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Trouble Sleeping – 2008

A Palestinian refugee attempting to avoid deportation.

Director : Robert Rae
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Release Date : 2008-08-24

Sommore: The Queen Stands Alone – 2008

Dubbed by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the funniest people alive, Sommore brings her critically acclaimed brand of social commentary to this stand up comedy presentation from Comedy Central. Sommore: The Queen Stands Alone features the Queen of Comedy on-stage extolling her profane and brassy sense of humor in her signature raw form. All topics are fair game for this comic diva, from hip-hop and the N word to relationships and Oprah. Strong and sexy as hell, Sommore brings the house down and will make you shout, Gimme Sommore!

Director : Aaron Courseault
Cast : Sommore
Genre : Comedy
Release Date : 2008-09-30

Home Sweet Home – 2008

A familys secret, its a time bomb ! Despite their fundamentally opposite characters, Albert and Gédéon, former participants of the May 1968 protest movement, share the same house since the disappearance of the woman of Albert. When Claire, the Alberts daughter, come back to home, secrets of their past « Flower Power » reappear

Thrilla in Manila – 2008

On October 1, 1975, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali was in the ring with his arch rival Joe Frazier for the third time. This fight in the Philippines, which has been nicknamed “Thrilla in Manila,” is considered one of the most dramatic boxing matches in history – in the words of the voice-over, “They hated each other.” With the help of archive material and eyewitness accounts (including Imelda Marcos), this documentary not only reconstructs the match, but shows us what was happening behind the scenes as well.

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor – 2008

The Doctor arrives in Victorian London, it’s Christmas, but the snow isn’t the only thing descending on the tranquil and jubilant civilization…familiar silver giants of an alternate reality are amassing in numbers, The Cybermen are on the move again, and the only beings who can stop them are The Doctor…and another Doctor?

100 Million BC – 2008

A scientist from the failed Philadelphia Experiment leads a team of Navy SEALs back in time to the Cretaceous Period to rescue the first team he sent back during the 1940s. Things go wildly awry though, when on his return he accidentally brings a giant, man-eating dinosaur back through the portal and into modern-day, downtown Los Angeles.

La buena nueva – 2008

Miguel is appointed parish priest of a socialist town coinciding with the uprising of 1936. In his struggle to defend the reprisals, the young priest will face the ecclesiastical and military hierarchy, putting his own life at stake.

Director : Helena Taberna
Cast : Bárbara Goenaga|Gorka Aguinagalde|Guillermo Toledo|Unax Ugalde
Genre : Drama
Release Date : 2008-11-14

Les lionnes de la rivière de sable – 2008

Im Ruaha-Nationalpark, einem nur wenig bekannten Park im Süden Tansanias, fällt immer weniger Niederschlag. Verschärft wird das Problem noch, weil die Menschen das wenige Wasser durch einen Staudamm im Oberlauf des Ruaha-Flusses zurückhalten. Und wenn die Pflanzenfresser aufgrund von Nahrungsmangel weggehen, müssen ihre Feinde, die Fleischfresser, auch fortziehen. So begeben sich neun Löwinnen mit ihren Babys auf eine gefährliche und tödliche Wanderung, fort aus dem trockenen Paradies… Diese französische Dokumentation zeigt eindringlich die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Tierwelt!

Director : Jean Barreau|Quillon Romain
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Release Date : 2008-12-29

The Walking Man – 2008

Paris, in the mid-70s. A photographer meets an emaciated, tenebrous man called Viktor Atemian. The two become friends and invent dadaist games. Atemian starts writing incessantly. Following the publication of his short story Fils de chien, suddenly, with no explanation, he winds up his thriving Russian translation agency and sells his luxury apartment to some Americans. Times and the city change… His money starts running out… This is the tale of an improvised author who rises to the heights of success before crossing the desert and ending in the street. A film about the passing of time, renunciation, and plunging into the void. – San Sebastian Film Festival

Vantage Point – 2008

The attempted assassination of the American president is told and re-told from several different perspectives.