List of Films : 12th BIFFes [Feb 26 - March 4]
Films screened during 12th edition of Bengaluru International Film Festival
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- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoLee Sun-kyunCho Yeo-jeongGreed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
- DirectorYosep Anggi NoenStarsGunawan MaryantoEcky LamohYudi Ahmad TajudinSiman discovers a foreign crew shooting a moon landing. He gets caught and his tongue is cut off. He goes through life in slow motion, imitating an astronaut in outer space, labeled as crazy.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsNoémie MerlantAdèle HaenelLuàna BajramiOn an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
- DirectorGeneviève Dulude-De CellesStarsRobin AubertJosée BeaulieuEmilie BierreBetween high school pressure and family disorganisation, Mylia is trying to find her bearings. Meeting Jacinthe and Jimmy will lead her to outline a new life.
- DirectorBelén FunesStarsGreta FernándezEduard FernándezÀlex MonnerHer father is a convicted, her boyfriend rejects her, her brother is troublemaker, her baby needs money and she's half-deaf of one ear. Bad times to be Sara.
- DirectorMehdi BarsaouiStarsSami BouajilaNajla Ben AbdallahYoussef Khemiri11 year old Aziz needs a liver transplant after being seriously injured during a terrorist ambush while on holiday in 2011. At the hospital a family secret will be revealed.
- DirectorHlynur PálmasonStarsIngvar SigurdssonÍda Mekkín HlynsdóttirHilmir Snær GuðnasonAn off duty police begins to suspect a local man for having had an affair with his recently dead wife. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones.
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsJessica LouthanderTatiana DelaunayAnders HellströmRoy Andersson adds to his cinematic oeuvre with a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendour and banality.
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsChristos LoulisAlexandros BourdoumisUlrich TukurGreece in 2015: the economy is in tatters and the country is on the verge of bankruptcy. A new government rebels against the EU's iron-fisted rule and inspires millions of Europeans. Based on the political memoirs of Yanis Varoufakis.
- DirectorLendita ZeqirajStarsArti LokajRozafa CelajAdriana MatoshiA young boy living in a house of women must hurry to save a woman who is teaching him Serbian, so that he can continue the search for his missing father.
- DirectorMalgorzata ImielskaStarsZofia DomalikMaria SobocinskaMalwina LaskaOlka is seventeen years old. For years, she had been looking for her mother. Her constant escapes from the orphanage landed her in a reformatory. She only wants her mother back.
- DirectorAhmad GhosseinStarsKaram GhosseinFlavia BecharaIssam Bou KhaledLebanon, July 2006. War is raging between Hezbollah and Israel. During a 24h ceasefire, Marwan heads out in search of his father who refused to leave his Southern village and leaves his wife Rana preparing alone their immigration to Canada. Marwan finds no traces of his father and the ceasefire is quickly broken, forcing him to take shelter in Najib's house, his father's friend. Marwan finds himself trapped under the rain of bombs with Najib and a group of elders, friends of his father. Tension rises inside and outside of the house. Suddenly, a group of Israeli soldiers enter the first floor. The next three days sees the situation spiral out of control.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsLouis GarrelChristophe MaratierPierre PoirotIn 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's island.
- DirectorLevan AkinStarsLevan GelbakhianiBachi ValishviliAna JavakishviliA passionate coming-of-age tale set amidst the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, the film follows Merab, a competitive dancer who is thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak.
- DirectorSophie DeraspeStarsNahéma RicciRachida OussaadaNour BelkhiriaA modern adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy which falls within a social realism. To the law of men, the young Antigone apposes her own sets of values.
- DirectorJuliano DornellesKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsBárbara ColenThomas AquinoSilvero PereiraAfter the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.
- DirectorMark JenkinStarsEdward RoweGiles KingChloe EndeanMartin is a fisherman without a boat, his brother Steven having re-purposed it as a tourist tripper. With their childhood home now a get-away for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the harbour.
- DirectorPema TsedenStarsSonam WangmoJinpaYangshik TsoA family struggles against the conflicting dictates of nature, spirituality, politics, and free will.
- DirectorKantemir BalagovStarsViktoria MiroshnichenkoVasilisa PerelyginaAndrey Bykov1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
- DirectorGitanjali RaoStarsCyli KhareAmit DeondiGargi ShitoleBOMBAY ROSE is a beautiful hand-painted animation created by award winning animator Gitanjali Rao. Amidst the bustle of a magnetic and multifaceted city, the budding love between two dreamers is tested by duty and religious divides.
- DirectorYossi AtiaDavid OfekStarsYossi AtiaLihi KornowskiItamar RoseA black comedy which follows Ronen Matalon's journey to overcome his anxiety of terror attacks. Ronen uses writing and guiding a tour of terror-attack sites along Jerusalem's Jaffa Street to try and break free from his trauma.
- DirectorVesela KazakovaMina MilevaStarsIrina AtanasovaAngel GenovOrlin AsenovSouth-East London, in the multicultural neighborhood of Peckham, in a municipal building. A Bulgarian family goes into serious conflict with their neighbors due to abandoned cat.
- DirectorDoris DörrieStarsGolo EulerAya IrizukiHannelore ElsnerA man stricken by grief at the death of his parents returns to the family home, in an attempt to face down his demons.
- DirectorPrasanna VithanageStarsDinara PunchihewaSajitha AnuththaraShyam FernandoStripped from nobility and forcibly married to an outcast by the monarchy, a noble woman fights to keep her dignity by rejecting to succumb to her destiny.
- DirectorJan KomasaStarsBartosz BieleniaAleksandra KoniecznaEliza RycembelDaniel experiences a spiritual transformation in a detention center. Although his criminal record prevents him from applying to the seminary, he has no intention of giving up his dream and decides to minister a small-town parish.
- DirectorGoran PaskaljevicStarsDonatella FinocchiaroGiorgio TirabassiAli Mousa SarhanAccording to Interpol, over ten thousand refugees of minors without parental care are wandering today in Europe, half of which are on Italian roads. "Despite the Fog" is a movie story about one of them. In short: Ali-Musa Sarhan, a refugee whose parents drowned while traveling by rubber boat on the Italian coast in search of a better life, is accepted by family, husband and wife who have lost a child. They are trying to find solace in little Arab and a sort of replacement for their early deceased son, Mark. Valeria (Donatella Finokjaro) and Paolo (Giorgio Tirabasi) are increasingly confronted with resistance from the environment and their own family, who do not accept their decision to keep Muhammad - It is also a story of a world that is increasingly sinking into xenophobic fog.
- DirectorXiaogang GuStarsZhenyang DongHongjun DuWei MuA feature film shot over the course of two years intended to capture the changing of the seasons along the river in a town in the Fuyang district of Hangzhou city.
- DirectorRúnar RúnarssonStarsSigurmar AlbertssonBent Kingo AndersenSif ArnarsdóttirEveryday life in Iceland around Christmas time: 56 vignettes full of joy, sorrow and thought-provoking situations.
- DirectorÓliver LaxeStarsAmador AriasBenedicta SánchezInazio AbraoAmador returns home to his aging mother after serving a sentence for arson. He tries to adapt to daily farm life and coping with the villagers' memories of his past actions.
- DirectorSahraa KarimiStarsArezoo AriapoorFereshta AfsharHasiba Ebrahimi3 Afghan women from different backgrounds in Kabul face challenges: neglected pregnant Hava; educated Maryam facing divorce while pregnant; and teenage Ayesha marrying her cousin after her boyfriend leaves her pregnant. All by themselves.
- DirectorAbhishek ShahStarsShraddha DangarJayesh MoreTejal PanchasaraA group of suppressed women from a village in Gujarat find someone in the desert and their lives are changed forever.
- DirectorSebastián BorenszteinStarsRicardo DarínLuis BrandoniVerónica LlinásIn times of the infamous Argentinian Corralito, the neighbors of a little town trace a plan to recover the money they lost after learning that their bank manager and a corrupt lawyer have stolen it.
- DirectorNariman AlievStarsAkhtem SeitablaevRemzi BilyalovDariya BarikhashviliA father and a son from Crimean Tatar family transport the body of deceased older son and brother from Kyiv to bury him in Crimea.
- DirectorYaron ZilbermanStarsYehuda Nahari HaleviAmitay Yaish Ben OusilioAnat RavnitzkiDetails the year leading to the assassination of Israel's Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995), from the point of view of the assassin.
- DirectorSaeed RoustayiStarsPayman MaadiNavid MohammadzadehParinaz IzadyarThe police are after a drug lord named Naser Khakzad, but when they finally manage to catch him, he tries whatever he can think of to escape and save his family.
- DirectorMyriam VerreaultStarsAriel Fontaine St-OngeKatinen Grégoire-FontaineJoe FontaineTwo girls grow up as best friends in an Innu community who promised each other to stick together no matter what. But their friendship is shaken when Mikuan falls for a white boy.
- DirectorJayro BustamanteStarsMaría Mercedes CoroySabrina De La HozMargarita KenéficAn aging paranoid war criminal, protected by his faithful wife, faces death while being haunted by the ghosts of his past.
- DirectorPavel LunginStarsKirill PirogovYan TsapnikMikhail Kremer1988-1989. The end of the Soviet-Afghan war. The USSR begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Soviet General Vasiliev's son - a pilot named Alexander gets kidnapped by the mujahideen after his airplane crashes. As a result the 108th motorized infantry division's long awaited return home gets put on hold for one last mission: bring the General's son back. Based on true events the previously untold story of the courageous and tragic withdrawal campaign (through the Salang pass) reveals the danger the horror and the complexity of human nature during wartime.
- DirectorLadj LyStarsDamien BonnardAlexis ManentiDjebril ZongaA cop from the provinces moves to Paris to join the Anti-Crime Brigade of Montfermeil, discovering an underworld where the tensions between the different groups mark the rhythm.
- DirectorMaría Paz GonzálezStarsMagaly SolierEmilia OssandonHerode JosephA woman travels from Peru to work as a housekeeper in Chile.
- DirectorPawo Choyning DorjiStarsSherab DorjiUgyen Norbu LhendupKelden Lhamo GurungAn aspiring singer living with his grandmother in the capital of Bhutan dreams of getting a visa to move to Australia.
- DirectorZaida BergrothStarsPihla ViitalaSatu Tuuli KarhuSaga SarkolaThe orphan Salome is the servant and devout follower of Maria Åkerblom, a charismatic sect leader. But as Salome befriends a rebellious outsider and starts to have doubts, Maria turns dangerous.
- DirectorWagner MouraStarsSeu JorgeBruno GagliassoLuiz Carlos VasconcelosFacing a violent military dictatorship and an intimidated opposition, writer-turned-politician Carlos Marighella articulates a resistance all the while ousting heinous crimes of torture and the infamous censorship instituted by the regime.
- DirectorJoão Nuno PintoStarsJoão Nunes MonteiroJoão LagartoFilipe DuarteA Portugese soldier gets lost in the African jungle, in 1917
- DirectorAntonio LukichStarsAndriy LidagovskiyIrma VitovskaIryna OstrovskaA sound engineer tries to record the song of a rare bird that dwells in the Ukrainian mountains.
- DirectorMamadou DiaStarsAlassane SyAicha TallaSaikou LoA fight between an Imam and his powerful brother over their children's marriage. At stake: how a small community slowly drifts towards extremism.
- DirectorHinde BoujemaaStarsHind SabriLotfi AbdelliHakim BoumsaoudiWith her abusive husband in jail and a coveted divorce pending, hardworking Noura can almost grasp a happy, new life with lover Lassaad - but when the best-laid plans are upended, Noura must tap her unshakable will to fulfill her dream.
- DirectorJuris KursietisStarsValentin NovopolskijDawid OgrodnikAnna PróchniakA young Latvian butcher travels to Brussels in search of better wage but a series of misfortunes lead him to fall under the sway of a Polish criminal.
- DirectorCesar DiazStarsArmando EspitiaEmma DibAurelia CaalErnesto is a young anthropologist in Guatemala. One day, while hearing the account of an old woman, he thinks he has found a lead that might guide him to his father, a "guerrillero" who went missing during the war.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsAntonio BanderasAsier EtxeandiaLeonardo SbaragliaA film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him.
- DirectorMounia MeddourStarsLyna KhoudriShirine BoutellaHilda Amira DouaoudaIn 1997 Algiers, terrorists wanting an archaic Islamic state are everywhere. They oppress women, determined to control their bodies, clothing, and public space. Young student Nedjma is passionate about creating a fashion show.
- DirectorSerhat KaraaslanStarsBerkay AtesSaadet AksoyIpek TürktanIn the heart of Istanbul's prison, Zakir controls the letters prisoners receive. His average day is spent between the censorship office, his colleagues and his evening writing class. For a writing assignment, he steals a photo from one of the letters, in which appears Selma, an inmate's wife. More than an inspiration, she becomes an obsession for Zakir.
- DirectorMartin LundStarsJonas TidemannElli Rhiannon Müller OsborneSaara Sipila-KristoffersenGeneration Achievement meets impossible love. Frida is different; Marius, on the other hand, is the most popular boy in class. When they must work together at school, a turbulent and challenging relationship commences.
- DirectorAlex ThompsonStarsKelly O'SullivanRamona Edith WilliamsCharin AlvarezAfter an accidental pregnancy turned abortion, a deadbeat nanny finds an unlikely friendship with the six-year old she's charged with protecting.
- DirectorDito TsintsadzeStarsGoga PipinashviliDato BakhtadzeTamar AbshilavaA story of the film is based on real events that occurred during the Russian military intervention in Georgia in 2008. Shindisi is a name of the place where Russian occupation forces sieged Georgian military after peace corridor was promised, this is when ordinary villagers took risks to save wounded Georgian soldiers.
- DirectorSvetla TsotsorkovaStarsMonika NaydenovaSvetlana YanchevaAssen BlatechkiIn a small town in Bulgaria, a mother and her two daughters are struggling to survive. The younger daughter often invents stories to make life more interesting. Unwittingly, she eventually gets caught in a web of her own lies.
- DirectorXiaoshuai WangStarsJingchun WangMei YongXi QiTwo married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
- DirectorMelina LeónStarsPamela MendozaTommy PárragaLucio RojasGeorgina's newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation.
- DirectorUlaa SalimStarsZaki YoussefMohammed Ismail MohammedRasmus BjergDenmark four years into the future. After a major bomb attack in Copenhagen radicalization and ethnic tensions are running high, and a racist leader is leading the polls.19-year old Zakaria is afraid, wanting to do something.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsKris HitchenDebbie HoneywoodRhys McgowanHoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation.
- DirectorMiroslav TerzicStarsSnezana BogdanovicJovana StojiljkovicMarko BacovicAna is convinced that she and other Serbian women had their newborn babies stolen, to be given up for illegal adoption for money. Her obsession to find the truth will risk her relationship with her husband and her daughter.
- DirectorGregor BozicStarsMassimo De FrancovichIvana RoscicGiusi MerliIn a decaying forest on the Yugoslav-Italian border in the years after World War II, a stingy, old carpenter and a lonely, young chestnut seller share imaginative memories of the past as they weigh fateful decisions for the future, in this touching homage to a lost way of life.
- DirectorFeng ZuStarsFeng ZuLu HuangMinghao ChenA detective investigating a bizarre murder case begins to fall in love with a surgeon he has met while trying to solve the crime.
- DirectorGuillaume de FontenayStarsNiels SchneiderVincent RottiersElla RumpfIn an urban war zone where everything that moves is a target, Paul tries to live, love and inform.
- DirectorNadav LapidStarsTom MercierQuentin DolmaireLouise ChevillotteA young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.
- DirectorNora FingscheidtStarsHelena ZengelAlbrecht SchuchGabriela Maria Schmeide9-year-old Benni is a toss-up between institutions that cannot tackle her outbursts. She wants to move in with her mother, but she can not handle her wild daughter. After Micha is hired Benni slowly opens up and attaches herself to him.
- DirectorJonás TruebaStarsItsaso AranaVito SanzIsabelle StoffelEva is not satisfied with her life. In an act of faith, she decides to stay in Madrid over the summer, when all the other locals leave. August offers her a chance to start from scratch.
- DirectorEsmaeel MonsefStarsFarid AdhamiAmin Hajiakbari DizajiHadi EftekharzadehIn rural northwest Iran, Gheirat, a modest charcoal producer, is pushed into a tragic spiral after his son, sentenced to jail, evades to Azerbaijan.
- DirectorSarah SucoStarsCamille CottinJean-Pierre DarroussinÉric CaravacaCamille, is the eldest of a large family. One day, her parents enter a religious community which gradually, regimentation becomes sectarian and Camille will have to fight to assert her freedom and save her brothers and sisters.
- DirectorMonika Jordan-MlodzianowskaStarsJulia KijowskaBartlomiej TopaLukasz SimlatKacper, who works as a foreman, has an affair with the wife of his best friend Oskar, also a miner. To meet his mistress, he assigns Oskar to the distant and dangerous coal seams. As the lovers enjoy their rendezvous, Oskar gets buried underground, so they throw themselves into a rescue mission.
- DirectorVáclav MarhoulStarsPetr KotlárNina SunevicAlla SokolovaA young Jewish boy somewhere in Eastern Europe seeks refuge during World War II where he encounters many different characters.
- DirectorErdenebileg GanboldStarsAriunbold E.Enkhtuul G.Tserendagva PurevdorjSet in the first part of the 20th century during the Russian revolution's spill over into the vast majestic lands of Mongolia. This epic story is about family, love, devotion and kinship with one's homeland, told through the experiences of a boy and horse whose extraordinary bond to each other and the land gives them the courage to never give up the quest to find the other after being cruelly separated.
- DirectorAlaa Eddine AljemStarsYounes BouabSalah Ben SalehBouchaib SemmakA criminal returns to the fake grave where he buried his loot years before and discovers that it has become the shrine of an unknown saint and a thriving little village.
- DirectorEliran MalkaStarsShuli RandYaacov CohenYoav LeviThe year is 1983 and Yaakov Cohen, the owner of a Jerusalem printing press, is tired from being pushed around. It seems that he was born on the wrong side, with the wrong family name and in a moment's decision he decides to establish a Sephardic-ultra-Orthodox list that will run to the Jerusalem municipality. He gathers two friends, and together they improvise a campaign - no means, no connections, no money, but with much rage, passion and a sense of justice.
- DirectorCorneliu PorumboiuStarsVlad IvanovCatrinel MarlonRodica LazarNot everything is as it seems for Cristi, a policeman who plays both sides of the law. Embarking with the beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist, both will have to navigate the twists and turns of corruption, treachery and deception.
- DirectorBarnabás TóthStarsKároly HajdukAbigél SzõkeMari NagyA lyrical story of the healing power of love in the midst of national conflict, loss and trauma, Those Who Remained reveals the healing process of Holocaust survivors through the eyes of a young girl in post-World War II Hungary.
- DirectorTanel ToomStarsPriit LoogEster KuntuPriit VõigemastAndres settles in a new farm. With rose-tinted lenses, he sets out to transform the farm into a prosperous paradise - all he needs is a healthy harvest, cooperative neighbors and a son. But, life turns out to be cruel and treacherous.
- DirectorTymur YashchenkoStarsDmitriy SovaEvgeniy LamakhRoman SemysalThe crew of Ukrainian NAVY minesweeper U311 "Cherkasy" is resisting seizure of the vessel by Russian army in Crimea in 2014.
- DirectorFrelle PetersenStarsJette SøndergaardPeter Hansen TygesenOle CaspersenKris, living with her uncle since her teenage years, is starting to second guess her current life, at her disabled uncles farm. As love crosses her path, a possible life changing question emerges.
- DirectorNicolás Rincón GilleStarsJosé Arley de Jesús Carvallido LoboA man returns to his home in the Colombian countryside after a long fishing night and discovers that paramilitary forces have killed his two sons and thrown their bodies into the river.
- DirectorPedro CostaStarsVitalina VarelaVenturaManuel Tavares AlmeidaA Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life.
- DirectorAnthony ChenStarsYann Yann YeoJia Ler KohChristopher Ming-Shun LeeA teacher and student at a Singapore high school form a special, self-affirming bond.
- DirectorNarges AbyarStarsElnaz ShakerdoostHootan ShakibaFereshteh Sadre OrafaiyIn the market Abdolhamid meets Faezeh and falls in love with her. They get marry and begin their life. But after a while Faezeh becomes aware of Abdolhamid's family in Sistan and Baluchestan province and that they are doing illegals. Faezeh decides to escape with her husband to Pakistan but there they meet Abdolhamid's brother Abdolmalek Rigi who is a terrorist.
- DirectorMilcho ManchevskiStarsSara KlimoskaNatalija TeodosievaKamka TocinovskiThree women - one medieval, two contemporary - struggle to become mothers. They have not set out to change the world or society, but their struggles with tradition, loyalty, adoption and control over their bodies make them unlikely heroines.
- DirectorAmjad Abu AlalaStarsMustafa ShehataIslam MubarakMahmoud Maysara ElsarajShortly after Muzamil was born, the village's holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil's father can't stand the curse and leaves home. Sakina raises her son as a single mother, overly protective. One day, Muzamil turns 19.
- DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsIdir Ben AddiOlivier BonnaudMyriem AkheddiouA Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.
- DirectorAntoneta KastratiStarsAdriana MatoshiAstrit KabashiFatmire SahitiHaunted by her long suppressed past and pressured by family to seek treatment from mystical healers for her infertility, a Kosovar woman struggles to reconcile the expectations of motherhood with a legacy of wartime brutality.
- DirectorIndika FerdinandoStarsKalana GunasekaraAnasuya SubasingheJayalath ManoratneIt's the 17th of March 1996. Wills Cricket World Cup Final between Australia and Sri Lanka is about to commence at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Meanwhile, in Colombo, a man and his wife board a bus carrying a strange cardboard box. Joined by an eloping young couple, several other interesting passengers aboard, they take off on a long night's journey. The seemingly peaceful bus ride shifts its pace when it enters a chase with a Defender jeep. An accident unexpectedly reveals the contents of the cardboard box promising the passengers a journey unlike any they have taken before.
- DirectorHamed TehraniStarsJaleh SametiBehnoosh BakhtiariMehrnoosh HajikhaniRana Salehi is a middle-aged woman and a bank deputy. On the birthday of Hoda, Rana's only child who is now seventeen, an unexpected event occurs which gets Rana involved and puts her on a decision-making path.
- DirectorNawapol ThamrongrattanaritStarsChutimon ChuengcharoensukyingSunny SuwanmethanontSarika SartsilpsupaA woman wants to reorganize her house and convert it into a home office. She will throw away anything that has been lying around unused. However, she faces a great challenge when she comes across some items that belonged to her ex-boyfriend.
- DirectorLijo Jose PellisseryStarsAntony VargheseChemban Vinod JoseSabumon AbdusamadA portrait of a remote village where a buffalo escapes and causes a frenzy of ecstatic violence.
- DirectorRonald CarballoStarsSylvia SanchezAllen DizonEmpress SchuckJesusa, a barren woman comes to her wit's end when her philandering husband moves in with his latest mistress. Left only with her stepdaughters, she succumbs to the sordid ways of the neighborhood drug addicts.
- DirectorJun LanaStarsEddie GarciaJaclyn JoseElijah CanlasThe film addresses several issues at the same time: the stigma surrounding HIV; the carelessness of Filipino youth regarding sex; youth in the Philippines when it comes to sex, the heavy consequences of growing up with a troubled parent; and the Christian double moral standard.
- DirectorRubaiyat HossainStarsShahana GoswamiRikita Nandini ShimuShatabdi WadudShimu fled her village as a child when her stepmother threatened to marry her off to a middle-aged man. Now 23 and living in the capital, she works grueling hours for paltry sums at a textile factory while her husband searches for work.
- DirectorVinay BharadwajStarsPraveen TejRadhika NarayanAnanya KashyapThree different people with three different goals set out on a liberating journey that is supposed to take them to their next destination in life.
- DirectorRustem AbdrashevI. KolyadaPrince Oak OakleyskiStarsKairat KemalovYerkebulan DaiyrovDoskhan ZholzhaksynovFifteenth century. In the vast expanses of Eurasia for several centuries, the descendants of the great Genghis Khan have created their own and crushed the alien states. One of them is the legendary Abulkhair Shaibani, who usurped power in the White Horde. The two legitimate heirs to the throne, Kerei and Zhanibek, call the part of the nomadic tribes to leave the hard ruler. After migrating from the far west of Desht-i-Kipchak to Mogolistan in Zhetysu, they revive their ancient shanyrak Ak Orda, the Kazakh Khanate. The first khan elected a direct descendant of Jochi and Urus Khan, Sultan Kerey. Here it is, the promised land when you can live peacefully and freely. But the enemies are trying to strangle the fragile Kazakh khanate even in the cradle and bloody battles, severe trials, the bitterness of losses and the joy of victories await them.
- DirectorAshraf ShishirStarsSajib AhmedRaisul Islam AsadMasum AzizA story of love, dreams, politics, revolution and the aftermath of a freedom war in one of the poorest developing countries, where a few people began to fight all the odds through film-making.
- DirectorSameer VidwansStarsBhagyashree MilindLalit PrabhakarSonia AlbizuriIn the 19th century, Anandi Joshi, a young girl, goes through several challenges to become one of India's first female physicians with the help of her husband, Gopalrao Joshi.
- DirectorNitin BhaskarStarsVitthal KaleVishnu JoshiPandurang PangamKAAJRO is story of Tilgya, belonging to an untouchable caste. His village is celebrating the annual festival of Dasshera, marking triumph of Lord Rama over Ravana i.e. good over bad. Tilgya's ailing wife dies while the celebration is on. He is debarred from participating in festival procession and is forced to leave the village with his wife's dead body.