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- DirectorDan GoldbergFilmed across four continents and over two years, Food Fighter is the inspirational story of one woman's crusade against the global scandal of food waste.
- DirectorAlexandria BombachStarsNadia MuradMurad IsmaelSimone MonasebianNadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people.
- DirectorDmitriy MeskhievStarsMariya SkuratovaSergey GarmashKamil KhardinTeenage girl, Lyuba, lives in a rural boarding school and believes she is an orphan, but accidentally finds out that she has a father who killed her mother and got into a jail 15 years ago. For a girl who grew up in heavy conditions of an orphanage the revenge is a clear decision. She manages to have a gun and do everything to meet father who is about to be released. But it seems she is not callous enough. Several hard days together, full of dramatical incidents, pursuits, violence and salvation drastically change the live of heroes. Finally, they need to make a choice, but if they are ready for that? If Lyuba and her farther could became closer each other? Could the boyfriends help Lyuba to find proper answers? Whether she can go from burning anger to forgiveness and understanding?
- DirectorNataliya MeshchaninovaStarsStepan DevoninDmitriy PodnozovYana SeksteEgor is a vet at a training facility for hunting dogs in a remote region of the country. Surrounded by foxes, deer, badgers, and dogs, he lives in a small building next to the house of the facility's master. He treats the dogs, cleans the kennels, oversees the workers, and meets with clients and their dogs. It's easier for him to get along with dogs than with people. Egor is willing to take on any job to get closer to the facility's master and his near and dear. He wants the impossible - to become a member of that family.
- DirectorJorge NavasStarsRosa Esther Mosquera AramburoDuván ArizalaMiguel Ángel BanguelaIn Buenaventura-Colombia, Harvey and his three friends are doomed to a life of poverty and uncertainty. While attempting to escape their reality, they use music and urban dance to overcome and defy their violent destiny.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsAllen DizonElijah FilamorApollo AbrahamSet against the backdrop of the Philippines Government's crackdown on illegal drugs, a SWAT-led police force launches an operation to arrest Abel, one of the biggest drug lords in Manila. Police Officer Espino and Elijah, a small-time pusher turned informant, provide the intelligence for the operation, which quickly escalates into a violent and heavily-armed confrontation in the slums between the SWAT and Abel's gang. Before the investigators arrive at the crime scene, Espino and Elijah walk off with Abel's backpack full of money and methamphetamine. This gesture of survival for one and corruption for the other soon sets off a dangerous series of events, with both of them risking their reputations, families, and lives in the process.
- DirectorYona RozenkierStarsClaudia DulitchiShmuel EdelmanSun IntusapWhen a family patriarch dies, three brothers must put aside their differences to carry out their father's last wishes, in Yona Rozenkier's tender yet analytical debut examining what it means to be human.
- DirectorLiina TrishkinaStarsReimo SagorNora AltrovEmily ViikmanWhat would you do if one day a newborn baby was put on your hands and said: take it or leave it.
- DirectorRohena GeraStarsTillotama ShomeVivek GomberGeetanjali KulkarniA prosperous young Indian man falls in love with his servant, a widow with the dream of becoming a fashion designer.
- DirectorEric FriedlerStarsHerbie HancockQuincy JonesSonny RollinsIn 1939, Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff founded the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records in New York. This is the story of two friends, united by a passionate love for jazz, and their belief in equality and freedom for every person.
- DirectorBalázs LengyelStarsTamás KeresztesJózsef GyabronkaTibor PálffyIn early 1957, the Soviet Union decides to give Hungary the honor of providing the first cosmonaut to orbit in space. The most suitable candidate turns out to be Lajos Serbán, known to all as Lajkó, whose life as a pilot reflects his lifelong attraction to the stars and the outer space.
- DirectorBujar AlimaniStarsViktor ZhustiXhevdet FerriNdriçim XhepaIn 1990, a European delegation comes to Tirana to monitor the reforms of the communist regime. A government official is sent on a mission to a faraway prison in order to bring an important dissident back to the capital.
- DirectorDavid OelhoffenStarsMatthias SchoenaertsReda KatebAdel BencherifDriss and Manuel are two childhood friends who end up taking opposite paths: Manuel chose to embrace the thug life, while Driss becomes a cop. When Manuel's biggest deal goes terribly wrong, the two men meet again and come to realize they both need each other to survive in their worlds.
- DirectorSergio Umansky BrenerStarsRaúl BrionesEdward CowardPaola FloresAurelio and Citlali meet each other in a small hotel of Mexico City during the darkest days of theirs lives. He just buried his son, murdered in broad daylight. She had to abandon her daughter with her violent father. Aurelio wants the police to do their job and capture his son's murderers. Citlali needs a legal document to fight for her daughter's custody. Their quest for justice soon transforms into the need for revenge. Little by little, love grows and a pact is forged between them: to help each other take justice into their own hands.
- DirectorMaceo FrostStarsAliuska Rafaela Pantoja AvilaMiguel Alejandro Pantoja AvilaLegnis CalaDespite boasting more Olympic gold titles for boxing than any other country, Cuba falls behind the rest of the world in its attitude to the place of women in the ring: to this day, there exists a nationwide ban on women's competitive boxing. The film captures the tireless battle of Namibia Flores Rodriguez, the only known female boxer in the Caribbean nation. Training at Havana's Rafael Trejo arena in defiance of the ban, the athlete undertakes the same unrelenting regime as her male counterparts-running the same circuits, lifting the same truck tires-but without the hope that she might one day represent her country.
- DirectorLouie IgnacioStarsAiAi Delas AlasJoel LamanganJoe Gruta"Are your children safe on their way home?" School Service follows the story of Maya, a young girl taken against her will from the province and placed as a beggar in Manila by a small-time syndicate.
- DirectorPhuttiphong AroonphengStarsAphisit HamaWanlop RungkumjadRasmee WayranaNear a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fisherman finds an injured man lying unconscious in the forest. He rescues the stranger, who does not speak a word, offers him his friendship and names him Thongchai. But when the fisherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his friend's life - his house, his job and his ex-wife.
- DirectorZhenyu SunJin Feng, a woman living in rural areas in northern Shanxi Province, was finally pregnant with a son. However, due to her inability to pay a large number of fines for over-birth, she was forced to abortion by the Family Planning Commission.
- DirectorTolga KaraçelikStarsTolga TekinBartu KüçükçaglayanTugce AltugIn a Turkish village, three siblings who neither know each other nor anything about their late father, wait to bury his body. As they start to find out more about their father and each other, they also start to learn more about themselves.
- DirectorAnca DamianStarsMamon AfghanIlona BrezoianuCristina FlowersIvan Semciuc (a journalist), is a charismatic man nonetheless guilty of cynicism and lack of compassion. A seemingly meaningless sexual encounter with a translator in a hotel room in Kabul produces a vital revolution in Ivan's unshakeable lifestyle. After Ivan's arrival back to Bucharest, Ioana is found dead, with her wrists cut. Ivan starts living in the absent presence of Ioana, who is starting to be more vivid in death than in life.
- DirectorAgustina MacriStarsMaurizio LombardiMarco LeonardiGiorgio ColangeliA dramatic love story based on true events. Two lovers immersed in a repressive political context. A government that portrays them as criminals and the people who regard them as anarchist heroes.
- DirectorAndré CarvalheiraStarsWellington AbreuCatarina AcciolyRomulo AugustoAn idealist young architect embarks on an ambitious real state development project in Brasilia, convinced that he could actually help transform people's lives and build a new form of society. But his utopia begins to fall apart as soon as his dreams get in the way of corporate corruption and personal interests.
- DirectorTolegen Baitukenov
- DirectorJae-ho BaekHee-Seop LeeStarsJi Dae-hanHaruna HoriSnowWhen his boss Dae-Jung goes missing, the company sends young Woo-zoo to Osaka to finish Dae-Jung's work. On the last day before returning home, Woo-zoo comes across someone looking like his missing boss and chases him all the way to a small bar, Pier 34. Listening to music there, Woo-zoo falls asleep and misses his flight back to Korea. When he wakes up he decides to quit his job and stay at the bar till he finds Dae-Jung. He soon meets a young girl and, since he plays the guitar, helps her prepare to perform. He remembers the joy of music and a dream long forgotten. A metaphorical story about accepting loss, feeling lost and seeking a path in life.
- DirectorChristopher Makoto YogiStarsAlex Zhang HungtaiAkiko MasudaMusician Alex sets off to an island to find his ancestral home with only childhood memories as his navigational system. As he fails to find his home, he reaches a retreat run by a Buddhist woman, Akiko, where he decides to stay for a while. Over a course of few weeks, they share a special spiritual bond out of music and therapeutic techniques.