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- DirectorGraham ParkesStarsLewis PullmanMat WrightTrian Long SmithDan spends his every waking hour tortured by the negative voice in his head, until he learns something shocking that allows him to break free.
- DirectorGraham ParkesStarsSarah BurnsEric EdelsteinHudson WestWhen Jen's son disappears in a game of hide-and-seek, she unwittingly embarks on a journey through time in order to find him.
- DirectorGraham ParkesStarsLev PakmanLewis PullmanMat WrightA boastful man claims that he can partake without letting his paranoia get the better of him.
- DirectorMorgan KrantzStarsBlair McKenzieAmy RutherfordA high-powered businesswoman meets a high-rise window-washer for an erotic rendezvous on opposite sides of her skyscraper window.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsJaime VadellMercedes MoránDelfina GuzmánA man, who lives in a nursing home, video conferences a former girlfriend from decades ago and professes his never-ending love for her.
- DirectorLaure Bourdon-ZaraderStarsPauline BottonLouis VédèreCaroline FerrusPauline and Noham loved each other madly. When Pauline's mother told her they moved to Paris, Pauline couldn't accept to loose Noham, and decide to stay in Paris. But Pauline is only ten.
- DirectorBerthold WahjudiStarsMartina RouraAtli BenediktLukas BeckerLaia and Emil are enjoying their semester abroad in Munich. While Laia feels perfectly fine just having sex with Emil, his profession of deeper feelings puts her on the defensive.
- DirectorNadja AndrasevA betrayed wife starts to investigate her husband's mistresses. Her jealousy is gradually replaced by curiosity.
- DirectorDimitris KatsimirisStarsChrisothemis AmanatidiThomas ChavianidisArietta MoutousiMarios, a young man with cerebral palsy, is waiting for his uncle, with his mother at home, to celebrate together his 22nd birthday. But the arrival of his uncle, with his new girlfriend, will upset the family and create a suffocating atmosphere in the place.
- DirectorDimitris KatsimirisStarsChrisothemis AmanatidiLena KitsopoulouA YouTuber and her partner are planning to direct the raping of a girl by two black guys. Their goal is to get more subscribers on their YouTube channel. However, on the day of the shooting things don't go as planned.
- DirectorKonstantinos AntonopoulosStarsAngeliki DimitrakopoulouGiorgos GallosIsavella AnagnostopoulouTrapped in a seemingly dull family vacation, Dimitra, Dimitris and their two daughters will have to find a way out of a secluded island in the Mediterranean, when confronted with the unexpected end of the world.
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsThomas Bo LarsenAnn Eleonora JørgensenMartin BrygmannA man is determined to have a good time with his friends after stealing plenty of money from his boss. This will be the last time he'll ever have with them since he's about to leave the country to never return. But he's having second thoughts.
- DirectorTheodore UshevStarsCaroline DhavernasThe tale of a girl who could see the past and the future simultaneously and respectively with each eye, but never the present.
- DirectorAri AsterStarsBilly MayoBrandon GreenhouseAngela BullockA dark domestic-horror drama about the ties that bind--and the ties that really bind.
- DirectorClaude SchmitzStarsWilfrid AmeuilleBilal AyaMarc BarbéFrancis and Thomas hijack Wilfrid, owner of a car wash, source of a few handfuls of euros daily.
- DirectorBo HuStarsTieguang GaoXiaoqian ZhangYiji ZhaoApocalypse. Two starving kids find a dead body in the ruins.
- DirectorBo HuStarsZhongwei JiangSongwen Zhang
- DirectorManolis MavrisStarsAntonis AntonopoulosHaris AttonisChara Mata GiannatouPerfectly identical girls, dressed in military uniforms, work day and night. A matriarchal family. An oligarchic society. What would happen if we replace bees with humans?
- DirectorVassilis KalamakisStarsYorgos PirpassopoulosYorgos MakrisDimitris KapetanakosOn 17/11/1973 tanks surrounded the Polytechnic University of Athens and one of them entered the premises by bringing down the main gate. We are inside that tank and we follow the events the very last minutes before bringing down the gate.
- DirectorBenjamin EpsteinSeth EpsteinStarsLee EddyMarco JosephUpstairs-downstairs neighbors barter sounds captured in food storage containers. With the sounds come fragments of past relationships and the hopes and disappointments that remain.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsJeremy TheobaldIn his squalid apartment, a man tries to squash with his shoe an insect of some kind that is moving around the room.
- DirectorAsimina ProedrouStarsFrixos ProedrouNestoras FanarasChristos KontogeorgisYorgos lives on his own in Athens. He lacks purpose, self-confidence, identity and peer acceptance. He fills the void by becoming the 'Red Hulk', as he is known at his football team's fan club. Until the day he gets involved in racial violence, entailing new problems and dilemmas.
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJean-Pierre LéaudMarie-France PisierPatrick AuffayAntoine Doinel is 17, lives in a hotel and works in a factory making records; he loves music. He falls in love with a woman he meets at a concert. She sees him as a friend, but her parents love him.
- DirectorAriane LabedStarsRomanna LobachGrégoire TachnakianJenny BellayOLLA answers an ad on a dating website for Eastern European women. Shortly thereafter, she moves in with Pierre who lives with his elderly mother and things don't go as expected.
- DirectorAri AsterStarsBradley FisherDean SharpeLalia SusiniIn a series of clinical tableau comprising a sort of apocalyptic travelogue of the LA streets, an aggressive homeless man berates the viewer regarding the circumstances of his life and the wrongness of everything.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsJessica HoareMia JenkinsCallum May5 teens try to discover what happens when you die.
- DirectorBenny SafdieJosh SafdieStarsAdam SandlerBenny SafdieRod Goldman and Al Silverman are street performers who work the tourist scene of Times Square. Goldman gets no respect and Silverman is the first one to make sure of that.
- DirectorEmmanuel van der AuweraThe Sky Is on Fire presents a hypothetical digital ruin of a virtual Miami street. This lifeless world resonates with the monologue of a Miami resident who reflects on the desire for immortality that drives our need to capture everything in an image. A critical reflection on our hyper-mediated reality.
- DirectorAlexis Koukias-PantelisStarsIlias MoulasKaterina ZisoudiNefeli and Panos meet two years after their breakup, during lockdown in Athens.
- DirectorDerin SealeStarsJosh LawsonDamon HerrimanJessica WrenThe delusional patient of a psychiatrist believes he is actually the psychiatrist. As they each attempt to treat each other the session gets out of control.
- DirectorThelyia PetrakiStarsElena TopalidouNikos KourisElena MengreliGreece 1986-1987, a little before the fall of State Socialism and just at the end of the Cold War. In front of Anthi's eyes the country is changing, the world is changing and with them Christos seems to be changing too.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsDamien BonnardEmma StoneSilent short film, set on the Greek Cycladic island of Tenos. A woman in black is mourning inside a simple house. Reality blends with dreamy imagination, and tradition with insidious desires.
- DirectorNikos TseberopoulosStarsKeith EylesSteven MortimerBillie VeeSimon lives a lonely life in London, alienated from his environment. Some nights of the month he pays visits to his internet friends.
- DirectorBill MelendezStarsAnn AltieriChris DoranSally DryerDepressed at the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.
- DirectorMarie LarrivéStarsMarc BarbéOlivia CorsiniClémence QuélennecFollows Dino and his daughter, Victoria, who travel to Italy for a DNA test while the past catches up with them.
- DirectorAris KaplanidisStarsConstantina GeorgantaMaria DiakopanayotouYannis EconomidesA middle aged lady observes the world of an Athenian neighborhood from her balcony with mixed reactions from those she constantly watches.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsMatt DillonDaphné PatakiaSusan ElleA professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway, which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.
- DirectorDorian JespersStarsDéni Oumar PitsaevAlexandr PronkinFedor is a young locksmith in Murmansk, a frozen city in the darkness of the Russian arctic. He wanders from client to client through the concrete alleyways driven by a fantasy that isolates him from the city and its inhabitants. His dreams erode his sense of reality, opening the door to a phantasmagorical universe: a second sun rises over the horizon.
- DirectorSam KarmannStarsDaniel RialetJacques MartialChristian RauthA commuter suddenly realizes he's mistakenly boarded the express train and desperately tries to get off between stations.
- DirectorDimitris ZahosStarsNikos DallasThanasis DallasPantelis DentakisChristos, a teenager in a disadvantaged neighborhood of Athens has to deal with his father's return from jail.
- DirectorPatrick MuhlbergerStarsAshley ArlowCecily BreauxAndrew CrabtreeA group of coworkers try to rescue a dog locked in a hot car. Chaos ensues in a single shot.
- DirectorOlivier SmoldersStarsOlivier SmoldersWhile shooting a family movie in Venice, a filmmaker wonders how family images play a part in love and death stories.
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsGérard BlainBernadette LafontMichel FrançoisA group of five boys, the brats of the title, are all in love with an unbearably beautiful woman and so they spend their summer jealously harassing her and her boyfriend.
- DirectorFarnoosh SamadiStarsPedram AnsariBabak KarimiJavad NazariOn her way back from work a woman witnesses something happening in the bus and she has to decide if she reveals it or not.
- DirectorThanasis NeofotistosStarsEnes KozlicicLazar DragojevicSimonida MandicIn a sweaty, overcrowded tram in Sarajevo, a shy teenager is beset by every imaginable impediment as he tries to capture the attention of his object of desire.
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJean-Pierre LéaudMarie-France PisierPatrick AuffayAntoine Doinel is 17, lives in a hotel and works in a factory making records; he loves music. He falls in love with a woman he meets at a concert. She sees him as a friend, but her parents love him.
- DirectorAriane LabedStarsRomanna LobachGrégoire TachnakianJenny BellayOLLA answers an ad on a dating website for Eastern European women. Shortly thereafter, she moves in with Pierre who lives with his elderly mother and things don't go as expected.
- DirectorAlexandros SkourasStarsMakis PapadimitriouKyveli VlachouSyllas TzoumerkasA father has kidnapped his daughter. Running out of money, they are on a road trip, trying to go as far as possible.
- DirectorNicolas KolovosStarsKostas LaskosKaterina MisichroniVivi PetralidouEleni asks for a fig on her deathbed. Her husband, Kostas goes to the nearest tree to get one, but falls down and breaks his foot. Time is short, and Kostas is old. With one fig in his hand he struggles through the harsh nature to get home in time to fulfill his wife's last wish.
- DirectorEdouard SalierStarsLeoandy ChaconIbben SotolongoLizandra BatistaHavana is occupied by foreign forces and on the edge of civil war. Lazaro, a kid from the slums, walks us through his streets and reveals the chaos that has taken over the capital.
- DirectorSam BaronStarsAmit ShahAlexandra RoachDustin Demri-BurnsA heartbroken guy throws caution to the wind and goes to an orgy.
- DirectorBridget MoloneyStarsClaire CoffeeMark WebberPhoebe SinclairAn existential comedy about the mother of two young children who begins to spontaneously vomit toy blocks.
- DirectorThanasis NeofotistosStarsMarina SymeouKonstantina KoutsonasiouDimitra AlexandrakouA single mother's most important roles in life will collide over the phone, during a long-take shot in the centre of Athens.
- DirectorManos PapadakisStarsPavlos IordanopoulosVasilis VasilakisLazarou FotisAndreas has to take care of the boss's house and dog. The dog is mad. The house is luxurious. His co-workers are jealous. The neighbor is stalking close by. The dog is called Leben and has its own plans.
- DirectorVasilis KekatosStarsAndreas KonstantinouAlexandra K.Aggelos SkasilasOn his way to work, a lonely fish-farm worker learns he died the day before. Oblivious to his preposterous condition, he spends his last day on Earth trying to verify his existence. What will become of his poor canaries?
- DirectorElina PsykouStarsKonstantinos LagosMalamatenia GotsiVasilis MargietisNikos, Christine, Homer, George, Regina, Dimitris, Jim, Margaret, Elias, Monika and Haris return from their summer's holidays.
- DirectorSofia GeorgovassiliStarsDaphne PeelKonstantinos SiderisStefania SotiropoulouAnna secretly sneaks out of school with her boyfriend to carry out her decision for an abortion.
- DirectorJordi WijnaldaStarsRick Paul van MulligenThomas RyckewaertSouhail AttahiriAn all-male foster family tries to enjoy one last morning together, before their unity will be broken by what was inevitable all along.
- DirectorValentin StejskalStarsKimonas KourisAntonis TsiotsiopoulosElena TzortziOn his 40th birthday, Nikos, a solitary truck driver, arrives on a remote beach. He's there to meet his former military buddy Christos, whom he hasn't seen for many years.
- DirectorSaulius BaradinskasStarsMotiejus AskeloviciusNeringa VarnelyteKasparas VaranaviciusNikita loves to listen to techno music and dreams to go to Berlin and visit the famous club "Berghain". His mother Irena doesn't know about his son's dreams and soon enough their mutual expectations will clash.
- DirectorLkhagvadulam Purev-OchirStarsSukhbat MunkhbaatarNomin-Erdene AriunbyambaEnkhgerel BaasjanavDavka lives in Ulaanbaatar. He talks about manga with his classmate, Anuka, and they tease each other about sex. When Davka encounters an older woman, his ideas about intimacy and his view of relationships are forced to change.
- DirectorLorenzo TardellaStarsSimone EvangelistaMattia RegaFrancesco OrtolaniIn a dark, velvety theatre there is a first kiss between Pietro and Tommaso. When the lights come back on, however, the two students have different expectations of what might follow.
- DirectorOlha ZhurbaStarsBohdan ZenchenkoDmytro BuchekIhor OliynykAn immersive insight into the last hours of 13-year-old Sasha's life in a boarding school for children deprived of parental care. He is one of the luckiest - an American family finally adopted him. Today he will move to another country forever but there's something that doesn't let him go.
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsJoanne HillFreddie CunliffeVeronica ValentineA teenage girl gets ready to go out to meet her boyfriend, despite her mother's loud verbal disapproval of her clothes. She goes out to a deserted area with him and he begins to touch her up and have sex with her, however a dog reveals the true nature of her boyfriend.
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsLynda SteadmanStephen McGannLee OakesFrom the get-go, Arnold was fascinated by the careless, seemingly simple choices people make in their day-to-day lives that lead to unintended, complicated consequences.
- DirectorHlynur PálmasonStarsÍda Mekkín HlynsdóttirGrímur HlynssonÞorgils HlynssonSiblings building a tree house together over the course of a year. We experience the beauty and brutality of the seasons, as we follow them through their struggles and moments of joy.
- DirectorSerhat KaraaslanStarsDeniz AltanLorin MerhartCem BazaIn a town in Turkey, a young couple looks for some privacy. They are rejected from the hotels because they do not have a marriage certificate. When they think they have found a way, the situation gets out of hand.
- DirectorChao Fan
- DirectorKane ParsonsStarsAakashHenryKane ParsonsA cameraman helping to shoot an indie film suddenly finds himself wandering a liminal space.
- DirectorGregorio FranchettiStarsMarta ZoffoliEdoardo ZuenaMatteo De BuonoLeft home alone one evening, a 12-year-old boy steals some live lobsters from his parents fridge. He brings these, as a gift, to the single mother of his best friend, only to claim in his house a place that goes beyond that of a dinner seat.
- DirectorCarlos Felipe MontoyaStarsJosé Anatolio DelgadoDiego Estiven DelgadoThe desire for possessions casts a mysterious shadow on the simple life of Diego, a boy who lives in an unfurnished hut with his father. One day he comes across a wooden chair in the forest, and the proportions of life begin to sway.
- DirectorShuli HuangAs a young Chinese filmmaker returns to his hometown in search for himself, a long due conversation with his mother dives the two of them into a quest for acceptance and love.
- DirectorDimitris GotsisStarsKlea DiamantiGiannis EglezosNikos GeliaA 24-year-old Albanian living in Athens has to attend a relative's wedding, claim the girl he likes, and decide whether he is Albanian or Greek.
- DirectorAnna Fernandez de PacoStarsMarija NovakovicMarko TomasMarko and Maja are moving flats in Sarajevo. Maja's depression turns Marko's struggle into poetry, and played on the radio, Marko's poems become the last bridge of communication between them.
- DirectorGösta WernerStarsGunnar SjöbergMarie-Anne CondéKarl-Erik ForsgårdhDepicting minutes before and after a child is killed by a car.
- DirectorCyril SchäublinStarsLilith StangenbergAnton AmbrosinoTwo teenagers' lives are brought together through internet webcams. Anton's desire is awakened after discovering Lenny's personal video blog on YouTube. Away from the screen, Anton wanders through the big city, wondering whether his virtual meeting with Lenny has a place in the real world.
- DirectorPanagiotis KountourasStarsChristos StergioglouA solitary dinner for two in a dehumanized society that has a craving for itself.
- DirectorJustine TrietStarsLaetitia DoschThomas Lévy-LasneSerge RiaboukineThomas is a young, broke, single artist. Needing to get out for some air, he urges his best friend to organize a party. There, he finds himself attracted to Laetitia, an expansive free spirit teetering on high heels. They spend a night of laughter and minor crises in each other's company.
- DirectorBenjamin BrewerStarsAnabelle LeMieuxJohn GiacobbeA couple get lost in each other.
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsBahador FoladiRamtin ParvanehLeif EdlundAn attempted bank robbery. Follows the thought process of two confused witnesses, the filmographer and the producer.
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsAnette AnderssonIngela BorgströmMartin ByströmA group of friends watches as one of them attempts to jump into the water from a bridge.
- DirectorSantiago RáfalesStarsAitor ArranzNora RománArnau MartínBiel and Sara are 10 years old and are enjoying the last few days of summer. However, everything changes when in a game their friendship is put to the test. The world that Biel thought he had under control will break and from this moment on, he will no longer know what to think or feel.
- DirectorThanasis NeofotistosStarsChristos KaravevasStelios KarambinasKorina AlexandridouTwo high school students. While seeking their identity, through violence, they will inevitably test each other's boundaries.
- DirectorZoel AeschbacherStarsAlhassan AbubakarNicolas AlmosniOusmane BaA teenager in search of recognition, a worker ready to do anything to hit the jackpot, a senior executive at the end of his career who wants to prove to himself that he is still alive. Three characters who are losing their way on the competition highway.
- DirectorPaul RigouxStarsÉdouard SulpiceMélodie AddaAbraham WaplerJean is a "slow" man, he builds his life around his anxieties, and considers himself unsuited to life in society. He lives with Alex, who is a "fast" man. Passionate about aerodynamics and eurodance, Alex lives fast and asks himself as few questions as possible. One morning, he receives a fast friend, Lou, at their place, while Jean had also planned to receive a slow friend, Caroline.
- DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsLucia RagniLuca MichelettiFederica FracassiAt a rich woman's house, a family gathers for a performance of the Ruggero Leoncavallo opera.
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsKlas-Gösta OlssonLennart BjörklundChrister ChristensenAfter witnessing an act of unprecedented violence without even flinching, an emotionally numb real-estate agent visits his ailing mother at the hospital, and then, the graveyard. Is there a speck of happiness in this cruel and short life?
- DirectorJérémy ComteStarsFélix GrenierAlexandre PerreaultLouise BombardierSet in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer.
- DirectorLasse Lyskjær NoerStarsLeif AndréeJens Jørn SpottagJesper LohmannThe loss of a loved one, the grief, the risk of yellow skin, and a coffin, that is too much for Karl to face.
- DirectorSpyridon PapaspyrouStarsDimitris KapetanakosAntonis TsiotsiopoulosDaphne LazaropoulouA man hijacks a taxi when the taxi driver refuses to take him where he wants. Two men will share a ride where everything will go wrong and a girl will change their way, where the end will be a mystery even for the heroes of Short Draft
- DirectorJørgen LethStarsMajken Algren NielsenClaus NissenJørgen LethAn elegant and humorous film-in the guise of a serious anthropological treatise-spotlights "The Perfect Human," a model of the modern Dane created by our wishful thinking.
- DirectorGuil SelaStarsLucas DoméjeanPierre Gandar MayRaïka HazanaviciusOn a beautiful autumn day, in Montsouris Park in Paris, Jacques and Nathan are looking for interesting people to shoot their documentary. They chance upon Pierre and Martin, two odd dodos about to have an unusual experience.