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Natale sul Nilo
Italy | 2003 | 106 min. | OV with English s.t.
Neri Parenti�s Italian box-office hit �Natale sul Nilo� sold over four million tickets in Italy between Christmas 2002 and Easter 2003. It is a fast-moving boulevard comedy in which a host of characters, including a widowed police chief and his 15-ye ...

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Nafas-E Amigh
Iran | 2003 | 82 min. | OV with English s.t.
Award-winning director and screenwriter Parviz Shahbazi�s third film is a coming-of-age drama and a frank, naturalistic portrait of the younger generation of Iranis. Mansur (Mansour Shahbazi) and Kamran (Saeid Amini) drift aimlessly from day to day, ...

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Night at the Golden Eagle
USA | 2003 | 87 min. | OV
Two stories on an extremely hot day in L. A.: in one, ex-cons, Tommy (Donnie Montemarano) and Mic (Vinny Argiro), think they have a fresh chance, with the offer of a great job in Vegas. In the other, a pimp, Rodan (Vinnie Jones), and a streetwalker, ...

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Na v�gre itt a ny�r!
Hungary | 2003 | 97 min. | OV with English s.t.
Every year the grandchildren spent their summer holiday in the country at their grandparent's house. The children between six and sixteen love this holiday not least because of the unusual ideas their grandparents, who formerly were circus clowns, te ...

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Neko No Ongaeshi
Japan | 2003 | 75 min. | OV with English s.t.
When the girl Haru saves the life of a cat on a busy street, she cannot foresee what unusual events are set into motion by this. The fortunate animal is nobody less than cat prince Lune from the mythical kingdom of the cats. On the very next day Haru ...

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Neko No Ongaeshi
Japan | 2003 | 75 min. | OV with English s.t.
An animated film from the Japanese Ghibli Studios, �The Cat Returns� is the story of a teenage girl, Haru, who saves a cat�s life, only to discover that he is Prince Lune from the legendary Kingdom of Cats. Haru is invited to accompany him there in g ...

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Northern Star
Germany | 2003 | 82 min. | OV
29-year-old Felix Randau�s debut film is a coming-of-age story. Anke (Julia Hummer) is an 18-year-old outsider whose life is overshadowed by her father�s suicide when she was five. She blames his death on her mother (Lena Stolze). The news that her m ...

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Nacktschnecken
Austria | 2004 | 86 min. | OV with English s.t.
SLUGS �A playful sex comedy,� is how director Michael Glawogger describes his latest fi lm. Three student drop-outs from Graz take up the offer of shooting an amateur porno fi lm, hoping for plenty of money, sexual adventure and fun. But ...

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Nussknacker und Mausek�nig
Germany | 2004 | 82 min. | German Version
Once upon a time, there was a little, spoiled prince, who lived with his humble servants and his uncle Drosselmeier - a real magician - in a legendary castle. The naughty prince had everything one could wish for or purchase but no compass ...

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Nachtschicht 3 - Tod im Supermarkt
Germany | 2005 | 89 Min. | OV
The KDD Hamburg (Continuous Criminal Investigation Department) is comprised of Chief Superintendent Paula Bloom, Chief Superintendent Erichsen, Superintendent Mimi Hu and Constable Teddy Schrader. Hamburg Filmfest will be showing two episodes: In �To ...

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Nachtschicht 1 - Amok
Germany | 2005 | 89 Min. | OV
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Noriko no Shokutaku
Japan | 2005 | 158 min. | OV with English s.t.
54 schoolgirls jump under a train. This scene from Sion Sono�s �Suicide Club� (2002) is used as a quote in his new movie �Noriko�s Dinner Table�. 17-year-old runaway Noriko becomes involved with the bizarre �Family Circle�, which provides actors for ...

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Noch einmal lieben
Germany | 2005 | 90 Min. | OV
A young woman finds herself at the beginning of a nightmare. Diagnosis: breast cancer. Her illness compels Andrea (Marie Zielcke) to deal with herself, her dreams and her great longing to love and to be loved. A friend (Jasmin Tabatabai, also featuri ...

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Nyfes
Greece | 2005 | 128 min. | OV with english s.t.
1922, the poor Greek dressmaker Niki is on her way to the USA to meet her unknown groom. She is one of 700 so-called �mail order brides� travelling on board the �SS King Alexander�. During the voyage, she falls in love and starts a passionate affair ...

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New York Waiting
USA, Sweden | 2006 | 92 min. | OV
Sometimes, happiness means having a talent for destiny. Like Sidney and Amy whom Swedish director Joachim Hed�n accompanies on their enchanting stroll through New York. They have just met in a caf�. He's waiting for his old flame to show up, she left ...

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Nachtschicht - Der Ausbruch
Germany | 2006 | 89 min. | OV
Two violent criminals escape from Hamburg's notorious Santa Fu jail only to run into all sorts of troubles around the next corner. Such as suicide, money, hostages, fatherly love, alcoholism - all in an action-packed mix of funny dialogue and humour, ...

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Nafaka
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2006 | 115 min. | OV with Engl. s.t.
Sarajevo, 1992. They are called Ahmed, Lana, Sado, Saba, Sahbey, Beba, Nemanja, Marx, Matan. They live in and between wartimes. They have "nafaka", the destiny which was bestowed on them by God Almighty. And they have enough gallows humour and courag ...

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NAF � Yeled Rehov
Israel | 2006 | 80 min. | OV with Engl. s.t.
Naftali is 14 years old and a street kid; his parents, ultra-orthodox Jews, considered him the bad apple who would spoil the bunch of good. He is at the mercy of sexual assault, violence, crime, he is traumatized, he is bitter. Fighting is the only w ...

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Ninas resa
Poland, Sweden | 2006 | 125 min. | OV with Engl. s.t.
Lena Einhorn tells the story of her mother's life Nina. First there was the German invasion, life in the Warshaw Ghetto, deportation, then an escape and the journey towards a new life. Based on her own award-winning novel she tells a moving story in ...

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Nivdal
Israel | 2006 | 16 min. | OV with Engl. s.t.
Ishaq just wants to play soccer with his friends but the political situation turns his home into a prison. ...

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Nachtschicht - Ich habe Angst
Germany | 2007 | 90' | OV
Gritty Hamburg is the backdrop to a new murder mystery directed by acclaimed Lars Becker. The investigators are planning a raid on a sweatshop which specializes in faking brand names. Detective Mimi Hu is working undercover there as a seamstress. Thi ...

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Nosferatu
Germany | 2007 | 84' | OV
F.W. Murnau's expressionist classic marks the birth of the horror genre. Based on Bram Stoker's Dracula (for which Murnau was denied the rights), the twisted figure of Count Orlock (Max Schreck) is an unforgettable image from the silent film era. Car ...

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Nichts als Gespenster
Germany | 2007 | 123' | OV with engl. st
Based on a serial novel by Judith Hermann, the film's five episodes are set in five countries: Ellen and Felix are travelling in the USA, where their relationship seems to have reached its end; Christine visits Nora in Jamaica and disturbs their host ...

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N�madak TX
Spain | 2007 | 86' | OV with engl. st
The txalaparta is a traditional Basque instrument. Its special appeal is the fact that it is played by two people simultaneously and its sound thrives on this relationship. In search of similar authentic sounds, the musicians travel across the world ...

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