Silver 2008-01-17--2008-01-18

Drama, SPA. Lola is an angel sent from Heaven to claim the soul of a boxer, but Carmen, one of Hell's waitresses, wants the boxer for the Devil. As they fight, they maintain their cover by working at a grocery store and along the way they learn some valuable lessons about life on earth. This film won the Audience Award at the European Film Awards 2002. Director: Agustín Díaz Yanes (115). With Victoria Abril, Penelope Cruz, Demián Bichir.

Drama, CAN. Winner of the International Film Critics Award at Berlin International Film Festival 2004. Two brothers; Philippe, a dreamer waiting to be recognized for his lunar research studies, and Andre, a gay weatherman with money and minor fame, are forced to make contact after the death of their mother. Director: Robert Lepage (105). With Robert Lepage, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Marco Poulin.

Comedy, USA Terry is a suicidal man who is incompetent of killing himself. He makes a deal with his terminally ill neighbour Nick who only has weeks to live: Nick will kill Terry if he helps Nick fulfil his dreams before he dies; bowling naked with loose women, rob a bank and go on a road trip high on LSD. Director: Finn Taylor (97) With David Arquette, Brad Hunt, Cathy Moriarty.

Drama, USA. Manny and Lo is two teenaged sisters who avoid foster homes by living on the run, stealing food and sleeping in random model homes. When Lo becomes pregnant they won't be able to continue their wandering lifestyle. Director: Lisa Kreuger. (88) With Mary Kay Place, Scarlett Johansson, Aleksa Palladino.

Drama, NZE Paul, a war journalist returns to his hometown for the burial of his father. Clearing out his fathers old shed he surprises a teenage girl who has used the shed as her hideaway. They establish an innocent friendship but when the girl goes missing all fingers point at Paul. His attempt to clear the accusations leads to a tragic discovery. Director: Brad McGann (128) With Matthew Macfadyen, Miranda Otto, Emily Barclay.

Comedy, FRA. Betty and Victor are con artists who make a living by scamming people. When Victor finds out that Betty has been plotting an enormous score by herself, including Victor's participation, he becomes suspicious. Director: Claude Chabrol (105). With Isabelle Huppert, Michel Serrault, Francois Cluzet.

Drama, UK Neil, a kitchen fitter and single parent to a 6 year old African girl he agreed on adopting just before his wife died meets the unhappy footballers-wife Stevie and if it wasn't for their complicated life situations there would be love at first sight. Director: Simon Cellan Jonesn (91) With Justine Waddell, Richard Roxburgh, Jonathan Cake.

Drama, TAW 20 year old Xiao-Kang develops a neck injury after playing a floating corpse in a polluted river on a film shoot. As his condition worsens his life unravels. His parents try to help but the family has communication issues, his father is secretly gay, his mother sexually frustrated and their house is leaking water. Director: Ming- liang Tsaia (115). With Kang-sheng Lee, Tien Miao, Yi-Ching Lu.

Drama, FRA The shy maid Sophie works for the bourgeoisie couple Lelievre and hides her illiteracy through performing all her duties immaculately. She finds support in a newly found friendship with the local postal clerk Jeanne but the drama unfolds when her secret is uncovered by the Lelievres. Director: Claude Chabrol (112). With Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Cassel.

Mystery, UK. Simon Magus is a strange man who looks like a scarecrow and lives outside a village in Silesia. The village is caught between two worlds, industrialism and the old rural world of superstition, and Simon is blamed for everything that goes wrong. Director: Ben Hopkins (101). With Noah Taylor, Stuart Townsend, Ian Holm.

a student nurse who starts to suspect that a doctor is drugging female patients so that he can have sex with them. No one believes her and her boyfriend suspects she's having an affair with the doctor. Director: Gilles Marchand (120). With , Laurent Lucas, Catherine Jacob.

Drama, CAN. Travis is a retired dancer who steps in to save his old mentor's dance studio. He reunites with his former dance partners and they decide to stage a performance of the very show that ended their careers a decade earlier. Director: Lisa Niemi (101). With Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, George De La Pena.