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A Blooming Business and The Last Heroes Of The Peninsula
All Tomorrow's Parties
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Jonathan Caouette; Stars: Akron/Family, Animal Collective, Battles, Belle & Sebastian, Lightning Bolt, The Boredoms, Fuck Buttons, John Cooper Clarke, Jarvis Cocker, Mark Coldham, David Cross, Dirty Three, George Eady, Warren Ellis, Jerry Garcia)
Celebration of creative energy in anti-festival venues that give music back to those who appreciate its anarchic roots.
UK Premiere
Big River Man
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: John Maringouin; Stars: Matthew Mohlke, Borut Strel, Martin Strel), Official Site
A Slovenian endurance swimmer takes on the Amazon.
European Premiere
A Blooming Business
(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2009; Director: Ton van Zantvoort), Trailer
A expose of the Kenya's flower industry and its cruel human toll.
UK Premiere
Boris Ryzhy
(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2008; Director: Aliona Van der Horst)
A documentary exploring the life of russian poet Boris Ryzhy.
UK Premiere
Document Shorts
(Year: 2009; Director: Various; Writer: Various)
Showcase of factual short films from across the globe.
Turn It Loose and Garapa
Garapa
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2008; Director: José Padilha)
Hard-hitting look at families suffering malnutrition in Brazil.
UK Premiere
Goodbye, How Are You? (Dovidjenja, Kako Ste?)
(Country: Serbia; Director: Boris Mitic)
UK Premiere
Documentary examining the past 40 years of Serbian history through language and satire.
Isolation
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Luke Seomore, Joseph Bull; Writer: Robert Benhoff, Bryan Cook; Stars: Stuart Griffiths)
A former soldier pays tribute to his comrades let down by the country they have served.
World Premiere
King Of India
(Country: India; Year: 2009; Director: Arvind Sinha)
A glimpse into the world of the Nats - an ancient community of Indian street performers.
UK Premiere
The Last Heroes Of The Peninsula (Los Últimos Héroes De La Peninsula)
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2008; Director: José Manuel Cravioto)
A documentary looking at the stars of the Mexican boxing world.
International Premiere
Only When I Dance and Boris Ryzhy
Nollywood Babylon
(Country: Canada; Year: 2008; Director: Ben Addelman, Samir Mallal; Writer: Ben Addelman, Samir Mallal; Stars: Osita Iheme, Chinedu Ikedieze, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Uche Jumbo, Kenneth Okonkwo, Bob-Manuel Udokwu)
Welcome to the wacky world of Nollywood, Nigeria's bustling home-grown movie industry.
No Greater Love
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Michael Whyte)
Silent nuns speak.
World Premiere
Only When I Dance
(Country: Brazil, UK; Year: 2009; Director: Beadie Finzi; Stars: Irlan Santos da Silva, Isabela Coracy Alves Nascimento Santos, Mariza Estrella)
Young Brazilians train hard in the hope of becoming ballet stars.
UK Premiere
The One Man Village (Semaan Bil Day'ia)
(Country: Lebanon; Year: 2008; Director: Simon El Habre), Official Site
An old man talks about his life in the Lebanese village of which he is the only remaining occupant.
UK Premiere
On The Way To School
(Country: Turkey, Netherlands; Year: 2008; Director: Ozgur Dogan, Orhan Eskikoy)
A year in the life of a Turkish teacher sent to a rural Kurdish area.
UK Premiere
Outrage and Big River Man
Outrage (The Glass Closet)
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Kirby Dick; Writer: Kirby Dick), Official Site
Documentary focuses on the hypocritical voting records of closeted gay politicians.
European Premiere
Scottish Short Documentary Award Screening
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Various)
The best of the homegrown factual films. Annual prize for the winner is £1000.
Tiny Joys (Apró Örömök)
(Country: Hungary; Year: 2009; Director: Ibolya Bálint)
A comedy of manners exploring the use of classified ads in small town in Transylvania.
International Premiere
Turn It Loose
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Alastair Siddons)
A high-energy look a the world of breakdance.
UK Premiere
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