Las viudas de los jueves: Marcelo Piñeyro’s latest cinematic foray — an adaptation of Claudia Piñeiro’s Clarín award-winning novel Las viudas de los jueves — bears a striking similarity with Billy Wilder’s 1950 masterpiece Sunset Boulevard.

Tierra sublevada: oro impuro. As in his previous films, deputy elect Pino Solanas uses documentaries as a weapon to raise awareness on social issues. This time, he takes on open-air mining by national and foreign corporations, and the harm it brings on the environment, health and economy of its sites. (Argentina, 2009, in Spanish) Written and directed by: Pino Solanas. Documentary. G. Running time: 92 minutes.

Raising Victor Vargas (Educando a Víctor Vargas): A latino teenager wants to become the neighbourhood's hunk by seducing the most beautiful woman in town - something which will prove quite the feat. (France/US, 2002, in English and Spanish) Directed by: Peter Sollett. Screenplay: Peter Sollett on an idea by himself and Eva Vives. Featuring: Victor Rasuk, Judy Marte, Melonie Diaz, Altagracia Guzman, Silvestre Rasuk, Krystal Rodriguez.Running time: 88 minutes.

Shorts (La piedra mágica): Robert Rodríguez' latest foray in children films after the Mini Spies franchise. Here, with the case of a mysterious stone that can change the lives of people by granting their wishes. (US/United Arab Emirates, 2009, in English and dubbed into Spanish) Directed by: Robert Rodríguez. Written by: Robert Rodríguez with Alvaro Rodríguez. Featuring: Jimmy Bennett, Jake Short, Kat Dennings, Trevor Gagnon, William H. Macy, James Spader. G. Running time: 89 minutes.

Tulpan: A young man returns to the arid steppes of Kazakhstan to become a shepherd and marry, but there are not many women there - and the one he is interested in is planning to move to the city. (Germany/Kazakhstan/Poland/Russia/ Switzerland, in Kazakh and Russian) Directed by: Sergei Dvortsevoy. Written by: Sergei Dvortsevoy and Gennadi Ostrovsky. Featuring: Tolepbergen Baisakalov, Ondas Besikbasov, Samal Esljamova, Askhat Kuchencherekov, Bereke Turganbayev. G. Running time: 98 minutes.

Traitor (Traidor): An FBI agent is trying to stop an international terrorist conspiracy, but all clues lead to a former special ops agent, a mysterious character who appears and disappears at the worst moments. (US, 2008, in English and Arabic) Directed by: Jeffrey Nachmanoff. Screenplay: Jeffrey Nachmanoff on a plot by Steve Martin and Jeffrey Nachmanoff. Featuring: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Sad Taghmaoui, Neal McDonough, Alyy Khan, Jeff Daniels. Running time: 114 minutes.