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- DirectorAndrzej JakimowskiStarsAgata KuleszaGrzegorz PalkowskiAlin SzewczykA mother and her adult son are evicted from their flat and struggle to find safe place in a homeless shelter.Opening film
- DirectorWim WendersStarsAlicia VikanderCelyn JonesJannik SchümannJames and Danielle meet on vacation and fall in love. She's going to the dark North Atlantic bottom to find life. He's going to Somalia to find a terrorist but gets a dark cell.Closing Film
- 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.International Competition
- DirectorRobert GlinskiStarsMateusz WieclawekJakub ZajacMagdalena WieczorekInternational Competition
- DirectorUrszula AntoniakStarsAndrzej ChyraJakub GierszalChristian LöberA young Polish-born, Berlin-based lawyer working on refugee cases is unexpectedly reunited with his father, who is his only tie left with his homeland.International Competition
- DirectorJoan ChemlaStarsGael García BernalMarine VacthNahuel Pérez BiscayartCast out of his insular community, a damaged and down on his luck man teeters between a life of crime and the path to redemption.International Competition
- DirectorMehdi Ben AttiaStarsHafsia HerziRaouf Ben AmorHaythem AchourFollowing the death of her husband in an accident, young Amel tries to find some consolation in photography. She takes photos of strangers from the street, looking at men as they tend to do towards women.International Competition
- DirectorTayfun PirselimogluStarsTansu BiçerNalan KuruçimTaner BirselScrewy signs indicate the arrival of the doomsday. The people of a small town find themselves on the edge of insanity, thinking the Antichrist is already around. But who is Christ, then? A poor guy with a sacred mark on his back working in a coffee shop?International Competition
- DirectorDan ChisuStarsMircea AlbulescuRazvan VasilescuEmanuel ParvuAt Radu Maligan's 94th anniversary the family members and the former colleagues of the old man come to his birthday party. Everything gets complicated when half of the guests try to convince Radu to confess his sins to a priest, while the others think that no one should be forced to do something beyond their will.International Competition
- DirectorZaza UrushadzeStarsDimitri TatishviliJoseph KhvedelidzeSophia SebiskveradzePriest Giorgi, a former Film Director, is sent to serve the small parish in the mountain village. To bring villagers closer to church he starts showing films there. After the screening of the first picture - "Some Like It Hot" - the audience imply that the local music teacher Lili looks exactly like Marilyn Monroe. After meeting Lili, Father Giorgi's balance between cleric and secular world starts to quiver - the woman is extremely sexy and the temptation is difficult to resist.International Competition
- DirectorHanna Antonina Wojcik SlakStarsLeon LucevMarina RedzepovicZala Djuric2009, Slovenia, European Union. For 30 years, Alija, the miner, has been one of the many Bosnian immigrant workers. Due to the crisis, miners are losing jobs. Alija is sent to check an abandoned mine. His task is to quickly make sure the mine is empty before management sells the company. But in the mine, Alija finds hidden proof of executions after WWII. He is told to stop digging and report the mine empty. He decides to continue, although he is risking his job. Alija discovers thousands of executed people. He informs the police. He found women among the dead. Some of them were civilians, missing persons, just like his sister that was lost in the 1995 genocide in Bosnia. Alija is convinced the victims need to be brought out, identified and buried. But there is no interest in doing that. The mine is proclaimed a WWII military grave and walled in. The dead will stay without a burial. Alija loses his job and struggles to preserve his dignity. He is sure he was doing the right thing, in spite of the unemployment his family is now faced with. Based on a true story.International Competition
- DirectorZehao GaoStarsYong DongMing HuHua LiuOne hot summer day, A pedestrian, his wife, a village head, a murderer, an official of the county, and a policeman took turns showing up at the main character Chen's melon shed. For the first time in his life, this quiet and obedient man realizes the meaning of his own existence. This is the story a man at the bottom of the society, and the awakening of his need to fight back in life.International Competition
- DirectorChristian TafdrupStarsAnders JuulAmanda CollinRasmus HammerichWhen Rasmus meets Marie, he is certain that she is the love of his life. However, it doesn't take long before it turns out she is a possessive and manipulative being, that cunningly dissects Rasmus to pieces.Competition 1-2
- DirectorDenijal HasanovicStarsAndrea OtalvaroLana BaricAndrzej ChyraA Colombian girl who studies law in France arrives to Sarajevo to write a study about the War Crimes Tribunal. Unexpectedly she finds herself in the center of the intimate tragedy of her new friend, a native woman.Competition 1-2
- DirectorModi BarryCédric IdoStarsJacky IdoTatiana RojoJean-Baptiste AnoumonAn agile and colorful comedy about the lives of African immigrants in Paris. Charles is the most skilled and elegant among the sellers used by hairdressers in the populated district of Château d'Eau. His mission is to fill the beauty salon with the clients captured in the street. But when the competition is intense and everyone wants to be the number one, the dirty game is on the agenda. Soon Charles will find himself in a dangerous spiral in which his dreams, reputation and even his wardrobe will be affected.Competition 1-2
- DirectorGentian KoçiStarsOrnela KapetaniSuzana PriftiKasem HoxhaLeta has not been able to pay the rent for several months. When she and her one-year-old son are thrown out of their apartment, they move in with Sophie, an old woman confined to bed, whose daughter has just employed Leta as a caretaker. In order to keep her job and a roof over their head, Leta has to keep Sophie alive at any cost.Competition 1-2
- DirectorBen BrandStarsWim OpbrouckSteef CuijpersNino den BraveA brash teenage boy faces a whirlwind of consequences when his video of his younger sister committing an act of animal cruelty goes viral.Competition 1-2
- DirectorTom EspinozaStarsGermán De SilvaAna CelentanoNina SuárezMr. Arguello, school director, must take care of Cata, a 14-year-old student, injured in a lake, while waiting for her parents to arrive. During the wait the most important story of their lives will unravel.Competition 1-2
- DirectorElena MartínStarsElena MartínOriol Puig GrauLaura WeissmahrJulia goes to Berlin to study but once there, completely alone, she realizes that she doesn't know herself as well as she thought and that she has no idea what she wants to do while living in a completely new city.Competition 1-2
- DirectorViviana Gómez EcheverryStarsMercedes SalazarNorvel WaltersSebastián Enciso SalamancaA young woman living on a Caribbean island is searching for her father who is lost at sea. When her estranged family come to help, she must confront their dark past and this new family she never expected to embrace.Competition 1-2
- DirectorLaura Mora OrtegaStarsNatasha JaramilloGiovanny RodríguezCarmenza CossioAfter the murder of her father, a young art student Paula searches for the contracted killer who carried out the crime, a young man named Jesús.Competition 1-2
- DirectorTomas AlzamoraStarsRodrigo SalinasErnesto MeléndezCatalina SaavedraA small-town journalist in southern Chile realizes he just run out of good news so that he starts making gossips and fake stories in order to keep his job in the local newspaper he works for.Competition 1-2
- DirectorPéter PolitzerStarsFischer SamuPeter VassAntónia BodóSlices pregnant with meaning from the lives of 3 males in Budapest: a 13 year old football player who gets the apartment to himself for unexpected reasons, a philandering 40 year old classical bassist who has to deal with kids, work and unexpected problems of his own making, and a 91 year old photographer slash counterfeiter, who weaves the last strands into his rich tapestry of a life.Competition 1-2
- DirectorAlexandra Latishev SalazarStarsLiliana BiamonteJavier MontenegroErick CalderonMaría José is 25. Her life moves back and forth between the monotony of class at the university, her eternally distant parents, and a couple of alternative spaces where she can explore her own and others' limits. One day, she meets Javier, a boy she really likes and tries to have a relationship with, but her behavior starts changing radically. In fact, she's a few months into her pregnancy and no one knows.Competition 1-2
- DirectorMilad AlamiStarsArdalan EsmailiSoho RezanejadLars BrygmannEsmail, a young Iranian man, is desperately looking for a woman who can secure his stay in Denmark. As time is running out, he falls in love and his past catches up with him.Competition 1-2
- DirectorBodo KoxStarsOlga BoladzPiotr PolakSebastian StankiewiczA janitor in Warsaw stumbles upon a time-traveling device in his apartment and gets stuck in the past while the woman he's been seeing looks for him.Competition 1-2
- DirectorAlejandro AndújarStarsJulietta RodriguezHéctor AníbalFiora CruzA caretaker of a beach house finds himself in trouble when the owner's son and his friends spend a weekend there without permission.Competition 1-2
- DirectorBernhard KammelStarsHayley-Marie AxeJan GravesonEdmund KingsleyFree Spirit Competition
- DirectorVeronica KedarStarsMira AwadTommy BaremboemEli DankerIt all began on one night, when Lily arrived at her therapist's house asking for an emergency session. She wants to explain why she killed her family.Free Spirit Competition
- DirectorAndrea PallaoroStarsCharlotte RamplingAndré WilmsStéphanie Van VyveIntimate portrait of a woman drifting between reality and denial when she is left alone to grapple with the consequences of her husband's imprisonment.Free Spirit Competition
- DirectorShady SrourStarsShady SrourLaëtitia EïdoSamuel CalderonAdam is a Christian Arab living in Nazareth - member of a vanishing minority within a minority in the Holy Land and the Middle East. His wife Lamia is a strong, beautiful and progressive Arab woman, who runs a foundation for women's rights.Free Spirit Competition
- DirectorJohn Cameron MitchellStarsElle FanningAlex SharpNicole KidmanAn alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London borough of Croydon.Free Spirit Competition
- DirectorHélène CattetBruno ForzaniStarsElina LöwensohnStéphane FerraraBernie BonvoisinA grizzled thug and his gang head to an island retreat with a haul of 250 kilograms of gold bullion to lay low; however, a bohemian writer, his muse, and a pair of gendarmes further complicate things, as allegiances are put to the test.Free Spirit Competition
- DirectorJulia LanghofStarsJonas DasslerLucie HollmannEva NürnbergAfter losing in love, Karl, a young author of a popular anonymous blog, decides to give readers control of his life. This fictional drama paints a portrait of a generation immersed in the virtual world.Free Spirit Competition
- DirectorSantiago Van DamStarsFederico VenziEmilia AttíasMario AlarcónMarcos was once a successful writer of children's books. His goal for years has been to conclude his masterpiece novel. But the lack of social interaction, his excessive ambitions and the influence of a narcotic plant he cultivates (and sells) to live, does not help him. He is about to quit when his friend Walter proposes an alternative way: Marcos has to live a more intense life. And describe it, like so many renowned writers.Free Spirit Competition
- DirectorAli WeinsteinStarsAnastasia PhillipsAlisha SweetingMermaids is a feature documentary about the allure and transformative power of the universal myth; from the sirens of ancient lore to a new subculture of tail-donning women who beckon us into their sometimes humorous and at other times deeply poetic underwater worlds.Free Spirit Competition
- DirectorWilliam KwokStarsColin WongKristy ShanYihao MiaoBesides breaking the law, we have no other choices.Free Spirit Competition
- DirectorSlavko MartinovStarsDoug BainSarah BuntonBob DawberFierce rivalries, club infighting, problematic birds and irregular judging are just some of the challenges faced by a group of zealous Kiwi chicken breeders hell bent on victory at the 2015 National Poultry Show.Free Spirit Competition
- DirectorAleksandra StrelyanayaStarsSergey BelyyYura BorisovMariya BorovichevaA young man arrives in a village on the White Sea. He comes in search of a girl who ran away from the city without saying goodbye. An old man from among the locals offers to show him the way. Neither the young man nor the old imagine what trials await them along the way.Free Spirit Competition
- DirectorKim HiorthøyStarsNatalie PressTindra Hillestad PackPavle HeidlerWhen 10 year old Storm's father disappears, and her mother dwells into making instruction films with an eastern European guru, she has to decide which rules the world has to come down to, not to completely become a chaos.Free Spirit Competition
- DirectorPrime CruzStarsRyza CenonMartin Del RosarioVangie LabalanJewel is a mysterious woman who lives alone in the city. She has a secret which has led her to settle into a lonely existence. That is, until she meets Nico, a broken-hearted, down-and-out guy who also feels unlovable like she does. Jewel is torn between wanting to love him and wanting to save him from herself. Will he accept her if he knew the truth about her? Can she ever find love, or is she destined to be alone forever?Free Spirit Competition
- DirectorArnis AspersStarsRaimonds DombrovskisFlorian HuttnerNtala QuintilioWe can't change where we came from, but we can choose where to go.Documentary Competition
- DirectorGreg KohsStarsIoannis AntonoglouLucas BakerNick BostromGoogle's DeepMind has developed a program for playing the 3000 year old game Go using AI. They test AlphaGo on the European champion, then March 9-15, 2016, on the top player, Lee Sedol, in a best of 5 tournament in Seoul.Documentary Competition
- DirectorAro KorolStarsArkadiusTim ArnoldBethany BaderinwaIn November 2014 the Iconic club Madame Jojos closed its doors. This event being interpreted by many as the death knell of Soho.The gentrification of Soho affects the LGBT community and its Drag Queen sub-culture, but the cabaret atmosphere of the entire neighborhood in enormous ways. This active pursuit to destroy a bubbling and vibrant part of the city's heart is viewed by many as an atrocity akin to turning the lights off on Broadway. Over 3rd of London's music venues have been closed in recent years and no one noticed. An active movement to bring a halt to this disaster has begun to unfold with one organization after another emerging to fight for Soho. Organizations made up of citizens and celebrities have sprung up to combat this onslaught. Will they win this battle and save Soho?Documentary Competition
- DirectorKarina HoldenStarsTim SilverwoodMadison StewartValerie TaylorBLUE is a provocative journey into the ocean realm, witnessing this critical moment in time when the marine world is on a precipice.Documentary Competition
- DirectorRupert RussellThis film is about the world's most radical idea - freedom - and how it is transforming the world. It is about how people all over the globe - from Tunisian rappers to Indian comedians, from America's #BlackLivesMatter activists to Hong Kong's students - are joining the struggle for freedom.Documentary Competition
- DirectorYves HinantJean LibonStarsAnne GruwezDavid DerumierSerge GraideIn this unapologetic and politically incorrect portrait, an extraordinary and eccentric Belgian judge takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life criminal investigations. The stranger-than-fiction documentary makes for a wild and riveting ride.Documentary Competition
- DirectorRodrigo H. VilaStarsAstor PiazzollaMercedes SosaJairoAfter getting married, José and Jacqueline Pons settled down in the Latin Quarter of Paris. Thanks to Jose charisma and the camaraderie of Jacqueline their house in "16, Rue Descartes" quickly became a must-visit place for many important Argentinian and French artists. That's how José Pons built a deep friendship with Astor Piazzolla, the most important Argentinian Tango artist with Carlos Gardel. Songs and stories were common currency in meetings that used to last until early in the morning, in which José as an amateur artist used to take photographs and records. This footage, that includes personal letters, collected and treasured by José Pons, is coming to light for the first time after four decades , to tell an unique story: The one of two friends that changed Tango's history forever. "You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what makes our lives... Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it, we are nothing..." Luis Buñuel.Documentary Competition
- DirectorLana WilsonA Buddhist monk asks what we owe one another and provides experiences to help us find answers.Documentary Competition
- DirectorCharlie AskewKreshnik JonuziLuftar Von RamaStarsLorik CanaGianni De BiasiBlendi FevziuOn October 14, 2014 the two Eastern European countries of Albania and Serbia faced off on the soccer field in the Serbian capital of Belgrade. With Albanian fans not permitted to attend the game due to purported safety concerns, the stadium full of Serbian fans echoed racist chants and death threats. Tensions rose to a boil when a drone carrying an Albanian flag flew above the players and onto the pitch. Angered fans rushed the field, attacking the Albanian players, forcing the match to end. A history of political tensions, war and genocide is explored as we follow the journey of the Albanian National Team to their first EURO cup appearance.Documentary Competition
- DirectorDiego LermanStarsBárbara LennieDaniel AráozClaudio TolcachirA woman flies from Buenos Aires to be present for the birth of the child she has arranged to adopt. When the child is born, she is confronted with a demand from the biological mother's family for $10,000 and an adoption process confounded with moral and legal ambiguity.Special Screenings
- DirectorFedor BondarchukStarsIrina StarshenbaumAlexander PetrovRinal MukhametovAfter a spaceship crash-lands in the center of Moscow, a young woman finds herself torn between loyalty to her seemingly normal life and the allure of a new state of being promised by one of the aliens.Special Screenings
- DirectorMárta MészárosStarsMari TörőcsikIldikó TóthFranciska TöröcsikOlga is a successful, workaholic lawyer from Vienna. She discovers a dark family secret that makes her question her whole life. She begins to search for answers, but her mother, Maria has done everything she could to avoid the truth being revealed. While Olga is travelling through her Family's past, she has to face her own life as well.Special Screenings
- DirectorMatthew HeinemanStarsAbdelaziz AlhamzaMohamad AlmusariHamoud AlmousaA documentary that follows the efforts of "Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently," a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. With deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.Special Screenings
- DirectorBirgitte StærmoseStarsDanica CurcicGustaf SkarsgårdUlrich Thomsen"Darling" is the moving love story of a dancer on the rollercoaster ride of her life, a drama about the rise and fall of a modern woman as she summons the courage to face her greatest trial.Special Screenings
- DirectorJude RatnamSri Lanka 1983, Jude Ratman is five years old. On a red train, he flees the massacre of the Tamils instigated by the liberal majoritarian government. Now a filmmaker, he takes the same train from South to North. As he advances, the traces of the violence of the 26-year-old war and the one which turned the Tamil's fight for freedom into a self-destructive terrorism pass before his eyes. Reminiscing the hidden souvenirs of fighters and Tamil Tigers, he unveils the repressed memories of his compatriots, opening the door to a new era and making peace possible again.Special Screenings
- DirectorStephan KomandarevStarsHaralan AlexandrovDimitar BanenkinVasil BanovMultiple stories of taxi drivers while they work one night.Special Screenings
- DirectorTony GatlifStarsDaphné PatakiaSimon AbkarianMaryne CayonA Greek girl meets a French woman in Constantinople.Special Screenings
- DirectorBruce Thierry CheungStarsJames FrancoRashida JonesJeff WahlbergFathers in a small California desert town abandon their children one by one leaving behind a wake of anger and crime as their sons and daughters come of age.Special Screenings
- DirectorKim NguyenStarsJoe ColeLina El ArabiBrent SkagfordA security robot operator in Detroit forms a connection with a young woman in North Africa who is trying to escape her engagement to a much older man.Special Screenings
- DirectorSergey LoznitsaStarsValeriu AndriutaLiya AkhedzhakovaRoza KhayrullinaA woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband, serving a sentence in prison. Confused and angered, she sets out to find why her package was returned to sender.Special Screenings
- DirectorDominik LocherStarsSven SchelkerJasna Fritzi BauerJosé BarrosWhen Jessy tells David she's pregnant, his fears of inadequacy as a man take hold. Frantic, he resorts to steroids. Within a short time, David becomes a threat to Jessy and the unborn child.Special Screenings
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsJuliette BinocheXavier BeauvoisPhilippe KaterineIsabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love at last.Special Screenings
- DirectorDrake DoremusStarsNicholas HoultLaia CostaDanny HustonIn contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media-driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.Special Screenings
- DirectorSusanna NicchiarelliStarsTrine DyrholmJohn Gordon SinclairAnamaria MarincaThe last year of singer Nico's life, as she tours and grapples with addiction and personal demons.Special Screenings
- DirectorJulia SolomonoffStarsGuillermo PfeningRafael FerroPaola BaldionNico leaves a promising acting career in Argentina after a romantic break-up with his married producer. He lands in New York City, lured into believing that his talent will help him succeed "on his own". But that's not what he discovers.Special Screenings
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsBarry G. BernsonHerb CaillouetBill CampSteven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.Special Screenings
- DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoToshiyuki NishidaTatsuo NadakaFive years after surviving the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo now works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a renowned fixer whose influence extends into Japan. A relatively minor incident causes tensions to rise between Chang Enterprises and the faraway powerful Hanabishi. The growing conflict gets out of hand and ignites a ferocious power struggle among the top echelons of the Hanabishi. When eventually Chang's life is endangered, devoted yakuza Otomo returns to Japan to settle things once and for all.Special Screenings
- DirectorVanessa RedgraveStarsDaisy BevanRalph FiennesVanessa RedgraveAn examination of the historical context for the current migrant crisis.Special Screenings
- DirectorEran RiklisStarsNeta RiskinGolshifteh FarahaniYehuda AlmagorA Lebanese informer and an Israeli Mossad agent are trapped together in a safehouse where nothing is safe and no one can be trusted.Special Screenings
- DirectorEmer ReynoldsStarsFrank DrakeCarolyn PorcoJohn CasaniIt is one of humankind's greatest achievements. More than 12 billion miles away a tiny spaceship is leaving our Solar System and entering the void of deep space - the first human-made object ever to do so.Special Screenings
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsBarry G. BernsonHerb CaillouetBill CampSteven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.Special Screenings
- DirectorSantiago MitreStarsWalter AndradeRicardo DarínDolores FonziAt a summit for Latin American presidents in Chile where the region's geopolitical strategies and alliances are in discussion, Argentine president Hernán Blanco endures political and family drama that will force him to face his own demons.Special Screenings
- DirectorHong-AnhStarsHoang Phuc NguyenNgoc Hiep NguyenHong Phuoc PhamPhuoc wanders aimlessly and stops at the restaurant "Dem Trang" (White Night), owned by the Boss. Sharing the space with those who work there, Phuoc learns about the lives of the Boss's family.Special Screenings
- DirectorAmos GitaiStarsBill ClintonAmos GitaiTzipi HotovelyAmos Gitai returns to the West Bank to better understand the efforts of the citizens, both Israelis and Palestinians, to try to overcome the consequences of the 50-year occupation. Interspersing footage of his interviews with Yitzhak Rabin from the 1990s with the contemporary interviews of everyday citizens.Special Screenings
- DirectorPascale LamcheStarsWinnie MandelaAnné-Mariè BezdropZindzi MandelaWinnie Madikizela Mandela is one of the most misunderstood and intriguingly powerful contemporary female political figures. Her rise and seeming fall from grace, bear the hallmarks of epic tragedy.Special Screenings