Listed in the order in which they were released:
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story – In this documentary feature, Sakie Yokota, Megumis mother, shows extraordinary determination, fortitude and dignity in her 30-year struggle to find her daughter, who was abducted by North Korean spies in 1977. Co-directed by Patti Kim.
Blood and Chocolate – Katja Von Garners romantic, mythic twist on the werewolf genre presents a young American loup garoux (Agnes Bruckner) torn between loyalty to her pack and true love. Adapted from Annette Curtis Klauses novel.
Catch and Release – Susannah Grants dark comedy about a women (Jennifer Garner) coping with her fiances death and the secrets hed been keeping from her.
Screamers – Carla Garapedian follows the rock band System of a Down as they tour Europe and the US pointing out the horrors of modern genocide that began in Armenia in 1915 up though Darfur today.
The Decomposition of the Soul – Co-directed by Nina Toussaint
Notes on Marie Menken – directed by Martina Kudlacek, about the painter-turned avant garde filmmaker
Four-Eyed Monsters – co-directed by Susan Bruice and Arin Crumley
Avenue Montaigne – Directed and co-written by Daniele Thompson
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams – Written and Directed by Jasmila Zbanic, about the results of a woman’s rape by occupying soldiers.
Gray Matters – written and directed by Sue Kramer
The Cats of Mirikitani – documentary directed by Linda Hattendorf
The Namesake – directed by Mira Nair, based on Jhumpa Lahiris novel
Air Guitar Nation – documentary directed by Alexandra Lipsitz
The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair – Co-directed by Petra Epperlein
After the Wedding – directed by Susanne Bier
Dreaming of Lhasa – co-written and co-directed by Ritu Sarin
Red Road – directed and co-written by Andrea Arnold, about a woman seeking revenger for her sons death.
Stephanie Daley – Directed by Hilary Brougher, about a teenager (Amber Tamblyn) who kills her newborn.
The Collector – written and directed by Olympia Stone
Diggers – directed by Katherine Dieckmann
Something to Cheer About – written and directed by Betsy Blankenbaker
Missing Victor Pellerin – Directed by Sephie DeRaspe
Waitress – Written and directed by Adrienne Shelly
Away from Her – Written and directed by Sarah Polley
LIceberg – Co-written and co-directed by Fiona Gordon
Paris, je tamie – including the segments Quais de Seine (directed and co-written Gurinder Chadha), Bastille (written and directed by Isabel Coixet), Loin du 16ieme (co-written and co-directed by Daniela Thomas), Quartier Latin (written by Gena Rowlands) and Porte de Choisy (written by Gabrielle Keng and Kathy Li)
Day Night Day Night – Directed by Julia Loktev
Amu – written and directed by Shonali Bose Angel
The Trial of Darryl Hunt – Documentary co-written and co-directed by Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg
When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan – directed by Jasmine Dellal
Manufactured Landscapes – Documentary directed by Jennifer Baichwal
Broken English – Written and directed by Zoe Cassavetes
In Between Days – Directed and co-written by Korean-American filmmaker So Yong Kim
Dr. Bronners Magic Soapbox – Documentary directed by Sara Lamm
Falling – Wtitten and directed by Austrian filmmaker Barbara Albert
Flying: Confessions of a Free Women – Filmmaker Jennifer Fox explores conflicts between career, romance and social expectations of women both in the US and countries around the world in this six-hour documentary
Introducing the Dwights – Directed by Cherie Nowlan
Talk to Me – Directed by Kasi Lemmons
You’ll find reviews of many of these films, as well as interviews with many of the directors, in the archives at www.awfj.org.
Any omissions you can think of? Please let us know.
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