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Maso | Ariane Cordeau
Canada 2008 | 10 min. Short | engl. subtitles
On the way to an important meeting, her car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. The man who comes to the rescue knows nothing about car mechanics but is willing to take her to her meeting… in exchange of a little something. This little service of a perverse nature is out of the question. She tries to slip away, in vain; she tries to get rid of him, to fool him, to get away in time… But the masochistic has nothing to loose. He just has to wait until the unbearable fight between necessity and righteousness breaks her nerves and she will give him what he wants convinced it’s only what he deserves.

Deadspiel | Jay Molloy
Canada 2008 | 8 min. Short
The Greatest Curling Zombie Film Ever Made!

3 Seasons | Jim Donovan
Canada 2008 | 100 min. Feature | engl. subtitles
Two couples live at extreme opposites of each other, yet they share one commonality: an unexpected pregnancy. Carmine and Sasha live in a comfortable world where the arrival of a child should be a time that fills them with joy. Instead, it blows their bourgeois house of cards to the ground. Behind the facade of their ultra-chic condo and their high-flying careers, hides a couple that is in pain, two human beings living with secrets and lies that have, unfortunately, multiplied with time. Justine and Seb are freedom seekers that live day by day on the streets of Montreal. These two young squeegee-punks are hoping for better tomorrows, but in the meantime seem to be content with washing windshields and doing small-time deals. Justine’s pregnancy destabilizes Seb, who has better things to do than to be a father. Their violent relationship makes getting an abortion the obvious choice. Yet somehow things never seem to work out as they should... Stephen Decker is a 50-something father who has lost everything, his wife, his only child, his peace of mind. Now he has found a new purpose for his life: revenge. This quest brings him from Calgary to Montreal as he desperately hunts down his daughter’s murderer. What he finds is far from what he expected... Five destinies converge, not only in blood and suffering, but also in hope, love and rebirth.

Born Again | Soharab Khosravi
Iran 2007 | 17 min. Documetary | engl. subtitles
Noghe sefr is about 60 years old man called Hojat who left his work and life,because of his own reasons,to live in desert.he moved from the nourth (gorgan)to the south place (pakestan border)of iran. he has been living in desert for 15 years without any connection to urban areas. his view to life is also shown in this film.

Last Queen of the Earth | Mohammad Arab
Iran 2009 | 90 min. Feature | engl. subtitles
Alibakhsh, the young Afghan immigrant after 11 September USA attacked to Afghanestan. He does not have any news of his wife shahgol. He goes to Afghanestan. He reaches a war ridden town. He finds his brother who is missing a leg and walks with a cane. Alibakhsh worried about his wife. An old woman tells him that she has gone to sell her kidney along with some other women. Shahgol get some problem with the man that buys the kidney, he gets less money to Shahgol since she is sick. finally Alibakhsh find his wife, she tells him that the only way to see him was to make some money and go to Iran and go on.

Tira Bakal | Scott Wurth
Philippines 2008 | 25 min. Documentary | engl. subtitles
Set in Pampanga, Philippines, this documentary outlines the Santos family's 'Panata' (pledge) to god and the reasons why the grand patriarch, matias santos, started the tradition. through a grueling event called 'Tira Bakal' the family shows their commitment to their late grandfather's pledge as they imitate the sufferings of the lord. The Santos family members along with the two main participants, a key co-ordinator and the crucified penitent, we follow the event on good friday to its yearly conclusion. This is a thrill ride road movie with a twist - it's real!!!

The Road to Gaza | Patrick Ward, Stuart Halforty & Paul Hanes
England/Palestina | 40 min. Documentary | engl. subtitles
In March 2009 two activists from the London Stop the War Movement in traveled to gaza with the intention of documenting the effects of the recent attack on Gaza by Israel.

Welcome to Hebron | Terje Carlsson
Palistine/Israel 2009 | 80 min. Documentary | engl. subtitles
The documentary Welcome to Hebron was filmed during more than three years on location in Hebron, West Bank. 17-year old Leila Sarsour is the main character of the film. Leila is a student at the Al-Qurtuba-school, a Palestinian girlschool surrounded by Israeli military installations and settlements. A former commander of the Israeli army is among the people being interviewed in Welcome to Hebron. The soldier is sharing his story of daily life under occupation. The film shows how the occupation affects everyday life in Palestine. Leila is a Moslem girl, but she does not fit the widespread western stereotype, characterizing Arab women as weak and victimized. Leila is strong, intelligent, outspoken and have her own idea of a daily life free from oppression and violence. Leila and her classmates are regularly attacked and harassed by Israeli soldiers and settlers. In this film Leila is chatting on MSN, discussing Jimi Hendrix with her mother and sharing her vision of a middle east of coexistence and peace.

Dust & Illusions | Oliver Bonin
USA 2008 | 80. min. Documentary
Dust & Illusions looks at 30 years of history of Burning Man all the way back to the late 1970s deep into the origins of the event. Through 21 interviewees the film presents the philosophies that fueled the creation of the festival, and its evolution from a small gathering of friends to the largest “counter-cultural” event in North America. It offers a new perspective of the meaning of the event, and questions whether its organizers are more concerned about making sure the show is ready when the gate opens or they still truly engage in building a community and fostering art

House of Numbers | Brent Leung
USA 2009 | 88 min. Documentary
Born in 1980 (on the cusp of the epidemic), Leung reveals a research establishment in disarray, and health policy gone tragically off course. Gaining access to a remarkable array of the most prominent and influential figures in the field -- among them the co-discoverers of HIV, presidential advisors, Nobel laureates, and the Executive Director of UNAIDS, as well as survivors and activists -- his restrained approach yields surprising revelations and stunning contradictions. The HIV/AIDS story is being rewritten, and this is the first film to present the uncensored POVs of virtually all the major players  -- in their own settings, in their own words. It rocks the foundation upon which all conventional wisdom regarding HIV/AIDS is based. If, as South African health advocate Pephsile Maseko remarks, this is the beginning of a war...a war to reclaim our health, then 'House of Numbers' could well be the opening salvo in the battle to bring sanity and clarity to an epidemic clearly gone awry.

Nedgång och Fall | Hampus & Oscar Stokstad
Sweden 2009 | 19 min. Short | engl. subtitles
A short film about the dark sides of humanity - taken to its extremities. Charlie stops at a bar in Stockholm, an early morning, for a beer and to tell a story about obscenity, cannibalism, lost indignation and murderous Swinger-couples.

Mitä Meistä Tuli | Miika Ullakko
Finland/Russia 2008 | 125 min. Feature | engl. subtitles
WHAT BECAME OF US is a movie about class reunion – a tale of gathering of the former elementary school classmates. Jarkko and Erika are the romantic couple of the story. They’ve been together since the playground and they share an interesting love-hate relationship. Toni is the mystery man of the story. In the beginning of the movie we meet him in prison, convicted for a crime committed near the Finno-Russian border. Claus's story begins in the confinement of a mental institute and not much is known about him. The plots intertwine at the climax of the story at the class reunion, set on a cruise ship. Only the debt of gratitude of one bullied young man can save the classmates from certain death.