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- DirectorStephen McCallumStarsRyan CorrAbbey LeeSimone Kessell1% is set within the primal underworld of outlaw motorcycle club gangs. It follows the heir to the throne of a motorcycle club who has to betray his president to save his brother's life.
- DirectorIlian MetevStarsMila MihovaNikolay MashalovTodor VeltchevYoung pianist Mila prepares for an audition abroad. Her brother Niki distracts her with his unwanted talent for the absurd. Their astrophysicist father Todor seems incapable of dealing with his children's anxieties.
- DirectorCarlos SanchezJason SanchezStarsEvan Rachel WoodJulia Sarah StoneMaxim RoyA house cleaner meets a teenaged girl and convinces her to run away and live with her in secret.
- DirectorLéa MysiusStarsNoée AbitaLaure CalamyJuan Cano13-year-old Ava learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected, and she confronts the problem in her own way.
- DirectorIan LagardeStarsSylvio ArriolaLudovic BerthillotDaydi Diaz CabreraAt the Palacio, an all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean, Mike's arrival complicates the normal flow of operations. His voracious appetite, mysterious magnetism and unexpected miracles bring him the curious, among which he makes three friends and meets a few admirers, a jealous salsa teacher and an enamored octopus. All of whom will accompany him in a gargantuan downward spiral mixing civil unrest and intestinal meltdown; a change of administration held up by the most attentive staff in the world.
- DirectorDaniel KokotajloStarsMolly WrightPoppy JhakraSiobhan FinneranA faithful Jehovah's Witness is forced to shun her own sister because of a religious transgression. As the separation draws out, she starts to question the meaning of God's love.
- DirectorCory BowlesStarsRonnie RoweSophia WalkerSebastien LabelleA black police officer is pushed to the edge, taking out his frustrations on the privileged community he's sworn to protect.
- DirectorGrayson MooreAidan ShipleyStarsSheila McCarthyKatie BolandGrace GlowickiWhen Valerie returns home from prison years after killing her neighbor in an apparent drunk driving accident, she wants nothing more than to move on - until the deceased's son shows up at her door...
- DirectorAli AsgariStarsNazanin AhmadiPedram AnsariSadaf AsgariDuring a dramatic night, two young lovers run from hospital to hospital seeking for an help for some complications after their first time. They'll have to confront with the indifference of some doctors and avoid them to call their parents.
- DirectorKuo-An LaiStarsRun-yin BaiPeggy TsengJen-Shuo ChengA young boy searches a small fishing village for his parents from a past life.
- DirectorMichael MatthewsStarsVuyo DabulaZethu Dlomo-MphahleleHamilton DlaminiLives change forever when Tau, the young lion, kills two corrupt policemen in a South African shanty town.
- DirectorGovinda Van MaeleStarsVicky KriepsFrederick LauMarco LorenziniA surrealist rural noir about a German thief who flees to a small Luxembourg village only to discover that the locals have secrets of their own.
- DirectorJenna Cato BassStarsQondiswa JamesNala KhumaloFrancesca Varrie Michel4 young South Africans go on a camping trip to the white girl's family farm. When they wake up next day, they've magically switched bodies. Later, when they've switched back, they're interviewed documentary style.
- DirectorNic GormanStarsSophie HendersonMark MitchinsonVinnie BennettWhen a mysterious young man arrives on a remote Sub-Antarctic research station, secrets threaten the relationship of a married couple working on the island.
- DirectorAnders WalterStarsMadison WolfeZoe SaldanaImogen PootsBarbara Thorson struggles through life by escaping into a fantasy life of magic and monsters.
- DirectorRungano NyoniStarsMaggie MulubwaHenry B.J. PhiriNancy MuriloIn a remote Zambian community a girl is denounced as a witch and sent on a trajectory of exploitation, as a tethered member of a witches' camp, a witch for hire and a tourist exhibit.
- DirectorStephen S. CampanelliStarsAjuawak KapashesitWayne BakerSladen PeltierFollows the life of Native Canadian Saul Indian Horse as he survives residential school and life amongst the racism of the 1970s. A talented hockey player, Saul must find his own path as he battles stereotypes and alcoholism.
- DirectorAoife McArdleStarsAnn SkellyRyan LincolnLalor Roddy17 year old Candice longs to escape her seaside town and finds solace in her imagination. When her disillusionment calcifies into an obsession with a troubled stranger, she becomes entangled with a dangerous local gang.
- DirectorWayne WapeemukwaStarsAngel GatesJoe BuffaloKen HarrowerA portrait of five Vancouverites living on society's fringes during the 2010 Winter Olympics, "Luk'Luk'I" takes us into uncharted territory, falling somewhere between a fiction we need to see and a documentary we wish didn't have to exist.
- DirectorLaura Mora OrtegaStarsNatasha JaramilloGiovanny RodríguezCarmenza CossioAfter the murder of her father, a young art student Paula searches for the contracted killer who carried out the crime, a young man named Jesús.
- DirectorMolly McGlynnStarsAya CashLeslie SeilerAaron PooleMary is a substance abuse counsellor with a drinking problem. After getting arrested for drunk driving and losing her job, Mary returns to her hometown where she learns that her estranged father is dying of cancer and wants her to form a bond with her teenage half-sister she's never met.
- DirectorMarleen JonkmanStarsRifka LodeizenGuido PollemansMarie PestelStruck by personal tragedy, a disheartened Dutch woman sets out on a road trip through Chile, bonding with a young native boy along the way.
- DirectorEgle VertelyteStarsEgle MikulionyteVyto RuginisAndrius BialobzeskisClose to bankruptcy, Irena, the owner of a struggling pig farm in a tiny post-Communist town finds a surprising benefactor in a handsome American man who appears to be the answer to all her prayers.
- DirectorLimor ShmilaStarsNoa BironAvi MalkaHai MaorA young woman returns to her hometown following the death of her grandfather, and begins an affair with a married teacher in the debut feature from Israeli filmmaker Limor Shmila. Powerful and intimate, she must confront secrets of her past as she tours the town of her youth.
- DirectorKathleen HepburnStarsShirley HendersonThéodore PellerinMary GallowayA mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson's disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps.
- DirectorAlireza KhatamiStarsJuan MargalloTomás del EstalManuel MorónWhen the elderly caretaker of a remote morgue discovers the body of a young woman killed during a protest, he embarks on a magical odyssey to give her a proper burial before the militia returns.
- DirectorAtsuko HirayanagiStarsShinobu TerajimaSoseki YamatoyaMiyu YagyuA lonely woman living in Tokyo decides to take an English class, where she discovers her alter-ego, Lucy.
- DirectorMarialy RivasStarsSara CaballeroMarcelo AlonsoMaría Gracia OmegnaA 12-year-old girl is part of a sect led by Miguel, in order to procreate his heir, but Miguel's plans will begin to get complicated when the girl enters school and falls in love with a classmate.
- DirectorJens AssurStarsLars-Gunnar AronssonReine BrynolfssonPeter Dalle1970s, Sweden - Hard working farmer Agne (played by acclaimed actor Reine Brynolfsson) struggles with the harsh reality of his daily life, hoping his teenage son Klas will take over the farm and continue his legacy. Klas however, dreams of a world far away from this rural existence. Sumptuously lensed, this powerful coming of age story, written and directed by Jens Assur, paints a tangled web of shame, guilt, madness and the dreams of youth.
- DirectorMatan YairStarsAsher LaxAmi SmolartchikYaacov Cohen17-year- old ASHER has always been the impulsive troublemaker, from primary school, all through junior high and high school. It's hard for him to concentrate in class, and he is compelled by a lot of rage and violence; yet he is also endowed with a considerable amount of charm and street wisdom. While his strict father sees him as a natural successor to the family's scaffolding business, Asher finds a different masculine role model in his gentle literature teacher Rami and forges a special connection with him. Torn between the two worlds, Asher looks for a chance for a new life and new identity. When a sudden tragedy occurs, he has to take the ultimate test of maturity.
- DirectorPriscilla CameronStarsMelissa GeorgeEwen LeslieEd OxenbouldEvelyn, a burlesque queen bewitches single dad, Al and his teenage son, Fin. As they compete for her affections, old wounds are reopened over the death of Fin's mother.
- DirectorConstanza NovickStarsDolores FonziPilar GamboaJosé María YazpikRomina and Flor are two inseparable friends who go through everything together, from first love to first divorce. But as time passes, disagreements and conflicts arise.
- DirectorSonja KrönerStarsKatja BrennerJonathan BährPeter ClösBernd drives with his family to his grandmother's summer house, who has recently died. But the anticipated countryside holiday happiness is spoiled from the beginning.
- DirectorHsin-yao HuangStarsCres ChuangBamboo Chu-Sheng ChenLeon DaiOne day when Pickle and his friend Belly Bottom watch the dashcam recordings of Pickle's boss they stumble upon a secret.
- DirectorÁsa Helga HjörleifsdóttirStarsIngvar SigurdssonThorvaldur KristjanssonHilmir Snær GuðnasonA wayward nine-year-old girl is sent to the countryside to work and mature, but finds herself instead deeply entangled in a drama she can hardly grasp.
- DirectorAinsley GardinerCasey KaaRenae MaihiStarsTanea HekeRoimata FoxNgapaki MoetaraA powerful, challenging story surrounding the tangi (funeral) of a small Waru boy who dies at the hands of his caregiver and how his death impacts the community.
- DirectorSeng Kiat TanStarsJack TanSylvia ChangAngel ChanA poor family struggles to cope with tragedy and mental illness in a fractured society.
- DirectorYang-hee KimStarsYang Ik-joonJeon Hye-jinJung Ga-ramA married poet in South Korea falls for a teenage boy who works at the local doughnut shop.
- DirectorUlises PorraSilvina SchnicerStarsOrnella D'ElíaMagalí FernándezMarilú MariniA woman tries to reconnect with her estranged son during a visit to an island in the Tigre Delta.
- DirectorJonas Matzow GulbrandsenStarsAdam EkeliKathrine FagerlandJohn Olav NilsenIn this mystery drama we follow Aslak (6) in a quest for answers about recent tragic events. Valley of Shadows is a film in the tradition of the Scandinavian Gothic.
- DirectorRima DasStarsBhanita DasBasanti DasBoloram DasIn small-town Assam, the 10-year-old daughter of a widow defies societal norms as she befriends a group of boys and dreams of having her own rock band.
- DirectorHlynur PálmasonStarsElliott Crosset HoveSimon SearsVic Carmen SonneA brother odyssey set in a worker environment during a cold winter. We follow two brothers, their routines, habits, rituals and a violent feud that erupts between them and another family.