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- DirectorRobert M. YoungStarsDomingo AmbrizTrinidad SilvaLinda GillenAfter the birth of his first child, Roberto, a young Mexican man slips across the border into the United States. Seeking work to support his family back home, he finds that working hard is not enough.1978 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorJohn HansonRob NilssonStarsRobert BehlingSusan LynchJoe SpanoNORTHERN LIGHTS has the feel of an old black and white photograph discovered in an attic. The bitter-sweet story of young lovers caught up in an political struggle waged by farmers against the grain trade, the banks and the railroads, NORTHERN LIGHTS brings back a forgotten era of American history and evokes the austere beauty of the Northern Plains.1979 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorJean-Pierre DenisStarsBernard SautereauSerge DominiquePierre DienadeIn the Périgord, at the beginning of the century, Adrien, illegitimate child, is adopted by his grandmother. When the First World War ended, he becomes a railway man, and takes part in the strikes of 1920.1980 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorVadim GlownaStarsSiemen RühaakBeate FinckhVera TschechowaSkoda is the son of a wealthy banker. To keep a privileged lifestyle, he has chosen to ditch the relationship and drive a taxi for a living. The film follows his nightly rides through the city, the different characters that come and go.1981 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorRomain GoupilStarsAlain BureauPierre GoupilRomain GoupilRomain Goupil records his years of militancy and disappointment as the new world they fought for doesn't come. He praises his missing friend Michel Recanati who committed suicide at 30 years.1982 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorPál ErdössStarsErika OzsdaAndrea SzendreiDénes DiczházyJutka was an innocent 15-year-old peasant when she and her friend Zsuzsa left for the big city to get work in a textile factory and live independently. Their freedom quickly became more than they could handle when Zsuzsa found herself pregnant.1983 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsJohn LurieEszter BalintRichard EdsonA New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.1984 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorFina TorresStarsDoris WellsDaniela SilverioRafael BriceñoA young girl is sent to a South American hacienda, where she learns about the life of her reclusive aunt, Oriana1985 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
- DirectorClaire DeversStarsFrancis FrappatJacques MartialJoséphine FressonAntoine is an accountant, uptight and withdrawn, married to Edith, who picks out his clothes and shoes. He's assigned to a fitness gymnasium for a month to straighten out their books. The owner, M. Roland, encourages Antoine to use the facilities, including the massages, so Antoine goes to Dominique, a muscular African. In these sessions, Antoine discovers that the pain is comforting, and Dominique finds the accountant ideal for his own sadism. When Dominique breaks Antoine's arm and then goes to the hospital to take Antoine away, Antoine confesses his fascination with and fear of death. With Dominique's help, the accountant breaks all earthly ties to confront his fear.1986 Caméra d'or (Perspectives du cinéma français)
- DirectorNana DzhordzhadzeStarsJanri LolashviliNineli ChankvetadzeGuram PirtskhalavaThe story, in flashback, of the death of a British Telegraph engineer in Georgia, USSR in 1920. Caught up in a civil war, and a war between his girlfriend and the women the Company send as "Christmas presents", he seeks asylum in a small patch of British territory (round one of his telegraph poles.)1987 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
- DirectorMira NairStarsShafiq SyedAnjaanAmrit PatelYoung Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.1988 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- 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.1989 Caméra d'or (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.1989 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Un certain regard)
- 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.1989 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorVitali KanevskyStarsDinara DrukarovaPavel NazarovElena PopovaTwo children living in a remote mining town in the distant wastes of Siberia in 1947, survive poverty and hardship through the warmth of their friendship and a shared sense of humour.1990 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
- DirectorIrena PavláskováStarsIvana ChýlkováKarel RodenJitka AsterováDana is young medical student with no self esteem, she can't deal with life, people and even not with herself. After her boyfriend leaves her, she changes to selfish woman, manipulating people and making them to serve her. She plays with her husband, neighbour and friends - for her own good and for fun.1990 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorSabine PrenczinaStarsTim RothMarie MatheronMatthias HabichA young man travels with his French girlfriend to Ethiopia. Whilst there he discovers a house in which the French poet Rimbaud once lived and he becomes obsessed with finding out more information about him.1990 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Perspectives du cinéma français)
- DirectorJaco Van DormaelStarsMichel BouquetMireille PerrierJo De BackerThomas believed he was switched at birth with Alfred. Feeling cheated, Thomas spent his life plotting revenge against Alfred, his perceived lifelong adversary who he felt stole the privileged life that should have been his.1991 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorDeepa MehtaStarsRanjit ChowdhryPeter BoretskiOm Puri23-year-old Nikhil comes to Canada from India to find his fortune and is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elderly Jewish man. An unlikely friendship ensues, which gives both men new insight into life.1991 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorJocelyn MoorhouseStarsHugo WeavingGeneviève PicotRussell CroweThe life of a blind photographer who is looked after by a housekeeper is disrupted by the arrival of an agreeable restaurant worker.1991 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorJohn TurturroStarsJohn TurturroMichael BadaluccoCarl CapotortoMac is the ambitious, overbearing, irresistible oldest of three brothers who struggle against all odds to scrape together enough money to start their own business in Queens, New York.1992 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorAnh Hung TranStarsNu Yên-Khê TranMan San LuThi Loc TruongA Vietnamese servant girl, Mui, observes lives within two different Saigon families: the first, a woman textile seller with three boys and a frequently absent husband; the second, a handsome young pianist with his fiancée.1993 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorElaine ProctorStarsKerry FoxDambisa KenteMichele BurgersAt the end of the 1980s, three female friends share a house in Johannesburg, South Africa. Each has her own way to live with apartheid. Thoko is a Black teacher and practices non-violent passive-resistance. Aninka the Afrikaner takes refuge in archaeology to avoid reality. Sophie is a white militant who plants bombs in public places. Each respects the ideas of the other two, but one of Sophie's bombs will change everything.1993 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Compétition)
- DirectorPascale FerranStarsDidier SandreAlexandre ZlotoCatherine FerranIt's summer, on the beach of this little town in Brittany, a man around 40 is building a sand castle. A few people watch him. We will be told the story of three of them : a boy, Jumbo, aged 9 ; Francois, aged 30, and his sister Zaza, around 40. All of them had to deal with the death of somebody they cherished. How to keep on living after this ?1994 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorMoufida TlatliStarsHind SabriGhalya LacroixNejia OuerghiAs she grows up, Alia (the daughter of housemaid Khedija) learns the secrets of the peaceful palace where she and her mother live.1994 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsAida MohammadkhaniMohsen KafiliFereshteh Sadre OrafaiySeveral people try to help a little girl to find the money her mom gave her to buy a goldfish with.1995 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorHal SalwenStarsTim DalyCaroleen FeeneyDan GuntherA group of friends in New York, working away at their PCs and laptops, keep in touch exclusively by phone and fax; all are too busy to meet face-to-face. By phone, Gale plays matchmaker for Jerry and Barbara who hit it off beautifully--via phone and fax. Martin gets a telephone call from somebody he has never met: it's Denise, and she has extraordinary news. Tapping away at his computer, he develops a sort of telephonic friendship with Denise. And so it goes as the friends tap, tap, tap away, sharing news, hopes, and dreams--via phone and fax. Finally Gale has an unfortunate encounter with a phone, Denise has more news for Martin, and Frank plans a gala New Year's Eve party--but will he answer the door?1995 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorShirley BarrettStarsMiranda OttoRebecca FrithGeorge ShevtsovIn Sunray, a backwater town on Australia's Murray River, there's little to do but fish or listen to the local radio station. D.J. Ken Sherry arrives from the hustle of Brisbane to run the station; he's mid-40s, detached, thrice divorced, hatchet faced. But both sisters next door find him attractive: awkward Dimity, only 20, who works in a Chinese restaurant with few patrons, and perky Vicki-Ann, a hairdresser with a hope chest who invents a happy future with Sherry based on little but his arrival. First Dimity then Vicki-Ann spend the night with Ken, one concluding he's her boy friend, the other her fiance. Then Dimity begins to smell something fishy.1996 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
- DirectorNaomi KawaseStarsJun KunimuraMachiko OnoSachiko IzumiDepicts the dissolution of a small family in a remote Japanese timber village.1997 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorBruno DumontStarsDavid DoucheMarjorie CottreelKader ChaatoufA social movie about current life in the north of France. Freddy and his friends are all unemployed. They pass away time by wandering around on their motorcycles and by directing their aggressive feelings towards Arab immigrants. Freddy is in love with Marie, a cashier at a local supermarket. When she is proposed to by Kader, a young Arab man, Freddy, and his friends have an idea: they decide to punish Kader for what they call "such a provocation." After they have raped another girl, Marie finally commits to Kader, which seals his fate.1997 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorMarc LevinStarsSaul WilliamsSonja SohnBonz MaloneGrand Jury Prize, 1998 Sundance Film Festival. A talented youth (Saul Williams) copes with urban crime and despair by competing in poetry slams. Sonja Sohn of "The Wire" costars.1998 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorMurali NairStarsVishwas NjavakkalLakshmi RamanSuhas ThayatA satire on political corruption and class injustices in Indian village culture.1999 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
- DirectorGiovanni MadernaStarsCarolina FreschiDenis FasoloAlessandro Quattro1999 Premio Venezia Opera Prima - Luigi De Laurentiis (Settimana internazionale della critica)
- DirectorMahamat-Saleh HarounStarsMahamat-Saleh HarounGarba IssaAïcha YelenaSemi-documentary film about a man going to his home country of Chad after many years living in exile in France.1999 Premio Venezia Opera Prima - Luigi De Laurentiis / Menzione (Nuovi Territori)
- DirectorHassan YektapanahStarsJalil NazariRashid AkbariMahmoud BehrazniaDjomeh is a young Afghan man who has come to live in Iran because of family trouble. Working as a milk boy, he encounters discrimination from the Iranian villagers and disdain from Habib, a fellow Afghani to whose trust Djomeh was given. The only person who shows any friendliness to him is his employer, who Djomeh asks to intercede for him in asking a woman from the village for her hand in marriage.2000 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
- DirectorBahman GhobadiStarsAyoub AhmadiRojin YounessiAmaneh Ekhtiar-diniYoung Iranian Kurdish siblings try to save the youngest of them, who is seriously ill.2000 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorAbdellatif KechicheStarsSami BouajilaÉlodie BouchezBruno LochetA young illegal immigrant from Tunisia tries to survive in the world of Paris miseries.2000 Premio Venezia Opera Prima - Luigi De Laurentiis (Settimana internazionale della critica)
- DirectorZacharias KunukStarsNatar UngalaaqSylvia IvaluPeter-Henry ArnatsiaqThe telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.2001 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
- DirectorJan CvitkovicStarsPeter MusevskiSonja SavicTadej TrohaBecause of a doctor's strike, Ivan is released a day early from an alcoholic treatment program. He returns to his wife Sonja and his 16-year-old son Robi. His first afternoon at home is pleasant. The next morning, Sonja sends him to a shop to get bread and milk. On the way back Ivan runs into Armando, his high-school classmate, and through their conversation at a bar, Ivan finds out that long before Sonja became his wife, Armando spent a night with her. Ivan has his first drop of the hard stuff...Kruh in mleko is a bitter-sweet tale of loneliness, estrangement, and the glowing embers of love that once was a fire.2001
Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Nuovi Territori) - DirectorIvan SenStarsDannielle HallDamian PittJenna Lee ConnorsLena is the daughter of an Aboriginal mother and Irish father and Vaughn is a Murri boy doing time in a minimum security prison in North West NSW. Dramatic events throw them together on a journey with no money and no transport.2002 PREMIERE First Movie Award (Wettbewerb)
- DirectorHao LuiStarsHuanan DuLingbo WangThe touching encounter of two drifting beings - Meiting, a hairdresser, and Chen Mo, a street vendor, in Beijing. A strange relationship on the background of survival and anonymous urbanization, a chronicle on the survival of feelings.PREMIERE First Movie Award / Lobende Erwähnung (Forum)
- DirectorMoisés KaufmanStarsChristina RicciSteve BuscemiKathleen ChalfantThe true story of an American town in the wake of the murder of Matthew Shepard.2002 PREMIERE First Movie Award / Lobende Erwähnung (Panorama)
- DirectorJulie Lopes-CurvalStarsHélène FillièresJonathan ZaccaïBulle OgierSeaside takes place in a small coastal town on the Bay of Somme. The year-round inhabitants find ways to make their lives work; Paul, a lifeguard in the summer, works at the grocery all winter. His mother, Rose (Ogier) likes to play the slots just about anytime; his girlfriend Marie works in the local factory - the town's biggest business - but watching the summertime vacationers each year just makes her increasingly curious about what else might be out there. From these and several other stories, aided by close, revealing observations, we see a community perched between transition and stasis.2002 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorCarlos ReygadasStarsAlejandro FerretisMagdalena FloresYolanda VillaA painter from the big city goes to a remote canyon to commit suicide. To reach some calmness, he stays at the farmstead of Ascen, an old, religious woman. Although but a few words are spoken, love grows.2002 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorSpiro ScimoneFrancesco SframeliStarsFrancesco SframeliSpiro ScimoneTeresa SaponangeloTwo Sicilian friends, Nunzio and Pino, share the same apartment in Turin. Nunzio works in a factory but is laid off because of his illness. Pino, on the other hand, is a mysterious man and he is always traveling because of his work. Nunzio would very much like to know what his friend is doing for a living but Pino will not tell him. Nunzio spends his free time the best he can in his friend's absences. He ends up falling in love with Maria, a commercial employee, whereas his health condition deteriorates...2002 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Settimana internazionale della critica)
- DirectorDylan KiddStarsCampbell ScottJesse EisenbergIsabella RosselliniAfter breaking up with his lover and boss, a smooth-talking man takes his teenaged nephew out on the town in search of sex.2002 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Settimana internazionale della critica)
- DirectorChristoffer BoeStarsNikolaj Lie KaasMaria BonnevieKrister HenrikssonA young man who thought himself already in love with a nice girl is drawn into a literary drama when he is captured by a deep and stimulating love affair.2003 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorSiddiq BarmakStarsMarina GolbahariZubaida SaharKhwaja NaderAfter the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.2003 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorAndrey ZvyagintsevStarsVladimir GarinIvan DobronravovKonstantin LavronenkoIn the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces.2003 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Concorso)
- DirectorSalvatore MereuStarsYaël AbecassisDomenico ArbaPietro ArbaFour separate-but-interconnected stories - one for each season - about life in Sardinia.2003 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” / Menzione speciale (Settimana internazionale della critica)
- DirectorAleksey German Jr.StarsPavel RomanovPyotr MerkurevAleksey DevotchenkoIn early winter of 1944, as the Nazi army flees the Soviet advance, two Germans, a doctor and a postmaster, wander as refugees in inhospitable territory, surrounded by the enemy, including rampaging partisans.2003 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” / Menzione speciale (Nuovi terrotori)
- DirectorKeren YedayaStarsDana IvgyRonit ElkabetzMeshar CohenOr shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel Aviv. Ruthie calls Or "my treasure," but Ruthie is a burden. She's just out of hospital, weak, and Or has found her a job as a house cleaner. The call of the quick money on the street is tough for Ruthie to ignore. Or's emotions roil further when the mother of the youth she's in love with comes to the flat to warn her off. With love fading and Ruthie perhaps beyond help, Or's choices narrow.2004 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorChao YangStarsLe GengJieping ChangTwo students travel across rural China looking for some meaning to their lives.2004 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Un certain regard)
- DirectorMohsen AmiryoussefiStarsYadollah AnvariAbbas EsfandiariDelbar GhasriFor forty years, Esfandiar has been unconcernedly preparing corpses for the journey to their final resting place. One day, whilst preparing a burial service, he's taken ill. Might he too be mortal ?2004 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorIsmaël FerroukhiStarsNicolas CazaléMohamed MajdJacky NercessianReda, a young French-Moroccan guy and his old father drive from the south of France to Mecca in order for the father to do his pilgrimage. At first distant, they gradually learn to know each other.2004 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Settimana internazionale della critica)
- DirectorFrancesco MunziStarsXhevdet FerriAnna FerruzzoLavinia GuglielmanAlbanian teenager, Saimir, emigrates to Italy to start a new life with his father. His father tries to make a living transporting illegal immigrants. When this fails to make his father any money, he is drawn into an insidious prostitution ring. Saimir helps his father, but a love interest makes him question his life and future.2004 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” / Menzione speciale (Orizzonti)
- DirectorVimukthi JayasundaraStarsMahendra PereraHemasiri LiyanageNilupili JayawardenaWeary residents (Soma, Lata, Piyasiri) of a war-ravaged country drift through life.2005 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
- DirectorMiranda JulyStarsJohn HawkesMiranda JulyMiles ThompsonA lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.2005 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorGéla BabluaniStarsGeorge BabluaniAurélien RecoingPascal BongardA man takes over a dead man's task without realizing the horror it entails.2005 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Giornate degli autori)
- DirectorPernille Fischer ChristensenStarsTrine DyrholmDavid DencikFrank ThielA tragicomedy focused on the relationship between the owner of a beauty clinic and a transgender woman.2006 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Wettbewerb)
- DirectorCorneliu PorumboiuStarsMircea AndreescuTeodor CorbanIon SapdaruA local talk show host organizes an alcoholic professor and a pensioner known for playing Santa Claus to decide whether there was ever a revolution in their town Vaslui.2006 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorPeter BrosensJessica WoodworthStarsBatzul KhayankhyarvaaTsetsegee ByambaBanzar DamchaaSet in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, a young nomad confronted with his destiny after animals fall victim to a plague which threatens to eradicate nomadism.2006 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Giornate degli autori)
- DirectorRajnesh DomalpalliStarsMamatha BhukyaUrmila DammannagariRamachandriah MarikantiVanaja, the 15 year old daughter of a financially troubled fisherman goes to work in the local landlady's house in hopes of learning Kuchipudi dance. She does well, but when the Landlady's son returns from the US, what begins as innocent sexual chemistry turns ugly, ending in a rape - a rape of a minor. Set in rural South India, a place where social barriers are built stronger than ancient fort walls, the film explores the chasm that divides classes as a young girl struggles to come of age.2007 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Generation)
- DirectorShira GeffenEtgar KeretStarsSarah AdlerNikol LeidmanGera SandlerMeduzot (the Hebrew word for Jellyfish) tells the story of three very different Israeli women living in Tel Aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. Batya, a catering waitress, takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach. Batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of Keren, a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall, which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean. One of the guests is Joy, a Philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer, and who doesn't speak any Hebrew (she communicates mainly in English), and who is guilt-ridden after having left her young son behind in the Philippines.2007 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorAnton CorbijnStarsSam RileySamantha MortonCraig ParkinsonA profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to die by suicide at the age of 23.2007 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorRodrigo PláStarsDaniel Giménez CachoDaniel TovarAlan ChávezResidents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out within the neighborhood's borders.2007 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Giornate degli autori)
- DirectorIzuru KumasakaStarsChiharuYûji IshikawaSachi JinnoTsuyako turns the rooftop of her shabby love hotel into a park and opens it up to the lonely women of various ages who rent rooms.2008 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Forum)
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsMichael FassbenderLiam CunninghamStuart GrahamIrish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.2008 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
- DirectorValeriya Gay GermanikaStarsPolina FilonenkoAgniya KuznetsovaOlga ShuvalovaLife is never easy, especially when you're fourteen. But some teenagers have to deal not only with their inner feelings and complexes and youthful maximalism, but also with the cruel surrounding reality.2008 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorGianni Di GregorioStarsValeria De FranciscisMarina CacciottiMaria CalìBroke, and armed with only a wry sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni lives with his mother in their old apartment. The debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager's mother during the Ferragosto, all will be forgiven.2008 Premio Venezia Opera Prima - Luigi De Laurentiis (Settimana internazionale della critica)
- DirectorAdrián BiniezStarsHoracio CamanduleLeonor SvarcasNéstor GuzziniA chronicle of a supermarket security guard's obsession with a late-shift janitor.2009 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Wettbewerb)
- DirectorFredrik EdfeldtStarsBlanca EngströmShanti RoneyAnnika HallinStory of a nine-and-a-half year old girl left alone in Sweden while her family is in Africa during the summer of 1981.2009 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm / Lobende Erwähnung (Generation)
- DirectorWarwick ThorntonStarsRowan McNamaraMarissa GibsonMitjili Napanangka GibsonA 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.2009 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
- DirectorScandar CoptiYaron ShaniStarsFouad HabashNisrin SiksikElias SabaAjami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.2009 Caméra d'or / Mention spéciale (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorPepe DioknoStarsCelso Ad. CastilloFelix RocoDaniel Medrana"Engwkentro" follows two teenage brothers attempting to escape an unnamed city controlled by an iron-fisted mayor. They must first break away from the cycle of crime, while trying to run from rival gang leaders and the state's murderous vigilantes.2009 Premio Venezia Opera Prima - Luigi De Laurentiis (Orizzonti)
- DirectorBabak NajafiStarsSebastian Hiort af OrnäsEva MelanderKenny WåhlbrinkSebbe is 15 years old and lives with his mother in a small apartment2010 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Generation)
- DirectorMichael RoweStarsMónica Del CarmenGustavo Sánchez ParraMarco ZapataLaura's personal life consists of one affair after another. She meets Arturo and the pair enter into an intense, violent sexual relationship. As days go by, Laura crosses out the days on a calendar, revealing her secret past to her lover.2010 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorSeren YüceStarsBartu KüçükçaglayanSettar TanriögenNihal G. KoldasMertkan has a simple life in Istanbul: 'working' as an office-boy in his dad's construction company, hanging out with his male friends in malls and discos, cruising with his dad's 4-wheel drive at night. There is no urgency for him to find a meaning to this emptiness.2010 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Giornate degli autori)
- DirectorAndrew Okpeaha MacLeanStarsJosiah PatkotakFrank Qutuq IrelanJohn MillerIn Barrow, Alaska, teenagers Qalli and Aivaaq find their bond tested when a seal-hunting trip goes wrong, resulting in the death of their friend.2011 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Generation)
- DirectorJohn Michael McDonaghStarsBrendan GleesonDon CheadleMark StrongAn unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is partnered with an uptight F.B.I. agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.2011 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm / Lobende Erwähnung (Panorama)
- DirectorMarie KreutzerStarsAndreas KiendlAndrea WenzlEmily CoxThey never expected Kyra to turn up again. The two brothers and their sister, brought together when their father dies, are stunned by the appearance of their sister. Kyra suddenly vanished over twenty years ago during the breakup of the hippie commune where they were all born. She is like a stranger to them now... but when she discovers that her very existence has been kept secret, she starts to uncover old mysteries. And soon all the brothers and sisters find themselves unearthing the roots of their childhood memories they had suppressed in order to survive. In her debut feature film Marie Kreutzer embarks upon an intriguing and disturbing journey into the past, a gripping study of belonging and solitude, bonds and freedom.2011 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm / Lobende Erwähnung (Panorama)
- DirectorPablo GiorgelliStarsGermán De SilvaHebe DuarteNayra Calle MamaniReluctantly, a dour long-distance truck driver agrees to give a lift to a Paraguayan single mother and her five-month-old daughter to Buenos Aires. Can the palpable silence soften up the taciturn trucker's sullen heart?2011 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorGuido LombardiStarsKader AlassaneMoussa MoneEsther ElishaYssouf arrives in Castel Volturno, 30 km from Naples, a small town known as the 'most African of European cities'. He is supposed to join his uncle Moses there but nobody comes to the appointment. Yssouf then starts living with other immigrants and realizes the place has nothing to do with the Eldorado his uncle had depicted to him. When Yssouf's uncle finally surfaces, the young African must admit his relative had told no lies, he is rich and respected. In fact, Moses is the boss of a gang of drug pushers...2011 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Settimana internazionale della critica)
- DirectorBoudewijn KooleStarsRick LensLoek PetersCahit ÖlmezA young boy and his father have a difficult relationship, but are trying to reach each other. They need a catalyst to make that happen.2012 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Generation)
- DirectorEmin AlperStarsTamer LeventReha ÖzcanMehmet ÖzgürWhen some people from the other side of the mountain invade the territory of a farming family, the family head tries to unite the family and fight back. But then problems within the family start to appear as well.2012 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm / Lobende Erwähnung (Forum)
- DirectorBenh ZeitlinStarsQuvenzhané WallisDwight HenryLevy EasterlyFaced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.2012 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
- DirectorAli AydinStarsErcan KesalMuhammet UzunerTansu BiçerBasri, a widower little out of retirement, walks every day along the railroad tracks to check the status. Aside from his work, his only thought is to have news of his son, who's been missing for many years, after he was arrested during student demonstrations in Istanbul.2012 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Settimana internazionale della critica)
- DirectorKim MordauntStarsSitthiphon DisamoeLoungnam KaosainamSuthep Po-ngamLaos. In a land ravaged by war and exploitation, a boy whose family believe he is cursed must redeem himself by taking part in a dangerous rocket competition.2013 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Generation)
- DirectorJoão VianaStarsMamadu BaioFatu DjebatéImutar Djebaté2013 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm / Lobende Erwähnung (Forum)
- DirectorAnthony ChenStarsYann Yann YeoTian Wen ChenAngeli BayaniIn 90s Singapore, the friendship between Filipino nursemaid Teresa and her young charge Jiale makes waves in a family, while the Asian recession hits the region.2013 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorNoaz DesheStarsHamisi BaziliJames GayoGlory MbayuwayuThe story of Alias, a young Albino on the run, hunted by local witch doctors who use Albinos body parts for their potions.2013 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Settimana internazionale della critica)
- DirectorAlonso RuizpalaciosStarsTenoch HuertaSebastián AguirreIlse SalasTomas is too much for his lone mother so she sends him to live with his older brother Federico, aka Sombra, in Mexico City.2014 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Panorama)
- DirectorMarie Amachoukeli-BarsacqClaire BurgerSamuel TheisStarsAngélique LitzenburgerJoseph BourMario TheisAn aging nightclub hostess decides to settle down and get married.2014 Caméra d'or (Un certain regard)
- DirectorChaitanya TamhaneStarsVira SathidarVivek GomberGeetanjali KulkarniWhen an aging activist is arrested, the lives of the accused, the lawyers, and the judge intertwine to reveal bigotry that underscores the judicial system.2014 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Orizzonti)
- DirectorGabriel RipsteinStarsTim RothKristyan FerrerMónica Del CarmenArnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons for a deadly Mexican cartel. ATF agent Hank Harris attempts to apprehend him, but gets kidnapped by Rubio, instead. Rubio takes him to his bosses, but during the 600-mile-long drive, they slowly befriend.2015 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Panorama)
- DirectorCésar Augusto AcevedoStarsHaimer LealHilda RuizEdison RaigosaAfter having left a long time ago, a humble country sugar cane worker returns home to meet his grandson and deal with the hardships his family has been put into.2015 Caméra d'or (Semaine de la critique)
- DirectorBrady CorbetStarsBérénice BejoLiam CunninghamStacy MartinA chronicle of the childhood of a post-World War I leader.2015 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Orizzonti)
- DirectorMohamed Ben AttiaStarsMajd MastouraRym Ben MessaoudSabah BouzouitaHedi, a young man with great dreams, is struggling his way through social conventions in Tunisia. While his mother tries to decide his life for him, Hedi meets Rim and suddenly he discovers that his world goes beyond and above conventions.2016 Preis Bester Erstlingsfilm (Wettbewerb)
- DirectorHouda BenyaminaStarsOulaya AmamraDéborah LukumuenaKévin MischelA street teenager from a dysfunctional family from a banlieue (HLMs) in Paris comes across a young dancer who turns her life upside down.2016 Caméra d'or (Quinzaine des réalisateurs)
- DirectorAlaeddine SlimStarsJahwar SoudaniFethi AkkariJihed FourtiN is coming from the desert to reach North Africa and make an illegal crossing to Europe. He steals a boat, but it soon sinks into the middle of the sea, then embarks in an imaginary surrealistic odyssey where he makes intense and fleeting encounters, and rediscovers his relationship with nature.2016 Leone del Futuro - Premio Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” (Settimana internazionale della critica)