Tune into 3RRR Film Buff's Forecast

Well, well, well. Look what Paul's gone and done. Contacted 3RRR's Film Buffs' Forecast he did, and suggested they haul him in to talk about film blogging and how it can help cultivate a strong local film culture. That's right, and today Paul Harris phoned me and asked me to come in for an informal conversation live on the program - later today (it's the early hours of Saturday as I type). Should be at 12pm and last 20 minutes or so.

If you're in Melbourne, RRR is 102.7FM on the dial, or anywhere else in the world, you can get a live web feed. If you miss it, podcasts of the show are available to download. And this, loyal readers, marks my 100th post on Melbourne Film Blog. I'm too tired to indulge in much self-congratulation - I just got back from seeing a late screening of the very nice La dentellière (The Lacemaker, Claude Goretta, 1977), part of ACMI's Focus on Isabelle Huppert.

It took me 6 months to reach the 50-post milestone (when I posted Getting Serious About French). My, hasn't time flown? That was only two and a half months ago. I've seriously got to get some sleep, especially with an unexpected media appearance in a few hours (sounds glamorous, huh? It should be fun).

The Double Life of Veronique

La double vie de Véronique (The Double Life of Veronique, Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991)
[This post contains spoilers]

Watching a film like Krzysztof Kieslowski’s The Double Life of Veronique on the wide screen at the Astor Theatre is truly one of life’s great joys, and one of the reasons I keep going back into darkened cinemas for more. There are many types of films one can like a helluva lot, but films like this embody what is most important to me about the medium.

Kieslowski doesn’t use a great number of words to convey a narrative. With sparse dialogue, magnificent visuals, sound and music, he puts together a story – full of ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing our imagination or personal projections to fill in the gaps. His work could be considered spiritual, metaphysical, existential, political, romantic or atheistic depending on the outlook of the viewer. There’s possibly a little of each of these sprinkled throughout his work, but primarily what I find in abundance is a deep sense of humanity.

Watching The Double Life as a part of the body of Kieslowski’s films that I’ve seen thus far, it seems abundantly clear to me that there is a common thread of deep humanism. Whether it is his patiently capturing the words and body language of humble workers or hospital patients in his early documentaries or depicting more morally intricate and stylistic scenarios, there is a sense that this is a film-maker who understands the complex nature of human beings, their drives, their struggles and their suffering. If I had to pick one common theme in his work, it is this: the human race is connected through the common experience of struggle.

[Spoilers follow]

Connectedness is a theme that comes to the fore in The Double Life in a most sublime, subtle, poetic and evocative manner. Two girls, born at around the same time, in different places, they look the same and follow a similar life path. Not only are they practically twins, they are almost the same person. Intuitively aware of the unknown and unseen existence of the other, they feel unalone in the world. When woe befalls one, the other feels the loss and grieves for something or someone she knows not.

This is not an original theme – the Superman comics of my teens spoke of everyone in the world having an alter ego, an identical double somewhere. Kieslowski raises this comical idea to a transcendent and haunting design that draws one into its exploration of a fantastical and emotionally wrenching reality. Woven throughout the narrative is the recurring Kieslowski theme of chance or destiny. One catches a glimpse of the other, but they do not meet.

Irène Jacob plays both Veronique and Veronika. There are devices that reappear in the Three Colours trilogy, particularly Red, in which Jacob played the main character. There is the old woman, who in the trilogy is attempting to place a bottle in the bin. In The Double Life we see a similar character (twice) but in a slightly different situation. Jacob’s characters respond with genuine concern for the women’s welfare.

Politics often plays a part in Kieslowski’s films, sometimes subtly (as in his early documentaries) or overtly (as in Blind Chance). One of the most critical moments in The Double Life takes place with a political protest as the backdrop, with running youth and lines of riot police. No explanation of the event is given.

Nor is the significance of the flasher ever made clear. It seems that Kieslowski is inserting details from life (perhaps things he has seen or read about) at unexpected moments – just like life itself. Some of them – like the flasher – seem to have no significance other than that of the moment. It serves to add understated drama, humour and surprise in an already rich story. Expect the unexpected. Other details appear that are not explained: the dour-faced woman from the Polish audition passes momentarily at the train station (another recurring device). We see her expression, but hear not a word from her. We can only imagine what she must be thinking.

A poignant moment in the film occurred when Alexandre (the puppeteer, played by Philippe Volter) explained why there were two dolls (metaphorically, two Véroniques). They damage easily, he says, so one is needed as a backup. I don’t think this was intended literally in relation to Véronique, but rather as a cryptic metaphor.

Part of the beauty of the film is that the performances are so natural. It all looks so effortless and the film flows fluidly. The characters are all so interesting, even the small fleeting roles like the orchestra conductor, the fathers of both women and the bent old woman are captivating.

The Double Life immediately preceded the Three Colours trilogy, and is very similar to the trilogy both thematically and stylistically. These four films could almost be a Four Colours quadrilogy, the colour of The Double Life being yellow (though the colour green is more noticeable as a secondary colour on the DVD version than on the big screen). The use of a colour theme in this film seemed to be stronger than the use of any colour of the trilogy, and was reminiscent of the production design of Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain (perhaps Aronofsky took some inspiration from this film).

It seems that Kieslowski was developing themes and ideas that he further built on over subsequent films. Just like David Lynch’s Twin Peaks seems like a further development of ideas expressed in Blue Velvet. Music was cleverly integrated into the narrative in both The Double Life and Kieslowski’s subsequent film Blue. Its presence was overt and sumptuous, but never anything but a natural element of the production. Composer Zbigniew Preisner’s many collaborations with Kieslowski included The Double Life and the entire trilogy.

All four of these films were also co-written by Krzysztof Piesiewicz and all but White were edited by Jacques Witta. A common aesthetic in these films can be at least partially attributed to a consistent creative team. Three Colours: Blue remains my favourite Kieslowski film, and close to my all-time favourite film. The Double Life of Véronique is not far behind; I consider it on a par with the rest of the trilogy.

The Double Life of Véronique is a film that is hard to categorise: it could be considered a mystery, drama or a thriller. It is erotic, existential and metaphysical. It’s an important work by an important film-maker with timeless appeal. It was great to see it on the Astor’s large screen and I look forward to discovering more of Kieslowski’s work.

MIFF - Dates to Remember

The following is as much for my benefit as for those who may be wondering about MIFF dates.

Wednesday 4 July - All ticket orders made by this date will be mailed via registered post.
Friday 13 July - Complete Festival Guide free in The Age & single session tickets available via web and phone
Saturday 14 July - MIFF Box Office at Forum Theatre opens
Wednesday 25 July - MIFF opens with Michael Moore's Sicko
Sunday 12 August - MIFF closes with Shane Meadows' This Is England; Regent and Forum Theatres host a mini-Cannes festival, with 10 films from Cannes screening.

See also: List of feature films screening.

Inland Empire screening at MIFF

Just a short note for those who may have stumbled upon this site looking for a release date for David Lynch's Inland Empire.

Inland Empire will screen at MIFF. No dates or times have been confirmed; I expect these to be released on the MIFF website on July 13, when phone and internet bookings also go on sale. I've noticed that MIFF doesn't post all information as it becomes available, so if I find out any information prior to this date, I will post on this blog. Keep an eye out for updates.

UPDATE: Inland Empire screens at MIFF on Tue 7 Aug 9pm [SOLD OUT] and Thu 9 Aug 9.15pm [SOLD OUT]. See the MIFF website for details. [ALL INLAND EMPIRE TICKETS SOLD OUT].

Based on visits to this site, I'm sure that Inland Empire tickets will sell out at MIFF. Get in early and book online at MIFF on July 13 to ensure you get a seat.

The latest from Dendy Films, who are distributing the film in Australia, remains unchanged at this stage, ie, the final quarter of 2007, meaning October to December, though that's not mentioned on their website. UPDATE 4/8/07: Dendy Films latest release schedule has Inland Empire opening on 15/11/07.

Kieslowski Screening at the Astor

Just a quick reminder for those Melbournians who are interested in the films of Krzyzstof Kieslowski. There is a screening of his La double vie de Véronique (The Double Life of Veronique, 1991) at 7.30pm tomorrow (Monday 24 June) at the Astor Theatre. I know nothing about this film, other than Véronique is played by Irène Jacob, who also starred in Kieslowski's sublime Three Colours: Red, as the main protagonist, Valentine Dussaut against the antagonist retired magistrate, played by Jean-Louis Trintignant.

At Cannes Film Festival 1991, Jacob won best actress award for her performance, while Kieslowski was honoured with winning the Ecumenic Jury and FIPRESCI awards for the film.

I consider Kieslowski one of the very best directors, and am making a point of seeing this film for the first time (I have the DVD, which hasn't been viewed yet). Screening after Véronique is Diva (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1981). Beineix is probably best known for directing 37°2 le matin (Betty Blue, 1986).

The Week in Review

FILMS:

• Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen, 1986)
• The U.S. vs John Lennon (David Leaf & John Scheinfeld, 2006)
• Så som i himmelen (As It Is In Heaven, Kay Pollak, 2004)
  
• Changement d'adresse (Change of Address, Emmanuel Mouret, 2006)
  

OTHER:

• MIFF 2007 Programme Launch
  

As It Is In Heaven
I can't say I've seen many films from Sweden, and this 2005 nomination for best foreign Oscar doesn't exactly have me enthused to rush out to see some more. Basically, it's a middle-of-the-road story (as you'd expect for an Oscar nominee), definitely aiming to be a feel-good crowd-pleaser, tempered somewhat awkwardly with a little bit of a dark edge. A famous conductor has a heart attack and returns to his childhood village for the quiet life where he inspires a village choir.

While I've been known to nod off during mediocre films, it's not often I embarrass myself by snoring (which I did during this). There are numerous contrived devices, but it is funny and moving at times. I think the film's visuals should have been better than we saw at the Palace Como, who appeared to be screening from a DVD. This is a trend that bothers me. If I wanted to watch a DVD, I could do this at home. At least the Nova somewhat alerts audiences when they are screening from a DVD by using the words "Nova Digital" in their advertising.

Change of Address
Instantly forgettable French romantic comedy suitable for a light night's entertainment, or practising French language listening skills. No points for guessing which one it was for me. I had free tickets and thought it was OK - definitely more enjoyable than I Do, but that's not saying a lot. Like most films in this genre, it completely lacks plausibility, so there's no buy-in for me.

The U.S. vs John Lennon

The U.S. vs John Lennon (David Leaf & John Scheinfeld, 2006)
John Lennon was a very influential figure in my youth. I grew up in a house of Beatles fans, and as a teenager I strongly identified with the rebelliousness and social conscience that Lennon embodied post-Beatles. I vividly remember Happy Xmas War Is Over playing repeatedly on 3XY, Melbourne's undisputed top pop/rock radio station at that time (I believe this would have been late 1971, and I was 11). It had an impact on me then. Later, I saw Billy Jack three times and The Trial of Billy Jack five times at the cinema! The latter was clearly a critique of the Vietnam war and featured a moving rendition of Give Peace a Chance, though I did not know for some years that this was a Lennon song.

While in Manhattan in 2003/04, I visited the Imagine tribute at the Strawberry Fields Memorial to Lennon in Central Park. It's across the road from the famous and beautiful gothic Dakota apartment building where he lived. It was also where he was killed in 1980 aged 40. Seeing the tribute was moving; Imagine was hugely influential for me.

The U.S. vs John Lennon is a timely film because it's really a critique of current US policy in relation to Iraq, the 'War on Terror' and 'homeland security' in general. It is a sort of partial biography of Lennon, in relation to his controversial involvement in the peace movement. This put him at odds with the Nixon administration, who then attempted to improperly have him deported.

It is both entertaining and pertinent, and sheds light on a very colourful 20th century personality. The terms of reference, so to speak, are fairly narrow, and that's a strength rather than a criticism. Lennon and Yoko Ono are both depicted at length, but the nature and history of their relationship are covered only cursorily while and their battle with heroin doesn't rate a mention. I was OK with that, because that wasn't the subject of the film.

The most interesting facet of the film for me was the highlighting of the techniques and rhetoric of the clearly dishonest, deceptive and criminal Nixon administration, and how the rhetoric of the late 60's and early 70's was almost identical to that we hear coming from the mouths of the current administration (and our own beloved leader, John Howard), post 9-11. Especially pernicious, is the invokation of God or Jesus to justify obscene activities (death and destruction) which are clearly Godless.

The film makes good use of the music and lyrics of John Lennon, as well as use of graphics to keep the film visually interesting, though I don't require this kind of embellishment to enjoy a good documentary. It is not particularly heavy-weight or insightful, but is coherent and makes a strong case for the the position it takes, which is that John Lennon was improperly targeted by the Nixon administration because of his strong stand against the Vietnam war. The various interviews with Lennon were the most insightful and entertaining part of the film (he had a terrific, sharp sense of humour). Lennon was clearly a very intelligent and charismatic man who could strongly and coherently argue a case for peace. The film's depiction of his dedication and sincerity is very moving. A person like Lennon in the public eye is sadly lacking today.

Official website / IMDB

MIFF Films - the Full List

[All MIFF-related posts]
Good news, dear readers, I come bearing good news indeed. Earlier this evening I received no less than the complete list of films screening at MIFF. That’s right, I have it in my lusty little fingers and I’m drooling. I didn’t realise until now how keen I was to receive this. No dates or times yet, but at least we now have the list.

I haven’t had time to peruse titles in detail – that will take some time, and I have more information than I can post about right now (I can’t tell you how tired and sleep-deprived I feel). For now, I’ll simply post the films as provided by MIFF and you can check out what’s on for yourself. I’ve had a quick squiz at the MIFF website, and this info is not available there right now (I suppose they’re home watching TV or sleeping, like I should be).

Expect additions to the lineup – that’s always a given. Meanwhile, if anyone has the heads up on what to see (maybe you’ve seen something on the list, or heard the buzz on one), please feel free to share your recommendations. When I get time, I’ll share mine.

I applied for Press Accreditation at MIFF this year (even though I paid full price for a full MIFF pass). I haven’t received any formal confirmation that accreditation has been approved, but in the last twelve hours or so I have received invites to MIFF previews and access to press materials, so I guess that means I’m in. Thus I can now share this info with you.

You can see from the list below which films have a commercial release planned, though ‘commercial release’ can also for some films mean just DVD release and not theatrical. I’m not ruling anything out, but I generally don’t make a priority of films with a release planned, documentaries and shorts. But there’s always exceptions of course, and there are documentaries and films with a commercial release that I will definitely see (such as David Lynch’s Inland Empire, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Syndromes and a Century).

As an aside, I have pre-ordered Inland Empire on DVD from Amazon, but regardless of when it arrives, I won’t be watching it until I see it on the big screen. If it arrives first, I expect I’ll watch it pretty soon after I’ve seen in on the big screen. I’ve read of people seeing this film four or more times and still not understanding it.

I'm rambling... here’s the list. If you don't understand a section, go to the MIFF website for explanation.

SECTIONS

AA	Africa! Africa!	IP	International Panorama
AG	Animation Gallery	MM	Magnum in Motion
BB	Backbeat	NG	Next Gen
D	Docos	NW	Neighbourhood Watch
ED	Euro Debuts	SD	Stars of David
FMF	Full Moon Fever	SI	Shohei Imamura Retrospective
FP	Forbidden Pleasures	WS	World Stories
H	Homegrown	*	Films with Distribution
HK	Hirokazu Kore-eda Retrospective

ALPHABETICAL FILM LIST

Film	DIRECTOR	COUNTRY	Sect
4	Tim Slade	Australia	H
4 Elements	Jiska Rickels	The Netherlands	D
*4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days	Cristian Mungiu	Romania	IP
9 Star Hotel	Ido Haar	Israel	SD
A Man Vanishes	Shohei Imamura	Japan	SI
*Aachi & Ssipak	Bum Jin Joe	Korea	AG
AFR	Morten Hartz Kaplers	Denmark	ED
After Life	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Japan	HK
*After the Wedding	Susanne Bier	Denmark	IP
Alexandra	Alexander Sokourov	Russia/France	IP
Alimentation générale - The General Store	Chantal Briet	France	D
Animalia	David Scott	Australia	NG
Animation (Mirrorball )	Various	Various	BB
Anita O'Day the Life of a Jazz Singer	Robbie Cavolina et al.	USA	BB
Armstrongs - the Movie, The	Fergus O'Brien	UK	D
Aviva My Love	Shemi Zarhin	Israel	SD
*Away From Her	Sarah Polley	Canada	IP
Azur and Azmar	Michel Ocelot	France	NG
Ballad of Narayama, The	Shohei Imamura	Japan	SI
Beaufort	Joseph Cedar	Israel	SD
Beauty in Trouble	Jan Hrebejk	Czech Republic	IP
Beauty Knows No Pain	Elliot Erwitt	USA	MM
Behind the Veil	Eve Arnold	UK	MM
*Bella	Gomez Monteverde	Mexico/USA	IP
Belle Toujours	Manoel de Oliveira	Portugal/France	IP
Bet Collector, The	Jeffrey Jeturian	Phillipines	NW
Between Heaven and Earth	Frank van den Engel	The Netherlands	D
Beyond Eyruv	John Mounier	USA	SD
Beyond Our Ken	Luke Walker et al	Australia	H
Big Dreamers	Camille Hardman	Australia	H
Black Rain	Shohei Imamura	Japan	SI
*Black Sheep	Jonathan King	New Zealand	FMF
*Black Snake Moan	Craig Brewer	USA	IP
*Blind Mountain	Yang Li	China/Hong Kong	NW
Bliss	Sheng Zhimin	China	NW
Book That Shook the World	Con Anemogiannis	Australia	H
Born and Bred	Pablo Trapero	Argentina/Italy/UK	IP
Boss of It All, The	Lars Von Trier	Denmark	IP
Boxing Day	Kriv Stenders	Australia	H
Boy on a Galloping Horse, The	Adam Guzinski	Poland	ED
Brand Upon the Brain!	Guy Maddin	USA/Canada	FP
Breath	Kim Ki-duk	South Korea	NW
Bubble, The	Eytan Fox	Israel	SD
Bug	William Friedkin	USA	FMF
Bunny Chow	John Barker	South Africa	AA
Buy a Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter. S Thompson on Film	Tom Thurman	USA	D
Cages	O Masset-Depasse	Belgium	ED
Cats of Mi Ri Kitani, The	Linda Hattendorf	USA	D
Children	Ragnar Bragason	Iceland	IP
Publicity Video Diaries: Dying For	Chris Steele-Perkins	UK	MM
Comrades in Dreams	Uli Gaulke	Germany	D
Con Man Confidential	Alexander Adolph	Germany	D
Congo River: Beyond Darkness	Thierry Michel	France/Belgium	AA
*Control	Anton Corbijn	UK	BB
*Conversations With My Gardener	Jean Becker	France	IP
Corroboree	Ben Hackworth	Australia	H
Crazy Love	Dan Klores	USA	D
Dark Deer	Viesturs Kairiss	Latvia/Austria	IP
*Day Watch	T Bekhmamabetov	Russia	IP
*Deep Water	Louise Osmond et al	UK	D
Desert Dream	Zhang Lu	South Korea/ France	NW
*Dirty Carnival, A	Ha Yoo	South Korea	NW
*Dirty Three	Darcy Maine	Australia	BB
Distance	H Kore-eda	Japan	HK
Dog Bite Dog	Pou-Soi Cheang	Hong Kong/China	NW
Dol: the Valley of Tambourines	Hiner Saleem	Kurdistan/Germany...	IP
Dreams of Dust	Laurent Salgues	France/Canada	AA
Dry Season	Mahamat-Saleh Haroun	France/Belgium/ Chad/Austria	AA
*Eagle vs Shark	Taika Waititi	New Zealand	NW
Echoes of Home	Stefan Schwietert	Switzerland/ Ger	D
Eijanaika	Shohei Imamura	Japan	SI
Enemies of Happiness	Anja Al Erhayem et al	Denmark	D
Eve and Marilyn	Eve Arnold	UK	MM
Everything’s Gone Green	Paul Fox	Canada	IP
Ex-Drummer	Koen Mortier	Belgium/Neth...	ED
*Exit	Peter Lindmark	Sweden	IP
Exterminating Angels	Jean-Claude Brisseau	France	FP
Falkenberg Farewell	Jesper Ganslandt	Sweden/Denmark	ED
Falling	Barbara Albert	Austria	IP
Family Ties	Kim Tae-yong	South Korea	NW
*Fay Grim	Hal Hartley	USA	IP
*Few Days in September	Santiago Amigorena	Canada/USA	IP
*Fido	Andrew Currie	Canada /USA	FMF
*Forbidden Lies	Anna Broinowski	Australia	H
Forever	Heddy Honigmann	Netherlands	D
Forever Never Anywhere	Antonin Svoboda	Austria	IP
Fresh Tracks (Mirrorball)	Various	Various	BB
Gardens in Autumn	Otar Iosseliani	France	IP
Ghosts	Nick Broomfield	UK	IP
Ghosts of Cité Soleil	Hger Leth	Denmark/USA	D
*Grace is Gone	James C. Strouse	USA	IP
Great World of Sound, The	Craig Zobel	USA	IP
Gucha – Distand Trumpet	Milic Dusan	Germany/Serbia...	IP
Half Moon	Bahman Ghobadi	Iran/Iraq	IP
Hana	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Japan	HK
Hansel and Gretel	Anne Wild	Germany	NG
Hardcore Chambermusic	Peter Liechti	Switzerland	D
*Heartbreak hoTel	Colin Nutley	Sweden	IP
Hebrew Lesson, A	David Ofek et al	Israel	SD
His Big White Self	Nick Broomfield	England	D
Honor de Cavalleria	Albert Serra	Spain	ED
Hope	Steve Thomas	Spain	H
Hot house	Shimon Dotan	Israel	SD
Hottest State, The	Ethan Hawke	USA	IP
How is Your Fish Today?	Xiaolu Guo	UK/China	NW
I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone	Tsai Ming-Liang	Taiwan/France...	NW
*I Served the King of England	Jiri Menzel	Czech Republic/Slovakian Republic	IP
Ils	David Moreau et al	France	FMF
In Memory of Myself	Saverio Costa NZO	Italy	IP
In the Company of Actors	Ian Darling	Australia	H
*Indigenes	Rachid Bouchareb	France/Morocco...	WS
*Inland Empire	David Lynch	USA	IP
Intentions of Murder (aka Unholy desire)	Shohei Imamura	Japan	SI
Interview	Steve Buscemi	USA	IP
Irina palm	Sam Garbarski	Belgium...	IP
Island of lost souls	Nikolaj Arcel	Denmark	NG
Island, The	Pavel Lounguine	Russia	IP
It Happened Just Before	Anja Salomonowitz	Austria	D
Jellyfish	Etgar Keret et al	Israel	SD
*Joe Strummer: the Future is Unwritten	Julien Temple	Ireland/UK	BB
*Joshua	George Ratliff	USA	FMF
Journals of Knud Rhmussen	Zacharias Kunuk	Canada/Denmark/...	WS
Kalaupapa Heaven	Paul Cox	Australia	H
Khadak	Peter Brosens et al	Belgium...	WS
Kidz in da Hood	Ylva Gustavsson et al	Sweden	NG
Knowledge is the Beginning	Paul Smaczny	Germany	SD
La Boucane (the Smoking House)	Jean Gaumy	France	MM
*Lady Chatterley	Pascale Ferran	Belgium/France/UK	IP
Lake of Fire	Tony Kaye	USA	D
Last Winter, The	Larry Fessenden	USA/Iceland	FMF
Lights in the Dusk	Aki Kaurismaki	Finland...	IP
Little Red Flowers	Zhang Yuan	China	NG
London to Brighton	Paul Andrew Williams	UK	ED
Lost in Beijing	Yu Li	China	D
Lost World of Tibet, The	Emma Hindley	UK	D
Maborosi	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Japan	HK
Made in Jamaica	Jérôme Laperrousaz	France/USA	BB
Magnum story 1, 2, 3	Patricia Wheatley, Rosemary Bowen‑Jones	UK	MM
Making of	Nouri Bouzid	Tunisia	AA
Man Who Souled the World, The	Mike Hill	USA	D
Manufactuing Dissent: Michael Moore and the Media	Rick Caine, Debbie Melynk	Canada	D
Men at Work	Mani Haghighi	Iran	IP
*Mighty Heart, A	Michael Winterbottom	UK/USA	IP
Misery Loves Company: The Life and Death of Bruce Gilden	Gideon Gold	USA	MM
Monastery, The	Pernille Rose Grønkjaer	Denmark	D
Monkey Grip, The	Ken Cameron	Australia	H
My Father, My Lord	David Volach	Israel	SD
My Friend and his Wife	Shin Dong-il	Korea	NG
*My Kid Could Paint That	Amir Bar-Lev	USA	D
My Name is Albert Ayler	Kasper Colin	Sweden	BB
My Son	Martial Fougeron	France	IP
*Night	Lawrence Johnston	Australia	H
Night of the Sunflowers, The	Jorge Sánchez‑Cabezudo	Spain/France/Poland	ED
Night of Truth, The	Fanta Régina Nacro	Burkino Faso	AA
No Exit	Dror Sabo	Israel	SD
*Nobody Knows	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Japan	HK
Nomadak TX	Raul dela Fuente et al	Spain	WS
Old Weird America: Harry	Rani Singh	USA	BB
Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music on the Rowanlea Trawler	Jean Gaumy	France	MM
Once	John Carney	Ireland	IP
Opera Jawa	Garin Nugroho	Indonesia	NW
Other Side, The (El otro lado)	Alex Webb	USA	MM
*Out of the Blue	Robert Sarkies	NZ	NW
*Paprika	Satoshi Kon	Japan	AG
Paraguayan Hammock	Paz Encina	Paraguay	WS
Philip Jones Griffiths Cambodian Odyssey	Richard Traylor-Smith	UK	MM
Pictures From a Revolution	Susan Meiselas	USA	MM
Playing the Victim	Kirill Serebrennikov	Russia	IP
Pornographers, The	Shohei Imamura	Japan	SI
Prater	Ulrike Ottinger	Austria/Germany	D
Primo Levi’s Journey	Davide Ferrario	Italy	D
*Promised Paradise	Leonard Rebel Helmrich	The Netherlands, Indonesia	D
Radiant City	Gary Burns, Jim Brown	Canada	D
Rebllion, the Litvinkenko Case	Andrei Nekrasov	Russia	D
*Red Road	Andrea Arnold	UK/Denmark	ED
*Reprise	Joachim Trier	Norway	ED
*Rescue Dawn	Werner Herzog	USA	IP
Return to Goree	Pierre-Yves Borgeaud	Switzerland	AA
Robert Capa: in Love and WAR	Anne Makepeace	UK	MM
Rock’n’roll Outlaw	Lucille Desoto Clements	Australia	BB
Run Rabbit Run	Bob Ellis	Australia	H
Russian Prison: a Separate Life	Gueorgui Pinkhassov	USA	MM
Scott Walker – 30th Century Man	Stephen Kijak	UK/USA	BB
Searching for Sandeep	Poppy Stockell	Australia	H
*September	Peter Carstairs	Australia	H
Seven Easy Pieces by Marina Abramovic	Babette Mangolte	USA	D
*Severance	Christopher Smith	United Kingdom	FMF
Shame	Mohammed Naqvi	Pakistan/USA	D
Shotgun Stories	Jeff Nichols	USA	IP
*Sicko	Michael Moore	USA	D
*Signal, The	David Bruckner et al	USA	FMF
*Snoop Doggs Hood of Horror	Stacy Title	USA	FMF
Snow Angels	David Gordon Green	Canada	IP
Someone to Run with	Oded Davidoff	Israel	SD
*Stephanie Daley	Hilary Brougher	USA	IP
Still Life	Jia Zhang-Ke	Hong Kong/China	NW
*Strange Culture	Lynn Hershman Leeson	USA	D
Submarine (Sous-marin)	Jean Gaumy	France	MM
*Syndromes and a Century	Apichatpong Weerasethakul	Thailand/France/Austria	NW
Tasmanian Devil: the Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn	Simon Nasht	Australia	H
*Teeth	Mitchell Lichenstein	USA	FP
*Tekkonkinkreet	Michael Arias	Japan	NG
Think of England	Martin Parr	UK	MM
*This is England	Shane Meadows	UK	IP
Times and Winds	Reha Erdem	Turkey	IP
Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark, The	Oscar Redding	Australia	H
Train, The	Donovan Wylie	UK	MM
Triple Dare	Christina Rosendahl	Denmark	NG
Two Faces of China, The	René Burri	USA	MM
U	Gregoire Solotareff	France	NG
Ugly Duckling and Me, The	Michael Hegner	Denmark	NG
Ulzhan	Volker Schlondorff	Kazakstan/France	IP
Untouchable, The	Benoit Jacquot	France	IP
Vengeance is Mine	Shohei Imamura	Japan	SI
Vhs-kahloucha	Nejib Belkadhi	Tunisia	AA
*Vitus	Fredi Murer	Switzerland	NG
Viva	Anna Biller	USA	FP
Voices of Bam	Aliona van der Horst...	The Netherlands	D
Waimate Conspiracy	Stefen Lewis	New Zealand	WS
Waiting For Happiness	Abderrahmane Sissako	Mauritania	AA
*Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory, A	Esther B. Robinson	USA	D
Wasted, The	Nurit Kedar	Israel	SD
We Are Together	Paul Taylor	UK	AA
Welcome to Nolly Wood	Jamie Meltzer	USA/Nigeria	AA
Witnesses, The	André Téchiné	France	IP
Wolfs Bergen	Nanouk Leopold	Netherlands/Belgium	IP
Woman on the Beach	Hong Sang-soo	Korea	NW
*Words from the City	Natasha Gadd/ Rhys Graham	Australia	BB
*Workshop, The	Jamie Morgan	UK	FP
Wrestling with Angels -Playwright Tony Kushner	Freida Mock	USA	D
Yamamura Retrospective Programme	Koji Yamamura	Japan	AG
Year of the Dog	Mike White	USA	IP
Yella	Christian Petzold	Germany	IP
Yo	Rafa Cortes	Spain	ED
Yokohama Mary	Takayuki Nakamura	Japan	D
Your Mommy Kills Animals	Curt Johnson	USA	D
Zoo	Robinson Devor	USA	FP