TODAY Liberty Theatre

1.30 p.m: Following a quarrel with his father, 15-year-old Ali flees to the desert where he hears a shepherd playing a rosewood flute. An angel appears. Ali goes to Tehran and meets pretty Azar. Her father is writing a book ? about angels. Official Selection, Cannes 2003.

4 p.m.:Documentary celebrates the enduring love of two of the African National Congress? founding members. Walter was the political muse and mentor of Nelson Mandela. Albertina kept the family together during Walter?s imprisonment on Robben Island.

6.30 p.m.: Thoughtful and beautiful love story intertwined with the intimate struggles of a 42-year-old widow facing her newly single life. Winner, Berlin Film Festival. Winner, five Israeli ?Academy Awards?.

9 p.m.: Gen. Romeo Dallaire returns to Rwanda ten years after the genocide he tried so hard to prevent in this award-winning documentary. World Cinema Documentary Prize, Sundance 2005.Mariken

1.30 p.m.: Compelling and poetic children?s film about spirited Mariken who lives in a secluded forest with an eccentric old hermit. Winner, Grand Prize, at Chicago International Children?s Film Festival, Netherlands Film Festival and Cinekids Film Festival.

4 p.m.: World premiere documentary about the gardener and the postman who took on the corporate power of McDonald?s. Includes their recent European Court victory.

6.30 p.m.: A documentary profile of movie mogul Lew Wasserman, who took on the mafia, the unions and Hollywood ? and even controlled Washington.

9 p.m.: Inspiring documentary about an annual peace camp that brings together children from warring countries for a chance at friendship and, perhaps, peace.

11.30 p.m.: Michael Winterbottom, BIFF?s Filmmaker in Focus, presents the most sexually explicit film ever released in UK theatres. Memo

4 p.m.:Director orchestrates a stream-of-consciousness dream state in film about how war and totalitarian regimes toss one family along the soul-destroying currents of the mid-20th century.

6.30 p.m.: Compelling documentary about the Laval Chiefs, the toughest team in the roughhouse Quebec Semi-Professional Hockey League. Special Jury Prize for an Outstanding Documentary, Atlantic Film Festival 2004.

9 p.m.: Academy Award winning shorts ?The Mighty Times: The Children?s March? (Best Short Documentary) and ?Ryan? (Best Animated Short) highlight a selection of five short films, also including ?Through My Thick Glasses? (Pjotr Sapegin, Canada), ?Shadows of the Sun? (Bryan Single, Spain) and ?Fade to Black? (Gary Martin, England).Look At Me

1.30 p.m.: Delightful and sophisticated Gallic comedy-drama was the deserving winner of Best Screenplay awards at the Cannes Film Festival and European Film Awards in 2004.

4 p.m.: Poignant award-winning documentary about ordinary Tibetans who see a smuggled message of hope from their exiled leader, the Dalai Lama.

Best Canadian Film at 2004 Vancouver and Atlantic film festivals.

6.30 p.m.: The feel-good festival film of the year about a boys? chorus and the teacher who gives them hope. Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award in 2005.

9 p.m.: Spanish bad boy director?s defining statement on the fundamental relationship between ordinary life and the illusions projected in dark, mysterious movie houses. Winner, Best Foreign Language Film, New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Mama?s Guest

1.30 p.m.:Iranian New Wave cinema icon crafts an award-winning comedy about Mrs. Effat, her meagre larder, and the arrival of her nephew and his young bride. Best Film, Majr Film Festival.

4 p.m.: A young Afghan refugee travels from Pakistan to find asylum in England. Winner, Golden Bear, Berlin Film Festival.

6.30 p.m.: Filmmaker?s love affair with the magic of cinema shines through in this film about two friends who dream of a life far removed from their dreary, small-town existence. Turkish Film of the Year 2004 and Best Film, Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival.

9 p.m.:Filmed Salute to the Blues concert features Buddy Guy, Keb Mo?, Robert Cray, Mavis Staples, Ruth Brown, Bonnie Raitt, Solomon Burke, B.B. King, and more.

Little Theatre

1.30 p.m.: Tiny Kirikou sets out to rid his African village of the terrible curse placed on it by the sorceress, Karaba. Grand Prize, Animated Features, Annecy International Festival of Animated Film, and Children and Adult Prizes at Chicago International Film Festival.

4 p.m: Winner of 19 international awards. Suicidal Cahit and party girl Sibel get married. When Cahit is sent to jail and Sibel flees to Turkey, her heart, mind and soul remain with him - but for how long? Winner, Golden Bear, Berlin Film Festival. Best Film and Audience Choice Award, European Film Awards. Five awards, German Film Awards.

6.30 p.m. Series of fabulous short films, including ?Notting Hill Anxiety Festival? (d. Ravi Kumar, United Kingdom), featuring Julie Delpy; ?Minotauromaquia? (d. Juan Pablo Etcheverry, Spain), ?News for the Church? (d. Andrew McCarthy, actor from ?Pretty in Pink?), ?Stop? (Mathew Geijskes (Netherlands), ?Goodbye Cruel World? (Vito Rocco) and ?In the Bathroom? (Olivier Venturini).

9 p.m.: Poignant award-winning documentary about the last remaining musicians from jazz?s golden age. Winner, Audience Choice (Documentary) Award, Newport Film Festival.

Murderball

4 p.m.: Fierce rivalries, stopwatch suspense and dazzling athletic prowess are profiled in this award-winning documentary about quadriplegics who play rugby in armour-plated wheelchairs. American Documentary Audience Award, Sundance 2005

6.30 p.m.: A documentary profile of charismatic Bermuda-born singer Gordon Thomas, 89, who is still waiting for his big break. World Premiere.

9 p.m.: Award-winning documentary takes us inside the fourth biggest nation in the world by focusing on the struggles faced by three generations of one family. Grand Jury Prize, Amsterdam Documentary Festival 2004 and World Cinema Documentary Grand Prize, Sundance 2005

Hari Om

1.30 p.m.: Rickshaw driver Hari Om embarks on a romantic adventure with a French visitor in this beautifully shot road movie filmed against the stunning backdrop of Rajasthan, its cities Jaipur, Bikaner and Jaisalmer, and its people, customs and camels.

4 p.m.: Five strong stories about love in Oslo are interweaved during the hottest day of the year. This Norwegian ?Bend it Like Beckham? was a smash success at the Norwegian box office in 2004.

6.30 p.m.: Two of France?s most celebrated actors, Daniel Auteuil and Jose Garcia, team up in a romantic comedy about a good Samaritan, a hopeless romantic, and the beautiful woman who comes between them.

9 p.m.: Award-winning documentary provides an even-handed examination of the long wall that the Israelis are building in Palestine. Special Jury Prize, Sundance 2005 and Grand Prix Award, Marseilles Film Festival.