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Cold Showers
France, 2005, 103 min.
Working class teen Mickael's two big passions are judo and his curvy girlfriend Vanessa with whom he enjoys an athletic sex life. But when the couple meet judo team newcomer Clément a ménage a trois develops. An erotic and complex love story between three adolescents from different social background... more
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Familia
Canada, 2005, 103 min.
Familial bonds, particularly those between mothers and daughters, form the core of this impressive and emotionally satisfying first feature. When gambling addict Michele moves in with her childhood friend Janine, their teenaged daughter’s burgeoning friendship produces both humorous and heartbreakin... more
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Kamataki
Canada, 2005, 111 min.
Claude Gagnon's deceptively simple story about a young, depressed Canadian who is sent to visit his uncle in Japan, is sublimely riveting, complex and erotic. The uncle is a master potter, and the depiction of the Kamataki process of marathon firing is exhilarating! Best Director, Montreal Film Fest... more
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The Land Has Eyes
Fiji, 2005, 88 min.
The first indigenous film from Fiji, this visually lush story features a young girl who taps into the island myth of the Warrior Woman in order to redeem her family name. Brimming with ethnographic detail, it's a vibrant and uplifting tale.... more
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Love + Hate
United Kingdom, 2005, 84 min.
Winner - New Voices/New Visions Award
A modern Romeo and Juliet love story set across racial divides in a northern British town, Love + Hate finds Naseema and Adam wrestling with their undeniable mutual attraction. The young couple embark on a passionate journey of self-discovery. B... more
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Low Profile
Germany, 2005, 95 min.
A teenage boy veers down a dangerous path when he claims responsibility for accidents he did not cause. With a great ear for dialogue and a color palette evoking the drabness of middle class life, director Christoph Hochhausler has crafted a disturbing yet compelling film that incited great controve... more
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Mario’s War
Italy, 2005, 98 min.
A middle class couple take a foster child without imagining how this choice will impact their life. The wife finds a meaning in life that transcends her expectations, the husband cannot relate with the child in any way and the child himself is stranded in a world where he cannot fit in. ... more
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Marock
France, 2005, 101 min.
Seventeen-year-old Rita is smitten with the flashy Youri who she meets at a club in Morocco. But Youri is Jewish and Rita's brother, with his more devout approach to Islam, is watching her every move. This debut feature captures teenage passions set against the Casblanca playground of the rich where... more
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Mother of Mine
Finland, 2005, 112 min.
Winner - Audience Awards, Best Narrative Feature
A momentous event in Finnish history is recounted in this heart-wrenching film. During World War II, ten-year-old Eero is one of eighty thousand children sent to Sweden for their protection. Alienated from his foster family and unfamiliar wi... more
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News From Afar
Mexico, 2005, 121 min.
This impressively crafted and moving first feature tells the story of a young man who sets off from a small village in the Mexican highlands to Mexico City in hope of saving his mother and father from marginalization and poverty. A visceral and emotional debut that marks the filmmaker as one to watc... more
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Once You’re Born You Can No Longer Hide
Italy, 2005, 119 min.
A 13-year-old boy thought lost at sea is rescued by a boat of illegal aliens travelling to Italian shores. His trip back to his own life and family as a societal outsider will mark his passage to adulthood. From the director of The Best of Youth, the 2004 PSIFF Audience Award winner.... more
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Palais Royal!
France, 2005, 101 min.
A speech therapist is married to the heir of an imaginary kingdom. When the old king dies, she becomes queen although she's definitely not ready to be one! This brilliant parody of Lady Diana's setbacks with power and the media is brought to life by a group of great French actors in unexpectedly fun... more
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Stolen Children
Italy, 2005, 95 min.
Poignant and daring, this film shows how a child survives the cruelty of the world he is forced to live in, and his daily fight for life in the slums of Naples. His innocence resists corruption and the strength of his dreams may save him in the end.... more
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Tattooed
Argentina, 2005, 85 min.
One of the latest films of the New Argentine Cinema is this observant family drama about a teenaged boy who embarks on a journey with his father to discover the fate of his barely-remembered mother, whose only legacy is the tattoo she left on the boy's arm.... more
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Two Sons of Francisco
Brazil, 2005, 120 min.
Winner - John Schlessinger Award
This blockbuster debut feature revolves around the family of poor sharecropper Francisco, who dreamed of turning two of his nine children into a famous country music duo. The moving story of Zezé Di Camargo and Luciano (who have sold more than 22 million re... more
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Wah-Wah
United Kingdom, 2005, 100 min.
One of cinema's most compelling drunks (on-screen), Richard E. Grant is best known for his delightfully debauched performance in Withnail and I. Wah-Wah, a semi-autobiographcal dramedy of English colonial life in Swaziland, is his not-to be missed directorial debut featuring standout p... more
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Whole New Thing
Canada, 2005, 93 min.
An intellectually and sexually precocious 13-year-old lad, raised and home-schooled by hippie parents in rural Nova Scotia, goes to public school for the first time and, not knowing anything about "inappropriate" behavior, develops and displays a serious crush on his male English teacher. A very wel... more
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Zozo
Sweden, 2005, 104 min.
Lebanese-born, Sweden-based director Josef Fares (Jalla! Jalla!) returns to Lebanon to tell the compelling story of Zozo, a lad left orphaned by the Lebanese civil war who is determined to to join his grandparents in Sweden. Once there, his adjustment is complicated by cultural barriers and h... more
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