200 Meters
A man from the West Bank finds himself taking the smuggling route to Israel to be with his family.
Apples
A man caught up in an amnesia pandemic tries to construct a new life for himself.
Careless Crime
On a very ordinary day, four ordinary people decide to set fire to a cinema packed with people.

D

Dear Comrades!
A devout communist witnesses a government shooting during a strike - which changes her life forever.
The Disciple
Chaitanya Tamhane's masterfully composed second feature examines a lifetime journey devoted to the art of Indian classical music.
The Duke
The story of a taxi driver who stole a Goya from London's National Gallery and began to send ransom notes.
The Flood Won't Come
A war-weary general oversees his troops close to home.
Gaza Mon Amour
Gaza, today. Sixty-year-old sherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, he discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When Hamas discovers the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa... Will he succeed in declaring his love to Siham?
Ghosts
Four lives intersect on day in Istanbul.
The Human Voice
Drama about a woman traumatised by the end of a relationship.

I

In Between Dying
A man goes on a journey of discovery sparked by a series of accidents.
Laila In Haifa
The interwoven stories of five women are told over the course of a fateful night in a Haifa club.
Lovers
An inseparable couple are forced apart following a crime... and meet again by chance three years later.

M

The Man Who Sold His Skin
Sam Ali, a young sensitive and impulsive Syrian, left his country for Lebanon to escape the war. He finds himself turned into a work of art by a tattoo artist...but at what cost.
Mosquito State
August 2007. Isolated in his austere penthouse overlooking Central Park, obsessive Wall Street data analyst Richard Boca sees ominous patterns. His computer models are behaving erratically, as are the swarms of mosquitos breeding in his apartment, an infestation that attends his psychological meltdown.
Never Gonna Snow Again
A masseur from the East enters the lives of the rich residents of a bland, walled off community.
The New Gospel
Hybrid documentary about the life of Jesus and the current struggles of migrant workers in Italy.
Night Of The Kings
A young man is sent to La Maca, a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new Roman and must tell a story to the other prisoners.
Nomadland
A woman in her sixties who, after losing everything following the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, lives as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Notturno
Documentary about the everyday life in the Middle East that lies behind the continuing tragedy of civil wars, ferocious dictatorships, foreign invasions and interference, up to the murderous apocalypse of ISIS.
Nowhere Special
John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, devotes his life to raising his young son Michael as a single dad, but after he's given only a few months to live, he tries to find the perfect set of adoptive parents.
One Night In Miami
In the aftermath of Cassius Clay’s defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the young boxer meets with friends Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to decide the course of his life, and possibly that of civil rights history.
Pieces Of A Woman
Martha and Sean Carson are a Boston couple on the verge of parenthood whose lives change irrevocably during a home birth at the hands of a flustered midwife.
Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period Of Time
A lonely neurosurgeon falls in love but when she moves to Budapest to be with him, the love of her life says they've never met before.
Quo Vadis, Aida
A UN translator in Srebrenica when the Serbian army takes over the town faces a difficult choice.

R

The Rossellinis
A documentary recounting the lives of Roberto Rossellini's children from the perspective of Alessandro Rossellini, the first grandson of the director.
Run Hide Fight
A teenager facing grief after the death of her mum is caught up in a school shooting and siege.
The Ties
Naples, early 1980s: Aldo and Vanda’s marriage finds itself on the rocks when Aldo falls in love with the young Lidia. Thirty years later, Aldo and Vanda are still married.
Tragic Jungle
Deep in the Mayan jungle, a lawless territory where myths abound, a group of Mexican gum workers cross paths with Agnes, a mysterious young Belizean woman.

V

The Wasteland
A hard-working brick factory worker faces the closure of his workplace and the fading of his dreams
The Whaler Boy
A teenager embarks on an unexpected journey after becoming obsessed with an erotic webcam girl.
The World To Come
In upstate New York in the 1850s, Abigail begins a new year on the rural farm where she lives with her husband Dyer. But a friendship with the wife of a new neighbour leads to trouble.
Yellow Cat
An ex-con goes on the run with his new-found love, while chasing his dream of opening a cinema.
Zanka Contact
In hellish Casablanca, a car-crash sets ablaze a burning, passionate love story between has-been rocker Larsen and the streetwise Rajae.
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