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- DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsGreta GarboJohn BarrymoreJoan CrawfordA group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMargaret SullavanJames StewartFrank MorganTwo employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
- DirectorClio BarnardStarsConner ChapmanShaun ThomasSean GilderTwo thirteen year-old working-class friends in Bradford seek fortune by getting involved with a local scrap dealer and criminal.
- DirectorUmut DagStarsNihal G. KoldasBegüm AkkayaVedat ErincinAyse is wed to Hasan, the handsome son of house-proud mother Fatma. Ayse is whisked away to Vienna where she soon finds that the marriage is a sham and she is to be the second wife to Fatma's husband.
- DirectorSebastián LelioStarsPaulina GarcíaSergio HernándezDiego FontecillaA story set in Santiago and centered on Gloria, a free-spirited older woman, and the realities of her whirlwind relationship with a former naval officer whom she meets out in the clubs.
- DirectorMahamat-Saleh HarounStarsSouleymane DéméAnaïs MonoryCyril GueïDespite a paralyzed leg, Grigris, 25 year old, dreams of being a dancer. A challenge. But his dreams are dashed when his stepfather falls critically ill. To save him, Grigris resolves to work for petrol traffickers.
- DirectorAndrew WorsdaleStarsBrandon AuretCara RobertsGys de VilliersBased on the 1980's real life crime story of the couple who became known as South Africa's Bonnie and Clyde, Charmaine Phillips and Pieter Grundlingh, Durban Poison tells the fictionalized story via a road trip during the police investigation, where the killing couple show the police the different murder locations of the four men they killed. The savvy police officer in charge does not believe their accounts of what took place and, through flash-backs that slowly peel away the masks to reveal the passions and wounds of Joline and Pieter, the truth finally comes out in a dramatic final beach scene.
- DirectorDavid 'Tosh' GitongaStarsJoseph WairimuOlwenya MainaShix KapyengaA young, aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming a success in the big city. In pursuit of this and to the chagrin of his brother and parents, he makes his way to Nairobi:the city of opportunity.
- DirectorPhil HarrisonStarsAidan GillenThabang SidloyiKelly CampbellMichael is a young Irish banker, whose life begins to unravel after causing a stranger's death in an accident. Sifiso is a teenager living in a shack in a Cape Town township, dreaming of escape. When their stories unexpectedly collide, their impact on one another's lives is far greater, and more surprising, than either could have imagined.
- DirectorJahmil X.T. QubekaStarsMothusi MaganoPetronella TshumaTshamano SebeAn introverted high school teacher in rural South Africa starts an obsessive affair with a pupil, with tragic consequences. A South African homage to film noir.
- DirectorAkin OmotosoStarsHakeem Kae-KazimFabian Adeoye LojedeFana MokoenaAde and Femi are expatriate Nigerian brothers. Ade is a successful banker in London, while Femi, once a political dissident in his home country, has had to escape to South Africa, live in refugee tenements and work menial jobs. The brothers have not only been physically estranged, their relationship is riddled with unspoken betrayal, guilt and scorn, which they have carried since the early days of their youth. During a short visit to Johannesburg, Ade discovers that his brother has been missing for a week. He sets out to investigate Femi's mysterious disappearance, reconstructing the pieces of his everyday life and the cruel hardships he endured just to survive. A riot erupts while Ade is visiting Femi's former boss in one of the townships. Ade is forced to take shelter with the employer. The mounting violence outside seeps into their exchanges and, eventually, prompts an explosion of revelation.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsArno FrischAngela WinklerUlrich MüheA 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.
- DirectorPatrick MilleStarsCarole BouquetArthur DupontIzïa HigelinBased on Justine Levy's bestseller, "Mauvaise Fille" tells the story of 25 year-old Louise who learns in the course of one day that she is pregnant with her first child and that her mother is having a relapse of a deadly cancer. Louise's actor-boyfriend Pablo lives life to the fullest and is madly in love with her. Her father, a rock star, is constantly hopping from airplanes to luxury hotels to concert stages. As one life ends and another begins, Louise tries to finesse her way through a very delicate, difficult period. Her experiences are funny, sad and bittersweet. Like Justine Levy's books. And like life itself.