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- DirectorAnne Zohra BerrachedStarsJulia JentschBjarne MädelJohanna GastdorfAt work, Astrid is admired by her fans as a famous cabaret artist and privately a second child is on road to complete her family happiness.
- DirectorVincent PerezStarsLouis HofmannEmil von SchönfelsKatrin PollittAfter a Nazi German working class couple loses their son in World War II, they decide to retaliate by secretly leafletting handwritten cards in Berlin denouncing their government.
- DirectorDenis CôtéStarsJames HyndmanSimone-Élise GirardDenis LavantA man begins having an extramarital affair to deal with his emotional and companionship needs while caring for his terminally ill wife.
- DirectorIvo FerreiraStarsMiguel NunesMargarida Vila-NovaRicardo PereiraBased on António Lobo Antunes's novel, a collection of letters written by a young soldier, doctor and a aspirant writer, to his wife while he was serving in Angola between 1971 and 1973, during the Portuguese Colonial War, a war between Portugal with its former overseas provinces.
- DirectorChao YangStarsHao QinZhilei XinLipeng WuA voyage in between a woman who tries to searching for the meaning of life and a man holding a book of poems on the longest river of Mainland China.
- DirectorMani HaghighiStarsAmir JadidiEhsan GoodarziHomayoun GhanizadehAn orange Chevrolet Impala drives across a cemetery towards an abandoned shipwreck in the middle of a desert landscape. It is the 22nd of January, 1965. The day before, the Iranian prime minister was shot dead in front of the parliament building.
- DirectorGianfranco RosiStarsSamuele PucilloMattias CucinaSamuele CaruanaCapturing life on the Italian island of Lampedusa, a frontline in the European migrant crisis.
- DirectorMichael GrandageStarsColin FirthJude LawNicole KidmanA chronicle of Max Perkins's time as the book editor at Scribner, where he oversaw works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsPiolo PascualJohn Lloyd CruzHazel OrencioThe search for the body of Andres Bonifacio.
- DirectorMohamed Ben AttiaStarsMajd MastouraRym Ben MessaoudSabah BouzouitaHedi, a young man with great dreams, is struggling his way through social conventions in Tunisia. While his mother tries to decide his life for him, Hedi meets Rim and suddenly he discovers that his world goes beyond and above conventions.
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsTrine DyrholmFares FaresUlrich ThomsenA story about the clash between personal desires, solidarity and tolerance in a Danish commune in the 1970s.
- DirectorMia Hansen-LøveStarsIsabelle HuppertAndré MarconRoman KolinkaA philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, losing her book deal, and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her.
- DirectorJeff NicholsStarsMichael ShannonJoel EdgertonKirsten DunstA father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child's special powers.
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsSandrine KiberlainKacey Mottet KleinCorentin FilaDamien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father is on a tour of duty abroad. He is bullied by Thomas, whose mother is ill. The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to come and stay with them.
- DirectorRafi PittsStarsRory CochraneJoel McKinnon MillerMichael HarneyNero, a deported Mexican, returns illegally to the U.S in search of his identity. He joins the U.S army as a Green card soldier, a shortcut to citizenship. Lost in a maze, Nero fights to obtain his nationality.
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsDavid SangerEmad KiyaeiEric ChienA documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.
- DirectorDanis TanovicStarsSnezana VidovicIzudin BajrovicVedrana BozinovicThe major hotel Europe in Sarajevo will receive an important visit on the anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, attack that triggered World War. As the manager of the place waiting to Jacques, a special French guest, workers in the kitchen preparing a strike because they have spent months without pay and journalist records a television show on the roof.
- DirectorTomasz WasilewskiStarsJulia KijowskaMagdalena CieleckaDorota KolakPoland, 1990. The first euphoric year of freedom, but also of uncertainty for the future. Four apparently happy women of different ages decide it's time to change their lives, and fulfill their desires.
- DirectorBarak HeymannTomer HeymannAlexander Bodin SaphirStarsSaar MaozAlonLondon Gay Men's Chorus BandAt 21, Saar was expelled from his religious kibbutz and fled to the UK. There he created a new family with the London Gay Men's Chorus and now, after 19 years, Saar reaches out to his old family in the hope of a reconciliation.
- DirectorEster GouldReijer ZwaanStarsMadonnaLuis CamachoJose GuitierezWhat does it take to express yourself? The surprising and moving story of Madonna's most famous troupe of dancers.
- DirectorUdi AloniStarsTamer NafarSamar QuptySalwa NakkaraSet against a backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian rapper Kareem and his singer girlfriend Manar struggle, love and make music in their crime-ridden ghetto and Tel Aviv's hip-hop club scene.
- DirectorDoris DörrieStarsRosalie ThomassKaori MomoiNami KamataA young German woman bonds with an elderly Japanese woman while touring the Fukushima region of Japan in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake.
- DirectorOliver SchmitzStarsSteve CooganAndrea RiseboroughGarion DowdsA lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
- DirectorSergio AndradeFábio BaldoStarsAnderson TikunaRita CarelliBegê MunizAnderson, a young indigenous man, with 20 years of age, clashes with archaic traditions and ends up leaving the community where he lives and going to Manaus.
- DirectorMariano BiasinStarsLucas ArandaRenata VillanuevaMarcio MansillaWhat happens after falling in love. And before growing up.
- DirectorJayarajStarsShine Tom ChackoSabitha JayaraajThomas G. KannampuzhaOttaal (The Trap) is an adaptation of one of Anton Chekhov's timeless works, Vanka. A story of the 18th century, but one that has travelled the time and space to be retold in the present day at a small village in the South of India. Kuttappayi, a young boy, is miserable and desperate as he starts writing a letter to his grandfather from a place, dim and dark. Kuttappayi's recollections takes us to the picturesque locations of Kuttanad, where Kuttappayi and his grandpa, Valiyappachayi, are arriving with their ducks. The village is as pleasant as it can be even though what brings him there is the death of his dearest parents. With hope and freedom, he is about to start his life afresh among the village's letterless postman, the nameless dog, the rich lad, Tinku and many more.
- DirectorNorbert LechnerStarsLynn DortschackLisa WihstutzLinda Anh DangBecause her mother had to go back to Vietnam, eleven-year-old Linh now has to take care of her little sister and the take-away restaurant on her own. Nobody is supposed to know, but nothing gets past Pauline who lives in the same neighbourhood. Will the self-appointed "spy" blow the whistle on the two sisters?
- DirectorMete GümürhanStarsMuhammed CeylanBeytullah OnurHarun KiliçA film that follows the lives of 26 boys who train at a wrestling academy in the Turkish province of Amasya. They dream of becoming Olympic champions, but they also face the challenges of growing up in a male-dominated environment.
- DirectorEmilie DeleuzeStarsLéna MagnienPatricia MazuyPhilippe DuquesneThirteen-year-old girl starts playing in a band while arguing with parents.
- DirectorIra SachsStarsGreg KinnearJennifer EhlePaulina GarcíaA new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease.
- DirectorÜmit KörekenStarsSelim KayaEray KilicarslanKatya Shenkova12-year-old Ali lives an austere life in the Anatolian countryside. He's saving up his hard-earned money for his big dream: a brand-new, blue bicycle. When Elif, the girl he is secretly in love with, becomes the victim of a great injustice at school, Ali takes up the passionate fight for democracy and against a system stuck in its ways.
- DirectorPepa San MartínStarsJulia LübbertEmilia OssandonMariana LoyolaSince their parents split up, Sara and her younger sister live with their mother, whose new partner is a woman. Everyday life for the four of them is very similar to that of other families. But not everyone sees it that way.
- DirectorSoner CanerBaris KayaStarsAlen Huseyin GursoyYavuz GürbüzSeyda SozuerRauf hopes to win over his big crush, the older Zana, with the help of the colour pink. But what does pink really look like anyways, and will he even be able to find it in his snowy little Kurdish village up in the mountains? Meanwhile, disturbing rumours sweep in from the outside world.
- DirectorCatti EdfeldtLena HannoStarsAstrid LövgrenLilly BrownHenrik GustafssonLittle Siv is supposed to sleep over at Cerisia's place, but the later it gets the stranger things start to appear in her new friend's odd home.
- DirectorRasmus A. SivertsenStarsKari Ann GrønsundTrond HøvikPer SkjølsvikA secret bet between Solan and Olvar O. Kleppvold, he loses the house and workshop of the genious inventor Reodor Felgen, and they both bring their allies in the fight to win.
- DirectorRenars VimbaStarsElina VaskaAndzejs LilientalsEdgars SamitisAbandoned by their mother and stuck in a miserable living situation, 17-year old Raya and her adolescent brother Robis must decide between an orphanage or the guardianship of their grandmother, whom they despise.
- DirectorPeter ModestijStarsEmine ÖzkanTyra OlinOmeya Lundqvist-SimbiziAs if immersed in the situation, the viewer witnesses a distressing encounter between angry parents, a helpless teacher and three schoolgirls. It soon becomes clear that certain things are going wrong in their class. There have been complaints of bullying. The parents are mainly concerned with defending their own children. They throw around neurotic accusations and make untenable demands. Using a camera which itself seems to participate in the discussion, scene after scene is dissected with refreshing malice and a sense for the dark side of human nature. Desperate attempts to resolve things unleash an avalanche of other problems. It takes a long time before Denise, Bella and Mina can have their say.
- DirectorPetr OukropecStarsBarbora StikarováKlára MelískováJan Vondrácek16-year-old Laura is swift, lively and stubborn. She wants to join a group of parkourists and gets caught off guard by love which she begins to feel toward Luky. She starts living a double life. In the fantasy world of romantic and comic visions Luky belongs to her. In reality her attempt to get closer to Luky fails. The moment these two worlds somehow entwine, Laura has to decide which one she wants to choose.
- DirectorChloé LericheStarsRykko BellemareKwena Bellemare-BoivinJacques NewashishBefore the Streets is a drama film directed by Chloé Leriche. Set among the Atikamekw people, the film stars Rykko Bellemare as Shawnouk, a man undertaking the process of restorative justice after accidentally killing someone.
- DirectorRosemary MyersStarsBethany WhitmoreHarrison FeldmanAmber McMahonThe world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen she can't bear to leave her childhood, it contains all the things that give her comfort in this incomprehensible new world.
- DirectorMahmod AhmadRonahi EzaddinSami HosseinA documentary made by eight children from Kobani and Shengal in refugee camps on the border of Syria and Iraq, who recorded their own life experiences and stories in the wake of brutal attacks by ISIS.
- DirectorRamzi Ben SlimanStarsSamuel VincentAnamaria VartolomeiLubna AzabalMarwann's life in Paris during the Jasmine revolution and the fall of president/dictator Ben -Ali.
- DirectorMehrdad OskoueiTeenage girls consigned to the Iranian "Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre" discuss their troubled lives and reveal what brought them there.
- DirectorNagraj ManjuleStarsRinku RajguruAkash ThosarArbaz ShaikhIn interior Maharashtra, a fisherman's son and a local politician's daughter fall in love against the restrictions of caste hierarchy.
- DirectorAdrián SabaStarsGustavo BorjasElisa TenaudHerbert CorimanyaSebastián has a talent for picking locks, and that's the only reason his supposed friends hang out with him. The gang breaks into industrial buildings and dockside warehouses in and around Lima. It's a grim life as a petty crook which Sebastián endures by escaping into an own personal dream-world. One day Emilia appears in his inner realm. It becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish whether their strong feelings for each other are real or part of his fantasy world. Emilia's two brothers, the leaders of a gang of thieves, will never accept their love. When Sebastián gets into a confrontation with one of them, he lashes out. There's only one way out of this nightmare, but before his planned escape with Emilia, Sebastián risks everything in one last assault.
- DirectorAbbas AminiStarsHamed AlipourNafiseh ZareGiti GhasemiHis wild mane resembles that of the football star Carlos Valderrama, and the young man has even adopted his idol's name. He has no documentation, no family, and no official identity. One day, after a fateful encounter, he is forced to hastily get out of town. Now he has to fight for survival in the big city, in Tehran, where he comes across others who live on the margins of society. Valderama needs to find a way to get money and a passport if he is going to make it.