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The Swan and Life And Nothing More
Chosen (Custody Of The Eyes)
(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Abbie Reese)
A former blogger and painter confronting what she believes is her calling: becoming
a cloistered contemplative nun in a strict religious orders.
Directions (Posoki)
(Country: Bulgaria, Germany; Year: 2017; Director: Stephan Komandarev; Writer: Stephan Komandarev, Simeon Ventsislavov; Stars: Assen Blatechki, Ivan Barnev, Vasil Banov, Stefan Denolyubov, Stefka Yanorova-Trenfafilova, Dobrin Dosev, Vassil Vassilev, Nikolai Urumov, Georgi Kadurin, Irini Jambonas, Anna Komandareva, Borisleva Stratieva, Troyan Gogov, Gerasim Georgiev, Julian Vergov)
A small business owner and part-time cab driver is pushed to the edge by corruption.
Disappearance (Napadid Shodan)
(Country: Iran, Qatar; Year: 2017; Director: Ali Asgari; Stars: Amir Reza Ranjbaran, Nafiseh Zarei, Sadaf Asgar)
A brother rushes to support his sister after she arrives at a hospital saying she has been raped, but something is amiss.
Don’t Talk To Irene
(Country: Canada; Year: 2017; Director: Pat Mills; Stars: Michelle McLeod, Geena Davis, Bruce Gray)
An awkward teenager who dreams of being a cheerleader is sentenced to do community service in a retirement home and starts her own dance team there.
A Fantastic Woman (Una mujer fantástica)
(Country: Chile, Germany; Year: 2017; Director: Sebastián Lelio; Writer: Sebastián Lelio, Gonzalo Maza; Stars: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim, Amparo Noguera)
A transgender woman fights for the right to grieve after the death of her partner.
Chosen (Custody Of The Eyes) and Marlina The Murderer In Four Acts
How Viktor "The Garlic" Took Alexey "The Stud" To The Nursing Home (Kak Vitka Chesnok Vez Lecha Shtyrya V Dom Invalidov)
(Country: Russia; Year: 2017; Director: Alexander Hant; Writer: Aleksey Borodachyov; Stars: Yevgeny Tkachuk, Alexey Serebryakov, Andrey Smirnov, Alina Nasibullina, Olga Oblasova)
An estranged father and son get to know each other on a road trip from hell.
Life And Nothing More (La Vida Y Nada Mas, Life & Nothing More)
(Country: Spain, US; Year: 2017; Director: Antonio Méndez Esparza; Writer: Antonio Méndez Esparza; Stars: Andrew Bleechington, Regina Williams, Robert Williams, Ry'nesia Chambers, Eric Trombley, Kara Fenlon, Charles Dodson, Dawuan Williams, Lawrence Parramore, Dwight Brown, Mitch Paulsen, Samuel C. Carter, Kristina Bauer, Yulanda Talley, Shanelle Freeman)
Story of a single mother and her two children trying to make ends meet in Florida.
Marlina The Murderer In Four Acts
(Country: Indonesia; Year: 2017; Director: Mouly Surya; Writer: Rama Adi, Garin Nugroho, Mouly Surya; Stars: Marsha Timothy, Yoga Pratama, Egy Fedly, Dea Panendra)
A woman seeks revenge after she is raped.
Miami
(Country: Finland; Year: 2017; Director: Zaida Bergroth; Writer: Zaida Bergroth, Jan Forsström, Kaarina Hazard, Leea Klemola; Stars: Krista Kosonen, Sonja Kuittinen, Alex Anton)
Estranged sisters reunite after the death of their father and form a daring plan to pay off debts.
A Prayer Before Dawn
(Country: UK, France; Year: 2017; Director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire; Writer: Jonathan Hirschbein, Nick Saltrese; Stars: Joe Cole, Vithaya Pansringarm, Nicolas Shake, Billy Moore, Panya Yimmumphai, Somlock Kamsing, Pornchanok Mabklang, Sura Sirmalai, Sakda Niamhom, Komsan Polsan, Chaloemporn Sawatsuk)
The true story who survived life in a Thai prison by becoming a Muay Thai champ.
Sweet Country and Directions
Queens Of Syria
(Country: Lebanon, Jordan, UK, UAE; Year: 2014; Director: Yasmin Fedda)
60 Syrian women set out to perform Greek tragedy The Trojan Women in Jordan, where they have found refuge.
The Seen And Unseen (Sekala Niskala)
(Country: Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia; Year: 2017; Director: Kamila Andini; Stars: Ayu Laksmi, Gus Sena, Thaly Titi Kasih)
A girl who is worried about her ailing brother uses her imagination to create a better world in which to play.
The Swan (Svanurinn)
(Country: Estonia, Germany, Iceland; Year: 2017; Director: Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir; Writer: Guðbergur Bergsson, Asa Hjorleifsdottir; Stars: Gríma Valsdóttir, Ingvar E Sigurðsson, Kalta Margrét Þorgeirsdóttir)
A troublesome girl sent to stay on a farm for the summer comes of age as she gets to know the animals around her and gradually understands the adult world.
Sweet Country
(Country: Australia; Year: 2017; Director: Warwick Thornton; Writer: Steven McGregor, David Tranter; Stars: Hamilton Morris, Bryan Brown, San Neill, Matt Day, Ewen Leslie, Tremayne Doolan, Trevon Doolan, Natassia Gorey Furber, Anni Finsterer, Thomas M Wright)
Australian frontier drama, told from an Aboriginal perspective.
Sveta
(Country: Kazakhstan; Year: 2017; Director: Zhanna Issabayeva; Stars: Laura Koroleva, Nataliya Kolesnikova, Roman Lystsov)
A woman at risk of losing the factory job that she needs to support her family develops a scheme that compromises her principles.
Western and Miami
Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon Sotilas)
(Country: Finland; Year: 2017; Director: Aku Louhimies; Stars: lina Tomnikov, Eero Aho, Johannes Holopainen)
A platoon of soldiers stand together in the exhausting Continuation War against the Soviet Union.
Western
(Country: Germany; Year: 2017; Director: Valeska Grisebach; Writer: Valeska Grisebach; Stars: Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Waldemar Zang, Detlef Schaich)
A group of German construction workers on a job in Bulgaria begin to compete for the approval of the locals.
Wild Roses (Dzikie Róże)
(Country: Poland; Year: 2017; Director: Anna Jadowska; Writer: Anna Jadowska; Stars: Marta Nieradkiewicz, Michal Zurawski, Natalia Bartnik)
A young woman returns from a hospital stay to find rumours circulating in her village.
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