Amanda and Monick – 2008

A teacher and a prostitute. Their likeness comes from being transvestites and fighting to build up their lives. The testimonials of Monick’s partner and Amanda’s father surprise and make us question notions of gender, prejudice and friendship.

Director : André da Costa Pinto
Cast :
Genre : Documentary
Release Date : 2008-01-01

Samaritan – 2008

A sailor’s life is thrown off course when his only son is chosen to be the immediate donor to save 5 lives.

Director : Douglas Boswell
Cast : Veerle Baetens
Genre :
Release Date : 2008-11-30

Peep Show – 2008

Peepshow is the story of Richard, whose orderly life is turned upside down when the object of his love, Simone Paradiso, star of the small local peep show establishment, leaves her 9pm slot and diamonte thong behind in search of a better life.

Director : Eva Midgley
Cast : Ann George|Elizabeth Hartman|James Avondolio|Jennifer Pugh|Pasquale Ferrante
Genre : Drama
Release Date : 2008-12-31

Stella – 2008

Paris, 1977. Eleven year old Stella knows poker better than grammar when she starts the year at a prestigious new school. There, she discovers the possibilities of a whole new world outside her parents’ bar.

Director : Sylvie Verheyde
Cast : Benjamin Biolay|Guillaume Depardieu|Karole Rocher|Laëtitia Guerard|Léora Barbara|Mélissa Rodriguès
Genre : Drama|Romance
Release Date : 2008-11-12

Gentlemen Officers: Save the Emperor – 2008

During the Civil War in Russia a group of White Guard officers is trying to rescue the family of the tsar Nicholas II captured by Bolsheviks. The officers face betrayal and fight a Red Army detachment sent to eliminate them. It is the Red Army commander against the head of the White Guard group. The only thing that matters is who will be the first to reach the tsar placed under arrest in Yekaterinburg…

Director : Oleg Fomin
Cast : Aleksandr Bukharov|Alexander Rapoport|Alexey Frandetti|Anatoliy Belyy|Anna Azarova|Evgeniy Stychkin|Marat Basharov|Nataliya Dogadina|Oleg Fomin|Sergey Batalov
Genre : Action|Adventure|History
Release Date : 2008-04-17

Be Like Others – 2008

An intimate and unflinching look at life in Iran, seen through the lens of those living at its fringes, ‘Be Like Others’ is a provocative look at a generation of young Iranian men choosing to undergo sex change surgery.

Director : Tanaz Eshaghian
Cast :
Genre : Documentary
Release Date : 2008-02-09

Coco Chanel – 2008

Italian-French-British TV film targeting the US audience, about the fashion icon Coco Chanel. The film begins with the fashion goddess (deftly played by Shirley MacLaine) in her twilight years, steeped in wealth and fame, still issuing game-changing designs and collections. From here the biopic looks backwards to the woman’s upbringing in an orphanage, and traces her path to ubiquity as it winds through poverty, wars, doomed romances, and rather glamorous betrayals.

Director : Christian Duguay
Cast : Barbora Bobu?ová|Brigitte Boucher|Cécile Cassel|Daniele Savoca|Francesca Cavallin|Jean-Claude Dreyfus|Malcolm McDowell|Robert Dawson|Shirley MacLaine
Genre : Drama|Romance
Release Date : 2008-09-13
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