Favorite films of the festival, in order of preference: (1) Syndromes and a Century; (2) Inland Empire; (3) Woman on the Beach; (4) The Host; (5) Triad Election; (6) Belle Toujours; (7) The Queen; (8) Climates.

New films not seen: August Days (Marc Recha, Spain), 49 Up (Michael Apted, UK), Volver (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain), Falling (Barbara Albert, Austria), These Girls (Tahani Rached, Egypt), and Poison Friends (Emmanuel Bourdieu, France).

Film not reviewed: Our Daily Bread (Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria).


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Brand Upon the Brain! (Guy Maddin, Canada)

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Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro, Spain)

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Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey)

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Election 2 [Triad Election] (Johnny To, Hong Kong/China)

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The Host (Bong Joon-ho, South Korea)

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Coeurs [Private Fears in Public Places] (Alain Resnais, France)

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The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (Zacharias Kunuk & Norman Cohn, Canada)

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Inland Empire (David Lynch, USA)

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Paprika (Kon Satoshi, Japan)

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The Queen (Stephen Frears, UK)

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Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)

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Offside (Jafar Panahi, Iran)

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Bamako (Abderrahmane Sissako, Mali)

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The Go Master (Tian Zhuangzhuang, China)

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Gardens in Autumn (Otar Iosseliani, France)

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Belle Toujours (Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal/France)

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Little Children (Todd Field, USA)

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Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)

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Marie Antoinette (Sophia Coppola, USA)

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