A (Favourite) Film Per Country Conquest
A collection of personal favorites per country, not necessary the best film I've seen. In many cases it's the only one, at least until I find a better one. The goal is to find films I will like as much as possible, but also to see one from each place. All sovereign countries, overseas and disputed territories listed on IMDb, as well as separate UK entities are included, except for now non-existing countries. Ranking is by alphabetical order of the country of origin. Shorts included, too. I did not include some classics I haven't seen in ages, need a re-watch. Feel free to suggest anything related to my taste displayed below. Yet to see a single film from: Antarctica, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Djibouti, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Mayotte, Nauru, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Seychelles, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara.
Films not listed on IMDb:
American Samoa - Fa'alifu Fa'i (2012)
Antigua and Barbuda - Hooked (2009)
British Virgin Islands - Ocean's Tortola (2009)
Falkland Islands - For Queen and Country: The Falkland Islands Defence Force (2014)
Faroe Islands - Mítt Rúm (2008)
French Southern Territories - Lights and Shadows (2013)
Gambia - Kajay Kurango (2012)
Guam - Lost Hearts (2013)
Jersey - Forever Remembered (2014)
Lesotho - Mafelo a Beke Mafeteng (2012)
Montserrat - Montserrat: Emerald of the Caribbean (2007)
Saint Barthélemy - Montbars (2013)
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Tears of Joy (2014)
Solomon Islands - Wea Nao Mi? (2012)
South Sudan - Our Big Fear (2012)
Tokelau - Tokelau: Living by the Sun (2014)
Vanuatu - Rat blong Tommy! (2012)
Films not listed on IMDb:
American Samoa - Fa'alifu Fa'i (2012)
Antigua and Barbuda - Hooked (2009)
British Virgin Islands - Ocean's Tortola (2009)
Falkland Islands - For Queen and Country: The Falkland Islands Defence Force (2014)
Faroe Islands - Mítt Rúm (2008)
French Southern Territories - Lights and Shadows (2013)
Gambia - Kajay Kurango (2012)
Guam - Lost Hearts (2013)
Jersey - Forever Remembered (2014)
Lesotho - Mafelo a Beke Mafeteng (2012)
Montserrat - Montserrat: Emerald of the Caribbean (2007)
Saint Barthélemy - Montbars (2013)
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Tears of Joy (2014)
Solomon Islands - Wea Nao Mi? (2012)
South Sudan - Our Big Fear (2012)
Tokelau - Tokelau: Living by the Sun (2014)
Vanuatu - Rat blong Tommy! (2012)
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- DirectorSiddiq BarmakStarsMarina GolbahariZubaida SaharKhwaja NaderAfter the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.Afghanistan
- DirectorPer-Öve HögnäsThe "Herzogin Cecilie" flew before the wind; she was considered the fastest windjammer of her day. Launched by Rickmers boatyard in 1902, the four-masted training barquentine carried saltpeter from Chile and wheat from Australia to Europe. She won the "great grain race" between Down Under and Europe a total of eight times for her Finnish owner Gustaf Erikson. In 1936, she completed the voyage between Wallaroo in South Australia and the English port of Falmouth in just 86 days. But she was never to make it back to her home port. Leaving Falmouth in rough seas and a dense fog, she ran into cliffs and started taking on water. The barque's last trip was also the honeymoon of captain Sven Erikson and his new bride, journalist and writer Pamela Bourne. Under the watchful eye of the international press, they undertook incredible efforts to save the ship.Åland Islands
- DirectorXhanfize KekoStarsSotiraq ÇiliZehrudin DoklePavlina OçaThe Wehrmacht arrives in a small Albanian town after Italy capitulates to the Allies. Tomka and his gang decide to exact revenge when the German soldiers set up camp on their football pitch.Albania
- DirectorMerzak AllouacheStarsBoualem BenaniAziz DeggaFarida MestoulA somewhat cynical but realistic look at the alienation of men in Algerian society.Algeria
- DirectorJosep GuiraoStarsPau BarredoEmilio GuiraoVíctor ApolinariosIn the year 2046, a powerful gang lord assembles a group of religious leaders, demanding to know what it takes to be a true messiah. Meanwhile, lying imprisoned in a garage somewhere nearby is a man who claims to be the son of God.Andorra
- DirectorRuy Duarte de CarvalhoSet during a time of famine, and with only two families surviving, the film charts the struggle of Nelisita, a young man who confronts the spirits with help from animals and his friends. Inspired from two folktales of the Ovanyaneka agropastoralist people in southern Angola.Angola
- DirectorCrispin BrooksOur Anguilla is a short film about the history of Anguilla (British West Indies). The film was shot on location in Anguilla in the summer of 2008.Anguilla
- DirectorSergio RenánStarsHéctor AlterioLuis BrandoniAna María PicchioA man has to come to terms with his wasted youth, estranged family and grim prospects for the future.
- DirectorSergei ParajanovStarsSofiko ChiaureliMelkon AlekyanVilen GalstyanThe life of the Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, from childhood to death: his spiritual journey, artistic endeavors, and inner conflicts within the cultural and historical context of Armenia. Hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.Armenia
- DirectorJuan Francisco PardoStarsMichael PaeschJorina WerlemanAWA BRAK (Brackish Water) tells the story of a young woman, Glenda, who lives in a wooden house on the beach. She survives on fish, water and memories. Her search for herself is an intricate game of coping with the past and luring the infinite future.Aruba
- DirectorJohn DuiganStarsNoah TaylorLoene CarmenBen MendelsohnIn rural 1960s Australia, a boy watches helplessly as his best friend falls in love with a small-time criminal, setting off a violent chain of events.Australia
- DirectorGerald KarglStarsErwin LederRobert Hunger-BühlerSilvia RyderA troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.Austria
- DirectorNikolay LeshchenkoRza TakhmasibStarsRashid BehbudovLeyla BadirbayliLütfäli AbdullayevIn XX century young merchant decides to marry. He wants to see the girl before the wedding. And his friend Suleiman helps him in this regard.Azerbaijan
- DirectorKareem MortimerStarsJohnny FerroStephen Tyrone WilliamsMargaret Laurena KempThe story of two young Bahamian men who fall in love with each other and portrays the homophobia of the Bahamian society.Bahamas
- DirectorMohamed BualiStarsJamal Al-GhailanAhmed EsaAbdulla MalikThe Good Omen in Bahrain culture and traditions is hanging one of the most famous women dress which called "Al-Nashal" over the house roof as an announcement about the joy of the return for one of the family from travel, or a long absence.Bahrain
- DirectorRitwik GhatakStarsRosy SamadKabori SarwarRawshan ZamilAfter their wedding night, a fisherman's young wife is kidnapped on the Titas River in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh.Bangladesh
- DirectorLisa HarewoodStarsMarcia BurrowesChé-Annika MayersWhen a barrel arrives from London bearing an unwelcome parcel, a caregiver in Barbados makes a hasty decision that risks destroying her special bond with a beloved child.Barbados
- DirectorOleg FrelikhStarsOlga BonusMark DonskoyL. KrasinaA bold study on the dangers of prostitution in the Soviet Union in the 1920s, it's dramatic fiction that tells the story of Lyuba, who after irremediable events, loses her honor, being obliged to exercise the oldest profession in the world to survive. She hopes for better days and a new opportunity. The film also shows the story of two other women who also need hope.Belarus
- DirectorKoen MortierStarsDries VanhegenNorman BaertGunter LamootThree handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.Belgium
- DirectorMatthiew KlinckStarsMiriam Antoinette-OchaetaJim Goodchild ArnoldArran BevisA sealed ancient Mayan cave would be blown open unleashing Xtabai to wreak havoc on the world and destroy civilization. She begins by infecting the inhabitants of a nearby village with a terrible and deadly fever. The government responds by placing the village under quarantine. A team of students along with their teacher escape into the jungle to find a cure, guided only by a dream. They go deep into the bowels of the Mayan underworld, hunted by Xtabai herself. Will they ultimately succeed in defeating the evil Xtabai and saving mankind from her curse? How many will live to tell the tale?Belize
- DirectorJean OdoutanStarsJean OdoutanLaurentine MileboGladys AgboliagboA poor Beninoise corn farmer wanting to break out of his deep misery buys a shaky Peugeot 504 and tries his hand at being a bush cabdriver.Benin
- DirectorScott NeilStarsHeather BrainScott NeilOn a remote mountain a man encourages the faeries of the green lochan to show themselves by playing guitar and singing to them. Little does he know that the female companion he meets by the waterfront is more than she first appears.Bermuda
- DirectorKhyentse NorbuStarsOrgyen TobgyalNeten ChoklingJamyang LodroWhile the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery/boarding school in exile in India. Its atmosphere of serene contemplation is somewhat disrupted by soccer fever, the chief instigator being a young student, the soccer enthusiast Orgyen. Prevented by various circumstances from seeing the Cup finals on television in a nearby village, Orgyen sets out to organize the rental of a TV set for the monastery. The enterprise becomes a test of solidarity, resourcefulness and friendship for the students, while the Lama, head of the monastery, contemplates the challenges of teaching the word of Buddha in a rapidly changing world.Bhutan
- DirectorJorge SanjinésStarsElsa AntequeraNéstor CárdenasBenedicta HuancaWhile her husband is on his way to the market, a peasant woman is raped and murdered. Her widower carefully plans his revenge.Bolivia
- DirectorAdemir KenovicStarsBranko DjuricBoro StjepanovicZaim MuzaferijaA bitter coming-of-age story about boy who grows up in a remote Bosnian village shortly after the WW II.Bosnia and Herzegovina
- DirectorBotlhe LesetediStarsEvelyn KetlogetseNomie PhatsimaTafadzwa RanganaiLesego's Story is a short film about the struggles of a young girl in Gaborone, Botswana.Botswana
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoStarsEduardo CoutinhoElizabeth TeixeiraFerreira GullarA filmmaker returns to Northeast Brazil after twenty years to resume his film (a profile of assassinated peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira) which was shut down by a right-wing military coup in 1964.Brazil
- DirectorSiti KamaluddinStarsLiyana YusReza RahadianRoy SungkonoA young woman who lives with her strict father works to become a a champion at Silat, Indonesia's version of kung fu.Brunei Darussalam
- DirectorBorislav SharalievStarsApostol KaramitevOleg KovachevMariya RusalievaImpersonating a knight is one of the favorite games of nine-year-old protagonist. Now as Don Quixote, now as D'Artagnan he is fighting evil, he is searching for justice and defending the weak. Together with his friends, packed in cardboard armor, they play all day long. As he is playing, however, he unwittingly witnesses the relation between his parents and gradually comes to understand that the world of the adults is far removed from the canons of knightly honor. His parents love him, but never seem to find the time to listen to his concerns. The deceit, corruption and luck of respect in his own family alienate the small boy. The only adult, whom the boy trusts, is his uncle to whom he is attached by a genuine, equal, man-to-man friendship. He takes him to the cinema and theater performances and talks to him like with his peer. Will this sensitive kid ever succeed in building an internal armor against selfishness and rudeness?Bulgaria
- DirectorIdrissa OuedraogoStarsBakary SangaréMariam KabaAbdoulaye KomboudriSamba Traore returns to his village flush with funds. Soon enough he manages to charm the beautiful Saratou into marrying him and, along with another friend, builds the first bar their village has ever seen. But his conscience keeps nagging him and the police are on the lookout for the "gas station murderer."Burkina Faso
- DirectorLéonce NgaboStarsJoseph KumbelaMarie BunelAoua SangareGito is a young African intellectual returning home from France with numerous academic degrees and ministerial ambitions. Gradually his ambitions are crushed by the daily realities of his country. Gito is tested further by the alliance between his French girlfriend and his old sweetheart who join forces to teach Gito an unforgettable lesson.Burundi
- DirectorRithy PanhStarsPeng PhanMom SothChhim NalineIn Cambodian refugee camps, when children are asked where rice comes from, they answer, "from UN lorries". They have never seen a rice field. One day, these children will have to learn to live in Cambodia, i.e., they will have to learn to cultivate, to plough, to work the land. Rice people tries to share this way of life, to demonstrate the fragile equilibrium on which it lies and the freedom it represents.Cambodia
- DirectorJean-Marie TénoStarsJean-Marie TénoNarcisse KouokamMarie Claire DatiA documentary examining political repression in Cameroon, Central Africa.Cameroon
- DirectorSandor SternStarsDavid HewlettCynthia PrestonTerry O'QuinnIsolated by his strange parents, Leon finds solace in an imaginary friend, which happens to be an anatomy doll from his father's doctor office. Unfortunately, the doll begins to take over Leon's life, and his sister's life as well.Canada
- DirectorLeão LopesStarsMarina AlbuquerqueFernanda AlvesSimão Pedro AlvesCape Verde, 1964. At the feet of a mighty volcano, the traditional Cape Verdean society is undergoing a steady change. The old land-owning aristocracy is disintegrating. A class of "mulattos" begins to emerge, with a trade-based financial power that threatens the landlords. A new identity arises, a mix of old and new, of African and Portuguese culture, sensual and dynamic. The songs of Cesária Évora follow this inevitable transformation. From the novel by Henrique Teixeira de Sousa.Cape Verde
- DirectorBrittany Suzanne KellyStarsCassandra SheaCaroline Margaret NealeRawly MarsWe follow plucky and determined Skip Sullivan on her journey to become a successful sheep-herder.Cayman Islands
- DirectorBassek Ba KobhioDidier OuenangareStarsEriq EbouaneyNadège Beausson-DiagneSonia ZembourouA film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another culture. In this case, the problem is so acute that there is even heated debate over what to call that 'other.' The subtitles in the film use the familiar word 'pygmies,' a relatively pejorative European term; the Bantu or villagers' expression for the same group, Babingas, carries similar negative connotations. These highly specialized, tropical rain forest hunter-gatherers should perhaps be called by their own ethnonym, Aka, MoAka (sing.) and BaAka (pl.)Central African Republic
- DirectorMahamat-Saleh HarounStarsAli BarkaiYoussouf DjaoroAziza HisseineChad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a sixteen-year-old youth, to trace the man who killed his father and to execute him. Atim obeys him and, armed with his father's own gun, he goes in search of Nassara, the man who made him an orphan. It does not take long before he finds him. Nassara, who now goes straight, is married, goes to the mosque and owns a small bakery. After some hesitation Atim offers him his services as an apprentice. He is hired then it will be easy for him to gun down the murderer of his father. At least, that is what he thinks...Chad
- DirectorMatías BizeStarsBlanca LewinGonzalo ValenzuelaA young man and woman have a sensual, one-night stand in a motel room where they confide in each other about their troubled lives.Chile
- DirectorYang LiStarsYixiang LiBaoqiang WangShuangbao WangTwo coal miners and conmen looking for their next murder victim decide on a naïve country boy desperately looking for a job.China
- DirectorVíctor GaviriaStarsRamiro MenesesCarlos Mario RestrepoJackson Idrian GallegoRodrigo and his friends are bored teenagers living in Medellin. Rodrigo wants to start a punk band. The youths mainly loaf around the hillside shanty towns and, for kicks, steal a bike or car, or shoot someone.Colombia
- DirectorHachimiya AhamadaStarsMama HayiriyaFahamwe IbouroAbidine Said MohamedA Comorian village. Djibril spends his free time taking care of an abandoned villa. While living there, his small straw hut is ravaged by a fire. Homeless, he now must find a place to live.Comoros
- DirectorJean-Michel TchissoukouStarsBéranger DuboisAlbertine NgalouJoseph Nzikou KengueThis film illustrate through physical struggle, the clash between generations and civilizations.Congo
- DirectorLennie HillStarsKatu TeitiIna TapuruaElder RopatiFive warriors stumble upon an object in the sand which gifts them with the sound of music.Cook Islands
- DirectorHernán JiménezStarsCarlos Luis ZamoraCarol SanabriaAnabelle UlloaGabo and Maga are an old couple who have lived together all their life and depend emotionally on each other completely. Delia, their grand-daughter, was brought up by them. The three of them live together harmoniously in a cosy atmosphere. At the age of 27, she already has a promising career in a big company. Everything is turned upside down with Maga's sudden death just at the moment when Delia is assigned a very responsible task, the management of a major project which may launch her carer or bring it to an inglorious end. And what's more to it, in the opening of the testament it turns out that Maga had expressed the wish that her ashes be dispersed in the Caribbean. Delia is facing a serious dilemma, as in her grand-father's life there is nothing else now but the accomplishment of his companion's last wish at a time when Delia can not abandon her professional commitment for a trip to the Caribbean.Costa Rica
- DirectorRoger Gnoan M'BalaStarsAlbert AyatollahAkissi DeltaPierre GondoA West African pig farmer has a religious vision, wherein he is told that he'll be Magloire the First, a prophet of Christ. He then sets out to rid his local villagers of superstition and instead save them for Jesus.Côte d'Ivoire
- DirectorZoran TadicStarsIvica VidovicFabijan SovagovicBozidarka FrajtAfter moving to a new neighborhood, a mysterious man starts introducing his landlord to the hobby of collecting crime statistics.Croatia
- DirectorTomás Gutiérrez AleaJuan Carlos TabíoStarsJorge PerugorríaVladimir CruzMirta IbarraStory of two men who are opposites: one gay, the other straight; one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist; one suspicious, the other accepting; and how they come to love each other.Cuba
- DirectorJeroen LeindersStarsDanny GloverJeroen KrabbéPaul BazelyTula was the leader of the big slave uprising on the island of Curacao, a Dutch colony in 1795. The story of a man who stood up against his oppressors leading his people in a peaceful march for freedom, equality and brotherhood.Curaçao
- DirectorYannis EconomidesStarsStathis StamoulakatosVangelis MourikisMaria KallimaniFollowing his father's death, Nikos leaves the provinces to work in Athens guarding his brutish uncle's dogs. Nikos finds the dynamic of his relationship with his uncle changing when his uncle's wife draws closer to him.Cyprus
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsHana BrejchováVladimír PucholtVladimír MensíkA factory manager in rural Czechoslovakia bargains with the army to send men to the area, to boost the morale of his young female workers, deprived of male company since the local boys have been conscripted. The army sends reservists, mostly married middle-aged men - and the local beauty Andula, spurns those bold enough to try to win her, for the jazz pianist, newly come from Prague to perform. He seduces her and impresses her, telling her "most women are round, like guitars but you are a guitar by Picasso". Staying the night with him causes a lecture on a young woman's honour at her hostel so she throws over her other suitors and makes her way to Prague to find the young man. His protective Mamma and weary Pappa are not pleased when she arrives on the doorstep with her suitcase.Czech Republic
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenAnnika WedderkoppA teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.Denmark
- DirectorPierre DeschampsStarsJerry 'Maka West'Juxtaposed to the hustle and bustle of city life on the diminutive Caribbean island of Dominica, Jerry Maka West works his garden in the island's lush interior, his Zion, growing and preparing his food just as his grandparents once taught him. Jerry is Nom Tèw, Man of the Soil.Dominica
- DirectorAgliberto MeléndezStarsÁngel MuñizCarlos Alfredo FatuleHoracio VelozA fictional retelling of the Regina Express tragedy, in which 22 Dominican stowaways died from suffocation in an attempt of illegal travel in September 1981.Dominican Republic
- DirectorBalufu Bakupa-KanyindaStarsDieudonné KabongoYves MbaPascal N'ZonziThis film tells the story of the president of a fictitious African nation who spends a sleepless night playing checkers with a pot-smoking vagabond who claims to be the all-round champion. However, the rules of the game entail the opponents howling vulgar and foul obscenities at one another. The champion proceeds to insult, and trounce, the President. His reward, and his fate, will not surprise anyone.DR Congo
- DirectorSebastián CorderoStarsCarlos ValenciaMarco BustosCristina DávilaSalvador's life takes a dark turn when his ex-convict cousin, Angel, arrives seeking money and shelter. Together, they involve their loved ones in a dangerous criminal journey.Ecuador
- DirectorHenry BarakatStarsOmar SharifZubida TharwatRushdi AbazahBased in British occupied Egypt, Ibrahim (Omar Sharif), a member of the resistance, seeks refuge in the house of a politically passive family after killing the prime minister for his acts of treason.Egypt
- DirectorJosé David CalderónStarsIsabel DadaGilda LewinErnesto MeridaOlivia is a disturbed woman who shows some signs of amnesia and madness. Accompanied only by Esther, she fantasizes that some day her beloved Julio will return, but he only writes her letters. Esther, however, keeps a terrible secret from her.El Salvador
- DirectorTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseMichael PalinBorn on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.England
- DirectorCoke RiobóoStarsSalustiana AyecabaExuperancia BibangRosa CardusThe main character is studying in his house in Malabo when, suddenly, the power is cut. He tries to look for a candle, but he falls down because of the darkness. The light comes back and he can start to study again, but this does not last long. The power goes off again, the character tries to fix it, but he has an electric accident. When the light comes back on, he appears with "Rasta" hair and, a few seconds later, the power is cut for the third time.Equatorial Guinea
- DirectorAmbessa Jir BerheStarsAmbessa Jir BerheFilmon MebrahtomSenait MeketaA young man learns a valuable lesson when he succumbs to peer pressure and attempts to smoke his first and last cigarette.Eritrea
- DirectorIlmar RaagStarsVallo KirsPärt UusbergLauri PedajaAn average Estonian high-schooler decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts war between him and the informal leader of the class. As teenagers' honour is a touchy thing, everything ends in bloodshed.Estonia
- DirectorHaile GerimaStarsKasu AsfawGebru KasaWorke KasaIn Ethiopia; there is a slow boiling of a feud between a wealthy Lord and a protester who feels he is mistreating his laborers. While the viewer gets to closely examine the culture, conversations, and lives of the locals who surround them.Ethiopia
- DirectorVilsoni HerenikoStarsSapeta TaitoRena OwenVoi FesaituA coming of age story about a young woman, Viki, attempting to escape the stifling conformity of island culture. Inspired by the myth of the Warrior Woman, Viki recovers from the death of her father and fights for justice and freedom.Fiji
- DirectorErkko KivikoskiStarsMaarita MäkeläEero MelasniemiKurt IngvallClassic student beds teacher tale, while latter fends off advances of (elder) work colleague.Finland
- DirectorGeorges FranjuStarsPierre BrasseurAlida ValliJuliette MaynielA surgeon causes an accident which leaves his daughter disfigured and goes to extreme lengths to give her a new face.France
- DirectorImunga IvangaStarsDavid N'Guema-N'KogheEmile MepangoRoland NkeyiMougler and his friends slip into a life of petty crime in Libreville, Gabon. When they take their chances in robbing a lottery kiosk, things turn from lighthearted to tragic.Gabon
- DirectorOtar IosselianiStarsGela KandelakiGogi ChkheidzeJansug KakhidzeA carefree young percussionist roams the streets of Tbilisi, interacting with friends and strangers alike, and tries to avoid responsibilities.Georgia
- DirectorUli EdelStarsNatja BrunckhorstEberhard AurigaPeggy BussieckA teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.Germany
- DirectorC'Emeka UbaStarsYaw AduBernard Aduse-PokuMercy AsieduBrother Vincent is an successful and Christian young man, he seems to have everything going for him with a deep involvement in church, a gorgeous, young fiancé and flashy new car at his disposal. His life is soon about to take a turn for the worse though as his mom Dufie (unknown to him) is involved whit spirits from the dark underworld and has promised to deliver them her sons soul. But to penetrate Vincent's faith and succeed whit her evil deeds turns out to be much harder than she thought. It seem as if the only way to get to Vincent is to make him break up with his fiancé and get him involved with an evil spirit in human shape. With her son dating evil but attractive Natasha he should be no match for Dufie and her spirit companions right? Luckily for Vincent this is not the case as his father and the local priest bravely puts up a fight to save his soul....Ghana
- DirectorDenis AmarStarsMichael ParéTawny KitaenPeter CrookScott is a US Marine who travels Spain to see his sister Kim, after many years of separation. But she is dead, and there is nothing else to arrive him. Alone in the Madrid's streets, Scott will search for the killers, will try to reveal the reason of the murder of his dear sister, and for revenge for himself.Gibraltar
- DirectorKostas ManoussakisStarsElli FotiouAnestis VlahosSpyros FokasA disturbing family drama about the pathogeny of Greek countryside.Greece
- DirectorJacob GrønlykkeStarsRasmus LyberthVivi NielsenNiels PlatowWhen the humiliation and grief of his eldest son's shooting rampage and subsequent suicide threatens to pull him under, a brokenhearted father (Rasmus Lyberth) leaves his family and tight-knit community and heads into Greenland's bleak landscape. As he journeys forth on an antiquated dogsled with no destination, he eventually finds solace -- and the soul he lost long ago -- in the form of a mystical hermit (Anda Kristiansen).Greenland
- DirectorAnderson QuarlessStarsTahira CarterDeleon WaltersClara meets John at a particularly vulnerable time in her life. She is "blinded" by love and he becomes her world. The intense relationship then becomes violent and Clara is forced to take drastic action to protect herself and their son Chris.Grenada
- DirectorKarine GamaStarsHarry DublinDiana GuillaumeJohan GuillaumeA sensitively look at a grandmother, who embodies cultural, family and social values.Guadeloupe
- DirectorJayro BustamanteStarsMaría Mercedes CoroyMaría TelónManuel AntúnOn the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for seventeen-year-old María by her Kaqchikel parents.Guatemala
- DirectorJames HarrisonStarsJohn GollopShort film giving a brief look into the life of popular Guernsey politician John Gollop who lives with Asperger's syndrome. Filmed during 2009 in Guernsey and Alderney in the Channel Islands.Guernsey
- DirectorMuhammad CamaraStarsMohamed CamaraMaimouna CoulibalyAwa TraoréMariama and her blind son Bilaly are shunned by their neighbors. When Mariama rescues an albino man, Samba, from drowning, she discovers that he is a healer and can cure her son's blindness. In order for him to do this, Mariama must commit incest with Bilaly.Guinea
- DirectorFlora GomesStarsDulcenia BidjanqueDjuco BodjanDadu CisseDone in the style of an African folk tale, this film, a collaboration between European and African countries, is said to be among the most elaborate, high tech film in African film. Exquisitely photographed and filled with archetypal figures to create a poetic look at nature's revenge against those who would exploit her. It is set in the forest village of Amanha Lundju, a place where the birth of children is celebrated by the planting of a tree. The trees are considered spiritual twins. But for every tree planted, the rapacious state destroys many more for firewood and lumber.Guinea-Bissau
- DirectorRaoul PeckStarsJennifer ZubarToto BissainthePatrick RameauHaiti during papa Doc's reign: not a fun place!Haiti
- A short documentary covering the conclave and election of Pope Pius XII.The Holy See
- DirectorJuan Carlos FanconiStarsJuan Pablo OlyslagerBoris BarrazaRocío Carranza4 Scientists, live a series of paranormal events. their only track, is a message that would lead them to a place called ¨Ciudad Blanca".Honduras
- DirectorDanny LeeHerman YauStarsAnthony Chau-Sang WongDanny LeeEmily KwanMacau cops begin to suspect a man running a pork buns restaurant of murder, after tracing the origin of a case full of chopped up human remains that washed ashore, which leads them to him.Hong Kong
- DirectorZoltán FábriStarsImre SinkovitsDezsö GarasLászló MárkusOn Hitler's birthday, the Germans decide to organize a soccer match between prisoners of war and Germans.Hungary
- DirectorÁgúst GuðmundssonStarsÁsgeir ÓskarssonEgill ÓlafssonJakob MagnússonThe basic plot revolves around the break-up of a band and the subsequent competition between the two new bands to get contracts and attention. One of the new bands is all-female, the other all-male.Iceland
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeMadhavi MukherjeeShailen MukherjeeThe lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.India
- DirectorD. DjajakusumaStarsWahid ChanBambang HermantoR.D. IsmailSet in the 1930s, and narrated like a ballad from the past, The Tiger from Tjampa tells of how a young man, Lukman, seeks to avenge his father's murder by learning pencak silat, a traditional form of self defense, based on the movements of animals. The pencak silat seen in the film is regionally specific to West Sumatra. Silat in many other Indonesian films is often mixed with the kung fu of Hong Kong cinema.Indonesia
- DirectorAbbas KiarostamiStarsHossain SabzianMohsen MakhmalbafAbolfazl AhankhahThe true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf to convince a family they would star in his so-called new film.Iran
- DirectorShawkat Amin KorkiStarsShwan AttoofHamed DiyarHamajaga HilinInside a beat up stadium in Kirkuk, Iraq, live many refugees trying to escape Sadam Hussein's administration. Asu lives with his younger brother who has lost his legs from a landmine. Next door lives Hilin, who has not been able to express her feelings. One of the only sources of happiness for these people who live amid fear of poverty and bombings is soccer. Asu gathers together the Kurdish, Arabs and Turkish in order to hold a soccer match. Although they are of different races, they become close neighbors.Iraq
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsRichard HarrisJohn HurtSean BeanWhen a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it.Ireland
- DirectorJohn McKayStarsSam RockwellFrances O'ConnorTom WilkinsonSet in the 1930s, an American with a scandalous reputation on both sides of the Atlantic must do an about-face in order to win back the woman of his dreams.Isle of Man
- DirectorJacques KatmorStarsAharon AlmogTirzeh ArbelAdar EshetA story of the influence of modern life on a woman, who meets a man in a sculptor's studio, has an affair, and is found dead.Israel
- DirectorValerio ZurliniStarsClaudia CardinaleJacques PerrinLuciana AngiolilloA girl pursues a guy who fooled her, but fascinates his younger brother instead.Italy
- DirectorPerry HenzellStarsJimmy CliffJanet BartleyCarl BradshawWishing to become a successful reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers.Jamaica
- DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsNobuko OtowaJitsuko YoshimuraKei SatôTwo women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.Japan
- DirectorAmin MatalqaStarsNadim SawalhaRana SultanHussein Al-SousWhen an old airport janitor finds a captain's hat in the trash, he gets pulled into the lives of children in his poor neighborhood. He weaves imaginary stories of his world adventures to offer hope in the face of their harsh reality.Jordan
- DirectorErmek TursynovStarsGulsharat ZhubyevaTurakhan SadykovaErzhan NurymbetA woman is led by her family to her new husband's home, to live with, presumably, his elderly mother and younger brother. Despite being forced into the marriage, she discovers that he is not such a bad catch after all but domestic bliss does not last long.Kazakhstan
- DirectorDavid 'Tosh' GitongaStarsJoseph WairimuOlwenya MainaShix KapyengaA young, aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming a success in the big city. In pursuit of this and to the chagrin of his brother and parents, he makes his way to Nairobi:the city of opportunity.Kenya
- In a remote corner of the Pacific, the nation of Kiribati has created the world's largest marine reserve, the Phoenix Islands Protected Area. The reserve covers 410,500 square kilometers and is home to thriving coral reefs and abundant sea life, including sharks and manta rays.Kiribati