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After the Wedding. Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf Lassgård. Director: Susanne Bier.

The Barbarian Invasions. Starring: Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau. Director: Denys Arcand.

The Big Night. Starring: Marc Anthony, Tony Shalhoub. Director: Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci.

Burnt by the Sun. Starring: Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov. Director: Nikita Mikhalkov.

Carol's Journey. Starring: Maria Barranco, Rosa María Sardà. Director: Imanol Uribe.

Cenizas del Paraiso. Starring: Héctor Alterio, Cecilia Roth. Director: Marcelo Piñeyro.

Chaos. Starring: Vincent Lindon, Catherine Frot. Director: Coline Serreau.

Cinema Paradiso. Starring: Antonella Attili, Enzo Cannavale. Director: Giuseppe Tornatore.

The Crime of Padre Amaro. Starring: Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón. Director: Carlos Carrera.

De Tweeling. Starring: Thekla Reuten, Nadja Uhl. Director: Ben Sombogaart.

Dirty Pretty Things. Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kriss Dosanjh. Director: Stephen Frears.

Divided We Fall. Starring: Bolek Polívka, Anna Sisková. Director: Jan Hrebejk.

East-West. Starring: Linda Bassett, Sandrine Bonnaire. Director: Regis Wargnier.

The Housekeeper. Starring: Jean-Pierre Bacri. Director: Nancy Keystone.

Il Postino. Starring: Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi. Director: Michael Radford.

In the Bedroom. Starring: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek. Director: Todd Field.

Indochine. Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez. Director: Régis Wargnier.

Jean De Florette. Starring: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil. Director: Claude Berri.

Jew-Boy Levi. Starring: Bruno Cathomas, Wolf Bachofner. Director: Didi Danquart.

Joyeux Noel. Starring: Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann. Director: Christian Carion.

Ladies in Lavender. Starring: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith. Director: Charles Dance.

L'Auberge Espagnole. Starring: Kevin Bishop, Cristina Brondo. Director: Cedric Klapisch.

Lawless Heart. Starring: Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander. Director: Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter.

Lea. Starring: Lenka Vlasáková, Christian Redl. Director: Ivan Fíla.

Lilja 4-ever. Starring: Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharsky. Director: Lukas Moodysson.

The Lives of Others. Starring Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe. Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.

Love Serenade. Starring: Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith. Director: Shirley Barrett.

Mad Hot Ballroom. Starring: Graciela Daniele, Tara Devon Gallagher. Director: Marilyn Agrelo.

Man on the Train. Starring: Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday. Director: Patrice Leconte.

Manon of the Spring. Starring: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil. Director: Claude Berri.

Mostly Martha. Starring: Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste. Director: Sandra Nettelbeck.

Mother of Mine. Starring: Brasse Brannstrom, Esko Salminen. Director: Klaus Härö.

Mrs. Plafrey at the Claremont. Starring: Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend. Director: Dan Ireland.

My Wife is an Actress. Starring: Jean Abelanski, Lionel Abelanski. Director: Yvan Attal

The Mystery of Rampo. Starring: Masahiro Motoki, Naoto Takenaka. Director: Rintaro Mayuzumi, Kazuyoshi Okuyama.

Nowhere in Africa. Starring: Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze. Director: Caroline Link.

Open Hearts. Starring: Mads Mikkelson, Sonja Ricther. Director: Susanne Bier.

The Rape of Europa. Starring: Joan Allen. Director: Richard Bergen.

Red Road. Starring: Kate Dickie, Tony Curran. Director: Andrea Arnold.

Russian Ark. Starring: Anna Aleksakhina, Konstantin Anisimov. Director: Alexander Sokurov.

Sex and Lucia. Starring: Paz Vega, Tristán Ulloa. Director: Julio Medem.

Shall We Dance?. Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari. Director: Masayuki Suo .

Solas. Starring: María Galiana, Ana Fernández. Director: Benito Zambrano.

Spellbound. Starring: Angela Arenivar, Nupur Lala. Director: Jeffrey Blitz.

Swimming Pool. Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier. Director: François Ozon.

The Thief. Starring: Vladimir Mashkov, Yekaterina Rednikova. Director: Pavel Chukhraj .

To Live. Starring: You Ge, Li Gong. Director: Yimou Zhang.

Together. Starring: Yun Tang, Peiqi Liu. Director: Kaige Chen.

Under the Sun. Starring: Rolf Lassgård, Helena Bergström. Director: Colin Nutley.

Walk on Water. Starring: Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger. Director: Eytan Fox.

Wannsee Konferenz. Director: Willy Lindwer.

Watermarks. Starring: Elisheva Susz, Ann Marie Pisker. Director: Yaron Zilberman.

Wordplay. Starring: Chris Astoyan, Jon Stewart. Director: Patrick Creadon.

You Can Count on Me. Starring: Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo. Director: Kenneth Lonergan.