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Re-live the year of Bad Education, Hero, House of Flying Daggers and The Motorcycle Diaries and look ahead to 2005's most exciting foreign-language movies in International Film Guide 2005. Inside the all-new 42nd annual edition:??World Survey?: in a unique, 250-page section, international critics assess 2004's most important films and film industry developments in 97 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin and North America? from Armenia to Zimbawe, Belgium to Uruguay. Also includes credits for more than 800 recent and forthcoming films.??Directors of the Year?: in-depth profiles of Kim Ki-duk, Mike Leigh, Errol Morris, Alexander Payne and Petr Zelenka.??Documentary Cinema Now?: a special report examines the surging popularity of non-fiction movies worldwide.??DVD and Books Round-Ups: the best new releases on disc and in print.??World Box-Office Survey?: annual Top 10 charts and cinemagoing statistics from 56 countries.??Guide to Film Festivals?: 50 pages of a