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An impressive selection of independent films from all across Europe.
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The Grocer's Son and Cherry Blossoms
The Class (Entre les murs)
(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Laurent Cantet; Writer: François Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet; Stars: François Bégaudeau, Wei Huang, Esmeralda Ouertani, Franck Keita)
Quasi-documentary about a group of Parisian school kids.
Cherry Blossoms (Kirschblüten - Hanami)
(Country: Germany, France; Year: 2008; Director: Doris Dörrie; Writer: Doris Dörrie; Stars: Hannelore Elsner, Elmar Wepper, Robert Döhlert, Aya Irizuki, Floriane Daniel), Official Site, Trailer
A couple threatened by illness undertake a strange journey together, but a stranger one is to come.
Chiko
(Country: Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Özgür Yildirim; Writer: Özgür Yildirim; Stars: Denis Moschitto, Moritz Bleibtreu, Volkan Özcan, Fahri Yardim, Reyhan Sahin, Lilay Huser, Philipp Baltus, Henny Reents, Hans Löw, Simon Goerts), Official Site
Crime thriller sees a pair of pals fall foul of a drug lord.
The Daisy Chain
(Country: Ireland, UK; Year: 2008; Director: Aisling Walsh; Writer: Lauren Mackenzie; Stars: Samantha Morton, Steven Mackintosh, David Bradley, Eva Birthistle, Flora Montgomery, Barry Barnes, Mhairi Anderson, Valerie O'Connor, Yvonne Scanlon, Patrick Moy, Samuel Jones), Official Site
A grieving couple move to a remote Irish village and take in an orphan, only to find themselves subject to a strange string of occurrences.
Eldorado
(Country: Belgium, France; Year: 2008; Director: Bouli Lanners; Writer: Bouli Lanners; Stars: Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy, Françoise Chichéry, Stefan Liberski, Baptiste Isaia, Rausin Jean-Jacques, Renaud Rutten, Jean-Luc Meekers)
A car dealer and a hapless burglar go on a road trip across Belgium.
Let The Right One In and Il Divo
Elevator
(Country: Romania; Year: 2008; Director: George Dorobantu; Writer: Gabriel Pintilei; Stars: Cristi Petrescu, Iulia Verdes), Official Site
Two restless teenagers go exploring and get stuck in a lift.
Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons Eviga ögonblick, Maria Larsson's Everlasting Moment)
(Country: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Jan Troell; Writer: Niklas Rådström, Jan Troell; Stars: Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen, Emil Jensen, Ghita Nørby, Hans Henrik Clemensen, Amanda Ooms)
Discovering photography provides an abused woman with a new way of experiencing life.
Fermat's Room (La Habitación De Fermat)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2007; Director: Luis Piedrahita, Rodrigo Sopeña; Writer: Luis Piedrahita, Rodrigo Sopeña; Stars: Federico Luppi, Lluís Homar, Alejo Sauras, Santi Millán, Elena Ballesteros), Official Site, Trailer
Someone wants four mathematicians out of the equation. Plus read our exclusive interview with Luis Piedrahita
Flame And Citron (Flammen & Citronen, Flame & Citron)
(Country: Denmark, Czech Republic, Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Ole Christian Madsen; Writer: Lars Andersen, Ole Christian Madsen; Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Peter Mygind, Mille Lehfeldt, Christian Berkel), Official Site
Two resistance fighters face treachery and are torn over their feelings for a beautiful woman.
Four Nights With Anna (Cztery noce z Anna)
(Country: Poland, France; Year: 2008; Director: Jerzy Skolimowski; Writer: Eva Piaskowska, Jerzy Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska; Stars: Artur Steranko, Kinga Preis, Jerzy Fedorowicz, Redbad Klijnstra, Jakub Snochowski)
A crematorium worker becomes obssessed with a beautiful nurse.
Four Nights With Anna and Everlasting Moments
The Grocer's Son (Le Fils de l'épicier)
(Country: France; Year: 2007; Director: Eric Guirado; Writer: Eric Guirado, Florence Vignon; Stars: Nicolas Cazalé, Clotilde Hesme, Jeanne Goupil, Daniel Duval, Stéphan Guérin-Tillié, Liliane Rovère, Paul Crauchet, Chad Chenouga, Benoît Giros, Ludmila Ruoso), Trailer
A man finds himself revisiting his past after he has to take on the job of running his father's grocery van.
Il Divo
(Country: Italy, France; Year: 2008; Director: Paolo Sorrentino; Writer: Paolo Sorrentino; Stars: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Piera Degli Esposti, Paolo Graziosi, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci, Carlo Buccirosso, Giorgio Colangeli, Alberto Cracco, Lorenzo Gioielli, Gianfelice Imparato), Official Site, Trailer
The life and times of notorious Italian politician Guilio Andreotti.
Let The Right One In (Låt Den Rätte Komma In)
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2008; Director: Tomas Alfredson; Writer: John Ajvide Lindqvist, based on his novel of the same name.; Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist, Peter Carlberg, Ika Nord, Mikael Rahm, Karl-Robert Lindgren, Anders T. Peedu, Pale Olofsson)
A touching story of first romance... with a side-serving of horror.
Mark Of An Angel (L'Empreinte De L'Ange)
(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Safy Nebbou; Writer: Cyril Gomez-Mathieu, Safy Nebbou; Stars: Catherine Frot, Sandrine Bonnaire, Wladimir Yordanoff, Antoine Chappey, Michel Aumont, Michèle Moretti)
A mother caught up in a custody battle becomes obsessed with another woman's child.
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