Elementarteilchen Le Particelle Elementari (Ge). Dir. Oskar Roehler, starring Moritz Bleibtreu and Martina Gedeck. Adaptation of Michel Houellebecqs controversial novel about the sexuality of two half-brothers.

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown LEra Glaciale 2 Il Disgelo (US). Dir. Carlos Saldanha, starring Claudio Bisio and Leo Gullotta. Animation in which a group of animals have to alert the other inhabitants of their valley that the ice is beginning to melt.

Il Regista di Matrimoni (It). Dir. Marco Bellocchio, starring Sergio Castellitto and Donatella Finocchiaro. A professional movie director experiencing a crisis of confidence flees to Sicily, where he meets a man who films weddings for a living.

Mad Hot Ballroom Siamo Tutti in Ballo! (US). Dir. Marilyn Agrelo, starring Tara Devon Gallagher and Madeleine Hackney. Documentary about pupils at elementary schools in New York learning to ballroom dance before competing against one another in a grand finale.

Mater Natura (It). Dir. Massimo Andrei, starring Maria Pia Calzone and Vladimir Luxuria. The story of a young Neapolitaan transsexual from first-time director Andrei.

Onde (It). Dir. Francesco Fei, starring Ignazio Oliva and Filippo Timi. Love story set in Genova between a blind musician and a girl with a deforming birthmark.

Rent (US). Dir. Chris Columbus, starring Rosario Dawson and Taye Diggs. Musical set in New Yorks East Village, taking in life, love and AIDS in modern America.

Scary Movie 4 (US). Dir. David Zucker, starring Anna Faris and Leslie Nielsen. Spooky spoof comedy horror.