50th London Film Festival line up announced

London Film Festival, the UK's largest film event, on Thursday unveiled a 312 film lineup for its 50th anniversary year. 4 World premieres, 32 European and 123 UK premieres include the latest films from Lars von Trier (The Boss of It All), Anthoney Minghella (Breaking and Entering), Phillip Noyce (Catch a Fire), Penny Woolcock (Mischief Night), Nanni Moretti (The Caiman) and Mira Nair (The Namesake).

Book-ending the fortnight long Festival is the European premiere of Kevin Macdonald’s The Last King Of Scotland on Wednesday 18th October, and the Closing Gala on 2nd November with the UK premiere of Alejandro González Iñárratu’s Babel, which - with Amores Perros and 21 Grams - completes his 'death trilogy'. Over 50 countries are represented  with Andrea Arnold's Red Road, Ben Hopkins 37 Uses for a Dead Sheep, Nick Broomfield’s Ghosts and Shane Meadows’ This Is England highlighting the British contingent.

Forest Whitaker, Richard Linklater, Tim Burton, Dustin Hoffman, Christine Vachon, Paul Verhoeven will be the subject of masterclasses, with other attendees expected including Emilio Estevez, Lukas Moodysson, Roger Michell, Robin Wright Penn, Anthony Minghella,  Kenneth Anger, Mira Nair, Peter O’Toole, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Hanif Kureishi, Nanni Moretti, Toa Fraser and Todd Field. The world’s largest surprise film screening in 50 screens will finish off the jubilee year. A list of the features in the festival follows:

12:08 East of Bucharest (Romania 2006)
Cannes-prize winning Romanian farce poking fun not only at those who claim to have been part of the revolution but also the 'brave new world' which was supposed to have followed Ceausescu's deposition.

1:1 (One to One) (Denmark 2006)
A white nineteen-year-old boy is beaten almost to death on a council estate. Racial hatred might be to blame, and no-one seems to be telling the truth.

37 Uses for a Dead Sheep (UK 2006)
A multiple award-winning documentary takes an affectionate look at the last hundred years in the history and culture of the Pamir Kirghiz, a semi nomadic tribe originating in Central Asia.

A Day in Barbagia (Italy 1958)

Across The Valley (UK 2006)
A beautifully photographed response to the landscape and environment of the Cévennes Mountains in Southern France. Employing time-lapse and other techniques, the film charts variations in the distant and immediate surroundings over a range of seasons.

Adjustment (UK 2006)
A diarist searches for flickers of hope in a drama of emotional and technical obsession.

After the Wedding (Denmark 2006)
Jacob, a young Danish man runs a struggling orphanage in India. A seemingly generous offer from a mystery benefactor back in Copenhagen leads to a surprising revelation.

Aguaviva (Spain 2005)
A compelling documentary of intercultural exchange as immigrants are invited into a sleepy town in rural Spain in the hope of addressing problems caused by population depletion.

Almost Adult (UK-Germany 2006)
A justly subjective film about what it is like for unaccompanied child asylum seekers entering the UK.

Along the Ridge (Italy 2006)
Powerful directorial debut from actor Kim Rossi Stuart is about the ups and downs of an ordinary family, seen through the eyes of a young boy.

And We All Shine On (USA 2006)
‘An ill wind is transmitting through the lonely night, its signals spreading myth and deception along its murky path. Conjuring a vision of a post-apocalyptic paradise, this unworldly broadcast reveals its hidden demons via layered landscapes and karaoke, singing the dangers of mediated spirituality.’ Michael Robinson

Anger Me (Canada 2006)
A portrait of Kenneth Anger, the legendary pioneer of independent filmmaking, discusses his extraordinary life and remarkable body of work.

Angosto (Spain-France-Portugal 2006)
A masterful noirish thriller set in rural Spain from first-time feature director Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo with an outstanding ensemble cast headed by Medem regular, Carmelo Gómez.

L’aria salata (Italy 2006)
A young prison officer discovers that one of the inmates he is assessing is not only a bona fide murderous ganThe Big gster but is also his long lost father.

The Aroma of Tea (Netherlands 2006)
A small shape travels purposefully and rhythmically towards its final destination.

As the Shadow (Italy 2006)
Subtle and sensitively made story about young woman trying to track down a Russian immigrant who has disappeared, without trace, in the city of Naples.

August Days (Spain 2006)
The boundaries of fiction and documentary are blurred in this unconventional road movie that charts director Marc Recha’s odyssey through the Catalan landscape with his brother David in tow.

Aurore (France 2006)
Welcome to a fairytale world of castles and kings, princes and princesses, balls, dowries and secrets.

Azan – A Call to Prayer (UK 2006)
Feisty 15-year-old Fazaila confronts her mum about the difficulties of growing up as a young Muslim in London.

Babel (USA-Mexico 2006)
Set in Morocco, Tunisia, Mexico and Japan, Babel is concerned with the consequences of random acts and fate.

Babooska (Austria-Italy 2005)
A melancholic, poetic and unromantic documentary portrait of travelling life.

Bamako (Mali-France-USA 2006)
Abderrahmane Sissako provides a platform from which millions of voiceless Africans are able to challenge this arrogance by international financial institutions.

Bandits of Orgosolo (Italy 1961)
Welcome revival of 1961 neo-realist drama set in the unforgiving mountains of Sardinia by the uniquely gifted Vittorio De Seta.

Barakat! (France-Algeria 2006)
A women’s story that plays in a country wracked by violence.

Bawke (Norway 2005)
A father has to make an agonising decision in order to secure a better future for his son.

Bent Double (UK 2006)
When will the pigeon lady see her favourite birds fly through the air?

Best Mates (UK 2006)
When Raj and Tom, two old university friends, meet up for a night out the consequences are unforeseen...

The Bet Collector (Philippines 2006)
Three crucial days in the life of a woman (the great Gina Pareño) torn between personal issues and community values in the slums of Manila.

Beyond Hatred (France 2006)
In this deeply moving award-winning documentary, a family reflect on the killing of their 29-year-old son, and try to move beyond feelings of hatred and revenge.

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (Japan 2006)
Framed as a prison murder mystery, Takashi Miike’s extraordinary movie (starring Ryuhei Matsuda and Masanobu Ando) is actually a cosmic meditation on masculinity, not to mention an all-male love story.

The Big Combo (USA 1955)
Raw, violent, classic low-budget film noir by master-of-the-genre Joseph Lewis, blessed with John Alton's beautiful black-and-white photography.

The Big Country (USA 1958)
Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston slug it out against stunning prairie landscapes and a memorable music score in Wyler's spectacularly restored epic western.

A Bite of Love (Thailand 2006)
In Bangkok, an abandoned puppy hooks up with an unhappy child and together they form an unbreakable bond.

Black Book (Netherlands 2006)
Paul Verhoeven returns to his roots in a true life story, of a young Jewish woman separated from her family.

Black Dog (Argentina 2005)
A girl in rural Argentina needs to say goodbye to her grandmother. She uses a rosary and the Black Dog.

Black Gold (UK 2006)
An exploration of the global coffee industry.

Blackberries (USA-Greece 2005)
A mother and father on the bread-line both struggle to make their young son’s life happier.

Blah Blah Blah (Austria 2006)
Hotwiring history, the filmmaker excavates his image bank of 16mm footage to reveal an archaeology of clandestine pursuits that hovers between ennui and agitation. Brehm’s week beats your year.

Blindsight (UK 2006)
The journey of a group of blind Tibetan teens as they trek up a section of Mount Everest, led by famed blind climber, Erik Weihenmayer.

Blocking (Argentina 2005)
By contravening archival guidelines on water damage, the original image is erased from a ‘mistreated’ filmstrip to be replaced by an organic explosion of colour.

Blood and Chips (UK 2006)
It’s a heat wave and in a local chip shop racial tension boils over with surprising conclusions.

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (Philippines 2005)
Twelve-year-old Maxi, a pansy with cross-dressing tendencies, develops a troublesome crush on the new neighbourhood cop; Auraeus Solito’s multi-prize-winning debut will warm the straightest heart.

Bobby (USA 2006)
The story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, centers on the people who were at the Ambassador Hotel where he was killed.

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (USA 2006)
‘Why not? I like. It Nice!’

Born and Bred (Argentina-France-Chile-UK-Spain 2006)
Born and Bred A journey of grief, trauma and self-discovery in remote Patagonia, ravishingly filmed and movingly told by one of Argentine cinema’s most distinctive talents.

The Boss of It All (Denmark 2006)
Lars von Trier goes back to his Danish roots. Actors, corporate culture, the Danes and even Icelanders are all in his sights in this intelligent and wry comedy.

The Bothersome Man (Norway-Iceland 2006)
A black slapstick comedy in which Andreas finds himself in a world where no-one is troubled by emotions or sensations. Is it heaven or hell?

Bowl Cut (UK 2006)
Bowlcut, town misfit, is the subject of cruel, whispered rumours, as he takes up his paper-round...

Bows and Arrows (UK 2006)
Innovative and surreal animation starring The Caretaker, The Evil Robot and The Fat Weevil.

Breaking and Entering (USA-UK 2006)
Minghella’s contemporary drama, set in London, tells the story of a landscape architect's dealings with a young thief.

The Bridge (USA 2005)
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is the site of more suicides than anywhere else in the world.

Bro9 (UK 2006)
A man struggles to understand the emotional consequences of a childhood loss.

Broadcast 23 (USA 2005)
It’s a day in the woods… what could possibly go wrong?

Buenos Aires 1977 (Argentina 2006)
A remarkably realistic real life horror story. A tense probing thriller probing Argentina’s recent history.

Bug (USA 2006)
William Friedkin returns to his roots, and to form, in this intense, low budget adaptation of Tracy Letts’ acclaimed off-Broadway play.

Bugcrush (USA 2006)
a dangerously seductive new kid, leads him into something extremely sinister.

The Caiman (Italy 2006)
Nanni Moretti’s biting, contemporary social satire of Berlusconi’s Italy, as middle-aged ‘B’ movie director struggles to keep film afloat whilst coming to terms with failing marriage.

Candy (Australia 2006)
An engrossing and emotionally charged story of a couple in love, who also share a passion for heroin.

Care (UK 2006)
Mali, a home help, gives good care... but Archie, a cantankerous old bigot, is reluctant to accept it.

Catch a Fire (UK 2006)
A true story from the darker days of South Africa’s troubled recent history.

Changes (Ireland 2005)
An animation in which two caterpillars wildly in love embark on a journey of change. But will they feel the same afterwards?

Chicken Soup (UK 2006)
Disturbing happenings late at night in an anonymous airport bar.

Climates (Turkey 2006)
A moving sharply observed and superbly acted drama that charts the breakdown of a relationship with precision and intelligence.

Close + Low (Canada 2006)
A man loves his dog in this bittersweet tale.

Close to Home (Israel 2005)
An utterly compelling, believable and hugely enjoyable portrait of modern Jerusalem, which never shies away from its difficult politics and creates characters that ring true.

The Clown Children (Norway 2005)
Street children entertain for money on the urban byways of a third world city.

Colossal Youth (Portugal-France-Switzerland 2006)
Pedro Costa’s panorama of life among Lisbon’s Cape Verdean working-class: a poetic, visually striking work from one of European cinema’s most uncompromising artists.

A Comedy of Power (France 2006)
Claude Chabrol’s latest is a sleek comedy, with Isabelle Huppert at her brittle best as a magistrate on a mission.

Container (Sweden 2005)
This funny and poetic story, is a mélange of fragmented identities, religious beliefs and spirituality, consumerism and pop culture.

Contemplating The City (USA 2005)
‘Perfectly without affect, a girl sings along with a pop tune, transporting herself through space and time to Mexico City circa 1978.’

Cosa Raccomanda Lei? (UK 2006)
A man’s attempt to use his newly acquired Italian language skills on holiday founders on mutual misunderstandings.

The Counter Girl Trilogy (USA 2006)
In an inventive response to the cosmetics industry, Hoskins has created imagery from some unusual materials discovered while working as a sales assistant on a make-up counter.

Cubs (UK 2006)
A gang of inner city youths have discovered a dark new sport…

Dans Paris (France 2006)
Romain Duris and Louis Garrel are brothers at odds, in Christophe Honoré’s witty, vibrant tribute to the nouvelle vague.

Dark Blue Almost Black (Spain 2006)
A beautifully drawn (and at times very funny) observation of father-son conflicts as a twenty-something graduate attempts to move away from the stolid routines of his life while juggling a sense of loyalty to both his father and brother.

The Dawn Chorus (USA-UK 2006)
It’s been seven years since the plane crashed, but Bonnie and Lloyd are still searching the wreckage for their parents.

The Day I Died (Argentina-USA 2005)
Teenagers wile away the summer days, but who loves who in this ménage a trois?

Day Night Day Night (USA-Germany-France 2006)
A 19-year-old girl prepares for a suicide bomb attack in Times Square.

Days of Glory (France-Morocco-Algeria-Belgium 2006)
A tribute to the sacrifices made by hundreds of thousands of North Africans drafted into the French army to help liberate la patrie.

Deadly Tantrum (UK 2006)
Meet Geoffrey – he’s stupid, angry, and has a chainsaw!

Death of the Revolution (UK 2006)
You have nothing to lose except your breaktime biscuit and Year Five’s superior rights on the climbing frame.

Demented (France 2006)
An unsettling, subtly Gothic tale of a dysfunctional childhood in rural France, from director Laurent Achard.

The Devil’s Helper (USA 1986)
In this short that can count Eric Idle among its fans, two men cut a deal with the devil for expanded deer hunting privileges.

The Dinner (France 2006)
Clara and Julien meet for their first date at a restaurant. Her nervousness is compounded by the calls he makes on his mobile phone.

Distant Voices, Still Lives (UK 1988)
Terence Davies' masterpiece, a remarkable evocation of working-class family life in Liverpool in the Forties and Fifties.

Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (USA 2006)
A documentary on the Dixie Chicks in the wake of singer Natalie Maines' anti-George W. Bush statement at a 2003 concert.

The Dog Pound (Uruguay-Argentina-Canada-Spain 2006)
A film of wry but unsettling humour, in which a handsome but lethargic university drop-out has to contend with conflicting parental and libidinal demands in a remote Uruguayan coastal village populated mainly by dogs.

Dollhouse (Bangladesh 2006)
A tortured romance set against the back drop of the Bangladeshi war of independence.

Dombivli Fast (India 2006)
An ordinary banker snaps, becoming a lone vigilante on the mean streets of Mumbai.

Dr Strangelove: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (UK 1964)
Kubrick's timeless "nightmare comedy" never looked more relevant as Peter Sellers, in his famous triple role, vainly tries to stop the world blowing itself up.

Drama/Mex (Mexico 2006)
Further evidence of the vitality of contemporary Mexican cinema in director Gerardo Naranjo’s three interconnected tales of deception and desire set in the tourist paradise of Acapulco.

Dreaming of Fish (Brazil-Russia-USA 2006)
An unconventional love story set in north eastern Brazil brings different worlds into collision as the seventeen-year old protagonist comes to realize that love often means something as banal as buying the object of your affections a television set.

Dreams and Desires – Family Ties (UK 2006)
Welsh housewife Beryl’s been boning up on film theory — as seen, to hilarious effect, in her video diary.

Dry Season (France-Belgium-Chad-Austria 2006)
Tense drama set when an amnesty on all crimes committed during a civil war is announced in Chad.

East Side Story (USA-Australia 2005)
A nervous first date, but what are these boom mics and reflectors everywhere? And who’s trying to direct proceedings?

Easter in Sicily (Italy 1955)

Esma’s Secret (Grbavica) (Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006)
Winner of the Golden Bear at Berlin, Jasmina Žbanić’s film focuses on a mother and daughter in present-day Sarajevo where the traumas of war still dominate attempts to lead ordinary lives.

Explosions (UK 2006)
Hassan thinks about his circumstances while waiting for his turn to bat for a local cricket team.

Falling (Austria 2006)
Five women in their early 30s meet for the first time in 14 years when they return to their hometown to attend the funeral of their favourite teacher.

The Family Friend (Italy 2006)
Engrossing and occasionally grotesque black comedy about the exploits of a loan shark in a small town, who is then himself subjected to a confidence trick.

Fast Food Nation (USA-UK 2006)
An ensemble piece examining the health risks involved in the fast food industry and its environmental and social consequences as well.

Fimfarum 2 (Czech Republic 2006)
A Czech puppet film for ‘small kids and clever adults’ takes in the story of Tom Thumb, the Devil’s temptations, and three hunchbacks from Damascus.

Fireworks (USA 1947)
The rarely seen original version, featuring a spoken prologue by the filmmaker. ‘A dissatisfied dreamer awakes, goes out in the night seeking a ‘light’ and is drawn through the needle’s eye. A dream of a dream, he returns to a bed less empty than before.’

Fireworks Wednesday (Iran 2006)
Love, pain and the whole damn thing in an engrossingly corrosive look at marital strife in today’s Tehran.

Fishing Boats (Italy 1958)

Flanders (France 2006)
War and peace, through the eyes of confrontational French director Bruno Dumont.

For Your Consideration (USA 2006)
Three actors learn their respective performances in the film Home for Purim, a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.

Forbidden (USA 1932)
Barbara Stanwyck and Adolphe Menjou are impeccable as illicit lovers in this restoration of an early Capra melodrama which troubled the censors in pre-Code Hollywood.

Forest Murmurs (UK 2006)
Animated portrait of Epping Forest and its sinister history, based on conversations overheard by the artist.

Free Floating (Russia 2006)
Full of quirky humour, this new film from the director of ‘Koktebel’ follows the absurd adventures of a Russian youth in a succession of dead end jobs.

Fresh Air (Hungary 2006)
Recalling the work of Ken Loach, this low-key account of the relationship between mother and daughter in contemporary Budapest marks a striking debut by director Ágnes Kocsis.

Freya (3) (UK 2005)
The subject of this brief documentary is Freya, who is three years old. Welcome to her world.

Fräulein (Switzerland-Germany 2006)
Three women from former Yugoslavia find their way and themselves as they are thrown together in Zurich in this fresh, genuine and touching film.

Gafla (Scam) (India 2006)
A young player chances all or nothing on the Machiavellian Bombay stock market.

The Gang’s All Here (USA 1943)
Glorious last fling of choreographic genius Busby Berkeley in a WWII Technicolor musical climaxed by Carmen Miranda's eye-popping dance extravaganza with giant bananas.

Gardens in Autumn (France-Russia-Italy 2006)
The latest from veteran provocateur Otar Iosseliani – an absurdist panorama centered on a disgraced politician’s adventures in and out of the corridors of power.

Ghosts (UK 2006)
Nick Broomfield’s documentary investigates deaths of Chinese workers who lost their lives for pennies while picking cockles in Morecambe Bay.

Girni The Grinding Machine (India 2005)
The life of a young boy becomes a nightmare as he tries to help his mother make a living.

Glue (Argentina 2006)
A refreshingly unromantic take on the coming of age movie set in an isolated town in remote Patagonia marked by terrific performances from a predominantly teenage cast.

The Go Master (China 2006)
Tian Zhuangzhuang’s film stars Chang Chen as the legendary go champion Wu Qingyuan; a dreamlike study of a long, hard life spent taming inner demons.

Goggles (Australia 2006)
A chance meeting amongst the local kids on the way to the swimming pool.

Going Home (USA 2006)
This heart-warming tale follows a group of toys searching for a place to belong.

Golden Parable (Italy 1955)

A Grave-keeper’s Tale (India 2006)
A woman undertaker is ostracised because she is considered to be an evil spirit.

Great Expectations (UK 1946)
David Lean's marvellous Dickens adaptation. An orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Griffith at the Front (1917)

The Ground Truth (USA 2006)
A shocking documentary which exposes the atrocities of the Iraqi war seen through the eyes and experiences of American soldiers.

Half Nelson (USA 2006)
A junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.

Hana (Japan 2006)
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s first period movie, a comedy-drama about a young would-be samurai distracted from his revenge mission by love -- and his hopeless swordsmanship.

The Handy Man (UK 2006)
Two lost souls cross paths on a lonely farm in the depths of winter with unexpected consequences.

Heart, Beating in the Dark (1982) (Japan 1982)
A rare screening of Nagasaki’s original outlaw classic about a young couple on the run; their very dark secret emerges during a night of rough sex and fraught emotion. With Nagasaki’s short London Calling, made at the 1984 LFF.

Heart, Beating in the Dark (2005) (Japan 2005)
Shunichi Nagasaki’s wise and funny rethink of his own classic contrasts two couples: a middle-aged pair coping with life’s disappointments and two young outlaws who could be their younger selves.

Hearts of the World (USA 1918)
The incomparable Lillian and Dorothy Gish shine in this eagerly-awaited revival of D W Griffith's epic love story set on the Western Front in 1917.

Heavy (Road Movie) (Spain 2005)
A woman drives alone on a car journey through an isolated forest. Her problems begin when her car breaks down.

Heavy Metal Drummer (Morocco-UK 2005)
A Moroccan teenage heavy metal fan feels that his talents as a drummer are under-appreciated.

Hollywoodland (USA 2006)
A seductive period drama based on the true story of Hollywood mystery.

The Holy Mountain (Mexico-USA 1973)
A thief gets caught up with a group of society’s most powerful people who set out on a mission in search of immortality.

Hombre Kabuki (USA 2006)
A ménage-a-trois between Thomas, Vivvy, and a freakishly erotic Lucha Libre mask.

Honour of the Knights (Quixotic) (Spain 2006)
A contemporary take on the Don Quixote myth with more than a passing nod to Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.

I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (Taiwan-France-Austria 2006)
Tsai Ming-Liang’s unique blend of humour and horror permeates the hallucinatory tale of a strange romantic triangle in the ‘lower depths’ of Kuala Lumpur.

In the Pit (Mexico 2006)
A breathtaking documentary following a group of construction workers in Mexico City over two years as they build a second layer onto a key freeway.

Infamous (USA 2006)
Writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

Interstellar Stella (UK 2006)
A child model, looking through the mirror of technology, glimpses the stellar course of her mystery.

Invisible Waves (Thailand-Netherlands 2005)
The Last Life in the Universe team reunites for an absurdist anti-thriller about the high cost of bad karma: a sous-chef commits a murder to order and finds himself trapped in a labyrinth of deceptions.

The Island (Russia 2006)
Set against a dramatic northern landscape, Father Anatoly leads an idiosyncratic life of penance, with a marvellous performance by Pyotr Mamonov.

Islands of Fire (Italy 1954-55)

Jack Smith & The Destruction of Atlantis (USA 2006)
Take a journey into the exotic fantasy world of Jack Smith, baroque visionary and director of the notorious Flaming Creatures.

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (USA 2006)
The Jonestown massacre revisited.

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (Canada-Denmark 2006)
Beautiful, strange and poignant tale of the decline of traditional beliefs and the impact of Christianity and capitalism on the Inuit community in the early Twentieth Century from the makers of Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner.

The Journey (India 2006)
A novelist goes in search of the not-so imaginary heroine of his latest fiction

Julie – A Love Story (UK 2006)
A young lad cannot contain his love for his girl and spills the happiness to his brother.

Just Like That (Mexico 2005)
A distinctive new Mexican pic shot in 32 second sequences. Part video diary, part fiction feature, it stylishly chronicles a university drop out’s unconventional adventures in friendship and love.

Kabul Express (India 2006)
Indian journalists in Afghanistan go in search of the Taliban but the hunters become the hunted.

The King and the Clown (South Korea 2005)
Korea’s box-office champion is the film that Farewell, My Concubine wanted to be: there’s trouble in the royal court when tyrannical King Yeonsan neglects his wife and falls for a travelling player.

The Kiss Celuvkata (Bulgaria 2005)
A lingering passionate kiss — with a twist.

Kolkata (USA 2005)
This luminous study of North Calcutta is one of the last completed films by LaPore who died last year. Combining personal and ethnographic elements, it looks at, and into, another culture with empathy and fascination. ‘This film searches the streets for the ebb and flow of humanity and reflects the changing landscape of a city at once medieval and modern.’

Kristall (Germany 2006)
Shards of emotions from Hollywood melodrama are combined in a Chinese box of reflection and refraction. Kristall is a cinematic hall of mirrors, which ruptures and multiplies the anxieties of narcissistic, star-crossed lovers.

Krypton Is Doomed (USA 2005)
The original Superman radio play from 1940 accompanies the mind-bending ‘Nervous Magic Lantern,’ a filmless projection system that twists light into a perpetually throbbing mass of impossible depth. Presented by the filmmaker as a metaphor for the onset of WWII, the apocalyptic narrative could be read as allegory for the present, a world of instability with the potential of environmental collapse.

Kubuku Rides (This Is It) (USA 2006)
An alcoholic mother; a father trying to help; a son caught in the middle. Directed by Steppenwolf Theatre founder Kinney and based on the 1988 story by Larry Brown.

Kustom Kar Kommandos (USA 1965)
A slow and sensuous study of the hot rod craze. ‘To the soundtrack of ‘Dream Lover’ a young man strokes his customised car with a powder puff.’

The Last Circus (UK 2006)
Naked Godiva meets beauty with the beast, the prince with the wolf and Red Riding Hood with Cinderella as dreams and memories interweave in her last moments.

The Last Communist (Malaysia 2006)
Cine-essayist Amir Muhammad goes looking for traces of the outlawed leader of the Communist Party of Malaya and comes back with an acid account of the current state of Malaysia -- and some very funny songs.

The Last King of Scotland (UK 2006)
Based on Giles Foden’s novel, the film follows the story of a Scottish doctor arriving in Africa during Idi Amin’s tyrannical rule.

Let There Be Whistleblowers (USA 2005)
Advancing the techniques of his ‘Nervous System’ performances (seen here in 2000), Jacobs now treats archival film footage with electronic means, shifting his exploration of visual space into the digital domain. All aboard the mystery train for a journey from actuality to abstraction. Steve Reich’s ‘Drumming’ provides added momentum.

Lighten Up (USA 2006)
When Bo drives his best friend to the hospital he discovers a great deal about both his friend and himself.

Lights in the Dusk (Finland-Germany-France 2006)
Aki Kaurismäki’s deliciously bittersweet fable about a lonely security guard meeting a beautiful blonde.

The Lineup (USA 1958)
Terrific 50s urban police thriller by Don Siegel, luminously restored, with Eli Wallach and Robert Keith outstanding as psychopathic hitmen seeking heroin in San Francisco.

Little Children (USA 2006)
Kate Winslet gives one of her best performances in years in this tale of Boston Suburbia.

Little Lise (Denmark 2005)
A man carries his wife’s corpse to their car, watched by his young daughter. However, everything is not what it seems.

Little Princess Rajkumari (2005)

The Lives of Others (Germany 2006)
A remarkably assured first feature that paints a dark picture of life in 1980s East Germany, with a theatrical couple’s every movement spied on by the State police.

The Lives of the Saints (UK 2006)
An errand boy comes upon a weird looking kid who, with the power to make people's wishes come true, transforms his life forever.

Lola (Spain-France 2006)
A compelling tale of voyeurism, obsession and a desire that dare not speak its name from first time feature director Javier Rebollo, featuring a revelatory performance from Volver’s Lola Dueñas.

London Calling (Japan 1985)
Made during Nagasaki’s visit to the LFF in 1984, this is a wry, humorous essay on memory, place and loss.

Longing (Germany 2006)
Markus, a volunteer fireman, happily married to Ella, finds himself at the scene of a suicide.

A Look at Cook (UK 2006)
A tourist trail around Whitby, home to Captain Cook.

The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar (Denmark 2006)
Action adventure for the family in a search for the ark of the covenant.

Love Story (UK 2006)
Documentary celebration of the band Love and its leader, Arthur Lee, a fitting eulogy to the man and his genius.

Lucy (Germany 2006)
A realistic portrayal of difficulties faced by teenage mothers as they are fast-forwarded towards maturity.

Lunacy (Czech Republic 2006)
Jan Švankmajer’s latest combination of live action and animation, set in a private asylum, is inspired by themes from the Marquis de Sade and Edgar Allan Poe.

Lure (USA 2005)
Thirteen-year-old James is intrigued when an older girl starts flirting with him — but something just doesn’t seem right.

The Man Who Wanted a Child (France 2006)
A bizarre and touching tale follows the protagonist, Alfred, through his struggles and efforts to be a good parent to his adopted son.

Mash Up (UK 2006)
Robert visits his disturbed friend and recounts the details of a street attack, but discovers that his own perception of reality has been turned upside down.

The Masseur (Philippines 2005)
20-year-old Iliac serves a client in a gay ‘health club’ in Manila, crosscut with his trip home to the sticks for his estranged father’s funeral: life, sex and death become inextricably tangled.

Meanwhile (Argentina-France 2006)
A series of intersecting tales of (mis)adventures in the city inform this quirky lovestory-cum-comedy from the Argentine director of Suddenly (LFF 2002)

The Messenger (Netherlands 2005)
A teenage boy has frightening visions of a pilot at night. But what is the pilot’s message to him?

A Midwinter’s Night Dream, or Little Joe’s Luck (USA 1906)
A newly restored silent film about homeless boy, Little Joe, who is taken in by a family at Christmas.

Minor Revelations (France 2006)
A series of oblique micro-dramas by director Marie Vermillard – tender, insightful and sometimes crisply funny.

Mischief Night (UK 2006)
A brave, ambitious and very funny feature with bite, a thoroughly British film to celebrate from a filmmaker we can treasure.

The Missing Star (Italy-France-Switzerland-Singapore 2006)
An Italian engineer embarks on an epic voyage across China and learns about himself and life in the most densely populated country on the planet.

Monkeys in Winter (Bulgaria-Germany 2006)
This powerful debut by Milena Andonova examines the lives of three generations of women, the desire for children, and the difficulties of relationships.

Mother (USA 2006)
A selfish Beverly Hills woman hires a stranger to babysit but ends up getting much more than she expected.

Mould (Portugal 2005)
A couple take drastic action, having decided independently of the other, that today is the day.

Mr Schwartz, Mr Hazen & Mr Horlocker (Germany 2006)
Disturbed by his neighbour’s loud music, Mr Schwartz calls the police but at first the officer doesn’t understand what he sees.

Muriel’s Song (USA 2006)
‘A hand-painted, hand-processed film only bent thru the lens of the projector and your pearly-crowned pair.’ Grant Wiedenfeld

The Namesake (India-USA 2006)
Mira Nair’s film is a wonderfully observed, touching and universal story of family and change.

Nature’s Way (New Zealand 2006)
A young girl is murdered and left for dead in a forest. But nature aids her revenge.

Never an Absolution (Sweden 2005)
Dijo, an 11-year-old orphan from the Congo living in Sweden, is questioned by a policeman investigating a murder at his school.

Never Like the First Time! (Sweden 2006)
In this beautifully animated documentary four people recall their ‘First Time’.

No. 2 (New Zealand 2005)
A family drama in which Maria, decides to throw a party where she is to choose her successor as head of family.

Norabbits’ Minutes - 1 (Japan 2006)
Carrots are our friends. We don’t eat our friends — do we?

Norabbits’ Minutes - 2 (Japan 2006)
The discovery of a piano excites the rabbits.

Norabbits’ Minutes - 3 (Japan 2006)
More adventures featuring the rabbits and carrots.

Not Here to Be Loved (France 2005)
An intelligent grown-up romance that has genuine heart.

Ode to Joy (Poland 2006)
The moving and revealing stories of three young Poles and the separate experiences that lead them to take a bus for London.

Of Mice and Men (USA 1939)
Authentically sepia-toned revival of Lewis Milestone's harshly lyrical adaptation of Steinbeck's classic Depression-era story of struggling migrant farmworkers.

Offscreen (Denmark 2006)
Actor turned filmmaker Nicolas Bro struggles to distinguish fact from fiction as he sees his life disappear in front of his camera. A powerful, disturbing and thought-provoking film.

Old Joy (USA 2005)
A study of friendship and the passage of time reunites two old friends for a camping trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains.

Oliver Twist (UK 1948)
An orphan boy runs away from a workhouse and meets a pickpocket on the streets of London.

Olympics 2005 Track and Field (USA 2005)
From the opening ceremony to awarding the medals, Plumb plays all the characters in this burlesque of the trials and triumphs of the summer games. A homespun silent comedy, referencing equal parts Keaton and Riefenstahl.

One Way Boogie Woogie/27 Years Later (USA 2005)
Two films which illustrate how America has changed over the years, fraying in places, gentrified in others.

Opera Jawa (Indonesia-Austria 2006)
Garin Nugroho’s stunning movie is a real ground-breaker: a gamelan ‘opera’ blending traditional and modern in its music, movement and design and framed as a feminist re-reading of an episode in the Ramayana.

The Other Side (USA 2006)
In this rich and revealing essay film, Brown shares his experiences of travelling from Texas to California, recounting a history of the landscape, its inhabitants and those that pass through. The border between Mexico and the USA is crossed by thousands of undocumented persons each year, and hundreds do not survive the journey through the desert to the other side. Incorporating a personal voiceover and interviews with migrant activists, this visually striking film examines the border as a site of aspiration and insecurity.

Our Daily Bread (Austria 2005)
A deftly political documentary illustrating how food ends up on our dinner tables and in our lunchboxes.

Our Man in Nirvana (Germany 2005)
A rock star is killed in an onstage accident and goes to Nirvana in this fantastic psychedelic animation.

Ousmane (Senegal-France 2006)
A young boy who begs on the streets in Senegal hopes that his letter to Santa will bring about some much needed change.

Peasants of the Sea (Italy 1955)

Percy, Buffalo Bill & I (Sweden-Denmark 2005)
Ulf's summer holiday is threatened by the unwelcome appearance of his 'blood brother' Percy.

Petites Révélations (2006)

Pink Christmas (USA 1993)
The story of a barber's love, lust, loss, redemption and just enough greed and blackmail to obtain the best damn deer dog in El Dorado.

Premonition (France 2006)
Actor Jean-Pierre Darroussin makes his directing debut with this subtle existential tale of a well-heeled lawyer starting his life from scratch.

Primo Levi’s Journey (Italy 2006)
Remarkable documentary retracing the long journey of Italian writer, Primo Levi from his release from Auschwitz across Europe to his eventual return home to Turin.

Princess (Denmark 2006)
Animation, pornography, sex, death and violence. A stylish and striking take on the underside of life.

Printed Rainbow (India 2006)
An elderly woman’s memories and fantasies come to life via her lifelong collection of matchbox covers.

Proprio Aperto (Germany 2005)
An off-season stroll through the temporary ruins of the Giardini, home of the national pavilions at the Venice Biennale.

Rabbit Stories (UK 2006)
A challenging and innovative story told from the perspective of a mentally ill man trying to express his feelings.

Rabbits and Bears (Korea 2005)
A dead end job handing out leaflets on the street is enlivened by an interesting encounter.

Rabbit’s Moon (USA-France 1950-71)
The only Anger film shot on 35mm has never been printed on that format until now. This is the longer edit from 1971, synchronised to haunting doo-wop ballads. ‘A fable of the unattainable (the Moon) combining elements of Commedia dell’Arte with Japanese myth. A lunar dream utilising the classic pantomime figure of Pierrot in an encounter with a prankish, enchanted Magick Lantern.’

Red Road (UK-Denmark 2006)
A poetic story of loss, revenge and redemption, Red Road is one of the most striking British debut features in years.

Reprise (Norway 2006)
New Wave-inspired tale of two writers, the nature of creativity, the vicissitudes of success and the power of friendship.

Requiem (Germany 2006)
An epileptic girl suffers a breakdown during her first year at university, and then decides to seek help from a priest in battling the troubles associated with her strict upbringing.

The Rhythm of Youth (Canada 2006)
The band needed a new drummer and found one closer to home than initially expected.

Roberto the Insect Architect (USA 2005)
Roberto is a termite who prefers to build with wood rather than eat it.

Romanzo Criminale (Italy-UK-France 2006)
Big budget, smart and suspenseful Italian gangster odyssey, showing 25 years of Rome’s underworld from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Rough Winds (Spain 2006)
A dramatic tale of family trauma, adultery and betrayal as the past catches up with a doctor trying to make a new life for himself.

Running Stumbled (USA 2006)
Family portraits don’t come much more uncomfortably intimate or emotionally intense than first-time director John Maringouin’s firsthand dissection of dysfunction.

The Runt (Germany 2006)
Wanna eat them? Gotta kill them.

Same Day Nice Biscotts (USA 2005)
A bleak but touching incantation composed from 13 identical prints of an early 70s documentary on elderly Afro-Americans. Time has taken its toll on the raw material too: now faded and worn, it is steeped in pathos.

Samoure (Greece 2005)
An eccentric shepherd in Crete has aspirations to become a Samurai warrior.

Scooter Girls (Holland 2005)
Merel and Kiki routinely hang out at the same places but Merel starts to realise there must be more to life.

Scorpio Rising (USA 1963)
Immensely influential for its use of pop music, Anger’s ironic critique of motorcycle gangs invokes Scorpio, the sign that rules machines, sex and death. ‘A ‘death mirror held up to American culture’ – Brando, bikes and black leather; Christ, chains and cocaine. A ‘high’ view of the myth of the American motorcyclist. The machine as totem from toy to terror. Thanatos in chrome and black leather and bursting jeans.’

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (UK-USA 2006)
A timely, idiosyncratic look at one of the most influential and enigmatic figures in rock history.

Sexy Thing (Australia 2006)
A young girl escapes to an imaginary ocean. When an unwelcome intruder brings darkness to her reality, life changes forever.

Shadow of the Hatchet Man (USA 1982)
An early classic about a rampaging hatchet killer, an inept sheriff and a relentless TV reporter, complete with spaghetti western motifs and lesbian overtones.

Shortbus (USA 2006)
A warm and witty pansexual study of modern relationships, with a group of New Yorkers in a series of erotic acts at an underground salon.

The Sickie (UK 2006)
An over-worked, under-appreciated employee decides to make his boss and co-workers notice him: by his absence.

The Signs (France 2006)
Concise, enigmatic drama about a man’s disappearance at sea.

Silence Is Golden (UK 2006)
A young boy, his boozy mother and their crazy neighbour.

The Singer (France 2006)
Gérard Depardieu makes a show-stopping comeback as a provincial crooner in Xavier Giannoli’s bittersweet drama.

Sketches of Frank Gehry (USA 2005)
A look at the life and work of the renowned architect.

Sleeping Dogs Lie (USA 2006)
Funny, sometimes crude, always smart low-budget American comedy.

Slumming (Austria-Switzerland 2006)
Two yuppies play mean tricks on one another until one joke has fatal consequences.

Small Engine Repair (UK-Ireland 2006)
The story of a group of men going nowhere with their lives.

Smoked Away (France 2005)
When Ian wakes up his girlfriend is still asleep at his side, but things are all about to change with one glance in the mirror.

Sniffer (Norway 2006)
In a society where everyone has the ability to fly, a man decides he has had enough and attempts to challenge the status quo.

A Soap (Denmark 2006)
Transsexual Veronica is obsessed by daily soaps, and when Charlotte moves into the flat above him their lives begin to mirror the storylines of his favourite shows.

Son of Man (South Africa 2005)
One man's journey of love, deception and betrayal in contemporary South Africa. Based on the New Testament.

Song and Solitude (USA 2006)
Nathaniel Dorsky gave an inspirational lecture-screening on ‘Devotional Cinema’ at the 2004 Festival. His new film is a sombre work, which further refines his vision for an intimate, poetic cinema. ‘Its balance is more toward an expression of inner landscape, or what it feels like to be, rather than an exploration of the external visual world as such.’

Star Appeal (China 2005)
A naked alien forms a close bond with an earthling.

Stars (Ireland 2005)
A girl has to come to terms with an illness, knowing she has a short time to live.

Stolen Holidays (France 2006)
Veteran actress Bernadette Lafont excels in this tense drama about a woman going AWOL with her grandchildren.

Stranger than Fiction (USA 2006)
An IRS auditor suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire life.

Sulphur Mine (Italy 1955)

Surfacing (Canada 2005)
An exodus of ghostly footsteps pass through the frame beneath layers of scratched emulsion, suggesting the transience of being and a state of emergence beyond the everyday.

Surprise Film

Sweet nightingale (Russia 2005)
In a theatre, a crowd perform a series of choreographed gestures facing the stage. Left unexplained, this mysterious ceremony appears more symbolic than absurd.

Syndromes and a Century (Thailand-France 2006)
Apichatpong’s follow-up to Tropical Malady is again a Buddhist-minded film in two overlapping parts: across the mysterious/amusing lives of two doctors (one woman, one man), we reflect on time, place and memory.

Taking Father Home (China 2005)
Ying Liang’s debut (the best Chinese indie of the year) is a tragi-comedy about a stubborn peasant boy going to the big city in search of his absentee father, determined to bring him back or else ...

Taxidermia (Hungary-Austria-France 2006)
A raucous comedy, this mixture of social satire, art house surrealism and body horror tells the story of three generations of men.

Tell it to the Fishes (Ireland-UK 2006)
A man finds himself in a situation he would definitely prefer not to be in. Is there any way out?

Ten Canoes (Australia 2006)
‘A story like you’ve never heard before’ according to a well-known Aboriginal actor. A must see film, developed in collaboration with the indigenous community of Ramingining.

The Forgotten (Italy 1959)

The Shepherds of Orgosolo (Italy 1958)

The Time of the Swordfish (Italy 1954)

There’s a Flower in My Pedal (Canada 2004)
A sweet tale of summer and childhood.

Thin (USA 2005)
The story of four women suffering from anorexia and bulimia in South Florida.

This Is England (UK 2006)
A drama centered on young skinheads in early 1980s England.

This Is My Land (UK 2006)
A portrait of Jake Williams, who lives a hermetic lifestyle in a remote house in the woods of Aberdeenshire. Folk film for the new millennium.

The Three Musketeers (Denmark 2006)
Stop-motion animated take on the classic Dumas novel.

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D (USA 1993/2006)
When Santa Claus mysteriously disappears and instead of toys in their sacks the children start receiving rats and shrunken heads in their place, it is clear that Christmas will never be the same again.

Time Froze (Iran 2006)
A pregnant woman struggles with winter conditions as she tries to cross an unnamed border to be reunited with her boyfriend.

Times and Winds (Turkey 2006)
An affecting poetic portrait of three pre-adolescents in a small Anatolian village.

Tol’able David (USA 1921)
Henry King's silent masterpiece, with peaceful Virginia farmer's son Richard Barthelmess taking on a trio of ruthless escaped convicts: a modern David confronting his Goliath.

The Tower of Silence (Germany 1924)
Myth, modernism, science-fiction and startling architecture combine in this gripping melodrama of guilt and revenge from the legendary German Ufa studios of the 1920s.

Transaction (USA 2005)
A frank depiction of the interaction between a client and a call girl based on a real life call girl’s recollections.

The Travel Journey of a Rivercrab (Finland 2005)
This short animated film made by children tells the tale of a river crab who dreams of a happier life in the ocean.

Truant (New Zealand 2005)
A boy meets the wild child girl of his dreams and they head off on a rollercoaster journey.

Tune In (UK 2006)
An astute and affectionate portrait of the unseen community of HAM radio enthusiasts; ‘The space age hobby where the world is your friend’.

The U.S. vs. John Lennon (USA 2006)
How the FBI and Nixon’s government were so rattled by an iconic advocate for peace that they sought to have him deported.

The Ugly Swans (Russia 2006)
Compelling and stylised adaptation of the Strugatskys’ novel about a ghost town where mutants run a boarding school for gifted children.

Unfinished Passages (Canada 2005)
Archival images and a contraflow of texts trace the migration of the artists’ grandfather from London to Saskatchewan. ‘Using the shadow play of light and darkness as a metaphor for human memory Unfinished Passages reframes his forced immigration/orphan experience through the developing lens of the cinema.’ Brett Kashmere

United We Stand (USA 2005)
The awful brutality of war. The incredible brutality of man.

Untitled (for David Gatten) (USA 2005)
Made as a ‘get well card’ for a friend, this uncharacteristic work invokes a sense of absence, and ultimately loss.

Venus (UK 2006)
The coming-of-very-old-age story brings together two veteran English actors, Peter O’Toole and Leslie Phillips.

Vierka, or The Mystery of Family B’s Disappearance (Czech Republic 2005)
Award winning documentary about the talented and vibrant young Roma singer Vierka Berkyová, also revealing a world of social and cultural contradiction.

Views of a Retired Night Porter (Austria 2006)
A follow up to Kieslowski’s Night Porter’s Point of View (1977). Kieslowski’s night porter was seen as a kind of embodiment of the former totalitarian regime. Horvath interviews the same man 30 years on and examines his response to the new political realities.

A Walk in the Sun (USA 1946)
From the great Lewis Milestone, the best US combat movie of World War II, as powerful and poignant as the same director's All Quiet on the Western Front.

Walkman (Ireland 2006)
Forget those new fangled iPods; this girl loves her Walkman.

War and Peas (Denmark 2005)
Will the starving animals led by King Lion be able to persuade the portly king from a neighbouring kingdom that they should share his cakes and other food?

We Are the Faithful (Switzerland-Germany 2005)
On the terraces at a match as the crowd go wild; a surreal documentary about football.

We Believe in Happy Endings (UK 2006)
At the party, humans, animals and other-worldly beings dance the night away.

The Wedding Director (Italy 2006)
Famous Italian film director flees Rome for peace in Sicily, only to find himself entangled in the preparations for a posh wedding and besotted with the bride-to-be.

What a Wonderful World (France-Morocco-Germany 2006)
A dizzyingly inventive and witty take on life in modern day Casablanca.

Where Fig Trees Grow (France 2004)
A brisk, broad comedy set in a North African neighborhood where women rule the roost.

Who Loves the Sun (Canada 2006)
A slow burning charmer of a film, a delightfully witty character comedy.

Wild Tigers I Have Known (USA 2005)
A coming of age of a 13-year-old boy who learns to cope with his newfound sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.

Winky’s Horse (Netherlands-Belgium 2005)
Winky Wong is prepared to do whatever it takes to own a horse of her own.

Withered in a Blooming Season (China 2006)
A too-close brother and sister find a new design for living.

The Yacoubian Building (Egypt 2006)
The long-awaited resurgence of Egyptian cinema finally arrives in the guise of The Yacoubian Building

The Year After (France 2006)
Teenage agonies in a lifestyle universe – a powerful drama of modern French life from debut director Isabelle Czajka.

You Made Me Love You (UK 2005)
‘Twenty-one dancers are held by your gaze. Losing contact can be traumatic.’

Zuly (UK 2006)
A young man returns from a world trip and heads straight to see his holiday romance, but things aren’t quite how she’d described.