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- DirectorPrano Bailey-BondStarsNiamh AlgarMichael SmileyNicholas BurnsAfter viewing a strangely familiar video nasty, Enid, a film censor, sets out to solve the past mystery of her sister's disappearance, embarking on a quest that dissolves the line between fiction and reality.
- DirectorGeorge Peter BarbariStarsEtienne AssalAdnan KhabbazJean Paul FranjiehEtienne is taken by his friends to a prostitute for the first time. Three troubled teens on their way to win their acceptance into manhood. Though several unexpected occurrences take Etienne on an unforeseen journey into himself.
- DirectorAyten AminStarsBassant AhmedBasmala ElghaieshHussein GhanemThe film revolves around the relationship of two teenage sisters in one of Egypt's Nile Delta cities, one of them holds a secret life in the virtual world.
- DirectorCarlos Alfonso CorralStarsBrandon AshfordReagan AshfordCarlos GutierrezWith two homeless lovers' journey as the through-line, 'Dirty Feathers' weaves in and out of an overwhelmed shelter and a forsaken landscape with fervent echoes of the unheard and neglected.
- DirectorMilica TomovicStarsDubravka KovjanicStefan TrifunovicKatarina DimicWinter, 1993. Bill Clinton is elected president. Audrey Hepburn dies. Wars following the breakup of socialist Yugoslavia are continued in Croatia and Bosnia. Belgrade is under sanctions and inflation that threaten to become hyperinflation. MOTHER wakes up on a day when she has to do all the preparation for her younger daughter's birthday party - cooking awaits her, guests await her and dirty dishes await her, when the night is over. After a full year of not having sex with her husband, Mother introduced masturbation in her everyday routine.
- DirectorHadas Ben AroyaStarsElisheva WeilLeib LevinYoav HaytDanny is pregnant by Max but she doesn't get around to telling him at a party. Meanwhile, Max is busy trying out his girlfriend Avishag's sexual fantasies with her.
- DirectorLouda Ben SalahStarsAurélien GabrielliLouise ChevillotteSaadia BentaïebA struggling novelist meets an attractive female student and sets up an apartment for them, but will this new situation interfere with his writing?
- DirectorDanis GouletStarsElle-Máijá TailfeathersBrooklyn Letexier-HartAlex TarrantA mother joins an underground band of vigilantes to try to rescue her daughter from a state-run institution.
- DirectorYûjirô HarumotoStarsRyô IkedaYumi KawaiYôta KawaseWhile documenting a controversial tragedy that shook her community, a filmmaker must put her morals to the test when a perverse secret in her own life is revealed.
- DirectorAngelo Madsen MinaxStarsAngelo Madsen MinaxFilmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his home town after the mysterious death of his two-year-old niece and the arrest of his brother-in-law as the culprit.
- DirectorAnne Zohra BerrachedStarsCanan KirRoger AzarDarina Al JoundiTwo students marry in secret despite objections from the woman's mother. In a mosque in Hamburg, they promise to stay together, but the man commits to an act that will shake the whole world.
- DirectorDamien OdoulStarsTheo KermelPierre MeunierSonia GondryAfter his father leaves, a 27 year old with Down's syndrome living in the woods has to reinvent his life and open himself up more to things and beings.
- DirectorTony StoneStarsSharlto CopleyDrew PowellChristian CallowayAn exploration of Ted Kaczynski's life in Lincoln, Montana in the years leading up to his arrest as The Unabomber.
- DirectorFerit KarahanStarsSamet YildizEkin KoçMahir IpekSet over the course of a tense day at an isolated boarding school, this moral drama follows a boy's desperate fight to save his sick friend in the face of a rigid bureaucracy.
- DirectorStina WerenfelsStarsVictoria SchulzJenny SchilyLars EidingerWhen her mother decides to stop administering medication to her mentally challenged daughter, 18-year-old Dora awakes, as if from a deep sleep. Dora discovers her body, her sensuality and finally, sex, too.
- DirectorStina WerenfelsStarsOlivia FrolichSelma Jamal AldinMikki LevyInvestment banker HP has allegedly ridden out the crash of the stock exchange. One evening, at a barbecue event with his banker friends and their wives, HP's Danish au-pair threatens to blow the whistle on her love affair with HP's married boss. HP wants to please everybody. But the next morning, he has lost everything: his house, his wife, his friends, and his job - NACHBEBEN is an intimate play which examines how neo-liberal principals force their way into the most private of spheres, namely those of the family and of friendships. NACHBEBEN is a film about men that have been trained to poker, spy and speculate in an economic world. It is also a film about women that are expected to accept this but in the end decide not to. It is astonishing to note that although banks and large corporations represent the largest employment sector of modern-day Switzerland, NACHBEBEN is the first Swiss film which deals in depth with the people of this socio-economic environment. And although affluence and materialism appear to be ubiquitous in Switzerland, no national film to date has illustrated the human price which these traits ultimately demand.
- DirectorRosa von PraunheimStarsAndreas MarquardtMarion ErdmannHanno KofflerA karate expert recounts his early life, his turbulent childhood, rife with sexual abuse and a career as a pimp. Andreas "Karate Andy" Marquardt's subsequent rehabilitation treatment, enables him to start life again with the one girl who suffered his worst abuse. He runs a karate school today for children to prove that its possible to turn over a new leaf.
- DirectorBruce La BruceStarsSusanne SachßeViva RuizKembra PfahlerThe Misandrists begins with Volker, a young man with an injured leg, stumbling through the forest, pursued by the police and their tracking dogs. When he emerges from the woods, he sees two young women, Isolde and Hilde, frolicking in a field not far from a large old country house. When the beautiful young Isolde realizes that the handsome young man is in trouble with the law, she convinces Hilde to help her hide him in the basement of the house, which happens to be a school for wayward girls. Isolde forces Hilde to agree to keep the young man's presence in the basement hidden from the rest of the household, especially from Big Mother, who runs the school, which is composed of twelve other females: four teachers and eight young women rescued from the streets. It is a lesbian separatist stronghold. Isolde secretly nurses Volker back to health, but does not let him know that the school for girls is also a front for a quasi-terrorist organization called the FLA - the Female Liberation Army - that is willing to go to any lengths to challenge the patriarchy. Meanwhile, we are introduced to all the other girls and women of the house, discovering their backgrounds and their relationships with one another, their beliefs and womanifestos. Several of the members of this radical female tribe are harbouring secrets of their own, which are eventually revealed as the film moves towards its climax: the revelation of a new style of lesbian porn that is to be used as both propaganda tool and calling card for their new brand of female revolution. Blessed be the Goddess of all worlds that has not made me a man.
- DirectorClarisa NavasStarsSofia CabreraAna Carolina GarciaMauricio VilaIris has been expelled from school and spends her days with her cousins. When she meets Renata, she's fascinated, and they soon start flirting in spite of the growing rumours about Renata's past.
- DirectorIdris ElbaStarsAntwayne EcclestonFraser JamesAml AmeenBritish crime drama film directed by Idris Elba based on the novel of the same name by Jamaican-born writer Victor Headley.
- DirectorRafi PittsStarsMitra HajjarAli NicksaulatSaid OrkaniThe struggle to survive, for a generation, torn between wanting to leave its country, yet bound by blood to home.
- DirectorMartín Rodríguez RedondoStarsWalter RodríguezCatalina SaavedraGermán De SilvaMarcos, a seventeen-year-old farm worker, discovers his sexuality in a hostile environment.
- DirectorAktan Arym KubatStarsNuraly TursunkojoevZarema AsanalievaAktan Arym KubatCentaur lives a modest life with his family in rural Kyrgyzstan until he abruptly becomes the center of attention when he is caught stealing a racehorse at night. A story inspired by the myth when horses became the wings of men.
- DirectorDamiano D'InnocenzoFabio D'InnocenzoStarsAndrea CarpenzanoMatteo OlivettiMilena ManciniMirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome. They both live in poor conditions with their single parents, are still in school and struggle with occasional odd jobs to make ends meet. Together they share dreams of women, of sex and money, of a better life to come. After killing a man in a hit-and-run one night, they get involved with the local mafia and their lives change dramatically. Soon they find themselves doing the dirty work for their new bosses and have fresh blood on their hands. But lured by the dreams of easy money and illusions of a thriving career, they fail to realize the consequences of their choice. Life in the underworld becomes exceedingly tough and Mirko and Manolo soon disconnect from family and former friends as they engage on a download spiral, a pathway towards darkness.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsEduardo NoriegaPenélope CruzChete LeraA very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.
- DirectorAnna MuylaertStarsRegina CaséHelena AlbergariaMichel JoelsasWhen the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.
- DirectorJean-Gabriel PériotStarsHorst MahlerPhilip Werner SauberHolger MeinsFilm based on the rise of The Red Army Faction, German revolutionary terrorist group founded by Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof.
- DirectorWang BingThree young sisters live and work in extreme poverty in the harsh environment of Yunnan, a province on the Sino Burmese border area of China.
- DirectorAskar UzabayevStarsLaura MyrzakhmetovaYerbolat AlkozhaRakhat HalykFor her job as an influencer, she wears orange and a broad smile. The "Happiness" brand is her doctrine, but her home is a dark place where brute force has ruled for years. This film shows us what it costs to escape the trap of misogyny.
- DirectorAlejandra Márquez AbellaStarsGerardo TrejolunaPaloma PetraDolores HerediaDon Reynaldo is a famous hunter in decline. When his ranch and his father's legacy are threatened, the dynamic of his relationship with his family, his employees, and land will be dangerously shaken.
- DirectorAlain GuiraudieStarsJean-Charles ClichetNoémie LvovskyIlies KadriChristmas Eve is ruined by an act of terrorism in the city of Clermont-Ferrand. As the city descends into panic, thirty-something Mederic falls in love with older prostitute Isadora.
- DirectorAdam RybanskýStarsMichal IsteníkMiroslav KrobotAnna PolívkováWhen a villager is injured by a car at a party, firefighter Brona is immediately convinced that it is an attack perpetrated by an "Arab". His colleague Standa sees things differently. A laconic film that explores the causes of racism.
- DirectorMilos PusicStarsJasna DjuricicBoris IsakovicPredrag MomcilovicA group of illegal construction workers, left without money and basic rights, fight their bosses with all they have left, building a hoax "Potemkin's village" to con a development fund. Close to deadline it's a fight for life and death.
- DirectorFrancesco CostabileStarsLina SicilianoFabrizio FerracaneAnna Maria De LucaRosa is a young rebel girl who lives with her grandmother and her uncle in a remote part of Calabria, in Southernmost Italy. Her mother's untimely death when Rosa was a child casts a gloomy shadow on her present life.
- DirectorMichael BorodinStarsZukhara SanzysbayLyudmila VasilievaTolibjon SuleymanovA supermarket in a Moscow suburb is the heart of darkness for the Uzbek "employees" who work there around the clock and are threatened, abused and imprisoned. Mukhabbat escapes and reveals the vicious circle of modern slavery.
- DirectorAli AsgariStarsSadaf AsgariGhazal ShojaeiAmirreza RanjbaranFereshteh has to hide her illegitimate baby for one night from her parents who turn up for a surprise visit. Her friend Atefeh helps her. They embark on an odyssey during which they must carefully weigh up who their allies are.
- DirectorGuðmundur Arnar GuðmundssonStarsBirgir Dagur BjarkasonÁskell Einar PálmasonViktor Benóný BenediktssonAddi, a gifted boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices, the boys discover aggression, violence, loyalty, and love.
- DirectorAlauda Ruiz de AzúaStarsLaia CostaSusi SánchezRamón BareaAmaia, who has just become a mother, decides to return for guidance after her partner is temporarily away, to her parents' house along the Basque coast.
- DirectorTim SuttonStarsMegan FoxRuby RoseScoot McNairyFollows the last days of a rising but problematic musician.
- DirectorKim Se-inStarsJi-ho LymYang Mal-bokYi-jung is in her late twenties and still lives with her mother. Having raised her daughter alone, Su-kyung is now ready to start a new life with her fiancé and leave the past behind. Not so Yi-jung, who from an early age has all too often had to serve as an outlet for her irascible mother's frustrations. The many years of disregard have left her with a crippling mixture of suppressed feelings towards her mother from whom she simply cannot break free. When an argument between the two escalates in a supermarket car park, Su-kyung hits her daughter with her car. Just an accident, the mother claims. Malicious intent, Yi-jung retorts. This rebellion marks the beginning of an arduous process for both women to cut the cord.