Winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, 1997, this charming Czechoslovakian comedy-drama features the most edibly adorable child star ever in Andrej Chaliman as five year old Kolya. Abandoned after his love-struck mother flees to Germany, Kolya is left at the mercy of confirmed bachelor and child-phobic cellist Louka, who's foolishly entwined himself in a marriage of convenience with the kid's mum. The political background, while necessary, never becomes too bogged-down, and indeed provides t find out more...

This latest offering from John Duigan ("Sirens", "Flirting") is arguably his most substantial effort to date. A sardonic study of the friendship between an 11-year-old girl and a handyman (Sam Rockwell) more than twice her age, the film skilfully avoids degenerating into low-budget Lolita-ism. Indeed, Mischa Barton's emotionally starved schoolgirl, Devon, seems to be the only character oblivious to Rockwell's not unconsiderable physical attractions. An intelligent, engaging insight into small to find out more...

In the small French town of Thiers, the streets abound with the sounds of children laughing and playing, but when the terrible truth behind one lad's petty thievery is revealed, the adults are forced to acknowledge their children's pain. Pocket Money is Truffaut's lyrical, funny and touching tribute to childhood, the youngsters baring their souls with an unblinking life affirming honesty. A subtle, moving joy. find out more...

If you thought Hedwig and the Angry Inch was a film unlike any other you'd seen before, get ready for Shortbus: a frank and fun film about the sex lives of humans, ostensibly set in New York, but relevant to every one of us. The plot plays a supporting role in what is, in many ways, a beautifully disguised self-help documentary. Sex therapist Sofia (played by Canadian radio star, Sook-Yin Lee) has frequent, athletic (yet frustratingly unfulfilling) intercourse with her boyfriend. Her seeming ina find out more...

Elin is the most popular girl in school, pretty and charming she is a world away from Agnes, the class nerd who's as appreciated as spots by her fellow pupils. But one night the two girls strike up conversation and their lives change for ever. Show Me Love is a delightful and perceptive comedy about the joys and agonies of first love and the struggle for individuality. find out more...