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ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE                                                         UNITED KINGDOM

By Shekhar Kapur

With Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen, Rhys Ifans, Jordi Molla, Abbie Cornish, Samntha Norton

It is 1585 and Queen Elizabeth I has reigned over England for nearly three decades. Spain’s Philip II is determined to wrest the Protestant “heretic” from the throne and restore England to the glory that is the Roman Catholic Church. Preparing to go to war, Elizabeth also struggles to balance ancient royal duties with an unexpected vulnerability in her love for Walter Raleigh, a pirate under Her Majesty’s service.

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THE NEIGHBOR                                                                                            UNITED STATES

By Eddie O’Flaherty

With Michèle Laroque, Matthew Modine, Ed Quinn, Gina Mantegna, Ann Cusack

Successful, powerful and beautiful, Christine Letellier has it all. She and her fiancé have plans to expand her dream condo into a large duplex but her efforts have been thwarted by the equally stubborn Jeff Wallace who happens to be renting the cherished unit above hers…

LEZIONI DI VOLO (FLYING LESSONS)                                                              ITALIA   

By Francesca Archibugi

With Giovanna Mezzogiorno (Chiara), Andrea Miglio Risi (Pollo-Chicken), Angel Tom Karumathy (Curry), Roberto Citran (Stefano), Anna Galiena (la mère de Pollo)

Chicken and Curry, two schoolmates, fail their high school finals. They try to deflect the wrath of their families by claiming that Curry, who is an adopted Indian boy, suffers from an identity crisis and needs to go to India to discover his roots…

L’ENNEMI INTIME (INTIMATE ENEMIES)                                                         france

By Florent-Emilio Siri

With Benoît Magimel, Albert Dupontel, Aurélien Recoing, Marc Barbé, Eric Savin, Fellag

Algeria, 1959. Military operations are being stepped up. High in the mountains of Kabylia, Terrien, an idealistic lieutenant, takes over the command of a platoon at a French army outpost. Here he meets Dougnac, a cynical sergeant. Their differences and the harsh realities in the field drive the two men to the breaking point.