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My thinking is that there is a nice future ahead for this edgy, auteur, little Mexican horror flick and plenty in store for the pic's helmer in Jorge Michel Grau. A film that borrows more from the family drama than the actual freight factors (there are some gore scenes, but it is almost an after-thought).

Buyers and sellers in the film world will be pitching their latest titles in various meet and greet formats --the Cannes Market offers a bazillion different movie options. Some screenings are hush hush discreet, some are premieres from faltering divisions who could no longer keep the inventory and some are testing the market to find foreign buyers to pump more money back into the producer's pockets. If I were attending the market I'd be checking up on world preems of Marian Crisan's Morgen, Laurence Charpentier's Gigola and several of the promo reels, but those that should attract the most attention should be the following ten examples.

Somewhat reminiscent of Tim Burton's Big Fish but on a grander scale, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is one of the most visually stunning films you will ever see.

Newcomer Kike Maillo shoots for Spanish production company Escándalo Films, a sci-fi drama titled Eva which tells the story of Eva, a 10 year-old little girl that suffers from amnesia after her mother perishes in a terrible accident. Alex, a talented robotic engineer will try to help her cope with her trauma by investigating robots that are capable to relate with humans. Daniel Brühl (Inglorious Basterds), Alberto Ammann and Marta Etura (who both starred in the box office hit and winner of 8 Spanish Academy awards "Celda 211") and Claudia Vega star, the script counts with the collaboration of Spanish prestigious playwright Sergi Belbel.

Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of all time favorite films. This April/May we profile Alistair Banks Griffin who will see his debut feature, Two Gates of Sleep have its world premiere within the sidebar section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Look for this Director's Fortnight selected film to show screen during the Fall film festival season.