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- DirectorMilko LazarovStarsMikhail AprosimovFeodosia IvanovaSergei EgorovIn the far north, Sedna and Nanook dream of bringing back their family together. After Sedna's death, Nanook walks a long way to find his daughter Ága, who ran away years ago.
- DirectorAsif KapadiaStarsAdam BakriMaría ValverdeMandy PatinkinLove story of a Muslim Azerbaijani boy and Christian Georgian girl in Baku from 1918 to 1920.
- DirectorBoris KhlebnikovStarsAleksandr YatsenkoIrina GorbachevaNikolay ShrayberA paramedic devoted to his patients struggles to make time for his wife who begins to believe his patients are more important to him than she is.
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsJeanne MoreauMaurice RonetGeorges PoujoulyA self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
- DirectorDrazen KuljaninStarsDisa ÖstrandSrdjan GrahovacJohannes KuhnkeIt has been seven years since Nina's daughter went missing and only during cigarette breaks do we get to follow her hunt for the perpetrator as she returns to Montenegro for one last time.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsNuman AcarAdam BousdoukosDiane KrugerKatja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.
- DirectorGalin StoevStarsDimitar NikolovElitsa MatevaMartin DimitrovThe dreamlike drama revolves around Philip, who has it all: a successful career and a beautiful girlfriend. However, he is still taking care of Victor, his sensitive brother, years after the death of their parents. Emma is slightly autistic, fallen out of time. At night, she crafts a miniature model of a mystical garden in the back of her flower shop, where Victor works. Emma lives in spheres completely beyond Philip's reach. Through her garden, Philip realizes that he never felt so real until he met this otherworldly girl, he's falling in love with. His life is transforming - until Victor confesses that he, too, is in love with Emma. Torn between the love for his brother and for Emma, Philip feels the pain of loss for the first time.
- DirectorMetodi AndonovStarsApostol KaramitevElena RainovaDorotea TonchevaPsychological drama. A critical situation confronts the individual with a plethora of moral, social and political problems.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsJames FrancoPeter MillerGilbert WahiakeronOne day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Will he be able to move on?
- DirectorÁrpád BogdánStarsMilán CsordásAnna Marie CsehEniko Anna IllesiThe three stories within Genesis are rooted in the biblical notion of family: a woman in her late thirties rediscovers the faith she lost as a child; a mother goes to extreme lengths to ensure that her child is saved from the fate that she was forced to endure; a Roma boy's family are killed, and the perfect world of his childhood is destroyed. All three stories are based on real events that took place in Hungary: the Roma murders. The three protagonists are one way or another affected by these events, which change their lives fundamentally.
- DirectorJacques DemyStarsCatherine DeneuveGeorge ChakirisFrançoise DorléacTwo sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner.
- DirectorFernando León de AranoaStarsJavier BardemPenélope CruzPeter SarsgaardA journalist strikes up a romantic relationship with notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.
- DirectorAleksey German Jr.StarsMilan MaricDanila KozlovskiyHelena SujeckaThe film actions unfold in 1971, telling about the four days of life of famous writer Sergei Dovlatov. The film raises the eternal issue of the Russian and European culture - the issue of moral choice.
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsJean-Paul BelmondoSerge ReggianiJean DesaillyA burglar betraying other criminals prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend who might be as untrustworthy as he.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsMarine VacthJérémie RenierJacqueline BissetChloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.
- DirectorIldikó EnyediStarsAlexandra BorbélyGéza MorcsányiRéka TenkiWhen slaughterhouse workers Endre and Mária discover they share the same dreams, where they meet in a forest as deer and fall in love, they decide to make their dreams come true, but it's difficult in real life.
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsJean-Marc BarrErmin BravoGrigoriy DobryginThis film was inspired by a chapter from the Noble Quran. It is a post-apocalyptic story set in a world where those that survive, are divided between the remnants of cities and agricultural zones. Both of these factions are ruled by corporations and populated by elites.
- DirectorIvan PasserStarsKarel BlazekZdenek BezusekVera KresadlováOne of the most important films of the Czech New Wave 60s, it was ranked among the top ten domestic films of all time. In this original sad comedy set in a small town, two classmates meet each other for the first time in ten years. They are both musicians: one is a member of the regional symphony orchestra, while the other is a local music teacher who performs at funerals.
- DirectorAnahid AbadStarsNarine GrigoryanShant HovhannisyanMarjan AvetisyanYeva is a young woman who escapes her influential in-laws with her daughter Nareh, after her husband's tragic death and takes refuge in one of the villages of Karabakh, Azerbaijan - Yeva is a complete stranger in this village and is obliged to live her daily life in disguise.
- DirectorIgor BezinovicStarsAnte Zlatko StolicaMladen VujcicZeljko BeljanStola has been spending his summer in the sweltering haze of festival parties. But one day, he runs into Roko, an old acquaintance, who is on a mission to discover medieval frescoes at a nearby monastery. Roko convinces Stola and a random group of partygoers to join him in his search. However, when their bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere, their brief excursion turns into an allegorical journey into the unknown.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsBruno GanzSolveig DommartinOtto SanderAn angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Paul BelmondoAnna KarinaGraziella GalvaniPierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
- DirectorVera ChytilováStarsIvana KarbanováJitka CerhováMarie CeskováAfter realizing that all world is spoiled, Marie and Marie are committed to be spoiled themselves. They rip off older men, feast in lavish meals and do all kinds of mischief. But what is all this leading to?
- DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsMathieu CarrièreMarian SeidowskyBernd TischerIn a boarding school, a student observes in passive disgust as his two friends manipulate, humiliate and torture a fellow student, justifying their every act.
- DirectorAdina PintilieStarsLaura BensonTómas LemarquisChristian BayerleinTogether, a filmmaker and her characters venture into a personal research project about intimacy. On the fluid border between reality and fiction, Touch Me Not follows the emotional journeys of Laura, Tómas and Christian, offering a deeply empathic insight into their lives.
- DirectorSilvio SoldiniStarsValeria GolinoAdriano GianniniArianna ScommegnaTeo has a good job, a fiancee, lovers, no intention to assume any responsibility in his life. The meeting with Emma, a blind woman, will upset his convictions.
- DirectorAndrey ZvyagintsevStarsMaryana SpivakAleksey RozinMatvey NovikovA couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments.
- DirectorKohei IgarashiDamien ManivelStarsTakara KogawaKeiki KogawaTakashi KogawaAfter a sleepless night waiting for his father to come home, a drowsy schoolboy strays off the path and wanders into the snow.
- DirectorIvan TscherkelovStarsIvaylo HristovValentin Marinov PeloJoreta NikolovaThree young couples, who live almost like one family, are isolated from the external world. They are on the edge of breaking their relationship. Nobody is happy with this, but nobody tries to change anything.
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsWillem DafoeNinetto DavoliRiccardo ScamarcioA kaleidoscopic look at the last day of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1975.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsPina BauschRegina AdventoMalou AiraudoA tribute to the late German choreographer Pina Bausch, as her dancers perform her most famous creations.
- DirectorMartin MakarievStarsYana MarinovaAlexander SanoLuiza GrigorovaThe young ravishing history teacher Lora Angelova is torn apart by the love she has for the school her father founded, and her former life as a competitive dancer. As the principal's position at the school becomes vacant, Lora needs to make the difficult decision between staying and fighting for the job, or running away from the intimidation she faces. With the help of the beloved students in her class, she discovers who she really is and easily makes the right decision.
- DirectorRouzie HassanovaStarsAlexander HadjiangelovYana TitovaAleksandar Aleksiev1971, Bulgaria under Communist regime. A time when people are systematically oppressed a father decides to walk almost 100km to the nearest town so he can buy a new radio for his rock 'n roll obsessed son.
- DirectorSiegfriedStarsElita KlavinaIveta PolePaulina DrukaRiga, Latvia. Four women: Elita, an impassioned actress, Elina, her daughter, Iveta, a tourist guide and Paulina, a teenage ballet dancer. All are in love and going through strong emotions. A free-style composition about passion and arts, a visually stunning cinematic jazz partition.
- DirectorFabio GrassadoniaAntonio PiazzaStarsJulia JedlikowskaGaetano FernandezCorinne MusallariAgainst a heavy cloak of secrecy, a 12-year-old girl smitten with her handsome classmate ventures deeper and deeper into the enchanted Sicilian forests to find him, unaware of just how thick is the mystery behind his strange disappearance.
- DirectorPavel JurácekStarsLubomír KostelkaKlára JernekováMilena ZahrynowskaLemuel Gulliver (Lubomír Kostelka) has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot. On the road he finds a dead rabbit dressed like a man and takes a watch from its waistcoat breast pocket. The half-ruined house that he enters reminds Lemuel of his childhood and brings up a painful memory of a dearly loved girl Markéta who was drowned years ago. Gulliver finds himself in Balnibarbi, a country where he doesn't understand the laws and habits and so continually offends against public decency. It is a day when people are ordered to keep their mouths shut and they force their visitor to follow suit. He faces harsh interrogation and finds it difficult to explain that he is not the rabbit Oscar whose watch has been found in his possession.
- DirectorJuliano Ribeiro SalgadoWim WendersStarsSebastião SalgadoWim WendersLélia Wanick SalgadoThe life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsWillem DafoeBob HoskinsMatthew ModineA screwball comedy centered on a Manhattan go-go dancing club, where a financial struggle between the owner, his accountant and his silent partner brother threatens the business's future.
- DirectorJirí MenzelStarsVáclav NeckárJosef SomrVlastimil BrodskýAn apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter and becomes despondent when he is unable to perform.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsIsabelle HuppertJean-Louis TrintignantMathieu KassovitzA well-to-do French family deals with a series of setbacks and crises.