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- DirectorJafar PanahiStarsJafar PanahiNasrin SotoudehBanned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.
- DirectorAndrew HaighStarsCharlotte RamplingTom CourtenayGeraldine JamesA married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives.
- DirectorRadu JudeStarsTeodor CorbanMihai ComanoiuToma CuzinSet in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsAlfredo CastroRoberto FaríasAntonia ZegersA crisis counselor is sent by the Catholic Church to a small Chilean beach town where disgraced priests and nuns, suspected of crimes ranging from child abuse to baby-snatching from unwed mothers, live secluded, after an incident occurs.
- DirectorSebastian SchipperStarsLaia CostaFrederick LauFranz RogowskiA young Spanish woman who has recently moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.
- DirectorAleksey German Jr.StarsLouis FranckViktoriya KorotkovaMerab NinidzeEpisodic, spiritual and existentialistic look at the state the Russia is in in 2017, exactly one hundred years after the communist-led Russian Revolution. The future looks gloomy, since the world is on the brink of yet another world war.
- DirectorPatricio GuzmánStarsMartín CalderónCristinaPatricio GuzmánDelving into the nearly-religious significance of water, this profound rumination on memory and loss bridges the gap between its mystical origins, Pinochet's coup d'état, and the secret of a mother-of-pearl button at the bottom of the sea.
- DirectorSaeed Taji FaroukyMichael McEvoyThe war in Afghanistan, through the eyes of the Afghans who live it.
- DirectorRichard WolstencroftStarsMichael TierneyPete DohertyGene Gregorits"The Second Coming" is an apocalyptic and occult musing on the famous poem and general themes in the poetry of W.B. Yeats - with horror, violence, sex and drug trimmings.
- DirectorSanna LenkenStarsRebecka JosephsonAmy DeasismontAnnika HallinJust as Stella enters the exciting world of adolescence she discovers that her big sister and role model Katja is hiding an eating disorder. A story about jealousy, love and betrayal.
- DirectorNagesh KukunoorStarsHetal GadaKrrish ChhabriaVipin SharmaBelieving actor and goodwill ambassador Shah Rukh Khan can help her brother get an operation to restore his sight, a 10-year old girl takes her blind 8-year old brother on a trek across Rajasthan in search of the superstar.
- DirectorBeata GårdelerStarsFatime AzemiJohn RistoEva MelanderA 14-year old girl reports that she has been raped, but is not believed. The entire village turns against her and her family.
- DirectorSam de JongStarsAyoub ElasriJorik ScholtenAchraf MezianiA troubled teenager attempts to conquer the love of his life by becoming the baddest boy on the block.
- DirectorAldo GarayStarsStephania Mirza CurbeloStephania is a transvestite born in Nicaragua. As a boy, he was adopted by a couple of Uruguayan leftist activists in the midst of the Sandinista revolution. At the moment, Stephania earns her living watching parked cars in Montevideo. The film follows Stephania in her journey to rediscover her home country, where she was once a son, a brother and a boy who taught literacy and where she now wants to be accepted as the woman she is.
- DirectorSebastián SilvaStarsSebastián SilvaTunde AdebimpeKristen WiigA close-knit trio navigates the idea of creating life, while at the same time being confronted with a brutal scenario.
- DirectorJim ChuchuStarsKelly GichohiPaul OgolaTim MutungiA collection of five vignettes about Kenya's LGBT community.
- DirectorFrancesco ClericiStarsMarius Costel SimionElia Alunni TulliniNicolae CiortanEven today, in order to create a sculpture in bronze, it is necessary to take the same steps taken in the fifth century BC for the Riace bronzes.
- DirectorHamed RajabiStarsNegar JavaherianRambod JavanMehri Sadat AlaghaNahal who is four months pregnant suddenly finds out that her child is dead. She chose silence and decides not to talk with anybody about that.
- DirectorHal HartleyStarsAubrey PlazaParker PoseyRobert John BurkeHenry and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life. But his aims are frustrated by the troublesome Susan, whose connection to Henry predates even his arrival in the lives of the Rifle family.
- DirectorRabah Ameur-ZaïmecheStarsNabil DjedouaniMohamed AroussiRabah Ameur-ZaïmecheThe last days of Jesus into Jerusalem, from the perspective of an unexpected Judas, presented as the closest of his disciples.
- DirectorAnna MuylaertStarsRegina CaséHelena AlbergariaMichel JoelsasWhen the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.
- DirectorSacha PolakStarsBarry AtsmaMartijn LakemeierSascha Alexander GersakAfter her partner dies, Nina discovers that he led a double life.
- DirectorJayro BustamanteStarsMaría Mercedes CoroyMaría TelónManuel AntúnOn the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for seventeen-year-old María by her Kaqchikel parents.
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerStarsAdi RukunM.Y. BasrunVolker HanischA family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
- DirectorMarielle HellerStarsBel PowleyAlexander SkarsgårdKristen WiigA teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend.
- DirectorGabriel RipsteinStarsTim RothKristyan FerrerMónica Del CarmenArnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons for a deadly Mexican cartel. ATF agent Hank Harris attempts to apprehend him, but gets kidnapped by Rubio, instead. Rubio takes him to his bosses, but during the 600-mile-long drive, they slowly befriend.
- DirectorYi'nan DiaoStarsFan LiaoGwei Lun-MeiXuebing WangAn ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again.
- DirectorYôji YamadaStarsTakako MatsuHaru KurokiIsao HashizumeA woman looks back on her family's life in Tokyo before and during WWII. A maid arrives from the countryside to work for an upper middle class family. She fits in well, but everyone's emotions are stirred up with the arrival of a student.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEllar ColtranePatricia ArquetteEthan HawkeThe life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsRalph FiennesF. Murray AbrahamMathieu AmalricA writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
- DirectorYe LouStarsXiaodong GuoHao QinLei ZhangA drama centered around the employees of a Nanjing massage parlor who share a common trait: they are all blind.
- DirectorDietrich BrüggemannStarsLea van AckenFranziska WeiszFlorian StetterFourteen-year-old Maria is a fundamentalist Catholic, living her life in a modern fashion, yet her heart belongs to Jesus. She wants to be a saint and go to heaven. No one, not even a nice boy she meets, can stop her in this goal.
- DirectorStefan HauptStarsMatthias HungerbühlerPeter JecklinMarie LeuenbergerA young teacher in Zurich in the 1950s falls in love with a transvestite star but is torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality.
- DirectorZeresenay MehariStarsMeron GetnetTizita HagereAbel AbebeA young lawyer travels to an Ethiopian village to represent Hirut, a 14-year-old girl who shot her would-be husband as he and others were practicing one of the nation's oldest traditions: abduction into marriage.
- DirectorAvinash ArunStarsAmruta SubhashDevadhar ArchitParth BhaleraoA 11-year-old Indian boy who has just lost his father is forced to adapt to a new school in a small village. The story is about how he copes up and how life has to move on transforming a young mind into an adult day by day.
- DirectorMasakazu SugitaStarsAyane OhmoriNahoko YoshimotoKôichirô Nishi12-year-old Haruna endures life as an orphan after her parents are killed in an earthquake.
- DirectorSophie HydeStarsTilda Cobham-HerveySam AlthuizenImogen Archer16-year-old Billie's reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons.
- DirectorGabriel VelázquezStarsDeborah BorgesVíctor GarcíaLucía Martínez"Family versus Solitude": Simon and Jota are two young traveler scoundrels who hit the street every day to eke out a living. Each one wants what he lacks. Simon cannot stand being surrounded by his large family all the time. Jota wants to stop leading a lonely life and will do his best to have his own family.
- DirectorDaniel RibeiroStarsGhilherme LoboFabio AudiTess AmorimLeonardo is a blind teenager searching for independence. His everyday life, the relationship with his best friend Giovana, and the way he sees the world change completely with the arrival of Gabriel.
- DirectorBruce La BruceStarsSusanne SachßePaulina BachmannLuizo VegaA young girl that regularly dresses as a boy falls in love and seduces a young girl that has no clue that her lover has the same sex. When the girl introduces 'her boyfriend' to her father he becomes skeptical and unmasks the fraud. Even though, strangely, the feelings of the girl persist without shifting, the father does not allow them to ever see the other again. Furious and delusional the 'boy' develops an adventurous plan to prove his true 'masculinity' to the father of his lover.
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsSabine AzémaSandrine KiberlainCaroline SilholIn the midst of rehearsals for a new play, amateur dramatics proponents Colin and Kathryn receive the shattering news that their friend George is fatally ill and only has a few months to live.
- DirectorAyumi SakamotoStarsEmiko MatsuokaKen MitsuishiRyô NishiharaYears have passed and the former class-mates have now grown up. The two adults meet and while the women seem pleasant and the situation normal enough there is more lurking beneath the surface than meets the eye. What should have been a small reunion instead turns out to be a big plot for revenge.
- DirectorYann DemangeStarsJack O'ConnellSam ReidSean HarrisIn 1971, a young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast.
- DirectorJohn Michael McDonaghStarsBrendan GleesonChris O'DowdKelly ReillyAfter he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
- DirectorRobert LepagePedro PiresStarsFrédérike BédardLise CastonguayHans PiesbergenTriptych is a contemporary urban saga that tells the story of Michelle, a schizophrenic bookseller, her sister Marie, a singer and actress, and Thomas, a German neurologist and Maries future husband.
- DirectorAthanasios KaranikolasStarsZoi AsimakiNikos GeorgakisIeronymos KaletsanosFor many years, Nadja has worked as a housekeeper for an upper class Greek couple. When she's diagnosed with a serious illness, and the man of the house runs into financial difficulties due to the economic crisis, Nadja loses her job.
- DirectorMalgorzata SzumowskaStarsJanusz GajosMaja OstaszewskaJustyna SuwalaA busy attorney, worried that his anorexic daughter Olga might try to harm herself, since she's still grieving over her recently deceased mother, sends her to see a psychiatrist, Anna, who's dealing with her own loss in an unusual way.
- DirectorKutlug AtamanStarsErdal YildizTaner BirselSila Lara CantürkAs Eastern Anatolian village tradition requires, 27-year-old Medine must serve oven-roasted lamb at her 5-year-old son Mert's circumcision feast.
- DirectorAnja MarquardtStarsBrooke BloomMarc MenchacaDennis BoutsikarisThe professional and personal life of a sexual surrogate begins to unravel when she starts working with a new client.
- DirectorHubert SauperA modern odyssey into the heart of Africa at the historic moment when Sudan, the continent's largest country, is being divided into two separate states.
- DirectorBas DevosStarsCesar De SutterKoen De SutterMira Helmer15-year-old Jesse is the only one who witnessed the stabbing of his friend Jonas. Now he has to face his family and friends form the BMX riders crew and explain the unexplainable - how he feels about it.
- DirectorMatías LucchesiStarsPaula Galinelli HertzogPaola BarrientosAlvin AstorgaIn a rural school in the middle of the mountains, a girl who is starting to become a woman feels the profound need to discover her true identity. She does not know who her father is and she is determined to find him, but her mother does not approve it. The hostility of winter in such a harsh place turns this desire into a real threat: freezing in the middle of nowhere. Going behind the backs of the school authorities and the girl's mother, her teacher decides to help her. They set off on this quest for truth, but it is not going to be an easy journey... Their only clue is a small, rusty plate.
- DirectorAlonso RuizpalaciosStarsTenoch HuertaSebastián AguirreIlse SalasTomas is too much for his lone mother so she sends him to live with his older brother Federico, aka Sombra, in Mexico City.
- DirectorCãlin Peter NetzerStarsLuminita GheorghiuBogdan DumitracheNatasa RaabAfter the terrible news of a fatal car accident involving her son, a desperate mother will do anything in her power to set her child free.
- DirectorDanis TanovicStarsNazif MujicSenada AlimanovicSemsa MujicA Roma family lives far from the urban centres of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The father Nazif salvages metal from old cars and sells it to a scrap-dealer. The mother Senada keeps the house tidy, cooks, bakes and cares for their two small daughters. One day, she feels a sharp pain in her abdomen. At the hospital she is told there is something wrong with the baby she is carrying: "They say it's dead." She is at risk of septicaemia and they must operate immediately. But Senada has no medical insurance; since the operation will cost much more than the family can afford the hospital's head refuses to treat her. A race against time together with a mounting sense of hopelessness played by a cast of non-professional actors re-enacting an episode from their own lives. Winner of the Silver Bear Jury Grand Prix and the Silver Bear for best actor at the Berlin Film Festival 2013.
- 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.
- DirectorDavid Gordon GreenStarsPaul RuddEmile HirschLance LeGaultTwo highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.
- DirectorJafar PanahiKambuzia PartoviStarsKambuzia PartoviMaryam MoghadamJafar PanahiIn a secluded house by the sea with the curtains shut, a screenwriter hides from the world with only his dog as company. The tranquility is abruptly broken one night by the arrival of a young woman fleeing from the authorities. Refusing to leave, she takes refuge in the house. But come dawn, another unexpected presence will change everything.
- DirectorEmir BaigazinStarsTimur AidarbekovAslan AnarbayevMukhtar AndassovLonely Kazakh teenager Aslan is bullied at his new school. He prepares himself for a bloody revenge on the school bully Bolat.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsMatt DamonFrances McDormandJohn KrasinskiA salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.
- DirectorPia MaraisStarsRayna CampbellAugust DiehlRapule HendricksLayla Fourie, a young single-mother in South Africa, receives a job assignment as polygraphist. In the constant presence of mistrust, lies and fear Layla soon becomes a suspect herself.
- DirectorKim MordauntStarsSitthiphon DisamoeLoungnam KaosainamSuthep Po-ngamLaos. In a land ravaged by war and exploitation, a boy whose family believe he is cursed must redeem himself by taking part in a dangerous rocket competition.
- DirectorJoão VianaStarsMamadu BaioFatu DjebatéImutar Djebaté
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerAnonymousChristine CynnStarsAnwar CongoHerman KotoSyamsul ArifinA documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
- DirectorFelix van GroeningenStarsVeerle BaetensJohan HeldenberghNell CattrysseElise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial.
- DirectorCatriona McKenzieStarsDavid GulpililCameron WallabyJoseph PedleyTen-year-old Pete lives with his grandfather in an old abandoned outdoor cinema in the desert. When the old drive-in is threatened with demolition by developers, Pete and a friend set off on an epic journey in the hopes of saving his home.
- DirectorKatarzyna RoslaniecStarsMagdalena BerusNikodem RozbickiMikolaj LubekBaby Blues is a vintage fashion blog about loneliness. It is about Natalia's baby-boy. His existence shows how easy it is to fulfill teenage needs today. Just like ordering something in a fast food. Like saying: something to love and fries to go. But most importantly it is a blog about egoism.
- DirectorSu-won ShinStarsLee Da-witSung JunJo Sung-haPluto is a story of the extremes elite high school seniors are prepared to go to guarantee entry into prestigious universities, and asks what could possibly turn an innocent boy into a monster. June, a transfer student into an elite school, is driven to despair by the year's first examination results. One day he discovers that a mysterious clique of fellow students are sharing secret notebooks, which contain important exam information. In order to get his hands on the notebooks he begs the members of the secret circle to include him. They task him with a series of missions to earn them, turning June into a monster in the process.
- DirectorSébastien LifshitzStarsMarie-Pierre PruvotThe film is a profile of Marie-Pierre Pruvot, an Algerian, born trans woman who had a long and prominent career as a dancer and showgirl in Paris in the 1950s and 1960s, under the stage name Bambi.
- DirectorMalgorzata SzumowskaStarsAndrzej ChyraMateusz KosciukiewiczMaja OstaszewskaRunning toward God but away from his sexuality, Adam became a priest at age 21. Now the head of a rural parish, he's still tormented by desire. When Father Adam attempts to help a troubled teen, long-suppressed feelings begin to surface.
- DirectorStacie PassonStarsRobin WeigertMaggie SiffJohnathan TchaikovskyAfter a blow to the head, Abby decides she can't do it anymore. Her life just can't be only about the house, the kids and the wife. She needs more: she needs to be Eleanor.
- DirectorAnaïs Barbeau-LavaletteStarsOmri IlanLionel CalniquerGil DesianoA Canadian doctor finds her sympathies sorely tested while working in the conflict ravaged Palestinian territories.
- DirectorCesar Oiticica FilhoStarsNeville de AlmeidaGilberto GilHélio OiticicaOiticica Filho, nephew of Hélio Oiticica, one of the most essential figures in the evolution of Brazil's revolutionary art-movements of the 1960s and 1970s, combines skillful research with his exceptional access to his uncle's films and documentation of artworks. The "Heliotapes"-audiotapes onto which the artist recorded ideas and "manifestations" from Rio de Janeiro, New York, and London before dispersing them to friends-make up the soundtrack of the documentary, along with terrific musical choices. With the addition of a treasure trove of images, this dynamic construction immerses the viewer in the universe of Hélio Oiticica, who guides us through the invention of his Bólides, Penetráveis, Núcleos, Parangolés, etc.
- DirectorSrdan GolubovicStarsAleksandar BercekDejan CukicLeon LucevThe impact of a selfless deed of benevolence and heroism right in the middle of the raging Bosnian war inextricably intertwines the lives of five people who are still affected by its consequences, over a decade later.
- DirectorKaoru IkeyaStarsNaoshi Satô
- DirectorYariv HorowitzStarsYon TumarkinRoy NikHenry DavidThe year is 1989. In an era of Palestinian demands for independence, the State of Israel sends young soldiers to oversee the Palestinian population in the Occupied Territories. After one of them is killed, the common fate of four young soldiers and one Palestinian family is sealed. The film describes the extraordinary journey of a young soldier trying to find his place in the chaos surrounding him.
- DirectorNana EkvtimishviliSimon GroßStarsLika BabluaniMariam BokeriaZurab GogaladzeSet in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi in 1992. Friends Eka and Natia look to leave childhood behind as they ignore societal customs and work to escape their turbulent family lives.
- DirectorDenis CôtéStarsPierrette RobitailleRomane BohringerMarc-André GrondinTwo lesbian ex-cons, Victoria and Florence, are trying to make a new life in the backwoods of Quebec. Seeking peace and quiet, the couple slowly begin to feel under siege as Vic's probation office keeps unexpectedly popping up and a strange woman in the neighborhood soon turns out to be an increasingly menacing shadow from Flo's past.
- DirectorMahdi FleifelStarsMahdi FleifelAn intimate, and often humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth of personal recordings, family archives, and historical footage, the film is a sensitive, and illuminating study of belonging, friendship, and family in the lives of those for whom dispossession is the norm, and yearning their daily lives.
- DirectorMark AlbistonLouis SutherlandStarsKevin PauloJulian DennisonJacek KomanIn a small town in New Zealand, brothers Willie and Solomon deal with the ordinary desires of youth, a volatile father, and racial tensions before one, as a means of escape, is seduced to the criminal world by an engaging thief.
- DirectorJanis NordsStarsKristofers KonovalovsVita VarpinaMatiss LivcansRaimonds, a 12 year old boy, falls into a world of petty crime while trying to stay out of trouble with his mother.
- DirectorPaolo TavianiVittorio TavianiStarsCosimo RegaSalvatore StrianoGiovanni ArcuriInmates at a high-security prison in Rome prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar."
- DirectorNikolaj ArcelStarsAlicia VikanderMads MikkelsenMikkel Boe FølsgaardA young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.
- DirectorKim NguyenStarsRachel MwanzaAlain Lino Mic Eli BastienSerge KanyindaSomewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona, a 14-year-old girl, tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsNina HossRonald ZehrfeldRainer BockA doctor working in 1980s East Germany finds herself banished to a small country hospital.
- DirectorQuan'an WangStarsFengyi ZhangYuqi ZhangGang WuIn the White Deer Village in Shaanxi Province the two most important families - Bai and Lu - and their sons have always lived together in peace. But the turmoil leads to a fierce struggle for land ownership.
- DirectorBenedek FliegaufStarsKatalin ToldiGyöngyi LendvaiLajos SárkányUnknown racist murderers have already attacked four families. Some of them died. Who will be the next on this ordinary day? Inspired by a true story.
- DirectorUrsula MeierStarsLéa SeydouxKacey Mottet KleinMartin CompstonA drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests.
- 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.
- DirectorBoudewijn KooleStarsRick LensLoek PetersCahit ÖlmezA young boy and his father have a difficult relationship, but are trying to reach each other. They need a catalyst to make that happen.
- DirectorEmin AlperStarsTamer LeventReha ÖzcanMehmet ÖzgürWhen some people from the other side of the mountain invade the territory of a farming family, the family head tries to unite the family and fight back. But then problems within the family start to appear as well.
- DirectorMatthew AkersJeff DupreStarsMarina AbramovicUlayKlaus BiesenbachA documentary that follows the Serbian performance artist as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
- DirectorSrdjan DragojevicStarsNikola KojoMilos SamolovHristina PopovicA homophobic Serbian gangster is forced to make a deal with wedding planner gay activist, to assemble a team which will protect the upcoming Pride Parade in Belgrade, and in exchange his fiancée can get her dream wedding.
- DirectorOlivia SilverStarsRyan SimpkinsTy SimpkinsKendall TooleGreta's dad Tom is moving the family cross-country in a dented station wagon, promising a California paradise to his kids. All that's missing is Mom.
- DirectorReis ÇelikStarsIlyas SalmanDilan AksütSabri TutalIn his quiet, intimate film, director Reis Celik succeeds in telling the tragic story of an unusual wedding night without the strains of a musical score on the soundtrack. Winner of the Crystal Bear at the 2012 Berlinale.
- DirectorKatherine Fairfax WrightMalika Zouhali-WorrallStarsDavid BahatiLou EngleLong JohnIn Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato - Uganda's first openly gay man - and his fellow activists work against the clock to defeat the legislation while combating vicious persecution in their daily lives. But no one, not even the filmmakers, is prepared for the brutal murder that shakes the movement to its core and sends shock waves around the world.
- DirectorIra SachsStarsThure LindhardtZachary BoothJulianne NicholsonIn Manhattan, film-maker Erik bonds with closeted lawyer Paul after a fling. As their relationship becomes one fueled by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries while being true to himself.
- DirectorVincent DieutreStarsEva TruffautVincent DieutreShe came to see. I have no photo of Simon to show her, no trace except for these stolen shots, taken from the windows of his home overlooking the Jaures metro station: the canal, cars, neighborhood life and this handful of Afghan refugees beneath the Lafayette arch... She watches with me, She questions me, we watch the seasons of this last year of my life with Simon pass, the final months of the refugees' wearying battle to find a place here in Paris. Of course, it's over now, the camp and the love affair, but She and I know that from here on, quite naturally, the world has been ever so slightly... transformed
- DirectorMiguel GomesStarsTelmo ChurroMiguel GomesHortêncílio AquinaA restless retired woman teams up with her deceased neighbor's maid to seek out a man who has a secret connection to her past life as a farm owner at the foothill of Mount Tabu in Africa.
- DirectorHéléna KlotzStarsEliott PaquetDominik WojcikNiels SchneiderTwo teenagers spend together a night around the town. One tries desperately to kiss a girl while a desire for his friend overwhelms the other one.