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'Behind the Lights'From festival standouts to crowdpleasers a select list of screenings to look out for: LAS ACACIASPablo Giorgelli, ArgentinaA road movie and romantic tale. Cannes Camera d'Or winner. One of Latin America's films of the year.Sales: UDIALICIA, GO YONDERElisa Miller, MexicoShot on a shoestringbudget, film tracks a young woman as she explores the icy reaches of Patagonia.Sales: Funny BalloonsAMERICANOMathieu Demy, FranceFirst-time director Demy's semi-autobiographical emotional odyssey with a show-stopping turn from Salma Hayek. An MPI North America pick-up: BacBAD INTENTIONSRosario Garcia Montero, PeruA darkly comic rites of passage dramedy that establishes Garcia Montero as a talent to track.BEHIND THE LIGHTSSandra Sanchez, SpainA team of traveling gypsy fairground workers fight against the financial and emotional odds in Sanchez's Galicia-set fly-on-the-wall docu.BLACKTHORNMateo Gil, SpainA Western from Alejandro Amenabar's co-scribe in which a grizzled Sam Shepard plays an aging Butch Cassidy; an impressive territory seller.Sales: 6 SalesBONSAICristian Jimenez, ChileDramedy wowed at Cannes Un Certain Regard. Sold to major territories, including Spain, U.K. and U.S. RezoCHINESE TAKEAWAYSebastian Borensztein, ArgentinaA hit in Argentina and Spain -- no mean feat -- a heartwarming Ricardo Darin cross-culture buddy comedy with sales to Germany, France, Italy. Pic won top prize at Rome.Sales: LatidoCOUNTRY MUSICAlberto Fuguet, ChileShot in six days, Valdivia winner from Fuquet tracks a 30-plus Chilean guitarist who finds kinship with fellow musicians in Nashville. THE DREAM OF LUCarlos "Hari" Sama, MexicoA grieving mother learns to move on after the death of her son.EXPIRATION DATEKenya Marquez, MexicoA dark comedy/mystery boosted by Damian Alcazar's deep talent. Sales: LatinofusionTHE FIFTH COMMANDMENTRafael Lara, MexicoLara ("La Milagrosa") helms a psychological serial killer thriller with major territory sales potential.Sales: LatidoGRABASergio Mazza, ArgentinaA husband and wife come to grips with the loss of their children in Paris. Mar del Plata player. Sales: Primer PlanoJUAN OF THE DEADAlejandro Brugues, Cuba-SpainHavana zombie comedy sparked key territory deals at Toronto.Sales: LatinofusionIN THE NAME OF THE GIRLTania Hermida, EcuadorA 9-year-old confounds her Catholic familyby teaching her young cousins communism.Sales: The Match FactoryTHE MAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOEGabriella Gomez-Mont, MexicoDoc looks at the family of "El Guero," an eccentric fixture on Mexico City's performance art scene.MAPA PARA CONVERSARConstanza Fernandez, ChileFeature debut evokes Polanski's "Knife in the Water" in a tale of a lesbian couple. Sanfic winner.MEDIANERASGustavo Taretto, ArgentinaA tightly shot debut about a young man and woman trying to find love in bustling Buenos Aires. A Berlin Panorama standout. Sales: The Match FactoryTHE MISFITSJorge Ramirez-Suarez, Sergio Tovar Velarde, Javier Colinas and Marco Polo Constandse, ArgentinaA four-comedy collage, from seniors out to rob a bank to a suicidal man considering going porn.Sales: FilmSharksPENUMBRAAdrian and Ramiro Garcia Bogliano, ArgentinaA woman takes on renters in a well-crafted suspense. Austin player, picked up by IFC. Sales: Primer PlanoPESCADORSebastian Cordero, EcuadorCordero's tale of lives disrupted after cocaine packets wash ashore in a fishing village preemed and pleased at San Sebastian.ROMAN'S CIRCUITSebastian Brahm, ChileCraftily edited drama delivers an original take on the human brain's memory circuits. A hit at Toronto, Special Jury awardee, Valdivia. Sales: ShorelineTHE RUMBLE OF STONESAlejandro Bellame, VenezuelaVenezuela's Oscar contender follows a single mom who struggles to save her sons from gang violence prevalent in her barrio.Sales: AmazoniaTHE SQUADJaime Osorio Marquez, ColombiaSam Fuller meets "Rec" in Osorio's horror/war parable. Impressive sales and a U.S. remake deal.Sales: Wild BunchSWIRLClarissa Campolina, Helvecio Marins Jr., BrazilDoc-style depiction of a recent widow's changed life in deep Brazil. Sales: UDISEE YOU, DADLucia Carreras, MexicoCamera observes as a young woman with an all-consuming Electra complex creates a pocket universe to cope with father's death.TOGETHER FOREVERPablo Solarz, ArgentinaA comedy about a scriptwriter's loss of his wife and his grip on reality as he seeks to write a hit. Sales: Primer PlanoTRIPFran Lepe, GuatemalaBased on real events and a same-titled hit musical, theatrical maestro Lepe's feature debut has drawn crowds to Guatemalan multiplexes. THE YEAR OF THE TIGERSebastian Lelio, ChileLelio's third pic tracks a prison escapee who seeks his family after an earthquake. Impressed at Locarno and Valdiviar.Sales: Funny BalloonsXINGUCao Hamburger, BrazilAdventure biopic of Brazilian frontier explorers Villas Boas Bros. from Emmy-nominated Hamburger. Berlin player.SPOTLIGHT: VENTANA SUR Ventana Sur's sales surge | Bazaar buzz | Movers and reshapers Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com