Silver 2007-02-04--2007-02-05

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.

Action, USA. Mario Van Peebles stars as his own father in this film about Melvin Van Peebles' making of the groundbreaking blaxploitation film "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song". Director: Mario Van Peebles (108). With Mario Van Peebles, Joy Bryant, TK Carter.

Drama, UK. This film is a look at suburbia and its discontent. Four families dealing with their problems overlap each other, among them there are a mother who's life is consumed by caring for her son who's in a coma. Director: Rose Troche (115). With Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Jessica Campbell.

Drama, NZL. Pai is a little girl of the Whangara people on New Zealand. Her twin brother died at birth and this has caused bitterness and disappointment since he was supposed to be tribe's next leader. Director: Niki Caro (105). With Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton.

Drama, UK. Nicholas is a 14th century priest who leaves the church after committing adultery. He joins a troupe of traveling actors and they end up in a small town where a mute woman is accused of witchcraft. Director: Paul McGuigan (112). With Paul Bettany, Marían Aguilera, Trevor Steedman.

Drama, UK. Rosie and Vincent are desperatly trying to have a baby, but with no success. Suddenly Benoit, a Frenchman and teenage penpal of Rosie's, turns up with romantic intentions. He settles in as a houseguest and this turns the world of Rosie and Vincent upside down. Director: Michael Winterbottom (93). With Christopher Eccleston, Dervla Kirwan, Yvan Attal.

Comedy, UK. Grace is an upper-class housewife who's husband dies in an accident and leaves her with nothing but debts. In order to raise the money she needs she starts growing marijuana. Director: Nigel Cole (93). With Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes.

Comedy, UK. Dan Starkey is a newpaper columnist covering the general election of Northern Ireland. He cheats on his wife with an art student who is involved in the IRA and has ties to the aspiring prime minister. When the student turns up dead, Dan becomes a suspect of the murder. Director: David Caffrey (110). With David Thewlis, Rachel Griffiths, Robert Lindsay.

Drama, UK. Jessica is a girl who gets raped by her teacher and retreats to the woods where she starts to confide in a friend of hers called Tom. A tentative romance begins to grow between them, but one day Jessica discover that Tom is being molested by his father. Director: Dom Rotheroe (111). With Jenna Harrison, Ben Winshaw, Honeysuckle Weeks.

Action, USA. Sunny and Anthony becomes emotionally traumatized after witnessing a friend's death. For Sunny, life becomes meaningless while Anthony starts to re-evaluate his life and his future. Director: Mark Anthony Galluzzo (95). With Jeremy Sisto, Jamie Pressly, Eric Michael Cole.

Drama, USA. Virginia goes to visit her aunt for Christmas and finds a number of letters that the aunt received in the 1940s. The letters gives Virginia a new and clearer picture of her aunt and what she was like when she was younger. Director: Tom Rice (93). With Laurel Holloman, Elise Neal, Mark Webber.

Comedy, UK. When Lee loses his job his wife Daisy gets a job at a canning plant. But soon she is approached by her boss who wants her to join a group of women who has decided to secretly found Britain's first female sumo wrestling society. Director: Imogen Kimmel (92). With Charlotte Brittain, Lee Ross, Annette Badland.