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They have their sights set on achieving the American Dream, making tons of money and dating beautiful women. But their friendship, patience and perseverance are put to the test as they chase all kinds of jobs and ladies in the city of angels.

Directed by: Gabor Csupo

Genre: animated

Voice cast: Hank Azaria, Eric McCormack, Carl Lumbly

Hit-man Bülent kills his wife during a fight before the very eyes of his two infant sons. One of the boys, Duman, overcomes the pain of losing his mother in the most tragic way by repressing the incident, while his brother, Barut, chooses to confront the trauma, constantly questioning what he had to experience as a small kid. A confrontation awaits the family when, following years of imprisonment for the murder of his wife, the father returns home to live with his two sons.

Directed by: Haluk Piyes

Genre: drama

Cast: Necmettin Çobanoğlu, Jülide Kural, Yüksel Arıcı, Pelin Batu

A team of highly trained guinea pigs discover that the fate of the world is in their paws. Tapped for the G-Force are guinea pigs Darwin (Sam Rockwell), the squad leader determined to succeed at all costs, Blaster (Tracy Morgan), an outrageous weapons expert with tons of attitude and a love for all things extreme, and Juarez (Penelope Cruz), a sexy martial arts pro, plus a star-nosed mole, Speckles (Nicolas Cage), the information specialist.

Directed by: Hoyt Yeatman

Genre: animated

Voice cast: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Jon Favreau, Penelope Cruz, Tracy Morgan

No one is safe from a viral pandemic threatening to wipe out the human race. Deter-mined to elude the deadly virus, Danny (Lou Taylor Pucci), his brother Brian (Chris Pine), his girlfriend Bobby (Piper Perabo) and Danny's school friend Kate (Emily Van Camp) speed across the southwestern US to reach a place of possible safety. The group is faced with moral decisions that no human should ever be forced to make.

Directed by: Alex Pastor, David Pastor

Genre: thriller

Cast: Lou Taylor Pucci, Chris Pine, Piper Perabo, Emily Van Camp

Demons have infested the Earth. And only one warrior stands between the dark and the light: Saya (Gianna Jun), a half-human, half-vampire samurai who preys on those who feast on human blood. Joining forces with the shadowy society known as the Council, Saya is dispatched to an American military base, where an intense series of swordfights leads her to the deadliest vampire of all. And now after 400 years, Saya's greatest hunt is about to begin.

Directed by: Chris Nahon

Genre: thriller

Cast: Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Liam Cunningham, JJ Feild, Yasuaki Kurata

Grant Mazzy has been kicked off the big city airwaves, and now the only job he can get is the early morning show at CLSY radio in Pontypool, Ontario, which broadcasts from the basement of the small town's only church. What begins as another boring day of school bus cancellations due to a snowstorm turns deadly when reports of people developing strange speech patterns and embarking on horrendous acts of violence start piling in. Before long, Grant and the staff find themselves trapped in the radio station as they discover that this insane behavior taking over the town is a virus being spread through the English language.

Directed by: Bruce McDonald

Genre: horror

Cast: Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle

Erkut (Emre Altuğ), a flirtatious young man, cheats on his girlfriend while she is away on summer vacation. But he gets caught when Eda (Birce Akalay) returns home early. A cheeky Erkut tells Eda the reason behind his infidelity is the fact that men sometimes get bored of a steady relationship and that he still loves Eda. Heartbroken but still deeply in love, Eda breaks up with Erkut, but her best friend, Ayla (Zeynep Beşerler), convinces her that she should seek revenge.

Directed by: Mustafa Uğur Yağcıoğlu

Genre: romantic comedy

Cast: Emre Altuğ, Birce Akalay, Zeynep Beşerler, Irmak Ünal

During the winter of 2006, five youths face a brutal tragedy in the Norwegian mountains. Only one girl survived. Cold and weak, she struggles back to civilization. A bloody and beaten Jannicke (Ingrid Bolsø Berdal) is brought to the local hospital. When she slowly awakes in her bed, the hospital is dark and silent, without a living soul around. She steps out into the corridors. Is the nightmare not over?

Directed by: Mats Stenberg

Genre: thriller

Cast: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Marthe Snorresdotter Rovik, Kim Wifladt