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- DirectorAlbertina CarriStarsRocío ZuviríaMijal KatzowiczVioleta ValienteA group of women go on a erotic, polyamorous, trip to free themselves from the mindset of patriarchy, while one of them plans to make a porn movie.
- DirectorLluís MiñarroStarsIngrid García JonssonFrancesc OrellaLola DueñasA powerful international army assigns a regiment the task of guarding a mysterious man, held in a maximum security prison in the middle of the desert. Soldier Salome, daughter of Commander Antipas, becomes obsessed with him - Eros and Thanatos together reminding us that truth is based on beauty and love. A reverie on the edge of ambivalence and gender.
- DirectorEdgar Pêra
- DirectorDava WhisenantStarsDavid LettermanMartin ShortChita RiveraA Late Night comedy writer stumbles upon a hilarious, hidden world of corporate entertainment and finds an unexpected connection to his fellow man. Tribeca and WGA Award winner.
- DirectorCarlos ReygadasStarsNatalia LópezPhil BurgersCarlos ReygadasA family lives in the Mexican countryside raising fighting bulls. Esther is in charge of running the ranch, while her husband Juan, a world-renowned poet, raises and selects the beasts. Although in an open marriage, their relationship begins to crumble when Esther falls in love with an American horse-breaker and Juan is unable to control his jealousy.
- DirectorShengze ZhuMillions of Chinese people engage in live-streaming. Those whose poverty, physical limitations or sex prevent them from taking part in the real world find human contact here; fragments of lives that are interwoven with virtual showrooms.
- DirectorBrunna LaboissièreStarsFabiana Camila FerreiraFabiana, a trans woman, lives as a nomadic truck driver all over Brazil for more than thirty years. Now she is approaching retirement and should leave behind her adventures on the road.
- DirectorRichard SquiresStarsMark McKinneyJohn AirlieJens Kjeldgaard-ChristiansenWhere does the character end and the actor begin?
- DirectorOgnjen GlavonicStarsLeon LucevNovak BilbijaBranko PerisicVlada works as a truck driver during the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Tasked with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade, he drives through unfamiliar territory, trying to make his way in a country scarred by the war. He knows that once the job is over, he will need to return home and face the consequences of his actions.
- DirectorSam EllisonTwo Haitian migrants find themselves stranded at the US-Mexico border, with no way forward and no one to depend on but each other. They build an unexpectedly tender brotherhood while a geopolitical storm swirls around them, until the immigration system sends them drifting towards drastically different futures... and a new wall rises on the horizon.
- DirectorCarlos Marques-MarcetStarsMaria Rodríguez SotoDavid VerdaguerLupe Verdaguer RodríguezVir and Lluis have been dating for a year now. Vir finds out she is pregnant. During the next nine months, Vir and Lluis will live their fears, joys, expectations and realities that, during their pregnancy, grow before them.
- DirectorViktor van der ValkStarsVincent van der ValkReinout Scholten van AschatSimone van BennekomOn the very eve of shooting his debut film, a harried young director struggles to balance fiction and reality as he spends one fever dream of a night searching for the inspiration that eludes him.
- DirectorBrian FollmerStarsAdam LeottaBrian FollmerBlake AdamsTravis's tight social group of friends and lovers splits apart when his childhood friend, O'Brien becomes severely mentally ill. Now alone, the characters go their separate ways: Travis helps crowd-fund a socialist revolution in Mexico, O'Brien succumbs to mania and becomes a satirical Youtube celebrity, Kate seeks stability in online dating, and Lox embarks on his first indie rock tour. Their lives continue to cross paths and reconnect through the internet.
- DirectorPhuttiphong AroonphengStarsAphisit HamaWanlop RungkumjadRasmee WayranaNear a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fisherman finds an injured man lying unconscious in the forest. He rescues the stranger, who does not speak a word, offers him his friendship and names him Thongchai. But when the fisherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his friend's life - his house, his job and his ex-wife.
- DirectorUlaa SalimStarsZaki YoussefMohammed Ismail MohammedRasmus BjergDenmark four years into the future. After a major bomb attack in Copenhagen radicalization and ethnic tensions are running high, and a racist leader is leading the polls.19-year old Zakaria is afraid, wanting to do something.=sons of denmark
- DirectorEna SendijarevicStarsSara Luna ZoricLazar DragojevicErnad PrnjavoracOn the edge of adulthood, Alma leaves her mother's home in the Netherlands and travels to her native Bosnia to visit the father she's never met. But from the start, nothing goes as planned.
- DirectorKhalik AllahFrom red light districts to lush rain-forests, 'Black Mother' is a loving and lyrical ode to Jamaica and its people, a visual poem that is at once deeply felt love letter and ecstatic street-corner prayer.
- DirectorClara van GoolStarsSarah ReynoldsDane HurstClaire JohnstonThe enigmatic love story of John Marcher and May Bartram. Their duet around an ominous secret is captured in a style both physical and poetic.
- DirectorRaúl de la FuenteDamian NenowStarsArtur QueirozLuis Alberto FerreiraCarlota MachadoA gripping story of a three-month-long journey that renowned Polish reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski took across Angola, ravaged by a war in which the front lines shifted like a kaleidoscope, from one day to the next.
- DirectorMeryem Benm'Barek-AloïsiStarsMaha AlemiLubna AzabalSarah PerlesSofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Following a denial of pregnancy, she finds herself illegally giving birth to a baby out of wedlock. The hospital leaves her 24h to provide the papers of the father of the child before alerting the authorities .
- DirectorCarlos SorinStarsVictoria AlmeidaDiego GentileJoel NogueraUnable to have kids of their own, Cecilia and Diego get a call from the adoption agency they registered to some time ago. The sudden arrival of Joel, a nine-year-old with a troubled history, will change the course of their lives.
- DirectorKenneth MerckenStarsFortunato CerlinoSerge-Henri ValckeKoen De GraeveYoung Felix grows up as an inside spectator at cycling races, a bizarre environment where violence and drugs seem to reign. Following his father's footsteps, Felix discovers that his body is not made for the game.
- DirectorNadine LabakiStarsZain Al RafeeaYordanos ShiferawBoluwatife Treasure BankoleWhile serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
- DirectorWi Ding HoStarsJack KaoHong-Chi LeeLouise GrinbergThis is a story about a common man who has extraordinary events in his mundane life. The film depicts the protagonist's turns of events in three eras, three seasons, three nights, in the same city, as told with reverse chronology.
- DirectorAnna OdellStarsAnna OdellMikael PersbrandtTrine DyrholmAn artist has chosen a famous male actor for them together to deconstruct themselves and their invading roles. They engage in a boundless play with their surroundings in an exploration of identity, male and female.
- DirectorMatthew HeinemanStarsRosamund PikeAlexandra MoenTom HollanderOne of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
- DirectorBenjamín NaishtatStarsDarío GrandinettiAndrea FrigerioAlfredo CastroIn Argentina pre-coup d'etat, a successful lawyer starts to feel against the ropes when a secret of the past threatens his present.
- DirectorSacha PolakStarsVicky KnightKatherine KellyEliza Brady-GirardA young British mother struggles to reclaim her life after a brutal acid attack leaves her severely scarred.
- DirectorJulian SchnabelStarsWillem DafoeRupert FriendOscar IsaacA look at the life of painter Vincent van Gogh during the time he lived in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
- DirectorEva IonescoStarsIsabelle HuppertMelvil PoupaudGalatéa BellugiRose, a 16-year-old girl who was abandoned by her parents and taken in by social services, and her fiancé, 22-year-old Michel, are enjoying their first great and innocent love affair in Paris in 1979, at the height of the popularity of the Le Palace nightclub. They are part of the trendy bunch who only live for partying and exuberance. At a party one evening, they meet Lucille and Hubert, a couple of fifty-something middle-class bohemians, who will take them under their wing and turn their lives upside down.
- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsChao DengLi SunRyan ZhengIn a Chinese royal court, an army commander secretly trains a "shadow" to retake a city against the wishes of the king.=shadow
- DirectorJagoda SzelcStarsZuzanna LitAnna BiernacikPaulina LasotaWaking up on a cold bus, a group of students start their internships in a remote hotel. Are they prepared for what lies ahead?
- DirectorAli JaberansariStarsForough GhajabagliMehdi SakiAmir Hessam BakhtiariThree disenchanted characters: an ex-champion bodybuilder, an overweight beauty clinic secretary and a dispirited religious singer, yearn for love and connection in Tehran.
- DirectorJeremy TorrieStarsHolly BernierApril BlackbirdLois BrothersA serial killer preys on prostitutes from the mean streets of a small, mid-west city as the police turn a blind eye. With an insatiable sexual appetite, the killer brutalizes his victims and leaves their bodies at Moon Lake outside of town. A voice inside the killer's head commands him to kill, his victims beg for death. John Martin Crawford is only too happy to oblige. But Moon Lake happens to be a spiritual holy ground for the local Native Americans, and soon the victims' ghosts are haunting both family members and complete strangers in desperate pleas for justice so their souls may rest. A supernatural story that reminds us the dead are not powerless.
- DirectorKarin SlaterFive young Zulu women go into the iMfolozi wilderness in South Africa, on a journey of self-discovery.
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsSofia BoutellaRomain GuillermicSouheila YacoubFrench dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD.
- DirectorElsa AmielStarsJulia FöryPeter MullanAgata BuzekLéa Pearl is set to compete for the prestigious title of Miss Heaven. But her past catches up with her, when her ex-lover Ben shows up with the 6-year-old son she hardly knows.
- DirectorSameh ZoabiStarsKais NashifLubna AzabalYaniv BitonSalam is a consultant on a popular Palestinian TV series filmed in Ramallah who rather stupidly runs afoul of an Israeli checkpoint commander who uses his military influence to begin to manipulate Salam and the writing of the show.
- DirectorAlejandro FadelStarsVíctor LópezEsteban BigliardiTania CascianiA rural police officer investigates a strange case in which a woman is found headless. The main suspect puts the blame on a legendary monster.
- DirectorGabriel AbrantesDaniel SchmidtStarsCarloto CottaCleo TavaresAnabela MoreiraA fallen soccer superstar vows to adopt a refugee child, while becoming the naive unwitting centerpiece in in a bizarre plot to Make Portugal Great Again.
- DirectorEmma TammiStarsCaitlin GerardJulia Goldani TellesAshley ZukermanA plains-woman faces the harshness and isolation of the untamed land in the Western frontier of the late 1800s.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsRobert WalkerHelen HayesVan HeflinThe Jeffersons are the ideal picture-perfect all-American family in a small town, but their eldest son John returns home after a long absence spouting views that cause them to worry he may be a Communist.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJames CagneyHorst BuchholzPamela TiffinIn West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.
- DirectorAndré Novais OliveiraStarsGrace PassôRusso AprRejane FariaIn order to take a new job as an employee in the public sanitation department, Juliana moves from the inner city of Itaúna to the metropolitan town of Contagem in Brazil. While waiting for her husband to join her, she adapts to her new life, meeting people and discovering new horizons, trying to overcome her past.
- DirectorYoon Jong-binStarsHwang Jung-minLee Sung-minCho Jin-woongIn the mid-1990s, a loyal South Korean secret agent is caught in a political vortex plotted by the ruling classes of North and South Korea.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsPaul NewmanDominique SandaJames MasonA member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor.