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- DirectorCarlo SironiStarsClaudio SegaluscioSandra DrzymalskaBruno BuzziLena is seven months pregnant and she's ready to sell the baby in her belly. Ermanno agrees to pretend to be the father. Fabio, the uncle of Ermanno, will pay them to buy the child that he and his wife Bianca cannot have. A fake adoption between relatives, a loophole to bypass the law cause in Italy the surrogate motherhood is forbidden. A world in which money is the only standard of value, the only thing that matter. Ermanno and Lena are two strangers that must pretend in public to be a couple and live together until the delivery. They are used to only think about themselves and they fight all the time. But living side by side they start becoming what they were only pretending to be.
- DirectorMassoud BakhshiStarsSadaf AsgariBehnaz JafariBabak KarimiIn Iran today: Maryam (22) accidentally kills her husband Nasser (65) and is sentenced to death. The only person who can save her is Mona, Nasser's daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a popular live TV show and forgive Maryam.
- DirectorJessica PaludStarsNiels SchneiderAdèle ExarchopoulosRoman Coustère HachezA man in his early thirties returns to the rural farm of his childhood and rejoins the family struggle to get by.
- DirectorCaru Alves de SouzaStarsGrace OrsatoKarina BuhrMarie MaymoneBaghdad is a 17-year-old female skater, who lives in Freguesia do Ó, a working-class neighborhood in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Baghdad skateboards with a group of male friends and spends a lot of time with her family and with her mother's friends. Together, the women around her form a network of people who are out of the ordinary. When Baghdad meets a group of female skateboarders, her life suddenly changes.
- DirectorRuthy PribarStarsAlena YivShira HaasTamir MulaDespite living together, Asia barely interacts with her daughter Vika. Their routine is shaken when Vika's health deteriorates rapidly. Asia must step in and become the mother Vika so desperately needs
- DirectorLouw VenterStarsNeil HeynsNawaal HowaJill LevenbergA child wanders the city streets of Cape Town lost and alone. A policeman and his girlfriend drift apart. A nurse yearns for motherhood. One city, many intertwined lives - changed in a single night.
- DirectorJeanette NordahlStarsSandra Guldberg KamppSidse Babett KnudsenJoachim FjelstrupIda moves in with her aunt and cousins after the tragic death of her mother in a car accident. The home is filled with love, but outside of the home, the family leads a violent and criminal life.
- DirectorCharlène FavierStarsNoée AbitaJérémie RenierMarie DenarnaudUnder the guidance of a strict ex champion, a promising 15 year old girl trains as a professional skiing star.Will she be able to endure the physical and emotional pressures?
- DirectorShannon MurphyStarsEliza ScanlenMichelle LottersToby WallaceMilla, a seriously ill teenager, falls in love with a drug dealer, Moses, her parents' worst nightmare.
- DirectorFarnoosh SamadiStarsSadaf AsgariSahar DolatshahiAzita HajianA school teacher from Tehran is preparing to attend a wedding in northern Iran. When her husband suddenly forbids her to go, she makes a choice that will place her on a painful path zig to atonement.
- DirectorKamir AïnouzStarsZoé AdjaniAmira CasarLyès SalemSelma, 17, who lives in a bourgeois and secular Berber family. When she meets Julien in college, she realizes for the first time the impact of patriarchal rules on her intimacy.
- DirectorDaria WoszekStarsGrazyna MisiorowskaHelena SujeckaSylwester PiechuraMary is just some lonely, small town grocery store worker, living a life free from sin. Struggling with menopause, she visits her doctor, who prescribes a course of hormone replacement therapy. On the eve of her 50th birthday, Mary's life begins to take a totally unexpected turn: it is freaking magical. As she starts to feel things differently, she begins to live more extravagantly. On top of this, her young, vivacious niece keeps showing up at her doorstep and affects Mary's sexual awakening. But there's something much darker bubbling beneath the surface. Meanwhile, a holy presence in Mary's home appears to silently judge her, which deepens the hero's uncertainty. This religious anxiety threatens to suppress her newfound lust for life. Mary must act if she is to keep the wickedness at bay.
- DirectorPatricia RyczkoStarsMarta KrólMarcin SztabinskiMarieta ZukowskaWe meet a mother quietly obsessing over the sudden change in her family's life. Gradually we learn she is an android, and has suffered a glitch. The company puts her into therapy in order to assess the damage. She comes to see that her android self is her own fantasy. She begins to cooperate with the therapy, realizing she will be able to return to her family.
- DirectorMarek LechkiStarsMagdalena PoplawskaPiotr ZurawskiTomasz SaprykMaciek (35), tricked by his boss, steals his boss's car and goes on a desperate joyride across. He drives across the interior of Poland, where people are preparing for a celebration of an unspecified anniversary. In the meanwhile, Magda (35), a Town Hall employee in charge of the anniversary events, Highly committed at first, gradually notices all the dirt and corruption around her. At some point, she must choose between her career and integrity, whether she should accept it or risk her career and leave. Finally, on the celebration day, Maciek and Magda finally meet. Will it change anything for them?
- DirectorLech MajewskiStarsJosh HartnettJohn MalkovichBérénice MarloheEntwines Navajo lore with a reclusive trillionaire and his would-be biographer, creating a fascinating, mysterious and idiosyncratic vision of America.
- DirectorRenata GabryjelskaStarsJoanna KuligSteven BrandAndrea TivadarA THRILLER ABOUT THE POWER OF THE HUMAN BRAIN AND LOVE.
- DirectorMalgorzata GoliszewskaKasia MatejaStarsJolanta JanusFor decades, Jola did what was expected of her. As a mother of six and the wife of an abusive husband, she would put on her make-up and colourful clothes to pretend everything was fine. One day something breaks inside her and she finds the strength to leave her husband and start living life to the fullest. She hangs out with her girlfriends, dances in Café Smile, writes poems and songs. She sings about love - something she's always dreamt of, yet never experienced. Unexpectedly, she meets Wojtek, who treats her like a queen. Will she be able to open up and embrace love for the first time? Especially, when she finds out that she has less time than she thought?
- DirectorMarcin BorchardtStarsTony HalikElzbieta DzikowskaTony Halik who, claimed to be Evita Peron's private pilot, Richard Nixon's press officer, Queen Elisabeth's guest of honor, and the first journalist to interview Fidel Castro.
- DirectorPawel WendorffStarsRoman GancarczykBartosz TurzynskiKatarzyna ZukTwo friends compensate for their dull lives by intruding into the lives of others. They take up a task which turns out to be more than they can handle.
- DirectorJorunn Myklebust SyversenStarsJosefine Frida PettersenJean Superbanan AndersenEspen Reboli BjerkeWhen a champion dancer begins to falter, her family questions her faith and prompts her to search for more radical solutions.
- DirectorKitty GreenStarsJulia GarnerOwen HollandJon OrsiniA searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
- DirectorRubaiyat HossainStarsShahana GoswamiRikita Nandini ShimuShatabdi WadudShimu fled her village as a child when her stepmother threatened to marry her off to a middle-aged man. Now 23 and living in the capital, she works grueling hours for paltry sums at a textile factory while her husband searches for work.
- DirectorPamela B. GreenStarsJodie FosterAlice GuyPamela B. GreenPamela B. Green's energetic film about pioneer filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché is both a tribute and a detective story, tracing the circumstances by which this extraordinary artist faded from memory and the path toward her reclamation.
- DirectorXavier DolanStarsGabriel D'Almeida FreitasXavier DolanPier-Luc FunkHidden feelings come to light and threaten the bond of a group of friends in their late 20s.
- DirectorAmanda KernellStarsAne Dahl TorpSverrir GudnasonTroy LundkvistAfter a divorce, Alice hasn't seen her children in two months as she awaits a custody verdict. When her son calls her in the middle of the night, Alice takes action, abducting the children on an illicit charter trip to the Canary Islands.
- DirectorAlex ThompsonStarsKelly O'SullivanRamona Edith WilliamsCharin AlvarezAfter an accidental pregnancy turned abortion, a deadbeat nanny finds an unlikely friendship with the six-year old she's charged with protecting.
- DirectorMohammad RasoulofStarsBaran RasoulofZhila ShahiMahtab ServatiThe four stories that are variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty that ask to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable threats.
- DirectorStéphane HaskellStarsCorine BiriaStéphane HaskellRaphaël PersonnazAt age 40, Stéphane Haskell is suffering from a sudden illness and is paralyzed. Medicine condemns him to disability, but yoga opens a path to healing. From death corridors in the United States to African slums, he embarks on a touching journey around the world to meet those who have returned to life through yoga.
- DirectorFernando Grostein AndradeStarsNoah SchnappSeu JorgeDagmara DominczykWith the help of a Brazilian chef, a 12-year-old boy who dreams of being a cook tries to find the ideal recipe to break down the cultural barriers that divide his half Israeli and half Palestinian family.
- DirectorMatt RatnerStarsBilly CrystalBen SchwartzGrace GummerThe unlikely friendship that kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A., forced to move back home with his tail between his legs, and a tragically flawed, but charming and charismatic, alcoholic dermatologist.
- DirectorMichael HerbigStarsFriedrich MückeKaroline SchuchDavid KrossEast Germany, 1979. After initially failing to flee from the East to the West in a self-built hot-air balloon, two families struggle to make a second attempt, while the East German State Police are chasing them.
- DirectorMark VerkerkStarsAbatutuMartijn FischerAna Luisa SantosThe city Amsterdam from the unique perspective of the many wild animals and plants that inhabit it. Seen through the eyes of the adventurous urban cat, Abatutu.
- DirectorVeit HelmerStarsPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicPaz VegaChulpan KhamatovaTo escape from his lonely existence, Nurlan embarks on the most adventurous journey of his life: to find the owner of this perky piece of blue underwear. He rents a small room in Baku and begins his quest.
- DirectorWilliam OlssonStarsAlexandra DaddarioTakehiro HiraCarice van HoutenDisillusioned with the world she knows, a woman searches for meaning and affirmations of life with a dashing Yakuza gangster in Tokyo.
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsIvan TrojanJosef TrojanJuraj LojThe life of successful Czech healer Jan Mikolasek, who diagnosed and healed people using his intuition and strong familiarity with plants, set against the background of the events of the totalitarian fifties.
- DirectorBartosz PaduchStarsMolesta EwenementBoys growing up in a Polish housing estate in the 1990s go from being MTV fans to becoming the acclaimed hip hop group 'Molesta Ewenement'.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsMariana Di GirólamoGael García BernalSantiago CabreraA couple deals with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart.
- DirectorMarko SkopStarsMilan OndríkFrantisek BelesZuzana KonecnáMilan (40) has three children and does construction work in Germany in order to provide for his family in Slovakia. While visiting his home over Christmas he discovers that his eldest son Adam is a member of a para-military youth group. The boy is involved in bullying and the death of a class-mate. The father has to decide what to do. In this process, along with his wife, he comes to discover the real truth about their son, their family, themselves and the community around them.
- 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.
- DirectorMaren AdeStarsSandra HüllerPeter SimonischekMichael WittenbornA practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.
- DirectorMyroslav SlaboshpytskyiStarsHryhoriy FesenkoYana NovikovaRosa BabiyA deaf boy joins a boarding school for similar children. Confronted by the violent and criminal antics of some of the other boys and girls, he struggles to conform and join the 'tribe'.
- DirectorGrímur HákonarsonStarsSigurður SigurjónssonTheodór JúlíussonCharlotte BøvingIn a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven't spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what's dearest to them - their sheep.
- DirectorMarek LechkiStarsTomasz KotRyszard KotysTomasz RadawiecMichal goes on a business trip to his home town, which unexpectedly turns into an inner journey to his long-forgotten past.
- DirectorLukas DhontStarsVictor PolsterArieh WorthalterOliver BodartA promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.
- DirectorPelin EsmerStarsNejat IslerMithat EsmerLaçin CeylanMithat Bey is a retired civil servant. Ali is doorman of his apartment. The two men belong to different worlds, unless they live in same apartment.
- DirectorBettina OberliStarsAgnieszka GrochowskaMarthe KellerAndré JungWanda, a Polish woman, takes care of 70-year-old Joseph in his family villa on the lake. She is always there for him and also helps his wife Elsa. The work is poorly paid, but Wanda needs the money for her family.
- DirectorYuriy KhashchevatskiyThree months before elections the president of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko claimed: "You have no other choice, you will vote for me!" This is exactly how it happened in March 2006.
- DirectorAndrzej FidykIn Belarus, the totalitarian regime cracks down on all opposition. Anyone criticizing the dictator risks imprisonment and torture. Our film, Belarusian Waltz is on the incredible personal story of the performance artist Alexander Pushkin, who is one of very few who is not scared. Facing grave consequences he organizes public stunts that mock president Lukashenka. Through his art and sense of humour we take a deep dive into the soul of the Belarusian people.
- DirectorSebastián BorenszteinStarsRicardo DarínLuis BrandoniVerónica LlinásIn times of the infamous Argentinian Corralito, the neighbors of a little town trace a plan to recover the money they lost after learning that their bank manager and a corrupt lawyer have stolen it.
- DirectorBodo KoxStarsWojciech MecwaldowskiPiotr GlowackiMagdalena RózanskaThree lonely next-door neighbours alienate themselves in various ways. Jacek seeks contacts online, his brother Tomek has a brain injury. Magda spends time alone in her apartment. What if they become friends?
- DirectorUrsula MeierStarsIsabelle HuppertOlivier GourmetAdélaïde LerouxLife for an isolated rural family is upended when a major highway next to their property, constructed 10 years before but apparently abandoned, is finally opened.
- DirectorFlorin SerbanStarsValeriu AndriutaVitalie BantasHritcu FlorinA solitary mountain man finds a young woman who has been beaten and abandoned in the woods. He makes her the object of his passion, but her dark past catches up on them.
- DirectorSergey LivnevStarsAleksey SerebryakovDaniel OlbrychskiElena KorenevaMark Ginzburg is a talented artist who is always depressed. He's 52, but personal and professional success has escaped him. Many years ago, Mark moved from his native Riga to Tel Aviv to get away from his oppressive father, Viktor, who still supports him financially. Victor Ginzburg is a famous conductor. His work is his life. He never cared about Mark's feelings and tried to mold his son in his own image. Their highs and lows turned long ago into a love-hate relationship. More hate than love. Father calls his son by his childhood nickname Birdie, which infuriates the son. Son calls his father Your Majesty, which infuriates the father. After Viktor is diagnosed with a fatal illness, the father and son set off on a difficult journey that leads from hate to love.
- DirectorAndreas HorvathStarsPatrycja PlanikAn emigrant in New York decides to walk back to her home in Russia.
- DirectorJared P. ScottStarsInna ModjaSonghoy BluesDidier AwadiAcademy Award-nominee Fernando Meirelles (City of God (2002)) and Malian musician Inna Modja take us on an epic journey to the frontline of the climate crisis along Africa's ambitious Great Green Wall.
- DirectorÁlvaro LongoriaStarsJavier BardemCarlos BardemActor Javier Bardem explores the underwater life of the Arctic by joining a two-man submarine that's launched from a Greenpeace boat just off of the Antarctic Peninsula.
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsBoguslaw LindaTadeusz LomnickiZbigniew ZapasiewiczWitek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
- DirectorJanusz ZaorskiStarsMagda Teresa WójcikZbigniew ZapasiewiczFranciszek PieczkaStory opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their new apartment. Neighbor Wiktor, a communist intellectual, befriends the poverty-stricken family but is soon arrested and sent to jail. During the war Lucja narrowly escapes a Nazi roundup at the black market. Her sons hold ardent Communist meetings in their apartment, with her blessing. Lucja works hard, but without complaint. After the war, Klemens is inexplicably arrested, accused by the new regime of being a collaborator. Wiktor, now a high-ranking party member, trying to defend him, himself falls into disgrace. Klemens is tortured to "confess" and dies in jail, a Communist to the end. Lucja is never told about his fate.
- DirectorRyszard BugajskiStarsKrystyna JandaAdam FerencyJanusz GajosTonia goes out drinking. She wakes up in prison, not having a clue why she's there. She is tortured to encourage her to confess to a crime she is not aware of.
- DirectorFeliks FalkStarsBozena AdamekMichal BajorAndrzej GrabarczykSet in 1952, film tells the story of young musicians playing - then forbidden - jazz music in basements and attics around Poland. The group hires itself to social parties, youth dances, etc, each time waiting for the management to disappear in order to shift gears to hot music. The crowd either loves it or does not know what to do. Occasionally they are harassed by the police.
- DirectorWojciech MarczewskiStarsTomasz HudziecTeresa MarczewskaMarek KondratA boy comes of age under an oppressive, cruel socialist government and watches as it slowly but surely distorts his family, his school and even his own thoughts.
- DirectorKatja GauriloffStarsKaisa GauriloffRobert CrottetMohandas K. GandhiA magical story about the lifelong friendship, the age-old legend of Aurora Borealis and a culture that was almost destroyed by the Second World War.
- DirectorMartti KaartinenNiklas KullströmStarsFrank SkogMichael O'FlahertyA journey through Mongolia, Japan, China and South Korea, narrated by the journals of Finnish linguist, diplomat and journeyman G.J. Ramstedt (1873-1950).
- DirectorSelma VilhunenStarsJere RistseppäRosa HonkonenVille HaapasaloA teenage couple deals with an unexpected pregnancy while racial tensions mount in their neighborhood.
- DirectorLeena KilpeläinenStarsAleksandr SokurovThe film explores Sokurov's cinematic world and life perspective through his personality and body of works. The world-renowned director also discusses the social meaning of cinema as well as the overreaching purpose of artists and art.
- DirectorArthur FranckStarsOlliver HawkLaila HakasaloValto KäkeläLife story of Finnish hypnotist Olavi Hakasalo, aka. Olliver Hawk.
- DirectorSelma VilhunenStarsLinnea SkogPaula VesalaLauri MaijalaLittle Wing tells the story of 12-year-old Varpu (Linnea Skog), who's quickly growing to adulthood, and about her mother (Paula Vesala), who doesn't want to grow up.
- DirectorJagoda SzelcStarsZuzanna LitAnna BiernacikPaulina LasotaWaking up on a cold bus, a group of students start their internships in a remote hotel. Are they prepared for what lies ahead?
- DirectorAgnieszka SmoczynskaStarsKatarzyna FiguraGabriela MuskalaSlawomir GrzymkowskiBasia has already settled down in her life. She is a housewife and has a loving family. It seems as though she does not miss anything to be happy. Until a moment when an opera diva moves into an apartment upstairs. Basia is enchanted and seduced with her voice. A peculiar relationship is born between them. It develops into a feeling which is not particularly comfortable for either of the two women.
- DirectorAgnieszka SmoczynskaStarsMarta MazurekMichalina OlszanskaKinga PreisIn Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of the city.
- DirectorAnna KazejakStarsPawel MalaszynskiPiotr RoguckiOlga BoladzA member of a group of big football team fans gets a job as a cheer conductor for the enemy team.
- DirectorMarta PrusStarsYana KudryavtsevaMargarita MamunIrina VinerAn intimate portrait of the world's most outstanding rhythmic gymnast Margarita Mamun who needs to overcome mental fragility to take part in the Olympic Games.
- DirectorOlga ChajdasStarsEliza RycembelJulia KijowskaAndrzej KonopkaNina, a teacher in her mid-30s struggling to have a child, looks for a surrogate mother. It would seem that with her husband, she has found an ideal candidate, yet Nina falls for the woman who could have given birth to her child.
- DirectorAnna KazejakStarsEliza RycembelMateusz WieclawekMagdalena PoplawskaLila is a schoolgirl in love whose boyfriend Janek has betrayed her with another girl. Seeking revenge, Lila puts in motion a chain of events that cannot be stopped which leads to terrifying consequences.
- DirectorAgnieszka SmoczynskaStarsGabriela MuskalaLukasz SimlatMalgorzata BuczkowskaAfter a two-year disappearance, free-spirited Alicja is reunited with her parents, husband and young son despite having no memory of them. A dizzying psychological puzzle. Mesmerizing from the jaw-dropping first frame to the last.
- DirectorKasia AdamikStarsMarcin DorocinskiRafal FudalejPiotr JagielskiUnder the leadership of an ex-footballer, a bunch of homeless men set up a football team and train hard to take part in the world championship.
- DirectorMadeleine SacklerStarsPavel GorodnitskiNikolai KhalezinNatalia KoliadaComprised of smuggled footage and uncensored interviews, DANGEROUS ACTS gives audiences a front row seat to a resistance movement as it unfolds both on the stage and in the streets. As the members of the Free Theater confront the choice of either repression at home or exile in the US and the UK, DANGEROUS ACTS reconfirms our belief that the power of art and hope can indeed change the world.
- DirectorAnastasiya MiroshnichenkoThe soulless atmosphere of a women's penitentiary destroys the prisoners' personality, kills all femininity in them. The film looks at the rationality of the long prison terms for mothers separated from their children.
- DirectorPawel FerdekStarsPeter BogdanovichRichard N. GladsteinMichael GruskoffOver a century ago, such people as Sam Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer, or the Warner brothers left Polish shtetls and became moguls after numerous adventures and hardships they had to face on their way.
- DirectorRadovan SíbrtStarsThe Tap TapThe Jedlicka Institute music class currently known as The Tap Tap band was founded 21 years ago by Simon Ornest to give people with handicaps an opportunity to succeed outside of their daily institutional care. An observing and attentive camera captured the evolution of the personalities of several of the musicians over the course of several years. The attractive energy of the film which is exceptional in its approach to its theme as it avoids the usual compassionate sentiment stems from the relationships among the musicians and between them and their band leader, the motor of the action, whose work improves the public image of people with handicaps in an unorthodox way.
- DirectorJudit OláhStarsIstvánné FarkasLászlóné FazekasDénes FábriIn 1980s, many Hungarian youngsters dreamed of visiting a unique summer camp in Epipo. A realm of role-playing and magic, yet behind innocent games lurked humiliation and concealed abuse. After 25 years secrets is still a part of them.
- DirectorRadu CiorniciucStarsGica EnacheVali EnacheRica EnacheIn the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta, nine children and their parents lived in perfect harmony with nature for 20 years until they are chased out and forced to adapt to life in the big city.
- DirectorKaspar MunkStarsGerda Lie KaasSonja RichterMay Lifschitz"Wild Witch" is a fantasy film for the whole family based on the popular book series by Lene Kaaberbøl.
- DirectorAsk HasselbalchStarsRebecca Emilie SattrupDejan CukicJakob OftebroThe Shamer's Daughter, Dina, with the magical power of compelling people to admit their most secret shame, must save her family with her newly found father. But he is a Blackmaster, with the power to make people see and believe things that aren't true, so Dina must deal with having inherited this horrible power, while forging a relationship with a father she fears and mistrusts.
- DirectorAlice AgneskirchnerLAMPENFIEBER accompanies five children of the young ensemble of the Friedrichstadt-Palast during the creation of the new children's play from the castings to the rehearsals to the grand premiere evening in front of 2,000 spectators. We experience with them a year full of challenges: The long rehearsal process with many small and big successes and setbacks, the eager anticipation of the cast of the leading roles, competition and friendship and finally the big premiere. In addition to their everyday life at the palace, we also accompany the five in their private lives, at home and at school. We take part in their personal development, their dreams and fears, conflicts with their parents and the normal madness of puberty. Despite their different life stories, they all share a passion for the big stage. In the Friedrichstadt-Palast they grow beyond themselves as friends in order to realize their common dream. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Friedrichstadt-Palast in 2019, the film also tells a piece of German contemporary history through the eyes of the children and through their encounters with the house's long-standing employees: from its beginnings as a circus, the first blossoming in the 1920s, the destruction during the war, the reopening, the new building in the 1980s and the rise of the palace to the magnificent theatre of the GDR with guests from Louis Armstrong to Charles Aznavour.
- DirectorDorte BengtsonStarsSidse Babett KnudsenBodil JørgensenNicolaj KopernikusVitello is brimming with energy and has good friends in Max and Hasse, but misses having a father in his life, so he decides to go off in search of one, only to find he isn't the person Vitello was quite expecting.
- DirectorFenar AhmadStarsRoland MøllerSalóme GunnarsdóttirJacob LohmannViking children Røskva and Tjalfe embark on an adventurous journey from Midgard to Valhalla with the gods Thor and Loki. Life in Valhalla, however, turns out to be threatened by the dreaded Fenrir wolf and the god's barbaric archenemies, the Jotnar. Side by side with the gods, the two children must fight to save Valhalla from the end of the world--Ragnarok.
- DirectorTim TrachteStarsManuel Santos GelkeJürgen KluckertTim Oliver SchultzBenjamin is a big, strong and good-natured elephant who lives in the Newtown zoo. He and his best friend Otto, a caring and courageous 9-year-old boy, love to go on adventures together. But when a shrewd woman threatens to shut down the zoo, Benjamin and Otto must hatch a plan to save Benjamin's home.
- DirectorKatja BenrathStarsLuna MaxeinerCaspar Fischer-OrtmannLuise Richter11-year-old Rocca, a clever, creative and brave girl who lives all by herself in defiance of her teachers and the authorities has to fight to keep her independence and prove to everyone that a child also has the power to change the world.
- DirectorMartin LundStarsJonas TidemannElli Rhiannon Müller OsborneSaara Sipila-KristoffersenGeneration Achievement meets impossible love. Frida is different; Marius, on the other hand, is the most popular boy in class. When they must work together at school, a turbulent and challenging relationship commences.
- DirectorBaldvin ZophoníassonStarsElín HallEyrún Björk JakobsdóttirLára Jóhanna JónsdóttirDrawing on true stories and interviews with the families of addicts, this harrowing portrait of addiction follows Stella and Magnea through the decades as precarious teenage years morph into perilous adulthoods.
- DirectorMans van den BergStarsMohamed BayuObadh Kheir EddinJeroen EngelnThe young Sem wants to go to Iceland and the place where is late father left his mark. Together with his best friend Mo, he sets up a crew for the expedition. But is everyone just as determent as Sem to reach Iceland?
- DirectorChristian LoStarsTage Johansen HognessJakob DyrudJonas Hoff OftebroA young band from Norway sets out on a journey across the country to attend the National Championship of Rock in a race against time, police and parents.
- DirectorKarsten KiilerichStarsLucy CarolanGary CookeVibeke DueholmHodja is a boy from Pjort, who borrows a flying carpet to see the world. In return he has to find and return "diamond" to her grandfather. The all-eating Sultan wants to get his hands on Hodjas flying carpet.
- DirectorJoachim MasannekStarsPeri BaumeisterAylin TezelMeret BeckerAn 11-year-old girl can talk to animals. When a thief causes trouble at the local zoo, she comes to the rescue.
- DirectorJeppe Vig FindMarie Dalsgaard RønnStarsAlbert Rudbeck LindhardtFlora Ofelia Hofmann LindahlArien TakiarThe Danish fantasy film 'The Land of Glass' is about the young boy Jas who lives alone in a closed gardener with his father, a truck driver and often away.
- DirectorJohan TimmersStarsAiko BeemsterboerNoa FarinumHilde De BaerdemaekerTwelve-year-old Bo is a talented but hot-tempered kick boxer. However, Bo is distracted by her fighting parents who are in the middle of a divorce. Bo needs to learn how to control her emotions and at the same time accept the fact she can't control everything.
- DirectorBragi Thor HinrikssonStarsLukas Emil JohansenViktor Benóný BenediktssonÍsey HeiðarsóttirEvery year, on a large island just outside of Iceland, there is a huge football tournament for kids. This year ten-year-old Jon goes with his team to compete and will have to grow up faster than he expected, both on and off the pitch.
- DirectorPoul BergStarsRumle KærsåJosephine HøjbjergSigne Egholm OlsenThirteen-year-old Benjamin discovers that his mother didn't die in an accident as he was led to believe. The trail points to high-ranking officials in the Danish Secret Service, and he is told to trust no one.
- DirectorHanne LarsenStarsSimon Hobbel RosendahlGisken ArmandHannah DybvandGilberts allergy towards eggs, leads to bullying and embarrassment. He tries to keep the allergy a secret, but when his awful aunt is to babysit him, she tries to poison him with eggs. But Gilbert plans his revenge. Based on the novel Eggg.