BOSNIA Lyric landscapes and living hell Film at the Out of Bosnia season in London Bosnian film is rather elusive in two senses: It can be hard to define as a coherent chapter in cinema history, and many possible candidates for inclusion are notoriously difficult to track down. Andrew James Horton views a retrospective of some of them.

SCANDINAVIA Runaway groom Josef Fares's Jalla Jalla (2000) Beirut-born Fares's debut is a multi-cultural comedy hit that spawned a chart-topping album. Johan Åhlund reviews the work of the Swedish film industry's new wunderkind.

HORROR Power, paedophilia, perdition Agustín Villaronga's Tras el cristal (In a Glass Cage, 1986) Agustín Villaronga's debut horror film, with its "pervasive air of disturbing sensuality, its unflinching cruelty and glimpses of the grotesque," possesses a unique power to haunt and disturb viewers. Chris Gallant takes a close look at this "lyrical nightmare" dealing with themes of fascism, eroticism and child abuse. HORROR Tales from the darkside The international horror market flexes its muscles at the 3rd Frightfest Film Festival in London London's Frightfest is fast gaining a reputation as "the place to be" for fans of the genre as well as for those looking to discover the latest trends in world horror cinema. Simon Wilkinson reports on the hits, the misses and everything in between

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