A mysterious evildoer terrifies the French Riviera. That mysterious character, which is hidden under the personality of James Pearce, a diamond-maker, calls himself The Black X. This time, the Black X has noticed the rich jewels of a celebrated singer and, in the company of her henchmen, is preparing to carry out the great robbery.

The Cure headline their self curated Curiosa Festival, live in Toronto 9th of August 2004

A woman enters a nightclub and slowly begins to open herself up.

In this classic French satire, Louis, a convict, escapes from prison and takes on legitimate work, making his way up in the business world. Eventually becoming the head of a successful factory, Louis opts to modernize his company with mechanical innovations. But when his friend Émile finally leaves jail years later and reunites with Louis, the past catches up with them. The two, worried about being apprehended by police, long to flee the confines of industry.

Short documentary directed by Jean Vigo about the French swimmer Jean Taris. The film is notable for the many innovative techniques that Vigo uses, including close ups and freeze frames of the swimmer's body.

Conrad Veidt plays a famous musician who is blackmailed for being gay. Eventually he stands trial and is convicted. At the end the film pleads for the abolition of §175 (the paragraph which punishes homosexuality).

Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.

The popular monarch, Queen Christina of Sweden, must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.

Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.

Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.

Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.

Two Greek children embark on a journey to search for their father, who supposedly live in Germany.

A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with a student surface, his hopes of escape fade and he descends further into an existential crisis.

Capricious small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, and she comes to live aboard his boat, L'Atalante. As they make their way down the Seine, Jean grows weary of Juliette's flirtations with his all-male crew, and Juliette longs to escape the monotony of the boat and experience the excitement of a big city. When she steals away to Paris by herself, her husband begins to think their marriage was a mistake.

In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.

Básnik Attilio (Roberto Benigni) je lektor na univerzite v Ríme a práve publikoval zbierku svojich básní pod názvom „Tiger a sneh“.Miluje kritičku Vittoriu (Nicoletta Braschi). Prakticky žije len pre ňu, dvorí sa jej, prenasleduje ju na kaž-dom kroku a každú noc o nej sníva. Vittoria si ho príliš nevšíma, na jeho snaženie pozerá so zhovievavým úsmevom a len občas príjme jeho neustále pozvania. V roku 2003 odchádza Vittoria do Bagdadu urobiť rozhovor s irackým básnikom Fuadom (Jean Reno). Počas bombardovania je zranená a padne do kómy. Attilio nevazváha ani minútu, odchádza za ňou, rozhodnutý urobiť čokoľvek, aby svoju milovanú zachránil. Snaží sa pre ńu zaistiť lepšiu lekársku starostlivosť, získať lieky tam, kde nie je možné dostať ani aspirín, prejde cez mínové polia, prejde púšť… Z obyčajného básnika sa tak stáva odvážny hrdina, ktorý pre život svojej lásky dokáže urobiť nemožné…

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

V obyčajnom medveďom svete sú medvede väčšinou vážne a zamračené. Medveď Ernest je iný. Je hudobník, rád by bol veselý, lenže je chudobný a často hladný. Pri hľadaní niečoho do žalúdka chytí malú myšku Celestínu, ktorá utiekla zo svojho podzemného myšacieho sveta. Aby Celestína neskončila v Ernestovom žalúdku, uzavrie s ním dohodu. Keď ju nezje, ukáže mu miesto, kde môže získať mnoho čokolády, bonbónov a iných sladkostí. Ani jeden z nich ešte netuší, že sa tak dostanú na stopu chamtivých medvedích manželov, ktorí si privyrábajú tým, že cukrovinkami zámerne kazia medvedím detičkám zuby. To, čo začalo medzi ududraným Ernestom a urozprávanou Celestínou ako obyčajná dohoda, prerastie v silné priateľstvo a stane sa z nich nerozlučná dvojica. Aby odhalili veľké cukrovinkové spiknutie, budú potrebovať pomoc z myšieho i medvedieho sveta. Podarí sa im prekonať predsudky ostatných a oba svety spriateliť?