IFC Films will kick off 2010 with a slate of incredible releases on DVD & Blu-Ray! Check out the full list here. All releases can be pre-ordered from Amazon DVD.



A L’AVENTURE - 1/12/10
The notorious Jean-Claude Brisseau, director of THE EXTERMINATING ANGELS, is back with his latest provocation. An idiosyncratic philosophical meditation on the enigmas of female sexuality, it features the director’s latest discovery, Carole Brana.



GOLIATH - 1/12/10
An alumnus of the Sundance and SXSW film festivals, the Zellner Bros’ comedy is about a man who loses everything - his wife, his job, his mind, but most importantly, his cat.



IN THE LOOP - 1/12/10 DVD & BLU-RAY
The sleeper hit of 2009, IN THE LOOP is a razor-sharp, truly laugh-out-loud comedy from the acclaimed team behind the award-winning BBC TV comedy series ALAN PARTRIDGE and THE THICK OF IT. James Gandolfini, Peter Capaldi, and Mimi Kennedy lead an excruciatingly funny ensemble in what A.O. Scott of the New York Times called “the funniest big-screen satire in recent memory.\



SUPERHEROES - 1/12/10
An intimate indie drama by writer-director Alan Brown, SUPERHEROES is the story of an Iraq War veteran struggling with both physical and emotional scars, and a young man who documents his recovery.



THE APPEARED - 1/12/10
Paco Cabezas’ horror road movie follows siblings Malena and Pablo who return to Argentina and discover a diary that tells of crimes committed twenty years before. That night, past and present come together. A family is hunted down, tortured and killed, as the powerless siblings look on.



CHE - 1/19/2009 CRITERION COLLECTION DVD + BLU-RAY
“From ACADEMY AWARD®-Winning director Steven Soderbergh (TRAFFIC) and ACADEMY AWARD®-winner Benicio Del Toto (TRAFFIC) - CHE is one of the biggest film events of the decade. A thrilling story of revolution, the movie recounts Che’s mission to empower the people of Cuba and the subsequent quest to spread his ideals to South America. Half a century later, Che remains a powerful symbol of passion and change, and his epic story is without parallel.



FRONTIER OF DAWN - 1/26/10
“Love is the drug in FRONTIER OF DAWN, the thing that pulls people together, tears them apart and defines their relationship with other people and the world…,” says Manohla Dargis of the New York Times, “[Philippe Garrel] transforms a private reverie into a public sacrament, invokes the eternal, risks absurdity, invites derision, seduces, shocks, transcends.” Garrel’s son Louis and the gorgeous Laura Smet star in this tumultuous romance.



IN A DAY - 1/26/10
A drama. A comedy. A romance with an edge. The setting is modern day London. In this impulsive, dialogue driven character piece, young struggling female musician Ashley (Lorraine Pilkington), has an unpleasant encounter with a stranger (Nolan Hemmings) one particular morning that jumpstart what turns out to be a very
curious, humorous and random day with another stranger.



MERMAID - 1/26/10
Russia’s entry in the 2009 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, Anna Melikian’s fantastical story will capture your heart and your imagination. Five-year-old Alisa has taken a rebellious vow of silence. When she’s shipped off to a special-needs school, she channels her emotional turmoil into magical telekinetic powers. Years later, she’ll meet a man who inspires her to speak again.



QUIET CHAOS - 1/26/10
The award-winning drama from director Antonello Grimaldi, a favorite at the Chicago, Tribeca and Berlin Film Festivals was adapted from Sandro Veronesi’s best selling novel by screenwriter and star Nanni Moretti. The film tells the story of a father learning to deal with grief with humor and elegance. Isabella Ferrari, Alessandro
Gassman, Hippolyte Girardot and Roman Polanski make up the stellar supporting cast.



THE ESCAPIST - 1/26/10
THE ESCAPIST is a fresh, exhilarating take on the prison-break film from a bold new voice in the action-thriller genre, director Rupert Wyatt. A fantastic ensemble cast populates this action packed escapade, which follows the story of a father’s reckless devotion and the bonds built between a group of men whose last hopes are on the line.



WORLDS APART - 1/26/10
A captivating drama from director Neils Arden Oplev, WORLDS APART follows Sara, a proud Jehovah’s Witness. In the local community she goes from door to door and preach on Judgment Day and eternal salvation for Jehovah’s chosen ones. But when Sara falls in love with Teis, she is confronted with her most difficult choice in life. Teis is not a Witness, yet their love grows through stolen, secret meetings. Sara is torn between her conscience, faith and passion; forced to make a choice between her love and her family that are worlds apart.



PONTYPOOL - 1/26/10
What if language itself contained a deadly virus? This is the mind-bending question central to Bruce McDonald’s outrageously intense new horror film PONTYPOOL. A sleeper hit of the Toronto and SXSW film festivals, this Cronenberg-esque thrill ride is not to be missed by anyone looking to be terrified.