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- DirectorGiovanni BucchieriStarsGiovanni BucchieriLouise PeterhoffKarin Franz KörlofTwo dancers, once lovers, now go about their separate lives. Giovanni can't help reliving his first love via a collection of home videos. Louise, now a director, is projecting her bad memories on her production of Romeo and Juliet.
- DirectorSenna HegdeStarsVincy AloshiousNilja K. BabySajin CherukayilVijayan, a lowlife, gets himself involved in a case of mistaken identity. His car gets swapped with that of two small-time crooks. With the local police, Mahesh and his team hot on their tails, a fun-filled cat-and-mouse chase ensues.
- DirectorNorbert PfaffenbichlerStarsStefan ErberDavid IonescuA man rescues a boy and later tries to get him off his back but to little avail, so they end up drifting around a subterranean world, populated by grotesque masked figures. A hundred years after Chaplin filmed his first feature film, The Kid, Norbert Pfaffenbichler offers an experimental punk-style interpretation, which the filmmaker himself has defined as a dystopian slapstick film.
- DirectorAnastasia TsangStarsSylvia ChangSimon YamHenick ChouDevastated by the loss of her skilled neon-sign-making husband, a wife decides to carry on his unfinished dream of making neon signs.
- DirectorYing-Ting TsengStarsJanine Chun-Ning ChangEthan JuanAn-Shun YuWhen a mysterious corpse is found in a river, a distressed police officer delves into a string of grisly murders as danger quickly approaches.
- DirectorCharlotte WellsStarsPaul MescalFrankie CorioCelia Rowlson-HallSophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't...
- DirectorVarun GroverStarsBodhisattva SharmaSamta SudikshaSheeba ChaddhaSet in the late 1990s, A 17-year old Vivek who is sent away from home to a prep school to prepare for the highly competitive IIT ("the MIT of India") entrance examination.
- DirectorUmut SubasiStarsMelis SevinçMelisa BostanciogluIbrahim AriciCoincidence brings four twenty somethings in contemporary Istanbul together in humorous and playful ways. Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster explores the anxieties faced by the new generation with its humorous and intertwined ways.
- DirectorDick VerdultStarsHarun BahasoeanPeter FenglerIzah HankammerIf Yes, Okay about a teenager, Amy, who goes to extreme lengths to reject her obscenely wealthy background.
- DirectorManmohan DesaiStarsVinod KhannaRishi KapoorAmitabh BachchanThree brothers are separated and united after many years - one is brought up a Hindu, another a Muslim and the last (and most memorable) a Christian. Hilarity and adventure ensues.
- DirectorZaida CarmonaStarsZaida CarmonaRocío SaizAlba CrosThey are in their thirties but live just as they did in their twenties. They are in love with love but, in their search, they tear each other apart, wandering from ex-girlfriend to ex-girlfriend, from relationship to relationship.
- DirectorYôko YamanakaAmiko, a high school girl, adores Aomi to the point of nearly worshipping him. But one day, he runs away from home. Amiko's sometimes cynical, sometimes self-deprecating inner monologue goes off like vibrant stand-up comedy.
- DirectorMladen KovacevicStarsZoran RadovanovicAnother spring is a medical thriller that takes place in the spring of 1972, when the deadly smallpox virus was brought into Yugoslavia from the bazaars in Iraq. The disease was spreading for a whole month before it was discovered in Kosovo, while in Belgrade, it continued spreading undetected. Smallpox is the deadliest disease in human history that killed almost 500 million people in the 20th century alone, and it is the only deadly virus eradicated by humans, which is regarded as the biggest achievement of our civilization. In the story that united the entire world, the Yugoslavian epidemic, the final outbreak of smallpox in Europe, is still remembered as one of its most horrifying and inspiring chapters. Reconstructed from the 50 years old archive film footage, the film offers the experience of another time and the society very different to the one today, which never felt more relevant.
- DirectorSorayos PrapapanStarsKorndanai Marc DautzenbergSiriboon NaddhabhanWinyu WongsurawatIt is about the encounter between an ace pupil and a professional exams cheat.
- DirectorUpi AviantoStarsPevita PearceArio BayuChristine HakimAlana was separated from her parents and was adopted by a rich woman. As she reaches adulthood, she discovers the truth about her origin.
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsJames MasonMadhur JaffreyKeith VarnierOn the anniversary of her father's death, an Indian princess (Madhur Jaffrey) celebrates his memory in her London apartment by having tea and showing a selection of home movies to her guest, her father's old tutor Cyril Sahib (James Mason).
- DirectorBenoît VolnaisAlice ZeniterStarsNiels SchneiderAriane LabedSouheila YacoubTristan, campaign manager for a legislative candidate, is shocked by an anonymous letter containing a positive pregnancy test.
- DirectorKabir KhanStarsSalman KhanHarshaali MalhotraNawazuddin SiddiquiAn Indian man with a magnanimous heart takes a young mute Pakistani girl back to her homeland to reunite her with her family.
- DirectorSari BraithwaiteA story of tenderness and turbulence, fragility and family, loss and love.
- DirectorJonás N. DíazStarsTsaya EsquivelMaría del Carmen FélixFrancisco PitaTuza, a tough and dominant fisherwoman, will have to help Luvina on a quest that will confront them with their desires and loneliness.
- DirectorPierre FöldesStarsAmaury de CrayencourMathilde AuneveuxArnaud MaillardA giant talkative frog, a lost cat, and a tsunami help a bank employee, his wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.
- DirectorMaryam TouzaniStarsLubna AzabalSaleh BakriAyoub MissiouiA middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.
- DirectorGeorgia OakleyStarsRosy McEwenKerrie HayesLucy HallidayIn 1988, a closeted teacher is pushed to the brink when a new student threatens to expose her sexuality.
- DirectorScudStarsAdonis HeJoe LeungDaniel BenjaminA ghost soldier bids farewell to his mother then possesses bodies worldwide to meddle in unfaithful relationships in Taiwan, Japan, Spain and Thailand. In Hong Kong he encounters his soulmate amid protests and they take refuge in a garage.
- DirectorEmin AlperStarsSelahattin PasaliEkin KoçErol BabaogluEmre, a young prosecutor newly appointed to the small town of Yaniklar, finds himself being pulled into a political conflict during his first criminal investigation.
- DirectorPetr VáclavStarsVojtech DykElena RadonicichBarbara RonchiLooking for work as a violinist, Josef comes into the orbit of a rich young woman. She introduces him to a hedonistic existence free from religious intolerance. Josef gets an incredible commission: to write an opera for the San Carlo.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsChristopher De LeonPhillip SalvadorCarmi MartinA modern-day version of the biblical legend of Cain and Abel. Strong-willed matriarch Señora Pina favors her younger son Ellis over the older Lorenzo, whom she blames for her husband's death.
- DirectorTarik SalehStarsTawfeek BarhomFares FaresMohammad BakriAdam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the center of power of Sunni Islam. Adam becomes a pawn in the conflict between Egypt's religious and political elites.
- DirectorMiguel AlbaladejoStarsSergi LópezMariola FuentesMaría José AlfonsoMiguel, a young psychiatrist working in Madrid, learns that his wife has just dumped him for no one else than his own father while he's expecting his mother-in-law's visit, who's come to the city on a medical revision, and doesn't know anything about her daughter's affair; to make things worse, one of Miguel's deranged patients has just stolen his wallet. Going to his patient's home to retrieve his wallet he'll meet instead his spontaneous and outspoken hairdresser sister Jasmina, who's bound to change Miguel's ordered, upper-middle-class world for good.
- DirectorConstanza FeldmanAgustín MendilaharzuStarsConstanza FeldmanAgustín MendilaharzuAlejo MoguillanskyEveryone is locked up, but Clementina and the man she's quarantined with don't stop working. We know little about him. And what do we know about her? Even less.
- DirectorLyda PatitucciStarsIsabella RagoneseAndrea ArcangeliClara PonsotA policewoman infiltrated in a criminal gang looks for revenge and redemption, surviving in an unforgiving world of deranged men.
- DirectorJudit Elek
- DirectorHans-Christian SchmidStarsClaude HeinrichAdina VetterJustus von DohnányiThe kidnapping of German entrepreneur Jan Philipp Reemtsma is told from his son Johann's perspective.
- DirectorMaja WeissStarsAnja VodusekGregor PotocnikPolona Juh
- DirectorSatoshi MikiStarsRyo NaritaAtsuko MaedaSeiji Rokkaku
- DirectorMartin SkovbjergStarsAngela BundalovicJonas Holst SchmidtZlatko BuricA young woman named Ida disappears without a trace. Her boyfriend voluntarily lets himself be locked up to be questioned by Ida's father and brother, but Sander does not tell the whole truth.
- DirectorJ.M CraviotoStarsOsvaldo BenavidesBruno BichirCarlos CoronaA group of lottery employees plan the biggest fraud in Mexican history using a powerful weapon: the magic of television.
- DirectorPablo CheaStarsDavid MalerYasser MichelénCJ BáezEmi must deal with the disappearance of his parents into another dimension after a magic trick spirals out of control.
- DirectorEmmanuelle NicotStarsZelda SamsonAlexis ManentiFanta GuirassyDalva is 12, but she dresses and lives like a woman. One day, she's taken away from her house. Dumbfounded at first, she later meets Jayden, a social worker, and Samia, a teen with a temper. A new life seems to start for Dalva.
- DirectorGarin NugrohoAzhar Kinoi LubisStarsMawar Eva de JonghBaskara MahendraMorgan OeyWords of poetry spell certain death when a young woman grows increasingly distraught after a string of unusual murders take place.
- DirectorChris HuangStarsVincent HuangWitness the legend's origin.
- DirectorNafiss NiaStarsHoda NikuAlin WishkaOne afternoon the lives of Roya and Nassim intersect. Marked by their past as refugees, they are both looking for a way out. They could be each other's salvation, but a closed door stands between them.
- DirectorAna VazShot entirely on day for night, this wildlife eco-horror follows the trajectories of endangered species fleeing to escape extinction, in a sombre plot in which the animals look back at us.
- DirectorJudit ElekStarsElie WieselJean-Hugues AngladeTamás FodorA documentary chronicling the adolescent years of Elie Wiesel and the history of his sufferings. Eliezer was fifteen when Fascism brutally altered his life forever. Fifty years later, he returns to Sighetu Marmatiei, the town where he was born, to walk the painful road of remembrance - but is it possible to speak of the unspeakable? Or does Auschwitz lie beyond the capacity of any human language - the place where words and stories run out?
- DirectorShubhradeep ChakravortyFilm investigate four encounter killings happened in Indian state of Gujarat.
- DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsHolaTakoMariettaFollows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of modern Europe through his eyes.
- CreatorMarco BellocchioGiovanni BianconiStefano BisesStarsFabrizio GifuniMargherita BuyToni ServilloThe 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists
- DirectorKongdej JaturanrasameeRasiguet SookkarnStarsJennis OprasertPraewa SuthamphongPhantira PipityakornIt is about a woman with memory loss faced with the challenge of survival on a mysterious island.
- DirectorDon PalatharaStarsVinay ForrtNilja K. BabyDivya PrabhaWhen a respected mentor reveals his evil nature, it brings a clash of family values and custom, enveloping a village in false normalcy.
- DirectorRakesh SharmaA study of politics of hate, examining the rise and entrenchment of right-wing politics in India, by documenting the 2002 Gujarat riots and their aftermath. It specifically examines political tendencies reminiscent of early Nazi Germany.
- DirectorNandita DasStarsInaamulhaqNassarShahana GoswamiChronicles the devastating impact on vulnerable Muslims in Gujarat after riots.
- DirectorPedro BastosStarsPedro BastosLisa De LeeuwKathy HarcourtIn 1981, English actress Kathy Harcourt mysteriously disappeared from the United States. 40 years later, this story unfolds, from an old 35mm copy of the last film Kathy Harcourt stared in. This film retraces this brief episode of the golden age of adult cinema.
- DirectorRamiro RodriguesStarsBella BittarAna Vitória PrudenteAlexandre CruzAnalu, an actress who has never left hometown, seeks to sabotage the return of her best friend, Bel Camanducaia, from the capital's spotlight to the stages' limelight of the countryside.
- DirectorJames RichStarsRevell CarpenterMolly EdelmanGigi JamesThree friends on a backpacking trip find themselves stalked by a mysterious individual recording their every move.
- DirectorSelma VilhunenStarsAlma PöystiVilhelm BlomgrenEero MilonoffA middle-aged couple who, in the middle of an infidelity crisis, decide to open their marriage and venture into polyamory.
- DirectorJudit ElekStarsErno Fisch
- DirectorOwen KlineStarsDaniel ZolghadriMatthew MaherMiles EmanuelA bitingly funny coming-of-age story of a teenage cartoonist who rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul.
- DirectorBoi KwongStarsMark LeeShane MardjukiSheila SimThe life of five disparate people intertwine as they deal with issues of money, class, ambition, and love in Geylang.
- DirectorLaurence HenriquezA chance encounter with mysterious stranger on the streets of Rotterdam nudges two youths toward the path of transcendence and self-actualization.
- DirectorHlynur PálmasonStarsElliott Crosset HoveIngvar SigurdssonVic Carmen SonneAt the end of the 19th century, a young Danish priest is sent to a remote part of Iceland. The deeper he travels into the Icelandic landscape, the more he loses a sense of his own reality, his mission and his sense of duty.
- DirectorAaron RookusStarsMartijn LakemeierClaire BenderFlip ZuijderlandAn all-too-ambitious playlist curator at a major music streaming company finds himself on a soul-searching summer day's odyssey across his adopted Amsterdam.
- DirectorRoze StiebraThree stories-in-songs for children about the heaven, based on poems by Latvian writer Rainis (Janis Pliekshans).
- DirectorDrissa ToureStarsAbdoulaye KabaRakieta KaboreAï KeïtaThrough Fousseini (a Muslim firmly attached to his faith and traditions) and his family, Haramuya draws a picture of Ouagadougou in the traps of modernism and traditionalism. Wealth in a modern town and poverty in the suburbs. Fousseini tries to take care of his family according to the old precepts and the code of honor inherited from his ancestors. One of his sons is a cinema projectionist and supports all the family against the will of his wife. The other son idles around all day long in Ouagadougou, looking for a girlfriend.
- DirectorIsrael CárdenasLaura Amelia GuzmánStarsCecilia GarciaCuquín VictoriaJuan Maria AlmonteA high-class woman with "empty nest syndrome" ends up with one of her maid's granddaughters under her care. She must decide between giving the girl back or keeping her in the family.
- DirectorAnton KutterStarsGustav DiesslStephan BloetzerBeni FührerIn the middle of the mountains around the Lötschental is a lonely village that is exposed to the forces of nature. A state of excitement arouses when an international mining company discover a gold vein and acquired mining rights.
- DirectorJudit ElekStarsPista PalztorIstvan ValovicsIn the factory where he repairs machines, an old man spends his last day at work before his colleagues say goodbye at a retirement party. A young self-conscious teen leaves his village and family to start training as an apprentice in town.
- DirectorJaideep VarmaStarsTanmay BhatCyrus BroachaVir DasDocumentary on stand-up comedy in India and the larger context of contemporary Indian humour.
- DirectorJames LeongBrian never thought he would become a political dissident living in exile. Jenny didn't think she would develop a fear of trains. Peter was just a student wondering how best to spend his summer vacation. Eddie was sure his belief in non-violence would never waver. And yet, by the end of summer 2019, everything had changed for all of them. Hundreds of thousands - perhaps even millions - of protestors have taken to the streets of Hong Kong since early June. Sparked initially by the government's plans for a controversial extradition bill, the movement has now transformed into a broader push for greater freedoms and democracy, with anger over police brutality fuelling a cycle of violence. The protests are Hong Kong's biggest challenge to Beijing since its return to China in 1997. If We Burn looks at the movement through the eyes of Hong Kongers whose fates, like their city's future, now hang in the balance.
- DirectorKenneth DagatanStarsBeauty GonzalezFelicity Kyle NapuliJames Mavie EstrellaStranded in the Philippines during World War II, a young girl finds that her duty to protect her dying mother is complicated by her misplaced trust in a beguiling, flesh-eating fairy.
- DirectorRoze Stiebra
- DirectorAnand PatwardhanSince gaining independence in 1947, India has been a secular state. But now, as religious fundamentalism grips much of India's population, the greatest danger to the nation's extremely strained social fabric may come not from Sikh or Muslim separatists, but from Hindu fundamentalists who are appealing to the 83% Hindu majority to redefine India as a Hindu nation.
- DirectorMasaaki YuasaStarsAvu-chanMirai MoriyamaTasuku EmotoA cursed dancer and a musician stun society with electrifying concerts in this animated rock opera.
- DirectorMasaaki YuasaPyeon-Gang HoStarsReina UedaTomo MuranakaYûko SasakiA massive earthquake destroys Tokyo and upends the tranquil life of siblings Ayumu and Go Muto. Amid the chaos, they attempt to escape the city with their parents, but hour by hour the islands of Japan are sinking, gradually trapping them.
- DirectorMoran IferganStarsRonit ElkabetzA visual archival montage of the late director and actress Ronit Elkabetz told through the Radical collection of her extraordinary wardrobe. "Je t'aime, Ronit Elkabetz" is a cinematic essay film about one of the greatest Israeli Filmmakers of all time. It reflects on the importance of a garment chosen to be worn by an individual but in particular, a woman. It is about the political essence of the garment and its ability to form a reality and transform it. One single garment can tell a collective story of those subjugated, oppressed and repressed in an unconventional, groundbreaking and sophis-ticated way. This is a story about the power of cinema, of clothes and of one unforgettable woman standing for and embodying the deepest human desire for freedom and liberty.
- DirectorAshish AvikunthakStarsSarmistha Nag
- DirectorSarmad Sultan KhoosatStarsSaba QamarSania SaeedNimra BuchaA tale of love, loss, and cloaked secrets.
- CreatorSumito OowaraStarsSairi ItôMutsumi TamuraMisato MatsuokaA group of strangers come together to work on creating the greatest anime series ever.
- DirectorMasud KimiaiStarsAmir AghaeePoulad KimiayiMehran ModiriThis film depicts a part of the life of Mehdi Baligh, an Iranian thief and swindler.
- DirectorMarwan HamedStarsKarim Abdel AzizAhmed EzzHind SabriTwo men team up to fight against British occupation in Egypt during the 1919 revolution.
- DirectorCamille BillopsJames HatchStarsCamille BillopsJames HatchBillops and Hatch are catalysts at the center of the film, and like a modern Virgil and Dante, they drive, cajole and lead the film's cast through a tour of the contemporary landscape of racism.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsJan SvankmajerAn astonishing array of paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, objects and materials fill room after room - but this is not a museum open to the general public. It is the home of the celebrated artist couple Jan Svankmajer and his late wife Eva, situated in the Czech Republic's Horni Stankov Castle.
- DirectorDrissa ToureStarsTidjane HemaAmadou KonéLacina SanouA richly textured film about contemporary African youth torn between traditional village ways and the promise of an urban future.
- DirectorJudit ElekStarsManyi KissÉva AlmásiLászló BathóMerry hell breaks lose when half of Budapest invades the apartment of a lonely, old fashioned elderly lady who has decided to move.
- DirectorHoi WongStarsMan-Lung LingChin-Ting LamChi-Ho SoAn anthology of three ghost stories starring up-and-coming actors and popular local YouTubers.
- DirectorShahi AJHaving identified a number of elements that reappear in the short stories of Naiyer Masud - in particular, the house in which he wrote all his works - a group of enthusiasts of the late author's writings make a visit to the city of Lucknow in northern India. Having found Masud's former home - which the writer himself insisted was the only place he could compose his tales - they find their search widening. Soon, the search for locations and symbols mentioned in fiction becomes an exploration of the streets, the character, and the architectural and cultural history of an entire city.
- DirectorLukas NathrathStarsSebastian Jakob DoppelbauerPauline WernerSusanne Dorothea SchneiderA group of friends getting together for one couple's farewell party while eyeing each other's achievements.
- DirectorGina S. NoerStarsAurora RiberoArawinda KiranaJerome KurniaTwo best friends who create ASMR content together discover a world of personal exploration that leads them both toward harrowing outcomes.
- DirectorJohn SwabStarsFrank GrilloEric DaneBeau KnappDoc, a former special forces operative, facilitates a fragile truce in secrecy between the state governor and a Mexican drug cartel. But when it breaks down, the cartel's hatchet man sets his vengeful sights on Doc's daughter.
- DirectorAndrew LeggeStarsEmma AppletonStefanie MartiniTheodora Brabazon Legge1940, Thom and Mars have built a machine, LOLA, that can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future. Unknown to them sharing these broadcasts the devastating changes it will have on the future of world but to them also.
- DirectorFrancesca CaloKeiichi HaraTakakazu NagatomoStarsAmi TômaMana AshidaYûki KajiSeven teens discover their bedroom mirrors are portals, and they're pulled from their lonely lives to a wondrous castle filled with winding stairways and watchful portraits. A girl in a wolf mask invites them to play a game.
- DirectorMihir FadnavisStarsRuben MascarenhasAK SinghAparna HegdeA wide and thrilling chronicle of how India lived and breathed during the six months of the lockdown through the eyes of various individuals. Four storylines clash as the pandemic exposes the biggest endemic condition of India - hunger.
- DirectorMasaaki YuasaStarsKanon TaniShôta ShimodaMinako KotobukiThe story centers on Kai, a gloomy middle school student whose life changes after meeting Lu, a mermaid.
- DirectorMatthias LuthardtStarsChrista ThéretLuise AschenbrennerLeonard KunzSummer 1918. Two young women, Luise and Elsa live alone on a secluded farm in Alsace, part of today's France. As young German deserter Hermann comes along, a new relationship forms between the three, filled with love, competition and hate.
- DirectorJessica WoodworthStarsJonas SmuldersGeraldine ChaplinJan BijvoetLuka, a young soldier craving battle, embeds himself in an isolated fort where men have been waiting in vain for ages for a mythical enemy to strike. A contemporary adaptation of Dino Buzzati's classic novel 'The Tartar Steppe'.
- DirectorLuis RojoNacho A. VillarCarolina CosmenA group of friends who have not been able to see each other for some time, take advantage of Andrés' prison leave to meet again. As the sun goes down, they will have to face a problem from the past that threatens to put them all in jail.
- DirectorMathieu AmalricStarsJean-Yves DuboisAdriana AstiJeanne BalibarA young man returns to the family home to face a childhood trauma: his brother's suicide, but nobody in the family is willing to help him.
- DirectorGustav Geir BollasonA fusion of documentary, experimental and fiction cinema investigating a forgotten, forlorn space.
- DirectorJudit ElekStarsEdit HandelÉva IgóSándor Szabó
- DirectorRemy van HeugtenStarsJoes BrauersLeopold WitteGeert Van RampelbergA family's stability is shaken by the teenage son's drift towards extremism