Set against the backdrop of Alaska's dangerous beauty, three of the world's greatest ski mountaineers attempt to climb and also attempt the world's longest ski descent on Mount St. Elias. Austrian ski-mountaineers, Axel Naglich and Peter Ressmann, and American free ski-mountaineer, Jon Johnston, realise their passion and above all strive to survive this breathtaking challenge.

Five years ago, 14-year old Lisa vanished without a trace. Her parents, Lukas and Grace, see little or no chance of her ever coming back. From out of the blue, Lisa comes back into their lives, followed by a visit from Brendan, a former friend of their daughter's, which leads to a series of odd situations.

Based on the autobiographical bestseller by Ilija Trojanow, Alex, with his charismatic grandfather, Bai Dan, embark on a unique journey in search of his real self. In 1980, Alex's family decided to emigrate when the Bulgarian militia wants his father to spy on Bai Dan. 25 years later in Germany, Alex survives a car crash which kills his parents and does not recognise his grandfather because he is suffering from amnesia. Bai Dan drags Alex out of hospital and they set off on the tandem bicycle to Bulgaria - a journey back to the past, where Alex rediscovers himself.

Short Film:
10 years from now
Close friends explore the challenges of a future together.

A thriller set in the upper echelons of the business world. Martin Vinge, a former hardcore reporter, now a successful headhunter with a complicated personal life, lands a confidential assignment to locate a new heir to Denmark's biggest shipping and oil empire. As Martin starts searching for potential candidates, he soon realises that he is becoming entangled in a far-reaching, impenetrable power game for the corporation's future, a brutal ploy that brings excruciating pressure to bear on Martin and the people he loves.

Short Films:
Fairplay
A handful of regulars at a small bar in the forgotten rural community of Fairplay, Colorado share humourous stories and find resilience in each other as jobs become scarcer and time seems to pass them by.

The Highest Mark
In urban China, a clever teenage girl learns to confront and question the actions of her father when he declares that only her brother can return to school the next day. Based on a true story.

Laura, a German wife and mother, moves to Finland because her husband has gotten a job there. Everything is very difficult, with her husband constantly working and Laura not being able to find friends. Then, Laura is mistaken for a single mother and gets to know new friends and becomes acquainted with Tero. Laura ends up having an affair with Tero and the deeper she gets into the affair; the more Laura comes to like her new hometown. When she has to move back to Germany, Laura´s life has perhaps changed in too many ways.

Short Films:
Rice
Only the Master can decide when the rice is perfect.

The Binding of Ishmael
Azim and his father take a long drive into the city to visit younger brother, Ahmet. His father's lectures leave Azim totally blind to the true purpose of this journey; to permanently sever ties with the son who strayed away.

Inspired by a true story from the Algerian civil war, an order of Trappist monks living in a hillside community outside Algiers, which is almost exclusively Muslim, have worked to foster understanding between themselves and their neighbours by observing Muslim traditions, becoming well versed in the Koran, and providing medical and charitable assistance to the people. The monks do not wish to take sides in the conflict that finds them but their efforts to remain outside the war have ugly consequences when they are taken hostage by Muslim extremists.

Two young East-German friends, Veit and Tom, products of the GDR´s repressive Communist regime, heed the call of the West, and set out for America after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. With little more than 100 Deutsch-Marks in their pocket and a dream to make it to San Francisco, Veit is in search of his father, who fled the GDR years ago. With limited English, this comedic odyssey sees the friends make it to New Mexico and Las Vegas to get funds to get to San Francisco; falling in love with the same woman along the way – ultimately all of which goes towards a test of their friendship.

Set in the summer of 1922, in the aftermath of the Greek-Turkish War, 'Brides' tells a story of 700 mail-order brides from Eastern Europe who are crossing the Atlantic to start new lives with men they've never met before. Each woman has a photograph of the stranger who would be her husband, and a family wedding dress. One of the 700 brides, Niki Doukas, is a seamstress bound for her new husband in Chicago. While on the ship, she falls in love with American photographer Norman Harris, who is on his way home to a troubled marriage.

'Brides' showcases an epic and emotional journey of the mail-order brides, as well as the dilemma both Norman and Niki had to face, when the relationship they formed during the voyage calls for a heart wrenching decision to be made upon their arrival to America.

Team Building looks at the curious development of capitalist Hungary through the twisted logic of Western team building techniques. Staff of a multinational company come together for a team building exercise with unexpected results. The colourful events of the weekend – memorable and humiliating – are recorded through the lens of Péter, the cameraman, and are played back at the end.

The film is based on a story director Réka Almási heard from a friend about a strange team building exercise where employees were encouraged to destroy an old coffee machine, an event that became a collective smashing ritual, metaphoric of frustrations not only in them but within society as a whole.

The short films that will be shown before the screening of the main feature on 5 May are:

Suu and Uchikawa
The odd coupling of an old man and a Burmese refugee is more complicated than just a marriage of convenience.

Tele-global Dreamin'
A Filipino call center agent takes her American boss out on the town leading to events that go seriously awry.

On the slopes of Monte Sole, not far from Bologna, many families struggle to get by in the winter of 1943. Martina is the only child of a peasant family who has not spoken since she lost her newborn brother years before. That December her mother becomes pregnant again but World War II gets closer and life becomes more difficult. On 28 September 1944, the baby is finally born, while almost simultaneously the SS unleash an unprecedented reprisal across Martina's countryside, which has become known historically as "The Marzabotto Massacre".

Set in contemporary Dublin, Perrier's Bounty is a fast paced comedy-thriller featuring three unlikely fugitives on the run from gangster supremo, Perrier, who is desperate to retain his pride and cash after the accidental murder of one of his loyal gang. With only 24 hours to escape certain death, the trio must beat the clock, stay awake, and above all, pay Perrier's bounty.

Elodie and Elias have been living by themselves ever since most of the human race has disappeared from the face of the earth. However, with the unexpected arrival of Gabriel, a boy a bit older than themselves, their harmonic relationship is about to come to an end.

Short Films:
The Perfect Woman
An alienated factory worker purchases a robotic woman in order to satisfy his senses and fulfill his needs. However, he discovers, modern engineering has its downsides.

WAKE
Mike, a demolition site inspector, has a mundane and lonely life until one day he finds a the corpse of a man forgotten for 15 years. At the man's wake, Mike tries to connect the man with his son, by delivering a 15-year-old gift left behind.

Nazi–occupied Holland, 1945. In a snow–covered village, thirteen–year–old Michiel is drawn into the Resistance when he aids a wounded British paratrooper. Michiel's boyish sense of defiance and adventure soon turns to danger and desperation, as Michiel is forced to act without knowing whom to trust among the adults and townspeople around him. Wartime's harsh reality encroaches on childhood innocence as Michiel confronts good and evil, courage and duplicity, and his own burden of responsibility.

Short Films:
Iguanar
Chronicles a pivotal thirty-six hour period in the life of Arkin, a twelve-year-old expat boy living in an emotionally abusive household in Singapore. Raised by a father who fosters a tradition of violence, Arkin struggles to break free of the cycle.

Rare Fish
In a small Indonesian village, Ribud, a widowed fisherman has lost his will to live. Will the disappearance of a young boy and the grief of a mother bring Ribud back to life?

In the early 1950's, 30-something Sabina is an unassuming woman who lacks a man in her life. Her mother tries to find her a good husband and does so under the supervision of Sabina's eccentric grandma, whose sharp tongue draws out all secrets. The old tenement house where the women live becomes the stage for successive admirers for Sabina. One day, from out of nowhere, the mysterious Bronislaw arrives. His appearance launches a series of unexpected events which reveal the darker side of women's nature.

Blind Loves is a film literally about love between blind people. Love can be soft, love can be silly, love can be metaphorically blind at times. If love is hard to find for people with sight, what would the challenge be for somebody who is blind? Perhaps the insights of blind persons are often purer and more essential. This is a very witty, exploration of meaning of happiness.

Short Films:
Intersection
Through the eyes of street children in Delhi, this documentary tracks a regular day in their life as they perform at busy street intersections in the hope of earning some money.

The First Time
After a young Japanese girl teaches her male best friend how to hold hands with his first sweetheart, she develops a longing to experience physical intimacy of her own.

Training Day
In Hangzhou, China, a group of blind teenage soccer players find friendship and hope.

In the final days of the regime of General Franciso Franco, a father and his rebellious teenager son decide to hit the road and see the wonders that Spain has to offer. Along the way, they meet a beautiful young woman who gets them embroiled in several sticky but humorous situations which ultimately forces them to step back and take more probing looks at who they are.

Short Films:
A Cambodian Snack
Cambodian snacks can be dangerous. This documentary follows a group of men who go into the bushes to hunt for tarantulas.

Cabbage
After her shop is robbed, Grace develops an urge for her husband to dress up like a burglar and "plunder her treasures". Jimmy, her husband, isn't quite ready to be the man Grace needs him to be, but a little "outside" encouragement can go a long way.

Meat At Block 320
In a post-apocalyptic Singapore overrun by flesh-eating vampire-creatures, a young survivor meets someone from her past.

Darling is a dark society comedy, a tragic and comic tale of young obnoxious upper class, ordinary folks and the bitter conditions of life in Stockholm of the 2000's. Beautiful and self-absorbed Eva engages in a banal infidelity affair that becomes the starting point of a slow but relentless descent down to the life of ordinary people and a surprising, but doomed friendship.

A collection of short animations by Aardman Animation, which include Nick Park's 'Creature Comforts', a humorous animated short film about how animals feel about living in a zoo, featuring the voices of the British public "spoken" by the animals. The other titles in the collections are: 'Al_Dente', 'Astronauts', 'At Home with Pib and Pog', 'Boxed In', 'Chunga Chui', 'Live Earth', 'Non Domestic Appliance', 'Off Beat', 'Out of Joint', 'Vacation' and 'Wat's Pig'.

Short Films:
Wrong Number
Two angry Singaporeans fight over their mobiles about a miss dial.

The Last Paradise
A man destroys a paradise island, necessary for his survival, due to his greed.

Destination
Lost on a desert isle with a bag full of miracles.

Dinnertime
A little girl comes downstairs for dinner with her parents when things take an unexpected turn.

My Space, My Time
This film explores the creative process of story telling as a red-haired girl comes to life and walks from canvas to canvas as the creators paint objects around her.