diff --git a/pandora/annotation/managers.py b/pandora/annotation/managers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..119fe5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pandora/annotation/managers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4
+from django.db.models import Q, Manager
+from ox.django.query import QuerySet
+import ox
+
+def parseCondition(condition, user):
+    '''
+    condition: {
+            value: "war"
+    }
+    or
+    condition: {
+            key: "year",
+            value: "1970-1980,
+            operator: "!="
+    }
+    ...
+    '''
+    k = condition.get('key', 'name')
+    k = {
+        'user': 'user__username',
+    }.get(k, k)
+    if not k:
+        k = 'name'
+    v = condition['value']
+    op = condition.get('operator')
+    if not op:
+        op = ''
+    if op.startswith('!'):
+        op = op[1:]
+        exclude = True
+    else:
+        exclude = False
+    if op == '-':
+        q = parseCondition({'key': k, 'value': v[0], 'operator': '>='}, user) \
+            & parseCondition({'key': k, 'value': v[1], 'operator': '<'}, user)
+        if exclude:
+            return ~q
+        else:
+            return q
+    if k == 'id':
+        v = ox.from32(v)
+    if isinstance(v, bool): #featured and public flag
+        key = k
+    elif k in ('lat', 'lng', 'area', 'south', 'west', 'north', 'east', 'matches', 'id'):
+        if op == '>':
+            key = '%s__gt'%k
+        elif op == '>=':
+            key = '%s__gte'%k
+        elif op == '<':
+            key = '%s__lt'%k
+        elif op == '<=':
+            key = '%s__lte'%k
+        else: #default is exact match
+            key = k
+    else:
+        if op == '=' or op == '^$':
+            key = '%s__iexact'%k
+        elif op == '^':
+            v = v[1:]
+            key = '%s__istartswith'%k
+        elif op == '$':
+            v = v[:-1]
+            key = '%s__iendswith'%k
+        else: # default
+            key = '%s__icontains'%k
+
+    key = str(key)
+    if exclude:
+        q = ~Q(**{key: v})
+    else:
+        q = Q(**{key: v})
+    return q
+
+def parseConditions(conditions, operator, user):
+    '''
+    conditions: [
+        {
+            value: "war"
+        }
+        {
+            key: "year",
+            value: "1970-1980,
+            operator: "!="
+        },
+        {
+            key: "country",
+            value: "f",
+            operator: "^"
+        }
+    ],
+    operator: "&"
+    '''
+    conn = []
+    for condition in conditions:
+        if 'conditions' in condition:
+            q = parseConditions(condition['conditions'],
+                             condition.get('operator', '&'), user)
+            if q:
+                conn.append(q)
+            pass
+        else:
+            if condition.get('value', '') != '' or \
+               condition.get('operator', '') == '=':
+                conn.append(parseCondition(condition, user))
+    if conn:
+        q = conn[0]
+        for c in conn[1:]:
+            if operator == '|':
+                q = q | c
+            else:
+                q = q & c
+        return q
+    return None
+
+
+
+class AnnotationManager(Manager):
+
+    def get_query_set(self):
+        return QuerySet(self.model)
+
+    def find(self, data, user):
+        '''
+            query: {
+                conditions: [
+                    {
+                        value: "war"
+                    }
+                    {
+                        key: "year",
+                        value: "1970-1980,
+                        operator: "!="
+                    },
+                    {
+                        key: "country",
+                        value: "f",
+                        operator: "^"
+                    }
+                ],
+                operator: "&"
+            }
+        '''
+
+        #join query with operator
+        qs = self.get_query_set()
+        
+        conditions = parseConditions(data.get('query', {}).get('conditions', []),
+                                     data.get('query', {}).get('operator', '&'),
+                                     user)
+        if conditions:
+            qs = qs.filter(conditions)
+        return qs
diff --git a/pandora/annotation/models.py b/pandora/annotation/models.py
index 27cf66f..3ceac44 100644
--- a/pandora/annotation/models.py
+++ b/pandora/annotation/models.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 import ox
 
 import utils
+import managers
 
 
 def load_layers(layers):
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ class Layer(models.Model):
 
 
 class Annotation(models.Model):
+    objects = managers.AnnotationManager()
 
     #FIXME: here having a item,start index would be good
     created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
diff --git a/pandora/annotation/views.py b/pandora/annotation/views.py
index 12bbbd9..6bffd96 100644
--- a/pandora/annotation/views.py
+++ b/pandora/annotation/views.py
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ def parse_query(data, user):
     query = {}
     query['range'] = [0, 100]
     query['sort'] = [{'key':'in', 'operator':'+'}]
-    for key in ('value', 'layer', 'in', 'out'):
+    for key in ('keys', 'group', 'range', 'sort', 'query'):
         if key in data:
             query[key] = data[key]
-    query['qs'] = models.Annotation.objects.all()
+    query['qs'] = models.Annotation.objects.find(query, user)
     if 'itemQuery' in data:
         item_query = Item.objects.find({'query': data['itemQuery']}, user)
         query['qs'] = query['qs'].filter(item__in=item_query)
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/ui/list.js b/static/js/pandora/ui/list.js
index 8554b02..8e48f66 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/ui/list.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/ui/list.js
@@ -113,8 +113,17 @@ pandora.ui.list = function(view) { // fixme: remove view argument
                 };
             },
             items: function(data, callback) {
+                var itemQuery = pandora.Query.toObject(),
+                    query = {conditions:[]};
+                //fixme: can this be in pandora.Query? dont just check for subtitles
+                itemQuery.conditions.forEach(function(q) {
+                    if(q.key == 'subtitles') {
+                        query.conditions.push({key: 'value', value: q.value, operator: q.operator});
+                    }
+                });
                 pandora.api.findAnnotations($.extend(data, {
-                    itemQuery: pandora.Query.toObject()
+                    query: query,
+                    itemQuery: itemQuery
                 }), callback);
             },
             keys: ['id', 'value', 'in', 'out', 'aspectRatio', 'item'],