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Ballast Director: Lance Hammer Cast Summary: Micheal J. Smith, JimMyron Ross, Tarra Riggs, Johnny McPhail A double prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival, and numerous awards internationally, BALLAST is one of the most critically acclaimed American independent films of recent years, a stunningly evocative story of personal catastrophe and communal redemption.	Becoming Traviata Director: Philippe Béziat Cast Summary: Natalie Dessay, Jean-Francois Sivadier, Louis Langrée, Charles Castronovo, Adelina Scarabelli, Ludovic Tézier An intimate and fascinating documentary that invites you to go behind the curtains of one of the world’s greatest operas, Verdi’s masterpiece, La Traviata. Director Philippe Béziat offers a rare glimpse into the creative process of renowned singers and musicians as they collaborate to produce a contemporary re-telling of this classic opera at the prestigious Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in France.
Beneath Clouds Director: Ivan Sen Cast Summary: Danielle Hall, Damian Pitt Official Selection at Berlin Film Festival, and winner of the Best Debut Film and Best Young Actress in a Leading Role awards at Berlin, BENEATH CLOUDS is a modern day love story and a journey of hope, friendship, and the search for a place to belong from Australian director Ivan Sen.	Blind Director: Eskil Vogt Cast Summary: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Vera Vitali, Marius Kolbenstvedt Winner of the Sundance World Cinema Screenwriting Award, Eskil Vogt's BLIND is a playful, touching and thought-provoking story of a young woman’s journey to rediscover herself, her husband and the life that she once knew.
Blood and Rain Director: Jorge Navas Cast Summary: Gloria Montoya, Quique Mendoza A Venice Film Festival hit, Jorge Navas’ highly acclaimed directorial debut has been described by industry bible Variety as “a cracking slice of genre filmmaking that nods to vintage Michael Mann and Martin Scorsese”.	Blue Eyelids Director: Ernesto Contreras Cast Summary: Cecilia Suárez, Enrique Arreola, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Tiare Scanda, Luisa Huertas BLUE EYELIDS (PARPADOS AZULES) is the critically acclaimed account of the developing relationship between two people in the vast metropolis of Mexico City. Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, it has earned director Ernesto Contreras a place alongside Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, Babel) and Carlos Reygadas (Japón, Silent Light) as a major new force in world cinema.
Born and Bred Director: Pablo Trapero Cast Summary: Guillermo Pfening, Martina Gusman, Federico Esquerro The fourth film from one of the most interesting and successful of the young directors forming the so-called "New Wave" in Argentine Cinema, PABLO TRAPERO follows on from the startling EL BONAERENSE and the acclaimed road movie FAMILIA RODANTE with BORN AND BRED (NACIDO Y CRIADO), a typically intimate story from an artist fascinated by interior states of mind and exterior realities. With stunning widescreen cinematography, an exquisite soundtrack and excellent performances from Guillermo Pfening and Federico Esquerro, it is Pablo Trapero's most striking and personal film to date.	Brilliant Moon Director: Neten Chokling Cast Summary: Narrated by Richard Gere and Lou Reed and featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Matthieu Ricard, Orgyen Topgyal Rinpoche, Rabjam Rinpoche and Sogyal Rinpoche. BRILLIANT MOON: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche chronicles the life of writer, poet and meditation master Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, one of Tibet's most revered 20th-century Buddhist teachers.
Broken Lines Director: Sallie Aprahamian Cast Summary: Paul Bettany, Olivia Williams, Dan Fredenburgh, Doraly Rosa, Rita Tushingham, Harriet Walter, Nathan Constance, Nicholas le Prevost Paul Bettany (The Young Victoria , Master & Commander, The Da Vinci Code) and Olivia Williams (Hanna, The Ghost Writer, An Education) front a stellar British cast in a powerful and emotional journey of love, obligation, and conflict, set against the backdrop of London’s multi-cultural suburbia.	Buena Vista Social Club Director: Wim Wenders Cast Summary: Ry Cooder, Joaquim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén Gonzáles, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo, Juan de Marcos Gonzales Cuba's rich and colourful past comes vividly to life in this legendary, Oscar-nominated documentary from director Wim Wenders (PARIS, TEXAS, WINGS OF DESIRE).

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