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- 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.
- DirectorBora KimStarsPark Ji-huKim Sae-byeokJeong In-giSeoul 1994, in the year the Seongsu Bridge collapsed, 14-year-old Eunhee wanders the city searching for love.
- DirectorIvan I. TverdovskiyStarsAnna SlyuDenis VlasenkoDaniil SteklovYoung Oksana puts her newly born Denis in a baby box. Sixteen years later she steals him away from a children's home, intent on making amends for her maternal neglect, and to exploit him to earn money in a corrupt legal system.
- DirectorTarik AktasStarsSerkan AydinBaris BilgiÖmer BoraStep by step, Hay goes down an inevitable and spiritual path where he confronts the relationship between human and nature, the unity of matter and the living.
- DirectorEnrique Castro RíosStarsDelicia de MontañezÁlex JiménezNina VincentDiciembres centres on the US invasion of Panama in 1989 and a reconciliation among survivors a decade later. Ten years after the brief but brutal US military invasion of Panama on December 20th, 1989, three estranged survivors are nudged towards an intimate reconciliation by the person they lost in common that ruthless night.
- DirectorXavier de ChoudensStarsFranck GastambideMelisa SözenGringeDamien is an educator in primary school. When a kid is about to be expelled out of the country with his mother, he decides to tell the authorities he's the father and convinces his lawyer sister and his best friend Rudy to join the fight.
- 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.
- DirectorWagner MouraStarsSeu JorgeBruno GagliassoLuiz Carlos VasconcelosFacing a violent military dictatorship and an intimidated opposition, writer-turned-politician Carlos Marighella articulates a resistance all the while ousting heinous crimes of torture and the infamous censorship instituted by the regime.
- DirectorMarkus SchleinzerStarsMakita SambaAlba RohrwacherLarisa FaberIn early 18th century an African slave boy is chosen by a European Comtesse to be baptized and educated. Reaching adulthood, Angelo achieves prominence and becomes the Viennese court mascot until he decides to secretly marry a white woman.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghJudi DenchIan McKellenA look at the final days in the life of renowned playwright William Shakespeare.
- DirectorRalph FiennesStarsOleg IvenkoRalph FiennesLouis HofmannThe story of Rudolf Nureyev's defection to the West.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsIsabelle HuppertChloë Grace MoretzMaika MonroeA young woman befriends a lonely widow who's harboring a dark and deadly agenda toward her.
- DirectorSebastián LelioStarsJulianne MooreJohn TurturroCaren PistoriusA free-spirited woman in her 50s seeks out love at L.A. dance clubs.
- DirectorAlexis MichalikStarsThomas SolivérèsOlivier GourmetMathilde SeignerDecember 1897, Paris. Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties. He has not written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, in verse, for the holidays. Only concern: it is not written yet. Ignoring the whims of actresses, the demands of his Corsican producers, the jealousy of his wife, the stories of his best friend's heart and the lack of enthusiasm of all those around him, Edmond starts writing this piece which nobody believes. For now, he has only the title: "Cyrano de Bergerac".
- DirectorLone ScherfigStarsZoe KazanEsben SmedJack FultonThe story of people whose lives intertwine during a dramatic winter in New York City.
- DirectorS. Craig ZahlerStarsMel GibsonVince VaughnTory KittlesOnce two overzealous cops get suspended from the force, they must delve into the criminal underworld to get their proper compensation.
- 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.
- DirectorCatherine CorsiniStarsVirginie EfiraNiels SchneiderJehnny BethA chronicle of the unconditional love between a mother and her daughter, from 1958 to the present day, which is endangered by an unsteady and manipulative father. WARNING: Contains High Impact Sex Scenes.
- DirectorAngelos FrantzisStarsKatia GoulioniAndreas KonstantinouIndra BurkovskaAnna and Petros, a Greek couple who recently moved to an industrial Siberian town on account of Petros' work, are shocked to discover Anna is pregnant with no prior intercourse.
- DirectorMikhaël HersStarsVincent LacosteIsaure MultrierStacy MartinAfter his sister is brutally killed, David finds himself in charge of his 7 year old niece, Amanda.
- DirectorJoachim LafosseStarsVirginie EfiraKacey Mottet KleinDiego MartínSybille has persuaded her adult son Samuel to come on a trek in the hope of finding a new rapport - but challenges await, as much from their own personalities as from the arduous landscape.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsRory KinnearMaxine PeakeNeil BellThe story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in which British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
- DirectorPhilippe LesageStarsNoée AbitaThéodore PellerinPier-Luc FunkThree teenagers are shaken up by their first loves in the turmoil of their youth. At a time when others are conforming, they stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free.
- DirectorGabriel MascaroStarsDira PaesJulio MachadoAntonio PastichA woman uses her bureaucratic job to convince divorcing couples to stay together and is utterly committed to getting pregnant by her husband in a future of dance parties, ritualistic orgies and fundamentalist Christianity.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsAllen DizonElijah FilamorApollo AbrahamSet against the backdrop of the Philippines Government's crackdown on illegal drugs, a SWAT-led police force launches an operation to arrest Abel, one of the biggest drug lords in Manila. Police Officer Espino and Elijah, a small-time pusher turned informant, provide the intelligence for the operation, which quickly escalates into a violent and heavily-armed confrontation in the slums between the SWAT and Abel's gang. Before the investigators arrive at the crime scene, Espino and Elijah walk off with Abel's backpack full of money and methamphetamine. This gesture of survival for one and corruption for the other soon sets off a dangerous series of events, with both of them risking their reputations, families, and lives in the process.
- DirectorKoen MortierStarsVincent RottiersFatou N'DiayePaul BartelUn Ange follows the encounter of a prostitute, Fae, and a world-famous athlete, Thierry.
- DirectorSafy NebbouStarsJuliette BinocheNicole GarciaFrançois CivilClaire, a 50-year-old divorced teacher, creates a fake Facebook profile of a 24-year-old woman to catfish Alex, the roommate of her former lover, Ludo.
- DirectorJaime RosalesStarsBárbara LennieAlex BrendemühlJoan BoteyThe identity of Petra's father has been hidden from her all her life. When her mother dies, Petra embarks on a quest which leads to Jaume, a celebrated artist and a powerful, ruthless man.
- DirectorDan SallittStarsTallie MedelNorma KuhlingLorelei RomaniOver the course of a decade, a young woman becomes increasingly dysfunctional due to undiagnosed mental illness, or perhaps to drugs, while her more stable friend sometimes tries to help, sometimes backs away to preserve herself.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsKwon Hae-hyoYoo Joon-sangGi Ju-bongIn the middle of winter, a poet invites his son to meet him at a hotel.
- 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.
- DirectorFlorin SerbanStarsValeriu AndriutaVitalie BantasHritcu FlorinA solitary mountain man finds a young woman who has been beaten and abandoned in the woods. He makes her the object of his passion, but her dark past catches up on them.
- 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.
- DirectorMohamed Ben AttiaStarsMohamed DhrifMouna MejriZakaria Ben AyyedA Tunisian middle class couple with high hopes for the future of their only son discover he's left to join ISIS in Syria.
- DirectorRoman BondarchukStarsSerhiy StepanskyViktor ZhdanovKhrystyna DeylykAfter several strange coincidences, Lukas, translator, who works for OSCE, strands in the southern Ukrainian town of Beryslaw. As involuntary guest of his strange host Vova, Lukas is confronted with a totally new universe, in which life seems to be completely detached from any kind of structure. Despite his initial animosity, Lukas gets more and more fascinated by Vova as well as by his daughter Marushka - and finally starts his own quest for a long ago lost happiness.
- DirectorClaire BurgerStarsBouli LannersJustine LacroixSarah HenochsbergForbach, Eastern France. Since his wife walked out to the family, Mario has raised their daughters on his own. Frida, 14, blames him for her mother leaving. Niki, 17, dreams of independence. Meanwhile Mario waits for his wife to come home.
- DirectorMehmet Akif BüyükatalayStarsZejhun DemirovDeniz OrtaGünfer CölgecenOray speaks in a quarrel with his wife Burcu three times 'talaq', the islamic formula for repudiation. The imam informs him about the consequences: he has to divorce his wife. Now Oray is in a dilemma: Should he stay with Burcu or with the community?
- DirectorEtienne KallosStarsBrent VermeulenAlex van DykJuliana VenterSouth Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. One day his fiercely-religious mother brings home Pieter, a hardened street orphan she wants to save, and asks Janno to make this stranger into his brother. The two boys start a fight for power, heritage, and parental love.
- DirectorLászló CsujaStarsBianka BerényiLászló RétiKároly KozmaBianka (20) is walking around the suburb without any purpose. From a sudden idea she steals a baby then look for a father and a home. Her ex-boyfriends send her away so finally the mentally disabled Laci (21) helps her who lives in a workers' hostel. For Bianka this situation is just an exciting role play but Laci starts to love her and the baby and he could do anything he can to ensure a happy family life.
- DirectorMarco La ViaHanna LadoulStarsMorgan SaylorMcCaul LombardiBetsy BrandtAmanda and Jake are in love and want to start a new life in Los Angeles. Will they make the right decisions? The first 24 hours of their new life take them all around the city, bringing them more surprises and frustrations than expected.
- DirectorSarah MarxStarsSandor FuntekAlexis ManentiSandrine BonnaireFresh out of jail, Ulysse has only one idea in mind: making money. Confronted by his depressed mother, Gabrielle, the bills that never stop piling up and his desire to live his life to the full, he makes a plan. With his best friend, David, he'll travel from rave to rave, selling a mixture of water and Ketamine from their food truck. Together, they hit the road.
- DirectorNatasha MerkulovaAlexey ChupovStarsEvgeniy TsyganovNatalya KudryashovaYuriy KuznetsovWhen a Siberian state forest guard discovers he has cancer and only two months left to live he chooses to take the identity of a woman as a way of fighting the disease.
- DirectorMarius OlteanuStarsJudith StateCristian PopaAlexandru PotoceanA long time married couple comes to decide within 24 hours, through encounters with strangers, that letting go might be their biggest proof of love.
- DirectorDavid RouxStarsJérémie RenierMarthe KellerZita HanrotAs a successful lung specialist, Simon is used to dealing with illness and death. But when his mother becomes terminally ill, his self-image begins to falter.
- DirectorRick AlversonStarsTye SheridanUdo KierLarry FessendenThe story of a young man who, after losing his mother, goes to work with a doctor specializing in lobotomies and therapies.
- 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.
- DirectorDarko StanteStarsMatej ZemljicTimon SturbejGasper MarkunAfter being sent to a youth detention centre, 18-year-old Andrej has to fight for his place within the group of inmates while getting closer to Zeljko, their informal leader, and struggling to keep his repressed secret in the dark.
- 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.
- DirectorAndy TohillRyan TohillStarsMoe DunfordEmily TaaffeFrancis MageeAfter serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find Sean, his victim's father searching for the body. Callahan soon realises that the only way to get rid of him is to help him dig.
- DirectorSyllas TzoumerkasStarsAngeliki PapouliaYoula BoudaliChristos PassalisIn a small eel-farming town in the west of Greece, two women live solitary lives while dreaming of getting away. Elisabeth is a once-ambitious policewoman forced to relocate from Athens ten years ago and now living a joyless, hung-over life; Rita is the quiet, mysterious sister of a lounge singer in the local disco. When a sudden death upsets the town and turns the local community upside-down, the two women who had been ignoring each other's existence begin drifting towards each other. As the secrets hidden in the swamps begin to surface, they will have a chance to become each other's saviours.
- DirectorBrendan WalterStarsBarak HardleyJackie TohnMagnús JónssonAfter the death of his fiancée, an American illustrator runs out of medication while wandering the isolated Icelandic countryside - unsure if his compulsions are related to his disorder or if he's being forced to unlock ancient secrets.
- DirectorMichel BlancStarsKarin ViardCarole BouquetCharlotte RamplingJulien feels like a hostile presence behind him constantly. Alex, his son learns that Eva, a 17-year-old high school girl, forgot to let him know that he was going to be a father.
- DirectorGastón DupratStarsAndrea AcattoLucas ArandaRaúl ArévaloArturo is an unscrupulous art dealer and Renzo his socially-awkward painter and longtime friend. Willing to risk it all, they develop an extreme and ludicrous plan to save themselves.
- DirectorJeanne HerryStarsSandrine KiberlainGilles LelloucheÉlodie BouchezTheo was born an unwanted child. The social services set out to find the perfect home for his adoption.
- DirectorMarco BergerStarsGaston ReAlfonso BarónMalena IrustaIn the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Gabriel has just moved in with his colleague, Juan. Shy and reserved, Gabo is reluctant to follow Juan's wandering hands and meaningful looks.
- DirectorJayro BustamanteStarsJuan Pablo OlyslagerDiane BathenMauricio Armas ZebadúaThe coming out of an evangelical father shatters his family, his community and uncovers a profoundly repressive society.
- DirectorSantiago LozaStarsRomina EscobarPaula GrinszpanLuis SodaTania learns that her grandmother spent the last years of her life in the loving company of an alien. Together with two friends, the Trans woman travels through rural Argentina to bring the creature back to its place of origin.
- DirectorAlexandre MorattoStarsChristian MalheirosTales OrdakjiJayme RodriguesAfter his mother's sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo's coast, must survive on his own while coming to terms with his grief.
- DirectorIsabel CoixetStarsNatalia de MolinaGreta FernándezSara CasasnovasIn 1901, Elisa Sanchez Loriga took on the identity of Mario Sánchez to marry her lover of fifteen years, Marcela Gracia Ibeas.
- 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 .
- DirectorArturo Castro GodoyStarsJulieta ZylberbergMaría OnettoCarlos BellosoLucia is a single parent to a child with Asperger's. She has a minimum wage job and a very difficult relationship with her mother, but she thinks she can deal with everything on her own. On that day she receives an urgent call form the school: her son hit his head and she needs to pick him up. She anxiously makes her way to the school but when she gets there they tell her that he's been moved to the hospital. With this development her barely put together life shatters into a thousand pieces. Without being able to calm down and control her asthma attack Lucia must cross the city in her quest to find Mateo. But she will only be able find him if she surrenders control and lets go.
- DirectorGaya JijiStarsManal IssaThuraya BaghdadiUla TabariUpon the Arabic Spring a young woman rents a room in the neighbor's brothel where she can dream about her sexual desires and identity.
- 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.
- DirectorZsófia SzilágyiStarsZsófia SzamosiLeó FürediAmbrus BarczaA day in the life of a mother, caught in the relentlessness of daily life, between her work, her home and her children.
- DirectorTeona Strugar MitevskaStarsZorica NushevaLabina MitevskaStefan VujisicA Macedonian woman throws herself into a traditionally men-only ceremony, kicking up a ruckus and standing her ground.
- DirectorRadu MunteanStarsAndra GutiMihaela SirbuCristine HambaseanuThe story of Alice T., who gets pregnant at only 16 years old, and the relationship with her adoptive mother.
- 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.