Winner for Best Actress (Sandra Corveloni) at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival , Linha de Passe takes a look at poor Sao Paulo youth’s limited options through the lives of four brothers with the same mother but different fathers who aspire to be football players. By focusing on fatherless boys trying to make their way in life without resorting to criminality, the atmospheric film consciously positions itself as an alternative to flashier recent Brasillian fare steeped in drugs and death, and addresses serious issues without insisting on its own self-importance. Directed by Walter Selles (“Diarios de motocicleta/The Motorcycle Diaries, Central do Brasil/Central Station”)

Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West and Simon Baker star in a terrifying adaptation of the book on which Alfred Hitchcock's silent classic is also based. "The Lodger" follows a grizzled detective on the trail of a ruthless killer intent on slaughtering prostitutes along West Hollywood's Sunset Strip. It appears that the murderer's grisly methods are identical to that of London's infamous 19th century psychopath Jack the Ripper - a relentless serial killer who was never caught by police.

Arguments over strategy, heavy rains, and mud marked the controversial three-month Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres is a savage WWI battle, a proud yet horrific moment in Canadian history. The movie Passchendaele tells the heroism of those who fought in battle, and of the ones that loved them.

Outlander begins when a space craft crashes into the majestic fjords of ancient Norway and into the time of the Vikings. From the wreckage emerge two bitter enemies: a soldier from another world – Kainan – and a bloodthirsty creature known as the Moorwen. Man and monster both seek revenge for violence committed against them. As the Moorwen ravages the Viking world, killing everything in its path, Kainan forms an unlikely alliance with the primitive but fierce warriors. Combining his advanced technology with ancient Iron Age weapons, the hero leads a desperate attempt to kill the monster - before it destroys them all. This Viking-Sci-Fi epic film stars James Caviezel (The Passion of Christ) , Sophia Myles (Hallam Foe) and Ron Perlman (Hell Boy)

"Champions" is about an underdog wushu athlete (played by Dicky Cheung) who takes part in a martial arts tournament in order represent China in a martial arts performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Along the way he has to face obstacles from the local triads gang as well as rival wushu school. "Champions" showcases various schools of martial arts ranging from Praying Mantis Boxing through Eagle Claw to Tai chi.

Winner of 12 awards to date, Cape No 7, a cultural phenomenon Taiwanese film, is centered on a despondent musician who gets his mojo back with a band of eccentric amateurs in his provincial hometown. The movie is also interspersed with a voice-over that reads from love letters written by a Japanese man to his Taiwanese love interest just after the island's colonial era ended.

A contempo take on "The Exorcist" in which church and family turn out to be far more hellish than Beelzebub, "Dorothy Mills" offers plenty of hair-raising psychology in its portrayal of a teenage girl who is possessed. Inspired by a U.S. case , this France/Ireland production features strong performance from Carice van Houten (“Valkyrie, Zwartboek/Black Book”) and newcomer Jenn Murray.

Outlander begins when a space craft crashes into the majestic fjords of ancient Norway and into the time of the Vikings. From the wreckage emerge two bitter enemies: a soldier from another world – Kainan – and a bloodthirsty creature known as the Moorwen. Man and monster both seek revenge for violence committed against them. As the Moorwen ravages the Viking world, killing everything in its path, Kainan forms an unlikely alliance with the primitive but fierce warriors. Combining his advanced technology with ancient Iron Age weapons, the hero leads a desperate attempt to kill the monster - before it destroys them all. This Viking-Sci-Fi epic film stars James Caviezel (The Passion of Christ) , Sophia Myles (Hallam Foe) and Ron Perlman (Hell Boy)

Two former backup soul singers, Louis (Samuel L. Jackson) and Floyd (Bernie Mac) who have not spoken to each other in 20 years reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently deceased lead singer (played by John Legend). Cleo (Sharon Leal), a beautiful young woman who is believed to be Floyd's daughter accompanies them as a new singer. Also in the cast: Isaac Hayes. (Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes passed away in 2008.)

A remake of the 1951 film of the same name, The Day The Earth Stood Still explores the theme of nuclear warfare to the contemporary issue of humankind's environmental damage to the planet. Starring Keanu Reeves , Jennifer Connelly, John Cleese and Kathy Bates

A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the government after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers. Quarantine is a remake of the Spanish horror film REC

Lakeview Terrace is a thriller directed by Neil LaBute, produced by Will Smith, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington..Mr. Jackson plays a hard-as-nails police officer who begins to terrorize his new next-door neighbors after learning that they are an interacially married couple.

One fateful traffic accident brought together the lives of a wanted criminal, a police sergeant, a public prosecutor and her daughter in a dramatic action adventure about friendship, duty, love and hate....Directed by Dante Lam (“Beast Cops”), The Beast Stalker is a breathtaking yet moving action thriller, with excellence in action, story telling and cast, and even an exploration of humanity in some depth. Screened in the International Forum of New Cinema section of the 59th Berlin Film Festival, The Beast Stalker has turned into a hit both at the box office and with critics. Starring Nicholas Tse (“Invisible Target”), Nick Cheung (“Connected:”) and Zhang Jingchu (“Protégé”)

Academy Award-nominatedAustralia is an epic romance film set between 1939 and 1942 against a dramatized backdrop of events across Northern Australia at the time, such as the bombing of Darwin in Australia during World War II. The main characters in the film are played by Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. The film is directed by award-winning director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge, Romeo+Juliet, Strictly Ballroom).

Director Herman Yau explores the street hookers in Hong Kong in his new film True Women For Sale , a somewhat parallel theme to his previous film “Whispers and Moans” that explores the prostitutes in nightclubs. True Women For Sale portrays the lives of two women who chose to sell themselves - a drug-addicted madam who works the streets and a young pregnant woman from China who married an older man for the sake of Hong Kong residency.