Silver 2006-06-08--2006-06-09

Comedy, USA. Lila is a girl who starts to grow thick hair all over her body, to get away from people she decides to go and live in the forest. When she's 30 she goes back to the city to find a man and is introduced to scientist Nathan. Together they discover an extremely hirsute man whom they name Puff and brings back to Nathans lab to teach him the rules of modern society. Director: Michael Gondry (96). With Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Tim Robbins

Comedy, FRA. In a post-apocalyptic future a butcher turns the apartment complex he lives in into a popular place thanks to his ability to find excellent cuts of meat. But one day the true source of the butcher's meat is discovered. Director: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet (99). With Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus.

Romance, UK. Nineteen year old Indish girl Geena has everything going for her. Then, she has an unexpected encounter with Jay, a new boy in town, and finds that love can be just as enthralling as the songs on the silver screen suggest. But her family is not happy with her new boyfriend and Geena has to fight a fierce fight for her love. Director: Jeremy Wooding (89). With Preeya Kalidas, James McAvoy, Ciaran McMenamin.

Drama, Taiwan. Vicky is a freespirited party girl living with her jealous boyfriend Hao Hao. When Vicky meets Jack, a businessman connected to the mafia, she falls in love with him and they begin an affair. Millennium Mambo won the Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2001. Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien (120). With Qi Shu, Jack Kao, Chun-hao Tuan.

Comedy, UK. Famous comic opera composers Gilbert and Sullivan are having a crisis. Sullivan is out of ideas and Gilberts marriage are falling apart. But a visit to an exhibit of Japanese art sparks their imagination and gives them the idea to their greatest success, The Mikado. Topsy-Turvy won two Academy Awards in 2000. Director: Mike Leigh (160). With Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher, Sukie Smith.

Comedy, UK. Elwood is a US soldier based in Germany during the days of the cold war. He runs a profitable black-market business selling drugs and stealing army supplies. One day he finds some loot that will really pay off, but a new sergeant spots him and sets out to stop his business. Buffalo Soldiers was nominated for five British Independent Film Awards. Director: Gregor Jordan (98). With Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Anna Paquin.

Comedy, UK. While a British film crew are shooting a version of The Duchess Of Malfi in Venice, they in turn are being filmed by a sleasy documentary primadonna while the strange staff share meals which consist of human meat. Then there is the hit man, the call girl and the hollywood producer all managing to become part of the madness. Director: Mike Figgis (93). With Max Beesley, Saffron Burrows, Salma Hayek.

Comedy, AUS. Frances, of Frank as she is called, is a widow with grown children who is bored with her life. She decides to take art courses at the same university that her son David attends, a decision that doesn't exactly please him. Director: Mark Lamprell (95). With Sinéad Cusack, Sam Neill, Matthew Newton.

Drama, USA. Lawrence Newman is an executive faced with anti-semitism both at work and in his neighborhood. He is not an anti-semit himself but doesn't have the courage to stand up to those who are. Reluctant to join people in trying to run jews out of the neighborhood he soon draws unwanted and unpleasant attention to himself. Director: Neal Slavin (106). With William H. Macy, Laura Dern, Meat Loaf.

Drama, China. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into farm work. They raise a family and survive, managing "to live" from the 40's to the 70's in this epic, but personal, story of life through an amazing period. The film won three awards at the Cannes film festival, including the Jury Grand Prize. Director: Zhang Yimou (125). With Ge You, Gong Li, Niu Ben.

Drama, Bosn. A serbian and a bosnian soldier find themselves trapped in a trench in no man's land. While trying to get help from either side their situation soon turns into a small scale mirror of the war as their hatred and, sometimes, mutual understanding, is stirred up. No Man's Land won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and "Best Screenplay" in Cannes. Director: Danis Tanovic (98). With Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic.

Drama, Spa. Otto and Ana meet when their parents fall in love. Ottos father leaves his mother to be with his new love and Otto follows him to be near Ana. Ana believes that Otto harbors the soul of her dead father and they often sleep together. Director: Julio Medem (112). With Najwa Nimri, Fele Martínez, Nancho Novo.