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- DirectorMahmoud al MassadStarsAhmad ThaherMaher KhammashOdai HijaziAhmad a construction worker gets tangled up in an unfortunate business deal leading him to prison. He meets fraudster Ibrahim who ruins his last hope to prove his innocence. Ahmad is awakened by the realisation that life in prison might be better than the one he has on the outside.
- DirectorNicholas VersoStarsToby WallaceGulliver McGrathMitzi RuhlmannOn Halloween 1997, two estranged teen skaters embark on a surreal journey through their memories, dreams and fears.
- DirectorHouda BenyaminaStarsOulaya AmamraDéborah LukumuenaKévin MischelA street teenager from a dysfunctional family from a banlieue (HLMs) in Paris comes across a young dancer who turns her life upside down.
- DirectorClaudia Sainte-LuceStarsClaudia Sainte-LuceJimmy Jean-LouisPablo SigalJazmín, a young woman living in Mexico City, is nonplussed when she receives a call informing her that her father Toussaint, an illegal Haitian immigrant, is ill. She hasn't seen him in years, and does not know why they are calling her. When she finally gets to the hospital and discovers that her father is suffering from vascular dementia, she finds herself faced with the task of caring for a man who is more a stranger than a father to her.
- DirectorRaúl ArévaloStarsAntonio de la TorreLuis CallejoRuth DíazA hard-working single mother and wife of a getaway driver who is about to be released is approached by an unassuming and gentle man, completely unaware though of his inscrutable and utterly impelling motives.
- DirectorJohannes NyholmStarsChristian AndrénJohan KylénAnna BjelkerudA severely deformed young man dreams of being reunited with his mother and finds freedom by exploring his imaginative inner life, where he is a 200-foot giant.
- DirectorRalitza PetrovaStarsIrena IvanovaVentzislav KonstantinovSvezhen MladenovA nurse traffics the ID cards of demented patients on the black market of identity theft. Driven by easy cash, and an addiction to morphine, she struggles to keep tabs on her emotional void, and a growing fear of punishment.
- DirectorJuho KuosmanenStarsJarkko LahtiOona AirolaEero MilonoffThe true story of Olli Mäki, the famous Finnish boxer who had a shot at the 1962 World Featherweight title.
- DirectorGuðmundur Arnar GuðmundssonStarsBaldur EinarssonBlær HinrikssonDiljá ValsdóttirIn a fishing village in Iceland, a boy develops feelings for his best friend as his best friend pursues his affections for a girl.
- DirectorKevan FunkStarsIan TraceyBen CottonSara CanningA young hockey player deals with the consequences of hockey violence after he critically injures another player during a game.
- DirectorIzer AliuStarsJasin MustafaBesar GutaBurhan AmitiThe idealistic teacher Ghani loses his principles during an intense day, when he barricades the students in an attempt in saving his working place. A political drama caging the rise and fall of a dictatorship in a classroom.
- DirectorRasmus HeisterbergStarsKristoffer BechSusana Hermansen ValenzuelaNana Kirstine Bruhn-RasmussenFour students buy an apartment together in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, and move in together. We follow their 20s, their ups and downs and the loneliness they discover after they split.
- DirectorRachel LambertStarsMichael Abbott Jr.Marin IrelandMadisen BeatyA man who testified against his brother returns to his rural Kentucky hometown twenty years later to face his fractured family.
- DirectorStella MeghieStarsGloria ReubenMamoudou AthieAnna HopkinsChaos ensues after the estranged patriarch of the Jones family dies on their doorstep. When the paramedic who answers their 911 call tried to win over acerbic Jean Jones, his attempts are disrupted by old conflicts that come to a boil at the funeral.
- DirectorYanillys PerezStarsLuis Manuel AguiloIrvin AlbertiAlexandra de la CruzA kid from the street that dreams of becoming a reggaeton singer but everything around him make it impossible. Jeffrey has to solve his family problems before trying to achieve his dream.
- DirectorFernando GuzzoniStarsNicolás DuránAlejandro GoicGastón SalgadoWhen the flesh of your flesh is rotten, will you go to any extent to protect your own? Or will you cut them loose? Jesus is a story of the ultimate betrayal.
- DirectorSotiris DounoukosStarsMaggie NaouriJerome MeyerSacha JosephOn 26 October 1997, Australian National University student Anu Singh killed her boyfriend, Joe Cinque, by lacing his coffee with Rohypnol and injecting him with heroin at a dinner party where some of the guests had heard about the plan to murder Cinque. Despite this, none of them warned him.
- DirectorWayne RobertsStarsChristopher AbbottMary SteenburgenOlivia CookeA kindhearted 17-year-old in the American Southwest turns to prostitution to fulfill her dream of a new life in San Francisco.
- DirectorPeter MonsaertStarsSara VertongenWim WillaertEsra VandenbusscheTogether with her mother, Sylvie runs a brothel near the Flemish-French border. Eline, Sylvie's daughter, is intrigued by her mother's peculiar working place.
- DirectorJohnny MaStarsGang ChenNai AnHongwei WangA psychological thriller about a taxi driver battling bureaucracy and legal manipulation in China.
- DirectorVincent BironStarsAlexandre AugerEric K. BoulianneNormand DaoustStefie, a lonely young boy, is approached by Martin, Jean-Sé and Lea to record their daily pranks with his cellphone. The four prankmeisters decide to set up an antic that goes beyond anything they've done so far... But who will be the victim? PRANK is a funny and cruel coming-of-age story about friendship, peer pressure and the loss of innocence.
- DirectorHope Dickson LeachStarsEllie KendrickDavid TroughtonJack HoldenSomerset, October 2014. When Clover Catto (Ellie Kendrick) receives a call telling her that her younger brother Harry (Joe Blakemore) is dead, she must return to her family farm and face the man she hasn't spoken to in years: her father Aubrey (David Troughton). She is shocked to discover her home changed forever by the devastating floods that destroyed the area six months earlier, and Aubrey a tormented shadow of his former self. As she learns what has been going on in her long absence she and her father forge a new understanding, but can it withstand the troubles that they face on the ravaged farm as well as the truth of what drove Harry to take his own life?
- 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.
- DirectorMichael KochStarsMargarita BreitkreizGeorg FriedrichSahin EryilmazMarija, a young Ukrainian woman, earns a living as a cleaning woman in a hotel in Dortmund, but dreams of having her own hairstyling salon, and puts away some money each month. But when she is fired without notice, her dream is suddenly postponed to an uncertain future. Jobless and under financial pressure, she is forced to look for alternatives but, in order to achieve her goal, she is ready to discard her body, her social relationships and her own feelings.
- DirectorStephan StrekerStarsLina El ArabiSébastien HoubaniBabak KarimiZahira, 18, is close to her family until her parents ask her to follow Pakistani tradition to choose a husband. Torn between family customs and her western lifestyle, the young woman turns for help to her brother and confidant Amir.