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Edmond Was a Donkey
2012 · Animation
Oslo, August 31st
2012 · Drama
A Special Day
2012 · Documentary
Kaksparsh
2012 · Drama
Death of a Superhero
2012 · Drama
Firelight
2012 · Drama
Goodbye First Love
2012 · Drama
The Day He Arrives
2012 · Drama
Yabancı
2012
Fray
2012 · Drama
Oki's Movie
2012 · Drama
The Assault
2012 · Action
The Hunter
2012 · Adventure
We Have a Pope
2012 · Drama
Advantageous
2012
Womb
2012 · Sci-Fi
Speechless
2012 · Drama
The Deep Blue Sea
2012 · Drama
Detachment
2012 · Drama
Attenberg
2012 · Drama
Black Butterflies
2012 · Drama
The Forgotten Space
2012 · Documentary
Home for the Weekend
2012 · Drama
Beauty
2012 · Drama
Love Never Dies
2012 · Romance
Ethel
2012 · Documentary
Norwegian Wood
2012 · Drama
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2012 · Drama
The Iron Lady
2011 · Biography
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
2011 · Drama
Albert Nobbs
2011 · Drama
Red Hook Black
2011 · Drama
W.E.
2011 · Drama
The Dirty Picture
2011 · Drama
The Tragedy of Man
2011 · Drama
Remembrance
2011 · War
The Artist
2011 · Romance
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
2011 · Crime
Sri Rama Rajyam
2011 · Drama
Rajanna
2011 · Drama
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