Dir.: Jen McGowan Cast: Juliette Lewis, Johnny Weston, Josh Hopkins, Cybil Shephard, Lucy Owen; USA 2013, 110 min. Debut features don’t come much more assured and risk-free than Jen McGowan"s bitter-sweet...

Dir/Writer: Eliza Kubarska 76min  Doc   Poland/UK/Germany Walking Under Water won the special jury prize at Hot Docs, Toronto this year for its remarkable portrait of the Badjao tribe in Mabul Island,...

Dir.: Maya Vitkova; Cast: Irmena Chichikeva, Daria Vitkova, Kalina Vitkova, Dimo Dimev, Mariana Krumova, Georgi Spasov; Bulgaria/Rumania 2014, 155 min. First time director/writer Maya Vitkova has managed to create a stunning...

Dir.: Andre Téchiné Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Guillaume Canet, Adele Haenel, Judith Chemla France 2014, 116 min. Sometimes the subject matter defeats even the best directors: Andre Téchiné is a veteran of French cinema...

Dir.: Carlos Marques-Marcet; Cast: Natalia Tena, David Verdaguer; Spain 2014, 99 min. Beautifully acted with the camera successfully integrating all electronic media into the narrative, this is a slim but convincing example...

Writer: Aik KARAPETIAN Producer(s): Roberts VINOVSKIS (Locomotive Productions) Cast: Maxim Lazarev, Anta Aizupe, Aris Rozentals 71min   Latvia/Estonia   Cult thriller Although Latvian cinema is not well-known, one of the legendary directors, Sergei Eisenstein (Ivan...

Dir: Eugenio Mira; Cast: Elijah Wood, John Cusack, Kerry Bishe Spain/USA 2013, 90 min. In perhaps the most absurd film in recent months a pianist, Tom Selznik, performs for the first time...

WINTER SLEEP ***** Palme D'Or | Cannes | 2014 Sumptuously set in a mountain village in his beloved Anatolia, Nuri Bilge Ceylan's arthouse character study enters the slow-burn orbit of loquacious...

Director: Fatih Akin Cast: Tahar Rahim, Akin Gazi, Simon Abkarian, George Georgiou, Kevork Malikyan 138 mins, Drama Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Canada, Poland, Turkey One of the hot picks for the Golden Lion at...