Silver 2007-12-31--2008-01-01

Drama, Chile. Two boys grow up on completely opposite sides of society. The less fortunate one, Machuca, is brought to a private school as part of a social experiment where he meets Gonzalo and they form an unexpected friendship. Director: André Wood (115). With Mattias Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuala Martelli.

Drama UK/USA. James Whale is a retired filmmaker living a quiet life. When he hires a young, hunky gardener a genuine friendship spirits between them. When the gardener learns about Whales homosexuality he is already too deeply under the man's spell to stay away. Director: Bill Condon (105). With Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave.

Fiona was abandoned by her mother and grew up in foster homes where she was abused. Now she is a prostitute in New York living by her own rules. When hiding in a derelict building squatted by drug addicts, she meets a woman who is old enough to be her mother, they spend the night together and Fiona decides to leave New York and start a new life. Director: Amos Kollek (85). With Anna Levine, Felicia Maguire, Alyssa Mulhern.

Comedy, USA When Jesse's girlfriend Hannah dumps him in the same week that a former fiancée dies, he faces a huge life crisis. He decides to visit each woman he's ever been serious with to find out why he can't keep love. Director: Paul Lazarus (99). With Laura Leighton, Tim Daly, Olivia d'Abo.

Drama, UK. George is a Nigerian living in 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, 1999. Based on real life events of pre-feminist author George Sand. In the early 1830's, Baroness Dudevant arrives in Paris as rioting divides the city. She decides to reinvent herself and pursue a career as a writer under the name George Sand. Director: Diane Kurys (135). With Juliette Binoche, Benoit Magimel, Stefan Dioniso.

Drama, UK. Trojan Eddie travels about the countryside selling house wares from his van. He wants his own business but lacks the means and has just spent time in prison for robbery charges. Director: Gilles MacKinnon (105). With Stephen Rea, Richard Harris, Stuart Townsend.

Crime, Can. Dan Mahowny is a quiet, modest employee of a bank in Toronto. What people don't know is that he has a secret life: he is a compulsive gambler. A promotion gives him the responsibility to approve loans and to cover his debts he starts to approve loans to non-existing clients. Director: Richard Kwietniowski (104). With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt.

Drama, US Loosely based on an eight page letter Neal Cassady, an icon of the Beat generation, wrote to Jack Kerouac regarding his troubled love life. 20 year old Cassady is working in a tire factory and dreams of a happy life with kids, but when his girlfriend Joan attempts to commit suicide he freaks out and takes off. Director: Stephen T. Kay (92). With Thomas Jane, Keanu Reeves, Adrien Brody.

Drama, USA. Edgar is an artist who believes that sex should be discussed more seriously. With this in mind he arranges an evening of discussing erotic matters without self-serving wit of exaggeration. But the people he gathers for the meeting are a rather mixed lot and the evening doesn't turn out as he expected. Director: Alan Rudolph (108). With Dermot Mulroney, Julie Delpy, Robin Tunney.

Drama, SPA. Serge is a Moroccan truck driver desperately in love with a Jewish girl. To get close to her he strikes a deal with a boy named Said. If Said arranges a meeting between Serge and the girl, then Serge will smuggle him across the border into Europe. Director: André Téchiné (120). With Stéphane Rideau, Lubna Azabal, Mohamed Hamaidi.

Comedy, AUS. Ralph wants to become a country music star and his parents pay for his trip to Nashville. But on the way there he's picked up by a couple who eventually are caught by the police for carrying illegal drugs. In the turmoil Ralph gets arrested and ends up in jail, still dreaming of a musical career. Director: Chris Kennedy (95). With Richard Roxburgh, Miranda Otto, Matt Day.