Director Aaron Schneider: "The story of Felix Bush—a deeply mysterious man who buried himself in the hills for forty years and then suddenly decided to throw himself a huge funeral party so he could tell his story, was just too intriguing, too unusual, and too good to ignore." Full text & web links >>>>>

Director Christian Carion: "I wanted to make Farewell because it's the very opposite of a James Bond movie! No superheroes here: these are ordinary people, beautiful at times and pathetic too...." Full text & web links >>>>>

Director/co-writer Alejandro Amenábar: "Agora may be set in the past, but in many ways it is about the present. It’s a mirror for people to take a step back, observe time and space from a distance and surprisingly find that not so much has changed in the world." Full text & web links >>>>>

Countdown to Zero traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. By acclaimed documentarian Lucy Walker (The Devil’s Playground, Blindsight). Official Web Site >>>>>

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel takes a revealing look at the outspoken founder of the Playboy empire. When Hugh Hefner launched Playboy magazine in 1953, he became a champion of the sexual revolution, and the forces of Church and State initiated a war against him that raged over the decades. Official Web Site >>>>>

Nic and Jules (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore) are married and share a cozy suburban Southern California home with their teenage children, Joni and Laser (Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson). As Joni prepares to leave for college, 15-year-old Laser presses her for a big favor. He wants Joni, now 18, to help him find their biological father Paul (Mark Ruffalo). Official Web Site >>>>>

Director Daniel Alfredson: "We had the most unusual luck during the Millennium filming. We managed to avoid the temperamental Swedish fall weather. And we had a team of crew and actors that surpassed expectations every day..." Full text & web links >>>>>

In The Concert (directed by Radu Mihaileanu, Live and Become), Andrei Filipov (Alexei Guskov), a once celebrated Russian conductor of the Bolshoi who has hit rock bottom, intercepts an invitation meant for a former orchestra to perform in Paris. Andrei masterminds a plan to pose as the leader of the group in order to make a triumphant return to the music scene. Official Web Site >>>>>

Writer/director Samuel Maoz: "When a person feels he has nothing to lose, he takes chances. That’s how I felt in early 2007 when I started to write the script for Lebanon. I had hit rock bottom and decided to go all the way.... Suddenly, I felt uplifted, a weird sense of euphoria. I’m not lost yet! I’ve still got fighting spirit. I went to bed early, got up in the morning and started to write." Full text & web links >>>>>

In writer/director Todd Solondz's part sequel/part variation on his acclaimed film Happiness, ten years have passed since a series of shocking and catastrophic revelations shattered the world of the Jordan family. Now, sisters Joy (Shirley Henderson), Trish (Allison Janney), and Helen (Ally Sheedy) are each embroiled in their own unique dilemmas. Official Web Site >>>>>

Director Anthony Geffen: "It took five years to raise the money, learn to climb, shoot the film and bring it to the cinema. Filming on Everest was a massive challenge—with temperatures reaching minus 40 degrees—but we had extremely talented film crew, climbers and Sherpas." Full text & web links >>>>>

Following the death of his mother, Joshua 'J' Cody (James Frecheville) comes to live with uncles from his estranged family of Melbourne underworld criminals, the Codys. When tensions between family and police reach a bloody peak, J finds himself at the center of a cold-blooded revenge plot that turns the family upside down. Directed by David Michôd. Official Web Site >>>>>

Writer/director Ruba Nadda: "I wrote the script quite easily and quite quickly over the course of two months. I saw Juliette and Tareq very clearly... because I had been to Cairo several times. I pocketed experiences, images, people, feelings, until one day I knew I would use them all to tell this story." Full text & web links >>>>>

Filmmaker Tamra Davis: "I had a great producer that kept up on me and an incredible editor that pushed me to go deeper.... I think that’s why I made kind of an emotional film. I tried to make a movie for my friend. I tried to hear his voice through his paintings, through photographs, and through his friends who spoke about him." Full text & web links >>>>>

A wallet lost and found opens the door to romantic adventure in Wild Grass, by legendary French filmmaker Alain Resnais. After examining the ID of its owner, it is not a simple matter for Georges (André Dussollier) to turn in to the police the red wallet he has found. Nor can Marguerite (Sabine Azéma) retrieve her wallet without being piqued with curiosity about the person who found it. Official Web Site >>>>>

Great Directors is a celebration of filmmaking starring ten of the world's most acclaimed, living directors, featuring original, in-depth conversations with Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Stephen Frears, Agnès Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. Official Web Site >>>>>

Director Tim Hetherington: "I had no idea when I first went to Afghanistan in 2007 that I would end up making a feature-length film. I guess that’s a strange thing to admit—but then Restrepo is no ordinary movie....This film is a distillation of everything we have come to understand about young men and war." Full text & web links >>>>>

Director Debra Granik: "I read Daniel Woodrell's novel Winter’s Bone from cover to cover. I was in suspense to see how the story's protagonist, Ree, would survive. It felt like an old-fashioned tale, with a character I couldn’t help but root for, and descriptions of a place that stoked my imagination as I tried to conjure Ree's world." Full text & web links >>>>>

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