September 21–24
THE SYRIAN BRIDE* – France/Germany/Israel, 2002 (96 min.) Dir.: Eran Riklis. With: Hiam Abbass, Makhram Khoury, Clara Khoury, Ashraf Barhom. A Druze woman from the Golan Heights is engaged to marry a Syrian television star whom she has never met.
THE CHORUS/LES CHORISTES* – France/Switzerland/Germany, 2005 (95 min.) Dir.: Christophe Barratier. With: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier. When a music teacher takes a position at a boy’s reformatory in 1949 France, he discovers the redemptive power of music.

October 19–22
THE SEA INSIDE/MAR ADENTRO* – Spain/France/Italy, 2004 (125 min.) Dir.: Alejandro Amenábar. With: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas. True story of quadriplegic’s 30-year legal battle for the right to die with dignity. 2004: Oscar for best foreign language film.
SAINT RALPH – Canada, 2004 (98 min.) Dir.: Michael McGowan. With: Adam Butcher, Campbell Scott, Gordon Pinsent, Jennifer Tilly. Ninth grader who in trying to find some miracle to bring his mother out of a coma attempts to win the 1959 Boston Marathon.

November 16–19
RYAN – Canada, 2004 (14 min.) Dir.: Chris Landreth. With: Chris Landreth, Ryan Larkin. Animated biographical account of life of NFB pioneer Ryan Larkin who today lives on social assistance and panhandles in Montreal. Oscar 2005: best animated short.
DOWNFALL/DER UNTERGANG* – Germany, 2004 (155 min.) Dir.: Oliver Hirschbiegel. With: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch. Compelling drama of the final days of Hitler and the Third Reich as seen from the point of view of Hitler’s personal secretary.

December 7–10
MOTORCYCLE DIARIES/DIARIOS DE MOTOCICLETA* – U.S./ Germany/U.K./Argentina/Chile/Peru/France, 2004 (128 min.) Dir.: Walter Salles. With: Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo De la Serna, Mía Maestro, Mercedes Morán. Inspiring journey of self-discovery that traces the youthful origins of a revolutionary heart, Ché Guevara.
MARIA FULL OF GRACE – U.S., 2004 (101 min.) Dir.: Joshua Marston. With: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez, Patricia Rae. Harrowing experience of a young girl being forced to act as a mule to bring drugs into the U.S.

January 4–7
WALK ON WATER* – Israel, 2004 (104 min.) Dir.: Eytan Fox. With: Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Carolina Peters. Relationship between tracker of a Nazi war criminal’s grandson and the tracker himself.
HOTEL RWANDA – South Africa/U.K./Italy, 2004 (120 min.). Dir.: Terry George. With: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix. True story of black manager of a Belgian hotel in Rwanda who risks his life to save both Hutu and Tutsi fugitives during the 1994 Hutu massacres of the Tutsi minority.

February 1–4
VERA DRAKE – U.K., 2004 (125 min.) Dir.: Mike Leigh. With: Imelda Staunton, Phil David. In 1950s Britain, housecleaner for rich women also performs abortions on the side. Venice 2004: Golden Lion, best actress.
BORN INTO BROTHELS* – India/U.S., 2004 (85 min.) Dir.: Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman. Inspiring look at the transformative journey of a group of extraordinary children in Calcutta’s red light district. Oscar 2005: best documentary, features.

March 8–11
BROTHERS* – Denmark, 2005 (110 min.) Dir.: Suzanne Bier. With: Lena Maria Christensen, Connie Nelsen, Andre Babikian. Two jealous siblings spar over the affections of the same woman.
KINSEY – U.S., 2004 (118 min.) Dir.: Bill Condon. With: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Peter Sarsgaard. Fascinating biography of gall wasp expert turned sex expert, Alfred Kinsey.

March 29–April 1
TRAVELLERS & MAGICIANS* – Bhutan/Australia, 2003 (108 min.) Dir.: Khyentse Norbu. With: Tsewang Dandup, Sonam Lhamo, Lhakpa Dorji. Two men, two women, two journeys are woven into an intricate tapestry of desires as film takes us on an adventurous emotional tour through the heartland of Bhutanese Buddhist culture.
THE RETURN* – Russia, 2004 (105 min.) Dir.: Andrei Zvyagintsev. With: Vladimir Garin, Ivan Dobronravov, Konstantin Lavronenko, Natalya Vdovina. Two young Russian brothers reunite with a father they had not seen for twelve years by going off on a fishing vacation together.

April 26–29
STAGE BEAUTY – U.K., 2004 (97 min.) Dir.: Richard Eyre. With: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes. Female stage dresser in the 1660s who eventually makes a name for herself as an actress.
DEAR FRANKIE – U.K., 2003 (102 min.) Dir.: Shona Auerbach. With: Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone, Mary Riggans. A heartwarming and often humorous tale revolving around a nine-year-old deaf boy named Frankie and his single mom Lizzie living in Glasgow.

* English subtitles / Sous-titres anglais

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