A bitter-sweet comedy whose surreal poetic style and absurd humour call to mind the best of Aki Kaurismäki and Jim Jarmusch. For his tale of a young man who tries to find someone who could fix his car in the dust of the Yucatan desert, Fernando Eimbcke took away the Alfred Bauer prize from this year's Berlinale.

Indirect participation in a crime transforms a life-weary harbour guard's view of fundamental existential questions in a crime story that doesn't allow itself to get tied down by the detective genre. A film noir based on the book by Georges Simenon and created by the director of Satan's Tango, starring Miroslav Krobot and Tilda Swinton.

In this, his eighth film, South Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo once again discourses on the frustrations, desires and self-reflections of today's older generation, while relinquishing his classic narrative system of duplicating events. Instead, the film follows the fortunes of a dispossessed Korean in Paris through a free-form, journal-like episodic structure.

Young Mary Boleyn becomes the devoted lover of King Henry VIII. Her older, wilier sister Anne, however, decides to win the king's heart for herself, and has no qualms about sitting by his side as queen. Embellishing this historical costume romance, which was inspired by the novel by Philippa Gregory, are Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson in the roles of the rival sisters.

Pierre, a professional dancer, has to change the way he views the world around him as a fatal illness looms over him. He begins to see both his nearest and dearest and people he had previously passed indifferently in the streets through different eyes... A portrait mosaic featuring an all-star cast about the residents of the magical metropolis on the Seine from the acclaimed director of the comedy Euro Pudding.

Émilie meets the congenial Gabriel while on a brief business trip in Nantes. They spend a lovely evening together, but neither of them want a commitment as they both know that even a mere kiss is almost never without consequences. A charming romantic comedy that confirms director Emmanuel Mouret's reputation as "the French Woody Allen".

A remarkable film by Martin Scorsese documenting a concert of the world-famous rock group, The Rolling Stones,  held over the course of two days in the autumn of 2006 in New York's Beacon Theatre. The detailed shots of the retirement-age rock'n rollers capture their incredible energy and the way they communicate with each other on stage.

A film made with Bressonesque asceticism about unfulfilled feelings and pent up passions. The heroine of the film - and of the original story by Gustave Flaubert - is a simple woman who is overlooked and pushed aside by everyone, a pure heart who is always ready to empathise and sacrifice. Sandrine Bonnaire in the role of Félicité excels in a lightly psychological performance.

The father of Sonetàula, a twelve-year-old shepherd, is wrongfully imprisoned between the world wars. Later, when the young man cuts the hooves of a flock of sheep in an act of defiance, he himself becomes an outlaw. The film, with its atmosphere of inner restlessness, is embellished by focused work with mise en scène.

Karim, a peasant, loses his job and starts work in Teheran ferrying people and deliveries on motorbike in order to provide for his family. Will he be able to resist the influences that threaten his hitherto safe and simple world? This distinctive reminiscence of De Sica's Bicycle Thieves (1948) offers a metaphor for the endangered world of pure values. For his performance, Reza Najie was awarded a Silver Bear at this year's Berlinale.

April Epner is a 39-old teacher in New York who is seeking new balance in life after the failure of her marriage and the death of her step-mother. Will she find it with the help of her eccentric real mother, Bernice, and her pupil's charming father, Frank? The tragicomedy, based on the novel by Elinor Lipman, is the directorial debut of Helen Hunt, who received an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in the comedy As Good as It Gets (1997).

Not every visitor is a welcome one, but Walter's rendezvous with a pair of immigrants just might open the unresponsive teacher's eyes. Sometimes it's enough just to tune in to the rhythm of someone who initially doesn't appeal to us. The second film by actor Tom McCarthy (Syriana, Flags of Our Fathers) whose debut The Station Agent  (KVIFF 2006) won the Audience Award at Sundance.

Do you want to be a loved and loving wife and, at the same time, a top-notch attorney in a firm where your husband works as an attorney too? Is risky flirtation with the top boss worth the while? Léa Fazer's comedy looks feministic on the outside, but keeps in mind the age-old truths about relationships and emotions.