Bombn El Perro (Sp/Ar). Dir. Carlos Sorin, starring Juan Villegas and Walter Donado. A petrol station attendant in Patagonia loses his job and then discovers a possible way to riches via a beautiful Argentinian guard dog.

American Dreamz (US). Dir. Paul Weitz, starring Hugh Grant and Dennis Quaid. Musical comedy about a televised singing contest.

Antonio, Guerriero di Dio (It). Dir. Antonello Belluco and Sandro Cecca, starring Jordi Moll and Paolo De Vita. Dramatised biography of S. Antonio, from his arrival in Italy from Portugal to the end.

Green Street Hooligans Hooligans (US/UK). Dir. Lexi Alexander, starring Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam. An American expelled from Harvard goes to live with his sister in London and finds himself pulled into the world of football hooliganism.

LEnfer (Fr/Be/It). Dir. Danis Tanovic, starring Emmanuelle Bart and Karin Viard. Story of three adult sisters whose childhood was touched by tragedy adapted from an incomplete trilogy the director Krzysztof Kieslowski was writing before his death.

Shaggy Dog (US). Dir. Brian Robbins, starring Tim Allen, Robert Downey Jr and Kristin Davis. A man who every now and then turns into the family sheepdog (and vice versa) tries to live a normal life.

The Squid and The Whale Il Calamaro e La Balena (US). Dir.Noah Baumbach, starring Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney. Drama about an eccentric Brooklyn family in which two boys try to come to terms with the separation of their parents, based on directors Baumbachs real-life childhood.