My Summer of Love

Set in contemporary Yorkshire, it charts the relationship that blooms one hot summer between two very different 16-year-old girls, Mona (Natalie Press) and Tamsin (Emily Blunt).
Mona is working class, rebellious, bored with life and with the newfound religious convictions of her ex-con brother Phil (Paddy Considine). Tamsin is well educated, spoiled and cynical. Each girl is wary of each other's differences when they first meet, but this coolness soon melts into mutual fascination and attraction.
The director of this drama is Pawel Pawlikowski.
My Summer of Love.

Alice

Widely acclaimed as one of the best Portuguese films of the last few years.
Marco Martins’ beautifully shot debut film and Bernardo Sassetti’s haunting soundtrack mix together perfectly to create a mood that perfectly depicts the desperation of a father who has lost his child.
193 days have passed since Alice was last seen. Everyday Mário (Nuno Lopes), her father, leaves his house and repeats the same route he made the day Alice went missing. His obsession in finding her leads him to install a series of video cameras that record the movement in the streets. In the middle of all those faces, of that anonymous crowd, Mário searches for a lead, some help, one signal… The brutal pain caused by Alice’s absence has changed Mário into a different person, but this tragic search may be the only way he can keep on believing that his daughter will eventually be found.
Official web site of the film.

Breakfast on Pluto

Set in the 1970’s, Breakfast on Pluto follows the exploits of Patrick "Kitten" Braden (Cilian Murphy), an endearing, but deceptively tough young man. Abandoned as a baby in his small Irish hometown and aware from a very early age that he is different, Patrick survives this harsh environment with the aid of his wit and charm, plus a sweet refusal to let anyone and anything change who he is.
This film is a black comedy from Neil Jordan that is based on a novel "Breakfast on Pluto" by Pat McCabe.
Breakfast on Pluto in details.

Sherrybaby

Three years after entering prison for robbery as a 19-year-old heroin addict, Sherry Swanson (Maggie Gyllenhaal) begins her first day of freedom, clean and sober. A model prisoner who has undergone personal transformation, she immediately sets out to regain custody of her young daughter Alexis (Ryan Simpkins), who has been cared for in her absence by her brother Bobby (Brad William Henke) and his wife Lynn (Bridget Barkan).
The director of this film is Laurie Collyer.
Sherrybaby.

Fyra Veckor i Juni/ Fout Weeks in June

In a remote Swedish town, Sandra, a troubled young woman, develops an unexpected friendship with Lilly, a secretive Holocaust survivor. Although Lilly bears the memory of forbidden love during wartime, she encourages Sandra to open herself up to the attentions of a handsome worker from Poland. Four Weeks in June features nuanced performances by Tuva Novotny and celebrated Danish actress Ghita Nørby.
The director of this drama is Henry Meyer.

Kunsten at græde i kor/ The Art of Crying

The director of the film claims that this film is a domestic drama-comedy-horror movie, based on the celebrated novel by the Danish writer Erling Jepsen.
South Jutland, the early 1970s. Life isn't easy for 11-year-old Allan. His father has “psychic nerves” and regularly threatens to kill himself. His mother has given up, his older brother has moved out and the family's small dairy store isn't doing well. When his older sister stops spending the night on the couch with their father, it's up to Allan to keep the family together. His father lives for the times he gets to recite his famously eloquent eulogies and make the mourners weep in chorus. Soon, Allan is lending a hand to make sure there are enough funerals to keep his father happy.
The director of this drama is Danish - Peter Schønau Fog.
Official blog of the film.

When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan

Partly a concert film and partly sociological study, this documentary travels between concert venues and cultures to give an inside look at Romani (Gypsy) music. It follows five top Romani bands during their tour in the United States before accompanying the musicians to their home countries, where the joys and struggles of their domestic lives are captured.
The director of this documentary is Jasmine Dellal.
Official film web site.

En Soap/ A Soap

32-year-old Charlotte could have it all, but she doesn't want any of it. When she moves away from her boyfriend, she happens to become the upstairs neighbour of the transsexual Veronica. Veronica prefers to keep to herself with her little dog and a romantic soap show on TV, while Charlotte gets through the nights with one-night stands. An assault, a new bed and some white curtains bring the two of them together and they end up as the main characters of their own turbulent love story.
The director of this movie is Pernille Fischer Christensen, she is Danish.

Paul Dans Sa Vie/ Paul in His Life

A documentary by Remi Mauger.
Paul is almost seventy-five. An old bachelor, he is a farmer, a fisherman and the local beadle. He lives on a farm from another age with his two younger sisters, both single too. This year, they've decided to retire. "They'll leave a gap in the landscape." The landscape is that of the Hague Cape. The air there is sharp, the winds unpredictable, the granite rough and the horizon endless. Paul was of course born here. He'll die here. He's getting ready for that. But not before doing what has to be done: passing on his legacy.

The Science of Sleep

Every day life is too boring for Stefan (Gael Garcia Bernal) so he escapes from it in his own imagined TV show. Soon he realizes that this small entertainment can be a barrier for him and his relationships with other people including lovely neighbour Stefany (Charlotte Gainsbourg).
The director of this film is Michel Gondry.
More about the science.

Mans vīrs Andrejs Saharovs/ My Husbans Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov - father of Soviet hydrogen bomb and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
His widow Yelena Bonner and the last secretary general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev are two brightest participants of this indirect debate in the film, which not present facts and their interpretations but also use unique KGB materials.
Andrei Sakharov`s widow does not tell her memories about a genius but about her beloved husband. This documentary is unique report because of the fact that she avoids from publicity and interviews.
This documentary is a French-Latvian co-production directed by Inara Kolmane.
Attached photo portrays Inara Kolmane and Yelena Bonner.

Idir Dha Shaol/ Between Two Lives

A documentary about Irishman - Willie Walsh from Connemara who left Ireland in 1968 and ended up in London being homeless. Willie has lost everything, he tells about it in his own language - Irish. The language is the only thing he still has.
The director of this film is John Mallon.

Short Order

The action of this film is taking place in a restaurant in which food is prepared, personalities are mixed and the environment is eccentric. All this to get a delicacy.
So tasty..

L`enfant/ The Child

Dardenne Brothers film that is pessimistic from the beginning and it gets worse when the action of the film starts to develop.
A young girl has given a birth to a baby, after a child delivery she has no appartament any more because her boyfriend has rented it to strangers, to get some money her boyfriend decides to sell the baby.
More about the film.

Vai viegli būt jaunam?/Is It Easy to Be Young?

A bit similar documentary to "The Road to God Knows Where". This documentary also have a continuation. The name of the second part is "Vai viegli būt..?"/ "Is It Easy to Be?". The first part of the documentary is taken 1986 but the continuation was taken in 1998. "Is It Easy to Be Young" tells about high-schoolers looking for their places in life, a young mother worried about the future of her daughter after the Chernobyl catastrophe, a young man believing in Krishna (being religious was generally discouraged by the Soviet government, not to mention any 'unusual' religions), young adults returning from having been forced to fight in the war in Afghanistan and having become ones of 'the lost generation'.
This docimentary got several awards.
The direcor of the first movie is Juris Podnieks, but the second on is directed by Antra Cilinska.
A few glimpses of "Is It Easy to Be Young?"

Road II

Two documentaries about teenagers in Ireland. The first film was taken in 1988 during unemployment and emigration perid in Ireland, other in 2001 when there has been an economical progress in Ireland. "Road II" is a continuation for a film "The Road to God Knows Where". Both films show the same people.
The director of these movies is Alan Gilsenan.

ALL THE INVISIBLE CHILDREN

This film, that is made from seven short movies by eight directors(Mehdi Charef, Emir Kusturica, Spike Lee, Katia Lund, Jordan Scott and Ridley Scott, Stefano Veneruso, John Woo), is dedication for all children arround the world that are suffering from famine and are pressed to fight alone for their existence.
Please consider making a donation to The All The Invisible Children Fund.

Khrushchov Must Die

This documentary shows unique photos and documents that were attained after an arrest of 4 people who were planning to kill Nikita Khrushchov. These materials were kept by Security Committee of Georgia and were shown to a society for the 1st time.
The director of this movie is Toma Chagelishvili.
An attached photo was the only visual item which was possible to find in connection with this film.

Knalhart/Tough Enough

This awarded German movie tells a story what happens with a teenager when he is taken out from his usual environment because his mother has broken up with one of her many boyfriends.
Do You want to play a little game?

Honey Baby

A film that is based on a Greek myth about Orfei and Euridice. To say it in simple words movie pays attention to love and relationships.
The director of this movie is Mika Kaurismaki from Finland. Some part of the action takes place in Latvia so there are involved some Latvian actors(Kristine Nevarauska, Aleksandrs Radzevics and arround 50 people who took part in the movie as wedding guests) as well.

MOSKAČKA/ MOSKATCHKA

A documentary about one area of Riga -Moscow suburb or Moskatchka* as people have used to call it. This place is one of the most dangerous of Riga but nevertheless it has a special aura.
The camera has shooted short pieces. These short movies put together show bright and unexpected story.
* This area at the beggining of the 20th century was a place where workers used to live, there was a concentration camp for Jews during WW2 and during the USSR there lived Russian speaking inhabitants.

Krišana/Fallen

Latvian actors(Egons Dombrovskis, Nikolajs Korobovs, Aija Dzērve, Andris Keišs, Vigo Roga) and a German director-Fred Keleman show a man`s feelings and actions afterwords he has passed by a woman whome he didn`t stop by commiting a suicide. This movie is black and white.

Volver

Pedro Almadovar has made a movie about different women(different generations and different social statuses). The director is honest and conffesses that he doesn`t know much about women as a kind, but it is nice to find out his oppinion abut women.
Check out adorable Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo.

Paris, je t`aime/Paris, I Love You

20 different directors(the Coen brothers, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven, Sylvain Chomet, Olivier Assayas, Walter Salles and Gérard Depardieu and others) offer short movies in which they show why Paris is so special for them.
A PR tool or love stories?

Detour/Ringtee

The movie that is not a masterpiece from Hollywood, because it is made in Estonia, but is still a masterpiece.
This feature film will be presented for a wider audience at the begining of the next year.
There are Estonian stars appearing in this movie such as Tanel Padar(the singer who brought the victory for Estonia in the Eurovision song contest) and others not so much known names for a forigners.
The direcor of this movie is Dirk Hoyer who has also been a director for a Latvian movie "Sas:karsme".
Check out the site which is still in the process of development.

Marie Antoinette

A movie which trailer looks delicious and sexy. Without thtese things mentioned before it is worth to see this movie because of the amazing work of the director - Sofia Coppola.
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/marieantoinette/index.html