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- DirectorFabianny DeschampsStarsYilin YangYassine FadelEnrico RoccaforteOn an island lost between two worlds, Dai, a young Chinese woman, lives alone in a cave, expecting the baby that swells her womb. On the harbor which flurries with migrants, she searches for the man she loves and awaits: her husband. One night her wish is to be fulfilled...
- DirectorBabak JalaliStarsLars UlrichBella WardaLarry LavertyA brilliant and misunderstood Iranian writer struggles to pursue his ambitious goal of bringing together Metallica and Kabul Dreams, Afghanistan's first rock band.
- DirectorMatias MeyerStarsRaúl Silva GómezElizabeth MendozaIgnacio Rojas NietoYo is a young man with limited mental skills. He is told he is 15 years old, but appears older. Yo lives and works in his mother's restaurant located by a busy freeway. He loves his mother but hates her lover. One day he meets Elana, an eleven year old girl, who will change his life forever.
- DirectorAvruzki LikaStarsAnna Tsukanova-KottEgor KoreshkovAleksandr GrabbeSasha is stalking a man. They seem to have a common past, which Sasha can't let go. This leads her into dark territory. For he is an uncompromising photographer, who is obsessively trying to get an exhibition in a gallery. His theme is fear - and to capture this in its perfection, he puts women into shock situations in his photo shoots. In the process, reality and production become blurred, and the models pay the price. One day he turns up at Sasha's door - A dark cocktail of passion and obsession, portraying the borderline facets of photography.
- DirectorSergey LoznitsaIn August 1991 a failed coup d'état attempt (known as Putsch) led by a group of hard-core communists in Moscow, ended the 70-year-long rule of the Soviets. The USSR collapsed soon after, and the tricolour of the sovereign Russian Federation flew over Kremlin. As president Gorbachev was detained by the coup leaders, state-run TV and radio channels, usurped by the putschists, broadcast Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" instead of news bulletins, and crowds of protestors gathered around Moscow's White House, preparing to defend the stronghold of democratic opposition led by Boris Yeltsin, in the city of Leningrad thousands of confused, scared, excited and desperate people poured into the streets to become a part of the event, which was supposed to change their destiny. A quarter of a century later, Sergei Loznitsa revisits the dramatic moments of August 1991 and casts an eye on the event which was hailed worldwide as the birth of "Russian democracy". What really happened in Russia in August 1991? What was the driving force behind the crowds on the Palace Square in Leningrad? What exactly are we witnessing: the collapse or the regime or its' creative re-branding? Who are these people looking at the camera: victors or victims?
- DirectorFelipe GuerreroStarsMarleyda SotoLuisa VidesVerónica CarvajalOscuro animal tells the story of three women forced to flee their homes in a war torn region in Colombia. .
- DirectorElias DemetriouStarsEvangelia AdreadakiYannis KokiasmenosStavroula KontopoulouA dying woman brings home a homeless man trying to overcome her fear of death to discover that it's not her death that she fears more.
- DirectorAlbert SerraStarsJean-Pierre LéaudPatrick d'AssumçaoMarc SusiniUpon returning from a hunting expedition, King Louis XIV feels a sharp pain in his leg. He begins to die, surrounded by loyal followers in the royal chambers.
- DirectorEiji UchidaStarsMasahiko AokiMasato AraiDendenTetsuo (Kiyohiko Shibukawa) is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his 'artistic integrity'. He's a real loser. Despite being in his late 30s, he still lives with his mother and sister, borrowing money off them and scrounging from all he comes in contact with. This includes his best friend Mamoru (Yoshihiko Hosoda), who makes porn films with him for dodgy characters in order to make money, as well as the film actors' school they've setup to exploit their students as well as for him to sleep with wannabe actresses. He's a real jerk. Then one day two new students come to his school: Minami (Maya Okano), a naive and fresh girl from the countryside who wants to be an actress and Ken (Shugo Oshinari), a scriptwriter who has been living overseas. Tetsuo sees something in Minami and feels she has what it takes to be a real star and Ken has a brilliant script which could be the fantastic new project which would relaunch his career as a director, with Minami his muse. With the help of Kida (Denden), an unsavory film producer, they strive to turn this project into something tangible, but Minami's ability starts to turn the heads of other film directors such as Kano (Kanji Furutachi) and Shinjo (Kanji Tsuda) and soon Tetsuo's world starts to fall apart at the seams... Will Tetsuo's past exploits catch up to him or will he be able to hold it all together and start afresh?
- DirectorEryk RochaStarsNelson Pereira dos SantosCarlos DieguesJoaquim Pedro de AndradeCinema Novo is a movie-essay that investigates poetically the most important movement of Latin America cinema, through the thoughts of its main auteurs: Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Glauber Rocha, Leon Hirszman, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Ruy Guerra, Walter Lima Jr., Paulo César Saraceni, among others.
- DirectorAndreas HorvathStarsHelmut BergerAndreas HorvathA relentless, yet intimate portrait of the legendary actor and former Luchino Visconti "muse" Helmut Berger.
- DirectorGeorg HeinzenFlorian Heinzen-ZiobBollywood stars shine larger than life in the one-of-a-kind film posters hand painted by Mumbai's last screen painter, but as his workshop is threatened by demolition and his livelihood by plastic posters, he fights to pass on his craft.
- DirectorRubaiyat HossainStarsShahana GoswamiRahul BoseMita ChowdhuryUnder Construction is about a modern Muslim woman struggling to find herself in the sprawl of urban Bangladesh.
- DirectorRoberto BerlinerStarsGlória PiresLuciana FregolenteSimone MazzerBased on the true story of Dr. Nise da Silveira, a psychiatrist in Brazil who treated her patients with art instead of electroshock therapy.
- DirectorGeorgi LazarevskiZona Franca de Iquique S.A. manages a large free-trade zone in the city of Iquique, in northwestern Chile. This territory bears the scars of the last wilderness of original America transformed into a showcase for a weird commercial circus.
- DirectorKhaled El HagarStarsSalwa Mohamed AliNahed El SebaïMahmoud El-BizzawyWhen misuse of power , passion and poverty destroy human values during a revolution
- DirectorPrabda YoonStarsPrapamonton EiamchanVasuphon KriangprapakitWissanu LikitsathapornAt an unusual love motel on the outskirts of Bangkok called Motel Mistress, four (human) lives intertwine and change forever.
- DirectorEmiliano Rocha MinterStarsNoé HernándezMaría EvoliDiego GamalielAfter wandering a ruined city for years in search of food and shelter, two siblings find their way into one of the last remaining buildings. Inside, they find a man who will make them a dangerous offer to survive the outside world.
- DirectorPhilip Scheffner
- DirectorZrinka Katarina Matijevic
- DirectorMaria SchraderStarsBarbara SukowaTómas LemarquisAenne SchwarzBefore Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the "right attitude" toward the events in war torn Europe, and his search for a new home.
- DirectorJan SchomburgStarsSandra HüllerGeorg FriedrichFelix Schmidt-KnoppMartha is in a happy relationship, she has a home and knows just where she belongs. But then one day, two policewomen appear at her door and all at once everything changes.
- DirectorSimon QuackTelevision news. Proceedings at the German Federal Supreme Court are being reported. Images of the trial itself are missing. The camera at the margins: The building, the files, the courtroom, the high senate, break. The press, the spokesmen, the judges. Cut. The court and its television picture reveal their code of procedure. PROCEDERE.
- DirectorAndré SiegersStarsAlfred DieboldMaciej SalamonThe focus of the film "Souvenir" is Alfred D., who calls himself a "Democracy Exporter". For more than twenty years, Alfred has worked for German foundations around the world to promote democratic awareness and the rule of law and to record his missions on film. He has also staged himself in front of the camera again and again, most recently his election campaign for candidacy as a member of the European Parliament of the SPD in his Swabian home constituency.