In a Turkish enclave in Bremen, patriarchal widower Ali brings home Yeter, a local prostitute, to tend to his domestic needs. Yeter is saving money to finance her daughter Ayten's college education in Turkey. When Yeter is accidentally killed, Ali's son Nejat heads to Turkey to find Ayten, who unbeknownst to him, has embarked on her own rebellious journey to Germany. Multi-layered and poignant, THE EDGE OF HEAVEN delves into German-Turkish relations and age-old generational divide.  TURKEY/GERMANY, 2008, 122 mins, Color, In English/Turkish/German with English subtitles.

In Beirut, five women meet regularly in a beauty salon, a colorful and sensual microcosm of the city where several generations come into contact, talk and confide in each other. In the salon, their intimate and liberated conversations revolve around men, sex and motherhood, between haircuts and sugar waxing with caramel. LEBANON/FRANCE, 2008, 96 mins, Color, In Arabic & French with English Subtitles.

When elderly Fred loses his wife, he quietly moves into a smaller apartment to live out the rest of his life,which he hopes will be quick. But when he meets his neighbor, vivacious Elsa, he soon discovers how much life he has to live. This romantic comedy about the irresistible power and total madness of love when two people who, at the end of the road, discover that it's never too late to love... or to dream. ARGENTINA, 2005,
108 mins. In Spanish, Italian and English with English subtitles.

This French drama centers on Antoine, a 30-year-old city dweller who is forced to return to the country when his father falls ill. He takes over his father's job as a grocery cart driver and brings the far-flung residents
the things they need. But thanks to the presence of his crush Claire and a growing friendship with the local people, he realizes that there may be more to the life he thought he'd left behind. FRANCE 2008, 99 mins. In French with English subtitles.

Relegated to the role of refugees in their own country the moment the levees broke, New Orleans residents Kimberly and Scott Roberts document their harrowing struggle against the forces of nature and the evils of man as they nobly attempt to rebuild their lives amidst one of the greatest natural disasters ever to befall the United States. Now, as the masses finally receive the opportunity to witness events from an insider's perspective, it quickly becomes apparent that the rampaging waters were only the beginning of the problem, and that the ineptitude of the government and the media in dealing with the disaster did nearly as much damage to New
Orleans as the forces of Mother Nature. USA, 2008, 93 mins, Color, In English.