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2010 has been another good year for Romanian cinema. Lots of awards and many new young directors that confirmed films like 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days directed by Cristian Mungiu or Corneliu Porumboiu’s Police, Adjective weren't accidents. As some people call it, the "Romanian New Wave", continued to gain the world’s attention at film festivals through 2010, featuring new filmmakers that have just made their first feature film.

This year's Palme d'or winner (Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) is a glowing example of exact purpose that the Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam serves: supporting national cinemas and filmmakers through various stages of production.

Over 295 films - this includes shorts, fiction and documentary, animation, retrospectives, tributes, professional panels, outdoor interactive installations, the festival which takes place between the 13th to the 24th of October, furiously promotes not only world talent, but local French Canadian filmmakers. Among the notable titles, we have Michelangelo Frammartino's Le Quattro volte, Olivier Assayas' Carlos and Alex de la Iglesia's The Last Circus and Wang Bing is doing a Master Class for Venice-winning The Ditch. His epic 9 hour film Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks will also be shown as part of a retrospective.

Michelangelo Frammartino's Le Quattro Volte (aka The Four Times), one of treasured discoveries at Cannes this year is among those selected in small but sweet Visions section -- a grouping of films that are definitely bending the narrative form. Other noticeable titles include Wang Bing's The Ditch, Ance director Federico Veiroj's A Useful Life and what should make for an interesting evening in Vincent Gallo's Promises Written in Water. Here are the selected titles, several began their life at Cannes this year.

In mid April, the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony was held and Bodyguards and Assassins swept most of the major award categories: grabbing Best Film, including the Best director award, Best supporting actor award, Best Cinematography award, Best Art Director, Best Costume Make Up Design Award, Best Action Choreography and Best Original Film Score award, for a tally of eight.