Saudi Arabia's first female film maker Haifaa Al Mansour proudly brings us her first full-length feature about about a girl Wadjda one of the many girls who are the Arabic world's new generation who can, and will, reshape and redefine their nation.

We are taken in the world of Wadja within her very strict, morally upright school for girls run by a  school mistress who in her life is questionable.

As well as Wadjda's life with her loving mother who has her own ordeal to deal with in such a society...

But what is morally upright in this society? 

Truly a heartfelt gem of a film that will move and inspire.

This year's best offer from down under is comedic and heart warming musical that delivers that feel good factor.

Wayne Blair directs a brilliant cast lead by Chris O'dowd as he effortlessly excels as a down and out Irish 'soul brother' who manages  a quartet made up of three aboriginal sister and their mixed race cousin as they entertain the American troops in Vietnam.

A film which took its inspiration from the remarkable true story of co-writer and author of the original stage-play Tony Briggs’ mother and three aunts.

Director Pablo Larrian nostalgically projects a true story of an advertising executive appointed to lead the NO campaign against the former rule in Chile of military dictator Augusto Pinochet by filming it on U-matic video cameras to emulate the style of the times in which the mere micro-wave was a new phenomenon. This film that won Directors' Fortnight 2012 transports us back to the 80s zeitgeist as authentic archival footage and style in advertising was cunningly placed.

A brilliant raw production creatively presenting the life and struggle of people living in impoverished circumstances which focuses on the plight of a young girl named Hushpuppy and her father both realistically and strongly performed by non-actors. With their home called the 'Bathtub' sinking under water and the idea of frozen prehistoric creatures being unleashed due to the melting icecaps, some kind of reality depicting the rule of a misunderstood establishment in society is practically envisioned in a fictional world and child like tale. This US film feature which brings us a refreshing conceptual style in 'guerilla film making' has won both the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival and the Caméra d’Or in Cannes Film Festival. A must see.

56th London Film Festival winner of the Sutherland Award for the most original and imaginative directorial debut

The subject of a reality show done in a feature film as already previously made by a UK production of the original Big Brother show meets zombies/horror/gore -is now perhaps old news and tired, like beating a dead horse. But this Italian production by Matteo Garrone gives it new light as he dwells on that fragment of human obsession, and desire leading to a state of madness. A tragic black comedy humorously played out with that distinctive Italian flair, the concept still works. More of a proper feature rather than mere euro trash, this film even bagged the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival'12.

Common celebrity obsession has reached ridiculous extremes by which big companies produce and sell illnesses of celebs by capturing the virus and through science and technology reproduce such viruses for fanatics to buy and experience as the closest thing that a commoner could feel, and embody the well being or persona of their idols. Due to war between 2 big monopolies in this new bizarre industry, where the black market and espionage arises, a young employee of one this big companies (Syd) ends up in a twisted situation.  Canadian Screenwriter-Director Brandon Cronenberg lives up to his father's legacy and style as he debut's in the same spirit with an inventive vision almost ready to take on David Cronenberg's place in this particular genre in cinema. 

Korean Directors-Screenwriters Kim Jee-woon and Yim Pil-sung finally comes up with the 3rd part of their anthology film revolving on the apocalyptic themes. As much as the ideas are quirky such as the existentialist Buddhist robot, the usual zombie out break and the meteor colliding with our planet... This long awaited production may objectively be more fitting for a TV Christmas especial, yet still amusing and more or less entertaining especially for the kids.

US Director-Screenwriter Craig Zobel brings us his second feature film with a plot which may be intriguing for some and just annoying for others. How can Americans be so gullible to such phone hoaxes? Apparently as researched by Zobel, his film is based on true incidents that happened at least 70 times over a 10-year period across different parts of the USA in which a man simply calls a restaurant claiming to be a police officer and convince the fast food manager to aid in catching an employee who is accused to have stolen from a customer. The caller would lead the manager down a series of events where the usually targeted victim is a teenage girl -stripped search naked, spanked, and eventually assaulted sexually within the premises as directed by the caller. Frankly this for me was an outrage, I mean how stupid can people be to end up to such an extent from a mere phone call from nowhere with no ample proof of identity that the caller is indeed an officer of law with substantial evidence of the allegation! OK, you wound and got me all fumed up Mr. Zobel, well done. No wonder this film was most talked about in the Sundance Film Festival.

A play within a play within a film. Veteran French Director Alain Resnais brings together a strong well known cast of French actors as well as a group of new faces to simultaneously in act 2 plays by Jean Anouilh. An experimental mix of melancholy, philosophy and intellect fused in two theatrical plays in a film which one can possibly either appreciate as a theatre enthusiast or dislike as a film enthusiast. Well excuse me for being the latter, I just had to walk out halfway towards the ending as i had to go to another screening of a more enticing feature film in world cinema.