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- DirectorLuc PicardStarsLuc PicardÉveline GélinasEmmanuel CharestA paid assassin working for the biker gangs of Quebec outsmarts both the police and the underworld for decades, committing 28 hits over 25 years.
- DirectorAmeen NayfehStarsAli SulimanAnna UnterbergerMotaz MalheesA Palestinian father trapped on the other side of the separation wall is trying to reach the hospital for his son.
- DirectorPhilipp StölzlStarsOliver MasucciDieter BernhardtElias GabeleTo withstand the psychological torture of the Gestapo, a lawyer imprisoned by the Nazis finds refuge in the world of chess.
- DirectorSandrine KiberlainStarsRebecca MarderAndré MarconAnthony BajonParis, summer 1942. Irene is Jewish and French. She is 19 and living a life of passions - Her friendships, her new love, her desire to be an actress - Nothing suggests that Irene's time is running out.
- DirectorEva VitijaStarsAnnina ButterworthPatricia HighsmithMarijane MeakerBased on Patricia Highsmith's personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer's life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.
- DirectorSinéad O'SheaThrough the stories of everyday citizens resisting the status quo, the new documentary from filmmaker and journalist, Sinéad O'Shea confronts Ireland's recent history of brutality against children and women.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsFaramarz GharibianYousef KhodaparastBaran KosariWhen forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute, Nazar (Khodaparast) works double shifts to pay back the loan he took out for his impulsive wedding and to pay some ongoing restitution to his sweet jilted bride, Reyhaneh (Kosari). When he falls behind in the payments he flees the police and ends up in the desert with an uncommunicative old man (Gharibian) who catches poisonous snakes for their venom. These two are forced to coexist in the desert, because Nazar is unwilling to return to the city and wants to catch snakes to make enough money to settle his debts. His verbose, chattering annoys the reticent old man until Nazar's life is endangered.
- DirectorMarley MorrisonStarsNell BarlowJo HartleyElla-Rae SmithA socially awkward, environmentally conscious teenager named AJ is dragged to a coastal holiday park by her painfully 'normal' family, where she becomes unexpectedly captivated by a chlorine smelling, sun-loving lifeguard named Isla.
- DirectorDominik MollStarsBastien BouillonBouli LannersThéo CholbiIt is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts him more than the others, without him necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara.
- DirectorShipei WenStarsEddie PengSylvia ChangYanhui WangOn a dark night, Xueming hits a pedestrian with his car and flees the scene. Desperate to escape his feelings of guilt, he decides to approach the dead man's wife, Mrs Liang. Meanwhile, the body is discovered - riddled with bullets. Chen, the detective in charge of the investigation, becomes obsessed with the case. Years later, all three remain caught in a tangled web of memories and lies, desperately searching for a truth that refuses to be revealed.
- DirectorKamila AndiniStarsHappy SalmaLaura BasukiArswendy Bening SwaraNana, a gentle, beautiful young woman, escapes a violent anti-communist purge. Afterwards she lives comfortably as the second wife of a rich Sundanese man but her past re-emerges in her dreams.
- DirectorTomás BojarAdéla KomrzýArtistic endeavor isn't about competing; even so, applicants still have to be placed in order of merit at the academy's entrance exams. But how do you assess artistic talent? And what role can art play in today's world?
- DirectorAlex PritzStarsNeidinha BandeiraBitaté Uru Eu Wau WauWhen a network of Brazilian farmers seizes a protected area of the Amazon rainforest, a young Indigenous leader and his mentor must fight back in defense of the land and an uncontacted group living deep within the forest.
- DirectorJon Sesrie GoffStarsNorvel Goff Sr.A story of inheritance and the tension that defines our collective American history which explores coastal South Carolina as a site of pride and racial trauma through Gullah cultural retention and land preservation.
- DirectorJennifer RainsfordWith the 2011 Japanese tsunami as a backdrop, Jenifer Rainsford's debut feature is an epic odyssey on how humans and nature rebuild and heal after the catastrophe.
- DirectorJacquelyn MillsStarsZoe LucasAn immersion into the rich landscapes of Sable Island and the life of Zoe Lucas, a naturalist and environmentalist who has lived over 40 years on this remote strip of sand.
- DirectorAhsen NadeemAfter decades of living a secret life, a filmmaker travels to a strict Japanese monastery in search of guidance but the only monk who will help him prefers ice cream and heavy metal over meditation.
- DirectorJacqueline LentzouStarsLazaros GeorgakopoulosNikolas HanakoulasKaiti IbrohoriAfter years of distance, Artemis has to get back to Athens due to her father's frail state of health. Discovering her father's well-kept secret allows Artemis to understand her father in a way she was not able before.
- DirectorRita BaghdadiStarsAlaa AlnawaShery BecharaTatyana BoughabaLilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East's first all-female metal band, wrestle with friendship, sexuality and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars.
- DirectorCyril SchäublinStarsAlisa MiloglyadovaElisaveta KrimanOlga BushkovaIn late 19th century Switzerland, a factory worker becomes involved with a local group of anarchist watchmakers.
- DirectorClaudia Sainte-LuceStarsRoberto QuijanoDaniela SalinasDiana BovioA former pop star and a fan of his boy band struggle to fit in with society.
- DirectorMartín BoulocqStarsEnrique AraozCésar TroncosoMirella PascualAn ex-convict returns home in search of a new life and a chance to reconnect with his estranged young daughter, only to be met with resistance from his father-in-law - an influential pastor in the Evangelical community in town.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsDenis MénochetIsabelle AdjaniKhalil Ben GharbiaPeter Von Kant, a successful, famous director, lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Through the great actress Sidonie, he meets and falls in love with Amir, a handsome young man of modest means.
- DirectorAlli HaapasaloStarsAamu MilonoffEleonoora KauhanenLinnea LeinoThree young women try to defy the persistent winter darkness in Finland. In the process, they move between dreams, reality, friendship and relationships, and try to make sense of the whole mess.
- DirectorStefan RuzowitzkyStarsMurathan MusluLiv Lisa FriesMax von der GroebenWhen an ex-prisoner of the Great War returns home and finds his comrades brutally murdered, he decides to bring the serial-killer to justice.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsFaramarz GharibianTaraneh AlidoostiBabak AnsariIn Islamic Iran, how much is a woman worth in comparison with a man, and who pays the difference? This film is tale of vengeance, labyrinthine judicial procedure & the concept of "blood money."
- DirectorJuan Pablo GonzálezStarsTeresa SánchezRafaela FuentesTatín VeraIn the bucolic hills of Mexico's Jalisco highlands, iron-willed businesswoman Maria Garcia fights the impending collapse of her tequila factory.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsYunhee ChoKwon Hae-hyoLee Hye-yeongShe manages her daily life with a sense of mindfulness while keeping a grave secret to herself, and she decides to meet with a younger director who asked her to join his project, and after they meet there is sudden rainfall and thunder.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMagali NoëlBruno ZaninPupella MaggioA series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsEverlyn SampiTianna SansburyKenneth BranaghIn 1931, three half-white, half-Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their houses to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a journey across the Outback.
- DirectorFernando TruebaStarsJavier CámaraNicolás Reyes CanoJuan Pablo UrregoAn author recalls life with his father, a university professor who fought against oppression and social inequality in Colombia in the seventies.