The Eagle Hunter's Son (2009)

Director: Rene Bo Hansen

Starring: Bazarbai Matei, Mardan Matei, Asilbek Badelkhan, Serikbai Khulan

Twelve-year-old nomad Bazarbai lives in the Altai mountains on the border between Mongolia and Kazakhstan. He is reluctant to follow the family line o... Read more

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010)

Director: Tamra Davis

Starring: Jean-Michel Basquiat

In his short career, Jean-Michael Basquiat was a phenomenon. He became notorious for his graffiti art under the moniker Samo in the late 1970s on the... Read more

Soul Kitchen (2009)

Director: Fatih Akin

Starring: Moritz Bleibtreu, Adam Bousdoukos, Birol Unel

Hoping to revamp his shabby Hamburg diner, owner Zinos Kazantsakis (Adam Bousdoukos) hires a gourmet chef, only to drive away his regular patrons. To... Read more

The White Ribbon (2009)

Director: Michael Haneke

Starring: Ursina Lardi, Ulrich Tukur, Leonie Benesch, Christian Friedel

Michael Haneke ('Funny Games', 'Code Unknown', etc) does not make films with easy answers. 'The White Ribbon' offers a view of a small pre-WWI German... Read more

Te Rua (1991)

Director: Barry Barclay

Starring: Donna Akersten, Stuart Devenie, Vanessa Rare, Wi Kuki Kaa, Gunter Meisner, Nissi...

A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two members of the Maori tribe decide it's time for ancient g... Read more

Black Death (2010)

Director: Christopher Smith

Starring: David Warner, John Lynch, Sean Bean, Tim McInnerny, Eddie Redmayne, Andy Nyman,...

In medieval England fallen under the shadow of the plague, a young monk called Osmund (Eddie Redmayne) is charged in leading a fearsome knight, Ulric... Read more

The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)

Director: Lotte Reiniger

German director Lotte Reiniger spent three years making this silent animated film based on the Arabian Nights legends. The dashing Prince Achmed saves... Read more

Lotte Reiniger - The Fairy Tale Films (2009)

Director: Lotte Reiniger

Lotte Reiniger has the distinction of creating the very first feature animation, her enthralling The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), an epic silho... Read more

America Before Columbus (2009)

Director: Cristina Trebbi

History books traditionally depict the pre-Columbus Americas as a pristine wilderness where small native villages lived in harmony with nature. But sc... Read more

The Last Station (2009)

Director: Michael Hoffman

Starring: Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, Paul Giamatti, James McAvoy, Anne-Marie Duff,...

In 1910, famed novelist Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer) and his wife Sofya (Helen Mirren) vehemently disagree over the rights to Tolstoy's literary... Read more