Silver 2007-05-06--2007-05-07

Drama, UK. In this film we meet the main character, Nic, at different stages i life, from boyhood to grown man. Each sequence shows how he lost some degree of his sexual innocence. Director: Mike Figgis (106). With Julian Sands, Saffron Burrows, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.

Comedy, UK. Four adult siblings get together for their mothers funeral, but they soon split up when one of them is stabbed in a bar fight. One of the brothers seek revenge, the stabbed one tries to hold out until the next day in order to claim for workers compensation. The other two spends the night in a chapel. When a violent storm hits the town they try to reunite. Director: Peter Mullan (101). With Douglas Henshall, Gary Lewis, Rosemarie Stevenson.

Comedy, UK. Stevie is an ex-con working at a building site where the workers are exploited by its supervisors and the conditions are very unsafe. One day he discovers a lost handbag and returns it to the owner, a singer named Susan, and they soon fall in love. Director: Ken Loach (95). With Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, Jim R. Coleman.

Comedy, FRA. The film 'The Old Mill' is to be shot in a small village, but everything turns into chaos when the script has to be altered by a screenwriter with writer's block, the leading lady demands a much bigger paycheck and the crew manages to offend the locals. Director: David Mamet (105). With Alec Baldwin, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sarah Jessica Parker.

Comedy, UK. Winner of Cannes Film Festival. Bob lives with his wife and daughter and he's getting by on whatever job he can find. When it's time for his daughter's first communion he decides to buy her a nice dress, but he doesn't have the money. Director: Ken Loach (90). With Bruce Jones, Julie Brown, Gemma Phoenix.

Drama, UK. Two controversial events involving homosexuality is uncovered within the Irish Catholic Church. A trainee priest is kicked out of a seminary school accused of showing sexual interest in a fellow student and an HIV-positive priest kills himself. When a reporter begins an investigation the church tries to cover up the story. Director: John Deery (90). With Jonathan Forbes, Hugh Bonneville, Brenda Fricker.

Drama, BEL. Damien is a young Catholic priest who volunteers to work in a colony for victims of leprosy on the island of Molokai. He is shocked to discover that the lepers are treated like animals and makes it his crusade to improve their lives. Director: Paul Cox (113). With David Wenham, Kris Kristofferson, Sam Neill.

Drama, UK. George is a Nigerian living i New York. He has pledged to marry a woman in a marriage arranged for him in childhood. He is not very happy about this and on the way to pick up his fiancée he meets a man who tries to help him solve the problem. Director: Joel Hopkins (97). With Tunde Adebimpe, Hippolyte Girardot, Natalia Verbeke.

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.

Adventure, AUS. Walter is a shy mailman who one day gather enough courage to invite Claudia, the woman he secretly loves, on a mail flight. But the plane crashes in a bay and they find themselves all alone when they swim to shore. Walter is excited about being alone with Claudia, but she does not return his affection. Director: Chris Cudlipp (92). With Bryan Brown, Aleksandra Vujcic, Deborah Mailman.

Romance, FRA. Fanette is an author who, through an accidental meeting with an old friend, is reminded of a man she held very dear. The huge impression the man left on her sets her imagination in motion and persuades her to go to New York. Director: Tonie Marshall (90). With Catherine Deneuve, William Hurt, Bernard Le Coq.

Drama, USA. Dicky Pilager is a politician campaigning to become governor of Colorado. When he accidentally finds a dead body while fishing, his campaign manager hires a private eye to find out if Pilager has been set up. Director: John Sayles (133). With Danny Huston, Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss.