PÖFF 2018
List activity
382 views
• 0 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
241 titles
- DirectorYassine Marco MarroccuStarsMohamed ZouaouiAziz DadasKamal KadimiIn the lost world, after a four months drought, an ordinary man randomly gets picked to be on a special radio show: Jamal Afina reveals an extraordinary journey of a life, through space and time, looking for his lost paradise.
- DirectorFrancesco RizziStarsVinicio MarchioniSabine TimoteoLeonardo NigroA mysterious lonely man and a young rebel woman, confront each other in a psychological drama about suspended identity.
- DirectorMagnus Meyer ArnesenStarsPreben HodnelandMarius Aandal PedersenAlexandra GjerpenFollows the unconventional relationship between a father and son as they cling to one another under the looming threat of addiction and separation.
- DirectorAleksey ZlobinStarsMichael PoghosianEvgeniya DmitrievaIrene AyvazyanA lonely self-absorbed theatre actor finds himself plunged into the realities of people afflicted by social injustice in this full of virtue family body-swap.
- DirectorVictor CabacoStarsAmaia AberasturiMikel IglesiasRuth DíazSpain, 1976. A country to the edge of the collapse. A girl to the edge of her own revolution.
- DirectorYaroslav LodyginStarsOleg MoskalenkoVladimir YamnenkoAleksey GorbunovHerman Korolyov, 33, is getting by, working a meaningless executive job in a big city. One day he gets a strange call and learns that his older brother has mysteriously disappeared. Herman must go back to his hometown to defend the family business - a small gas station (and with it, old friends and a girlfriend from the past) - against the 'kukuruzniks', mafia-type gangs that are grabbing up businesses and land in the Donbas region and turning them into corn fields and railways that lead nowhere.
- DirectorJosefine KirkeskovStarsSofia HelinPål Sverre HagenSebnem HassanisoughiA woman on a romantic sailing holiday with her boyfriend rescues a refugee woman who makes her confront her past.
- DirectorAibek DaiyrbekovStarsOmurbek IzrailovTemirlan SmanbekovSaltanat BakaevaThe film tells about the life and tragedy of the Kyrgyz village, it focuses on simple young guy. Being expelled from his native village, he takes away the daughter of a local lord ("bai" in Kyrgyz language) with him, but is overtaken and beaten almost to death. He was destined to find himself and his fate, in order to reunite his people again.
- DirectorPartho Sen-GuptaStarsAdam BakriRachael BlakeRebecca BreedsRicky Nasser is a young Australian whose peaceful suburban life turns into hell when sister Ameena, a Slam poet; disappears without a trace.
- DirectorEdita KabaraiteStarsVeronika GerasimavicieneJonas JonaitisKazimiera Kirtikliene100 YEARS TOGETHER is a cinematic portrait of Lithuanian centenarians. Their memories are written on their faces, in their eyes and wrinkles. The experiences of their long lives, their deep wounds and secrets reveal how major historical events in Lithuania affected the fate of its people. At the same time, this film bestows 100 good emotions. The heroes of the film charm with their optimism. Their true and honest stories inspire and infect with the willingness to live. When you are living for 100 years, everything is 100 times better.
- DirectorHans WeingartnerStarsMala EmdeAnton SpiekerArndt Schwering-SohnreyTwo university students, Jule and Jan, leave Berlin together in an old camper on a road trip south, but for different reasons.
- DirectorAnurag KashyapStarsTaapsee PannuAbhishek BachchanVicky KaushalA love triangle between a spirited young woman, her outgoing boyfriend and a fiance who's husband material.
- DirectorAaron SchimbergStarsJess WeixlerAdam PearsonStephen PlunkettA beautiful actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur's English-language debut.
- DirectorJaanis ValkStarsAhto ValterEwen Duff WalterMarius PetersonArchival footage and diary entries piece together Ahto Valter's 1938-1940 trip around the world on his eponymous sailboat.
- DirectorKristine BriedeAudrius StonysStarsHerz FrankUldis BraunsIvars SeleckisKristine Briede and Audrius Stonys's meditative documentary essay portrays the less-remembered generation of cinema poets of the Baltic New Wave. With finesse, they push beyond the barriers of the common historiographic investigation in order to achieve a consummate poetic treatment of the ontology of documentary creation.
- DirectorFinlay PretsellStarsThomas DekkerDavid MillarAn immersive fllm capturing the very essence of professional cycling.
- DirectorDeyan ParouchevStarsAlex BruniJan de VilleneuvePhilippe DumasWhat is the meaning of beauty? A journey through the contemporary world of fashion, with some of the most contradicting models from today's industry. The film explores the ever-changing concept of beauty worldwide.
- DirectorGyal SontharStarsYungdrung GyalNyima SungsungSechok GyalAla Changso is the transliteration of a Tibetan folk song's title meaning please drink up this cup of good wine. It tells the story of a woman who conceals her illness and the secret between her and her ex-husband and decides to go on a pilgrimage to Lhasa. The long pilgrimage reveals her inner secrets one by one. These secrets include entanglements and perplexities of love, morality, responsibility and belief between her and her ex-husband and between her and her second husband.
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsAlexandre LandryMaripier MorinRémy GirardA shy and insecure delivery truck driver accidentally arrives on the scene of a major crime and picks up two bags of cash and hides them. Only the help of a prostitute and a former biker released from jail might get him out of trouble.
- DirectorJohn McPhailStarsElla HuntMalcolm CummingSarah SwireA zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.
- DirectorAleksey FedorchenkoStarsMarta KozlovaLyubov VorozhtsovaVladimir SapinDuring World War II, a little girl is left without parents and is forced to hide from the Nazis, taking care of herself on her own. Day after day.
- DirectorMatthieu RytzStarsAnote TongTiemeri 'Sermary' TiareAto Raatati GarstangA look at the devastating effects that climate change has on the people living on Kiribati, a low-lying atoll in the Pacific.
- DirectorJuan VeraStarsRicardo DarínMercedes MoránClaudia FontánAfter the leaving of their only one son to study abroad, a 25-years marriage faces their split, questioning themselves about love, desire, the passing of time and what really they want in life.
- DirectorAsoka HandagamaStarsSandali AshAnula BulathsinhalaDharmapriya DiasA renowned filmmaker receives a mysterious call from an old college mate in the middle of the night. Asandhimitta, whom he recalls as a large and voluptuous woman, asks him to make a film based on her life. She then confesses that she was recently involved in a triple homicide of three women and is taken into custody shortly afterwards. Intrigued, the filmmaker attempts to piece together her fragmented story for a film while Asandhimitta herself awaits her fate in a local prison.
- DirectorDevashish MakhijaStarsManoj BajpayeeSantosh JuvekarIpshita Chakraborty SinghBhonsle is a retired policeman and is living a non-interfering life in a colony dominated by locals, diagnosed with stage 4 brain tumor. When the migrant resident politics take a nasty turn, he chooses to take a stance and deal with it.
- DirectorInara KolmaneStarsRuta KronbergaElina VaneArturs SkrastinsA life-provoking, hopeful and solemn story about the growth of one human child and the relationship with the world in Latvia at the end of the 1930s.
- DirectorRon MannStarsRick KellyCindy HulejDorothy KellyFive days in the life of fabled Greenwich Village guitar store Carmine Street Guitars.
- DirectorArturo InfanteStarsMaría Isabel Díaz LagoFaustino PérezDaisy QuintanaCeleste is a widow living a tranquil, unadventurous existence in Havana, fulfilling her daily shifts as a tour guide at the local planetarium. One day when several "Cubans" mysteriously vanish into thin air, the government announces that aliens have been living in Cuban society disguised as humans, and that these foreign guests are now returning the favor by inviting humans to visit their far-away world. It all makes perfect sense to Celeste - she had always thought that her "Russian" neighbor Pauline was eccentric, but now learns she was truly from another planet. Celeste discovers that Pauline has left her a personal invitation to join her and joins the government preparation program to journey to the far unknown.
- DirectorNick BudabinStarsKeifer SykesBasketballer Keifer Sykes is Marshall High' star point guard, Chi-Town follows his ambitions to make it in the NBA while loss, injury, and violence back home in Chicago punctuate his journey.
- 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.
- DirectorSergey LoznitsaStarsTamara YatsenkoIrina ZayarmiukGrigory MasliukIn eastern Ukraine, society begins to degrade as the effects of propaganda and manipulation begin to surface in this post-truth era.
- DirectorAnu AunStarsPaula RitsSiim Oskar OtsLiis LemsaluA 10-year old girl's Christmas plans take an unexpected turn after she is brought to a mysterious Estonian farm.
- DirectorJimmy ChinElizabeth Chai VasarhelyiStarsAlex HonnoldTommy CaldwellJimmy ChinAlex Honnold faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He pursues it Free Solo, which means climbing without a rope and alone.
- DirectorBernard ÉmondStarsÉlise GuilbaultSophie DesmaraisAmena AhmadA recent widow living in a small Quebec town goes to Montreal to visit her busy adult son and daughter, and then on a whim decides to travel to the town of her childhood, where she hadn't set foot in decades.
- DirectorAmélie van ElmbtStarsIsabelle BarthThomas BlanchardJudith ChemlaAntoine has just returned to his hometown, where he reunites with his former lover and the mother of their little girl, Elsa, whom he has never met. An unexpected turn of events leaves Antoine suddenly alone to take care of Elsa.
- DirectorOlivier Masset-DepasseStarsVeerle BaetensAnne CoesensMehdi NebbouWhen a sudden tragedy uproots the lives of two women and their families, they begin to question the relationships they once held so dear, in this psychological thriller from Olivier Masset-Depass.
- DirectorReinhold BilgeriStarsMarkus FreistätterMartin MakMarianne SägebrechtErik/Erika Schinegger - the ski sensation that became media sensation. As Erika she was celebrated. As newly discovered Erik repudiated and accused of fraud. A true story about the injustice of nature, the taboo topics in Austria in the 1970s.
- DirectorArsen A. OstojicStarsFilip MayerRomina TonkovicMladen VulicMartina starts a relationship with Filip, a young man who spends most of his time playing video games. After Martina convinces Filip to steal her father's money to go to the Party Beach, everything turns into a bloody nightmare.
- DirectorCamilla Strøm HenriksenStarsYlva Bjørkaas ThedinMaria BonnevieSverrir GudnasonFrom a young age, Jill has acted as the responsible adult in her small family. She cares for her loving but mentally unstable mother and her younger brother. The news that their estranged father will be visiting on Jill's birthday gives the children much needed hope. When the family is struck by tragedy, Jill keeps it a secret.
- DirectorJung Bum-shikStarsOh Ah-yeonWi Ha-joonYoo Je-YoonThe crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast. It soon encounters much more than expected as it moves deeper inside the nightmarish old building.
- DirectorSaskia BoddekeStarsPeter GreenawayPip GreenawaySaskia BoddekeAn intimate portrait of painter and filmmaker Peter Greenaway, directed by his wife Saskia Boddeke. Together with his daughter Pip, Greenaway formulates an alphabet that represents his personality and thoughts about art and life.
- DirectorAndreas DresenStarsAlexander ScheerAnna UnterbergerAxel PrahlThe movie deals with the real life story of East German singer and writer Gerhard Gundermann and his struggles with music, life as a coal miner and his dealings with the secret police (STASI) of the GDR.
- DirectorAijaz KhanStarsTalha Arshad ReshiVikas KumarRasika DugalEight year-old Hamid learns that 786 is God's number and decides to try and reach out to God, by dialing this number. He wants to talk to his father, who his mother tells him has gone to Allah. One fine day the phone call is answered.
- DirectorAlejandra Márquez AbellaStarsIlse SalasFlavio MedinaCassandra CiangherottiA well-to-do socialite and her husband must wrestle with the impact of Mexico's 1982 economic crisis.
- DirectorGiedre BeinoriuteStarsAirida GintautaiteSigitas SidlauskasGuna ZarinaIzabele, is a modern, intellectual woman, living with her husband Liudas in a homestead near a big city. They are raising a son, Gailius, who has a case of epilepsy and is smarter than most children his age. Izabele decides to adopt Ilja - the meanest and most secretive boy in the foster home.
- DirectorRob StewartStarsRob StewartRebecca AldworthWill AllenFilmmaker Rob Stewart exposes the illegal fishing industry that threatens the survival of the world's sharks.
- DirectorOdonchimeg IshdorjStarsOdonchimeg IshdorjBarkhuu TurbatWe can't deny mother instinct
- DirectorKarsten de VreugdStarsHidde BoersmaKarsten de VreugdTwo thirty-something city boys from Amsterdam get into an argument about GMOs and go on a seach for truth.
- DirectorKaryn KusamaStarsNicole KidmanToby KebbellTatiana MaslanyA police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
- DirectorSiim TammStarsErki LaurJaanika ArumAndres LepikIn the snowy and secluded Estonian forest, Marti lives his life through routine. Haunted by his past bad judgement, he has become distant and lifeless. Kalev, an old local shopkeeper and a friend to Marti, tries convincing Marti to let go of the past and move on. Due to an unexpected event and Kalev's persuasiveness Marti finds himself on the verge of a new beginning. After his routine trip to the shop, Marti finds a young woman Irene at his doorstep. Marti, although hesitant, invites her inside for a tea. It doesn't take Marti long to realize Irene is not who she says she is. Torn between the past and present, Marti finds himself in a cul-de-sac. Meanwhile, Kalev is alarmed by two men parked outside his shop and is certain of their bad intentions. Marti knowing of the sinister plot in motion, has to finally come to terms with himself or suffer the consequences.
- 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.
- DirectorKirill PletnyovStarsLyubov AksyonovaYuriy BigulovIrina ChipizhenkoContemporary Russia. Two girls begin to receive messages from their recently deceased lover. The two former rivals in love team up to solve this mystery.
- DirectorArunas ZebriunasStarsInga MickyteLilija ZadeikyteArvidas SamukasLittle Inga considers herself pretty and is pampered by her mother and other children in her housing block, until a new boy with questionable habits arrives and calls her ugly in her face.
- DirectorKoen MortierStarsVincent RottiersFatou N'DiayePaul BartelUn Ange follows the encounter of a prostitute, Fae, and a world-famous athlete, Thierry.
- DirectorJuha LehtolaStarsHannu-Pekka BjörkmanLeena UotilaAsko SarkolaWhile telling his parents and two sisters that he is a successful businessman, Pekka actually cons strangers for money and scraps of food. What happens when his parents show up for a surprise visit?
- DirectorPema TsedenStarsJinpaGenden PhuntsokSonam WangmoOn an isolated road passing through the vast barren plains of Tibet, a truck driver who has accidentally run over a sheep chances upon a young man who is hitching a ride. As they drive and chat, the truck driver notices that his new friend has a silver dagger strapped to his leg. He comes to understand that his man is out to kill someone who wronged him earlier in life. As he drops the hitch-hiker off at a fork in the road, little does the truck driver realize their short time together has changed everything, and that their destinies are inexorably intertwined.
- DirectorJulien FarautStarsJohn McEnroeIvan LendlMathieu AmalricA documentary set at the final of the 1984 French Open between John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl at a time when McEnroe was the world's top-ranked player.
- DirectorRichard HeapStarsMolly WindsorRhys ConnahMacy ShackletonAfter their home life is turned upside down, three children and the family's donkeys escape across the backbone of Northern England, confronting both the harsh landscapes and what it means to be siblings.
- DirectorDebra GranikStarsThomasin McKenzieBen FosterJeffery RifflardA father and his seventeen-year-old daughter are living an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon when a small mistake derails their lives forever.
- DirectorIvars SeleckisThe lives of 5 children are followed during their first year of school in different parts of the Latvian countryside: their school activities, their dreams and their family lives. Their stories are to be followed by the director in the coming future.
- DirectorEmir BaigazinStarsZhalgas KlanovZhasulan UserbayevRuslan UserbayevA portrait of five brothers living on a farm on the Kazakh plains, where the sudden intrusion of the modern world brings corruption, temptation and deceit.
- DirectorChristian DyekjærStarsElla Testa KuskPeter Sejer WintherMartin BuchTo be the first girl accepted into Santa school, twelve-year-old Lucia must find a cure for a mystery illness caused by the devilish Krampus.
- DirectorDerek DoneenStarsAsmitaSwati JhaSumedha KailashThe story of how Kailash Satyarthi built a global movement to rescue children from slavery.
- DirectorIshtar Yasin GutierrezStarsMaria de MedeirosIshtar Yasin GutierrezGrettel Méndez"Dos Fridas" is inspired by the relationship between Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and her Costa Rican nurse Judith Ferreto - Judith cared for Frida during the final years of her life. In her memories, Frida was cared for by Judith in her Blue house in México. As a mirror, Judith was cared for by a woman in Costa Rica. In Judith's inner world, reveries, myths, imagination and reality intertwine.
- DirectorJosef BierbichlerStarsJosef BierbichlerMartina GedeckSimon DonatzA story that spans 100 years in Germany, it is a domestic epic about three generations of lakeside landlords, dealing with war and destruction, old power and new wealth, and the so-called "Years of Plenty."
- DirectorPeter StricklandStarsSidse Babett KnudsenMarianne Jean-BaptisteJulian BarrattIn Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.
- 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.
- DirectorKaspar JancisHenry NicholsonRiho UntStarsCian Patrick O'DowdBrendan GleesonPauline McLynnEvery ship deserves its captain.
- DirectorArne Lindtner NæssStarsOliver DahlSigrun EngeJanne FormoeKarsten and Petra is looking forward to a mountain trip together with their families, and have to learn about walking in the mountains.
- DirectorSèbastien Montaz-RossetJosep Serra MateuStarsKilian JornetSèbastien Montaz-RossetJordi CanalsSurrounded by the mountains and people who are his inspiration, in 'Path to Everest', the mountain athlete Kilian Jornet reveals his most intimate fears, contradictions and passions.
- DirectorArmand RoviraSaida BenzalStarsXavi SáezAlmar G. SatoMaría FajulaFour celluloid letters sent from different parts of the globe to Paul Morrissey, director of Trash, Flesh and Heat, collaborator with Warhol and agent for the Velvet Underground.
- 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.
- StarsLuisa WietzorekTim SanderRoland HemmoA little bear circumnavigates the world with his three friends. Based on the best-selling books by Carla and Vilhelm Hansen.
- DirectorDwein BaltazarStarsIana BernardezNicco ManaloAnthony FalconIn Avenida, the lives of four men intertwine, searching for something. They all find what they are looking for in one woman named Aileen.
- DirectorGeorge DunningStarsPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonRingo StarrThe Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his yellow submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music-hating Blue Meanies.
- DirectorEmily AtefStarsMarie BäumerBirgit MinichmayrCharly HübnerIn a rehab clinic Romy Schneider gives her last interview to two journalists. Three days, driven by romantic desire, professional ambition and the urge for living.
- DirectorAsh MayfairStarsHong Chuong NguyenLong Le VuNu Yên-Khê TranIn 19th century rural Vietnam, May is ready to become the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Little does she know that her hidden desires will force her to decide between living in safety and being free.
- CreatorLaura SuhonenStarsMatleena KuusniemiTommi EronenSanteri Helinheimo MäntyläDrug Crime Detective Oskari is the envy of his colleagues. His connections to underworld and informants is unrivaled. What they don't know is the mother of his child, Krista, is a drug addict who lives in that world. And now she's back in his life, shaking his home life on one hand, and offering new connections to knocking down the rise of drug imports. If only he could trust her.
- DirectorLouie IgnacioStarsAiAi Delas AlasJoel LamanganJoe Gruta"Are your children safe on their way home?" School Service follows the story of Maya, a young girl taken against her will from the province and placed as a beggar in Manila by a small-time syndicate.
- DirectorSébastien MarnierStarsLaurent LafitteEmmanuelle BercotLuàna BajramiA substitute teacher is put in charge of a class of future geniuses after their teacher commits suicide.
- DirectorDarya ZhukStarsAlina NasibullinaIvan MulinYura BorisovIn 1990s Belarus, a wanderlust young DJ is derailed by a typo in a forged US Visa application, forcing her to a backwater village where she is determined to fake her way to the American dream.
- DirectorJon KasbeIn the Kenyan bush, a small-time ivory dealer fights to stay on top while forces mobilize to destroy his trade. When he turns to his younger cousin, a conflicted wildlife ranger who hasn't been paid in months, they both see a possible lifeline.
- DirectorMarysia NikitiukStarsAnastasiya PustovitSofia HalaimovaMaksym SamchykThe story of a five year old little rebellious girl Vitka with her teenage cousin Larysa and her boyfriend, the young criminal Scar unfolds in a Ukrainian provincial setting. Larysa finds herself at a crossroads after the death of her father. Yearning to be self made, the village community ostracizes her for loving Scar. Larysa discovers her grandmother once sacrificed her love for a young gypsy abandoning him for traditional values and other people's opinions. Larysa's mother is too psychologically weak to support her daughter. Larysa and Scar plan to escape from a life of crime, misery and their relatives. But are they ready to pay the full price for freedom?
- DirectorWojciech HasStarsBarbara KrafftównaZbigniew CybulskiArtur MlodnickiAn actress traveling to Paris reflects on her life during the Nazi occupation of Poland.
- DirectorSamanou Acheche SahlstrømStarsDar SalimLisa CarlehedFrancesc GarridoLouise loved Adam. Adam loved Louise. That is how it used to be. But a child has disappeared. Their child. The police said it was a drowning accident. Yet the truth is that their little boy's body was never found. Lucas, ten years old. How easy it all would have been if the ocean had taken the trouble to throw up a little-swollen child's corpse onto the beach. Or if a local with alcohol in his blood and blood on his hands had ploughed him down at full speed. An indescribable pain. No more living, no more happiness, but at least no unanswered questions. Unfortunately, that is not how it is for Adam and Louise.
- DirectorRodrigo SorogoyenStarsAntonio de la TorreMónica LópezJosep Maria PouA Spanish politician whose high-class lifestyle is based on nefarious and illegal business threatens to break his entire party after a newspaper exposes him to the public eye.
- DirectorNathaniel KahnStarsJeff KoonsPaul SchimmelLarry PoonsWith unprecedented access to pivotal artists and the white-hot market surrounding them, this film dives deep into the contemporary art world, holding a fun-house mirror up to our values and times.
- DirectorDaniel J. ClarkStarsMark K. SargentPatti SargentHannalore Gerling-DunsmoreMeet real Flat Earthers, a small but growing contingent of people who firmly believe in a conspiracy to suppress the truth that the Earth is flat.
- DirectorMiha MazziniDusan JoksimovicStarsJudita FrankovicSebastian CavazzaIzudin BajrovicAna gives birth at the local hospital, but her file is not on the computer. She is forced to leave the newborn at the hospital. Legally, she doesn't exist. So, her child is considered an orphan and orphans are put up for adoption.
- DirectorKirill SokolovStarsAleksandr KuznetsovVitaliy KhaevEvgeniya KregzhdeAndrei, a detective and the world's most horrible father, brings together a terrible group of people in his apartment: his resentful actress daughter, an angry thug, and a cheated cop. Each one of them has a reason to want revenge..
- DirectorLuc PicardStarsMilya Corbeil GauvreauHenri Richer-PicardAnthony BouchardMontreal, October 1970. Twelve-year-old Manon's family is on the verge of collapse; she and her little brother Mimi are about to be placed in Foster Care. Manon is incensed. Inspired by the current political crisis, she comes up with a plan and takes an old woman hostage to demand the right to choose her own future. With the help of her two cousins Martin and Denis, they leave the city with Mimi and the old woman, determined to find refuge where they can all be happy and free. Gripping, tender and moving, Cross My Heart is a vibrant story portraying the weaknesses and betrayals of adulthood as seen through the eyes of children.
- DirectorBing LiuStarsKent AbernathyMengyue BolenNina BowgrenFilmmaker Bing Liu searches for correlations between his skateboarder friends' turbulent upbringings and the complexities of modern masculinity.
- DirectorEva TrobischStarsAenne SchwarzAndreas DöhlerHans LöwJanne's new boss's brother-in-law rapes her, but she doesn't report the incident and continues her way of life as usual. But her silence has consequences, not only for her but also for the love that she feels for her friend Piet.
- DirectorQuarxxStarsJean-Luc CouchardMelanie GaydosZelie Rixhon30-year-old factory worker Simon lives a solitary existence on a decrepit farm in the remote French countryside. Devoting his time to caring for his sister Estelle, who was left severely disabled when a childhood game went horribly wrong, Simon is plagued by guilt and depression. But he sees a way out, looking to otherworldly forces as a means of liberating both himself and his sister from the corporeal prisons in which they are confined.
- DirectorPawel PawlikowskiStarsJoanna KuligTomasz KotBorys SzycIn the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France.
- DirectorBalázs LengyelStarsTamás KeresztesJózsef GyabronkaTibor PálffyIn early 1957, the Soviet Union decides to give Hungary the honor of providing the first cosmonaut to orbit in space. The most suitable candidate turns out to be Lajos Serbán, known to all as Lajkó, whose life as a pilot reflects his lifelong attraction to the stars and the outer space.
- DirectorHouman SeyyediStarsNavid MohammadzadehFarhad AslaniFarid Sajjadi HosseiniThe story of a gang of drug dealers in the south of Tehran who has sheltered many youngsters and orphans from the streets. Shahin and Shakoor who are brothers are leading the gang but when it is collapsed creates a crisis in their family and their lives. Two brothers are making crystal meth in a hidden laboratory in middle of nowhere in an urban jungle, however, they do care for the honor of their neighborhood. All of a sudden, mobile footage on their sister's phone begins spreading everywhere which causes some strange incidents.
- DirectorBaldvin ZophoníassonStarsElín HallEyrún Björk JakobsdóttirLára Jóhanna JónsdóttirDrawing on true stories and interviews with the families of addicts, this harrowing portrait of addiction follows Stella and Magnea through the decades as precarious teenage years morph into perilous adulthoods.
- StarsMacha PolikarpovaEvelina SakuroAleksey Zakharov is going to celebrate his 70th anniversary. About 50 years ago he came to the Estonian Soviet Republic to work on the Dvigatel plant in Tallinn helping to rise Estonian metal industry. Now he is a retired person sitting on a bench in the Tallinn's most beautiful park Kadriorg and trying to remember good old days when grass was greener, young women were prettier and a country was so different. At the same time his daughter Darya with her husband Mihkel and kids are preparing a festive dinner to celebrate her father anniversary, but - something is going wrong. This is the beginning of the LasnaGorsk story about a big family living in Lasnamae, which is the biggest suburb of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.