounds a good-hearted young man who wants to get married to a girl he loves but can't get a good job, home of his own, and both of their parents ... See full summary »
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Irfan Mensur, Gordana Kosanovic, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic, Mira Banjac
Votes: 735
2. Kan door huid heen (2009)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
The silent aftermath of a young woman's disaster is broken by her discovery of nature's old rhythms.
Director: Esther Rots | Stars: Rifka Lodeizen, Wim Opbrouck, Chris Borowski, Elisabeth van Nimwegen
Votes: 649
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3. Pas koji je voleo vozove (1977)
Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
A fugitive girl, a stuntman and a young man who lost his dog quite some time before, are joining together on a trip to reach each of their own destination. A youngster gets emotionally ... See full summary »
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Svetlana Bojkovic, Irfan Mensur, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Pavle Vuisic
Votes: 569
4. Someone Else's America (1995)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
This tale take place in a bar. The Spanish Alonso and his blind mother run this place. Bay, who is Alonso's friend live here too. This story tells something about Alonso and Bay and the "American Dream".
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Tom Conti, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, María Casares, Zorka Manojlovic
Votes: 730
5. Samson & Delilah (II) (2009)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A glue-sniffing boy and his girlfriend escape the government-controlled no-hope Aboriginal community they live in and go to the city, Alice Springs, looking for a better life.
Director: Warwick Thornton | Stars: Rowan McNamara, Marissa Gibson, Mitjili Napanangka Gibson, Scott Thornton
Votes: 3,762
6. Medalia de onoare (2009)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Accidentally receiving a Romanian Medal of Honor, a 75-years-old retiree uses it to regain respect from his family.
Director: Cãlin Peter Netzer | Stars: Victor Rebengiuc, Camelia Zorlescu, Mimi Branescu, Florina Fernandes
Votes: 891
7. Soul Kitchen (2009)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pheline Roggan, Anna Bederke
Votes: 40,410 | Gross: $0.27M
8. Wrong Rosary (2009)
90 min | Drama
Muezzin Musa falls for his neighbor, the Catholic nurse Clara. The story gets even more exceptional when Musa meets Yakup, who turns out to be connected with Clara.
Director: Mahmut Fazil Coskun | Stars: Nadir Saribacak, Görkem Yeltan, Murat Ergun, Selim Makaroglu
Votes: 2,754
9. The Optimists (2006)
98 min | Drama
Five scenarios in which people have trouble distinguishing truth from illusions. Each segment reflects the motto of Voltaire's Candide: "Optimism is insisting everything is good, when everything is bad."
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Lazar Ristovski, Bojana Novakovic, Petar Bozovic, Tihomir Arsic
Votes: 546
10. Metastases (2009)
82 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
Four friends from the neighborhood grapple with maintaining their relationships amid the challenges of alcohol, drugs, hooliganism, crime, and the shadows of their country's history.
Director: Branko Schmidt | Stars: Rene Bitorajac, Franjo Dijak, Robert Ugrina, Rakan Rushaidat
Votes: 4,543
along with short film "Tulum" by Dalibor Matanic (Croatia 2009), Greek title: To Party
11. Ordinary People (2009)
Unrated | 79 min | Drama
A recent recruit is one of seven soldiers posted to an abandoned farm with little information. Soon a bus full of frightened men arrive and the soldiers are told they are the enemy.
Director: Vladimir Perisic | Stars: Relja Popovic, Boris Isakovic, Miroslav Stevanovic
Votes: 431
12. Kino Caravan (2009)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
On a rainy day, two guys arrive in a small village with film and a projector in their car. No one from the village comes to meet them. What happened? Who are they? The not knowing relays no... See full summary »
Director: Titus Muntean | Stars: Dorian Boguta, Eduard Cirlan, Mircea Diaconu, Alexandru Georgescu
Votes: 268
13. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Will Thomas still lead a life of crime and cruelty, just like his thuggish father, or will he pursue his dream of becoming a pianist?
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Romain Duris, Aure Atika, Emmanuelle Devos, Niels Arestrup
Votes: 20,488 | Gross: $1.02M
14. Tamo i ovde (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
In two interconnected stories, jaded middle-aged New Yorker Robert goes to Serbia to make quick cash by marrying someone for U.S. immigration papers. The plan goes awry when the promised ... See full summary »
Director: Darko Lungulov | Stars: David Thornton, Mirjana Karanovic, Cyndi Lauper, Branislav Trifunovic
Votes: 1,080 | Gross: $0.03M
15. Katalin Varga (2009)
82 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the beautiful, otherworldly Carpathian Mountains a woman is traveling with a small boy in a horse and cart, looking to punish those who once abused her. For years, Katalin has been ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Strickland | Stars: Hilda Péter, Norbert Tankó, László Mátray, Roberto Giacomello
Votes: 3,052
16. A Brand New Life (2009)
92 min | Drama
Young Jinhee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jinhee desperately believes her father will come back for her.
Directors: Lee Jong Eon, Ounie Lecomte | Stars: Kim Sae-ron, Ko Ah-sung, Sol Kyung-gu, Baek Hyun-joo
Votes: 2,528
17. Köprüdekiler (2009)
87 min | Drama
The stories of three men working at the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul are told by the original characters, in this mosaic depicting real persons exposing their lives and aspirations.
Director: Asli Özge | Stars: Fikret Portakal, Murat Tokgöz, Umut Ilker, Cemile Ilker
Votes: 469
18. Easier with Practice (2009)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Romance
In an effort to promote his unpublished novel, Davy Mitchell sets out on a road trip with his younger brother. However, the idealism of being on the road wears off and it quickly proves to ... See full summary »
Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez | Stars: Brian Geraghty, Kel O'Neill, Marguerite Moreau, Jeanette Brox
Votes: 1,072
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19. Giant (2009)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama
A chronicle of a supermarket security guard's obsession with a late-shift janitor.
Director: Adrián Biniez | Stars: Horacio Camandule, Leonor Svarcas, Néstor Guzzini, Federico García
Votes: 2,188 | Gross: $0.01M
20. Nothing Personal (I) (2009)
85 min | Drama
Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her ... See full summary »
Director: Urszula Antoniak | Stars: Lotte Verbeek, Stephen Rea, Tom Charlfa, Ann Marie Horan
Votes: 5,363
21. El último verano de la Boyita (2009)
TV-PG | 93 min | Drama
A teenage girl, feeling babyish and awkward compared to her older sister, finds solace in a childhood friend while spending a countryside summer in her father's old van.
Director: Julia Solomonoff | Stars: Guadalupe Alonso, Nicolás Treise, Mirella Pascual, Gabo Correa
Votes: 976
22. The Crowd (1928)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Romance
The life of a man and woman together in a large, impersonal metropolis through their hopes, struggles, and downfalls.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, James Murray, Bert Roach, Estelle Clark
Votes: 9,156
Live Music by The Prefabricated Quartet
23. The Unloved (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
A film that gives a child's eye view of the U.K.'s government-run care system for orphans and children in danger.
Director: Samantha Morton | Stars: Molly Windsor, Robert Carlyle, Susan Lynch, Craig Parkinson
Votes: 1,263
24. Sham moh (2009)
94 min | Drama
A 23-year-old man looking to escape the burden of his alcoholic mother strikes up an illicit online relationship with a 15-year-old schoolgirl.
Director: Yuhang Ho | Stars: Kara Wai, Tien You Chui, Yasmin Ahmad, Azman Hassan
Votes: 318
OST
25. Honeymoons (2009)
95 min | Drama
'Honeymoons' shows us that the distance between Eastern and Western Europe is more than a question of kilometers. The films follows two couples, one is Albania, one in Serbia, who in the ... See full summary »
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Nebojsa Milovanovic, Jelena Trkulja, Jozef Shiroka, Mirela Naska
Votes: 352
Along with short movie "Pan Hrstka" (Czechoslovakia 1969, Goran Paskalievic) Greek title: "O kyrios Xrastka"
26. Nord (2009)
79 min | Comedy, Drama
NORTH Following a nervous breakdown, ski athlete Jomar has isolated himself in a lonely existence as the guard of a ski park. When he learns that he might be the father of a child way up ... See full summary »
Director: Rune Denstad Langlo | Stars: Anders Baasmo, Kyrre Hellum, Marte Aunemo, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen
Votes: 3,154
OST
27. Cabaret Balkan (1998)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
Random Belgrade citizens interact with each other in a night full of crime, frustration, betrayal and revenge.
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Aleksandar Bercek, Vojislav 'Voja' Brajovic, Bogdan Diklic, Nebojsa Glogovac
Votes: 5,633 | Gross: $0.11M
28. 500 Days of Summer (2009)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being dumped by the girl he believes to be his soulmate, hopeless romantic Tom Hansen reflects on their relationship to try and figure out where things went wrong and how he can win her back.
Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Geoffrey Arend, Chloë Grace Moretz
Votes: 557,006 | Gross: $32.39M
OST
29. Eastern Plays (2009)
83 min | Drama
Through Georgi (a juvenile) and Itso (an adult), we take a quick glance (about one and a half hour quick) at what happens in post cold-war Bulgaria.
Director: Kamen Kalev | Stars: Christo Christov, Ovanes Torosian, Saadet Aksoy, Nikolina Iancheva
Votes: 3,188
Along with short movie "Omlet" (Bulgaria 2008, Nadejda Koseva) Greek title: "Omeleta"
30. Morphine (2008)
110 min | Drama
A drama that chronicles the civil war that raged after the 1917 Bolshevik revolution.
Director: Aleksey Balabanov | Stars: Leonid Bichevin, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Andrey Panin, Svetlana Pismichenko
Votes: 4,050
31. Mother (2009)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo, Yun Je-mun
Votes: 71,534 | Gross: $0.55M
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