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- DirectorAndrea SegreThe diary "behind the scenes" of the 2020 edition of the Venice International Film Festival, which was held with the restrictions imposed by the safety protocols established for the Covid-19 pandemic.
- DirectorCecilia ManginiPaolo PisanelliStarsStéphane BatutBabak KarimiCecilia ManginiThe film mixes images of today and yesterday, still images and moving images through a dialogue between two photographers and two filmmakers and photographers.
- DirectorRicky D'AmbroseStarsMonica BarbaroBrian d'Arcy JamesGeraldine SingerAn only child's meditative, impressionistic account of an American family's rise and fall over two decades.
- DirectorWilma LabateStarsAlma NoceLuka ZunicLivia RossiIt is based on the tale of a teenager living within the climate of inertia which pervades our lives today.
- DirectorMohamed DiabStarsSaba MubarakAli SulimanTara AbboudA Palestinian girl's world is turned upside down when she learns the man she grew up idolizing is not her real father.
- DirectorSol Berruezo Pichon-RivièreStarsClaudio Martínez BelMatilde Creimer ChiabrandoCristian JensenAgatha who is 74 years old, one day suddenly wakes up in the body of an 8 year old little girl where Agatha's 38 year old independent daughter returns to the family home to repair wounds that remain open.
- DirectorStefano KnuchelStarsGianni DalfiumeGisela DesterMarian Farías GómezA promising Italian cartoonist arrives in Buenos Aires in 1950, with the dream of reaching the United States, only to discover that for him, America will be Argentina.
- DirectorLeonardo Di CostanzoStarsToni ServilloSilvio OrlandoFabrizio FerracaneThe last remains of a prison, guards and a few inmates, are waiting to be transferred and gradually the rules seem to make less and less sense and the waiting men become a new fragile community.
- DirectorMichale BoganimStarsReuven AbergelErez BitonMaayane Elfassy BoganimIsraeli society is marked by a taboo. That of the systematic discrimination against Jews from Arab countries on arriving in the Promised Land, a wound that has not healed to this day. In the 1970's, a movement inspired by the American Black Panthers emerged in the poor Musrara neighbourhood of Jerusalem, demanding basic rights for the so-called Mizrahim, Jews from North Africa and the Middle East. As she mourns her father, a member of this movement, Michale Boganim, a French-Israeli filmmaker, confronts her personal questions with History, setting off with her daughter to explore the past and meet several generations of Mizrahim. The film is a road movie in the forgotten lands of Israel's periphery and questions the notions of exile and inheritance.
- DirectorKiro RussoStarsMax Bautista UchasaraJulio César TiconaIsrael HurtadoA symphony of the city in the heights, the illness of a worker, the nightmare and his redemption.
- DirectorAmeer Fakher EldinStarsAshraf BarhomMohammad BakriHitham OmariIn occupied Golan Heights, a desperate unlicensed doctor subverts his village's expectations when he accidentally encounters a wounded soldier from the war in Syria.
- DirectorBeatrice BaldacciStarsIrene VetereLorenzo AloiHelene NardiniA boy from the country, shy and naïf, falls in love with a mysterious and violent girl that introduces him to pain, building a relationship that will make them face together the secret she's hiding: her mother's illness.
- DirectorAlessandro CapitaniStarsMichele RiondinoHadas YaronAmedeo AndreozziA father and his young son hide in the attic of a house, pretending to be ghosts.
- DirectorAlexandre MorattoStarsChristian MalheirosRodrigo SantoroLucas OranmianTo provide a better life for his family in the country, 18-year-old Mateus accepts a job in a junkyard in São Paulo for his new boss, Luca, but becomes trapped in the dangerous world of human trafficking.
- DirectorAleksandra JankowskaStarsKarolina Kominek-SkuratowiczKlara BielawkaIgor BoguckiMika arrives in Poland to pay a hospital visit to her father, who is suffering from severe brain injury and memory loss. It's the first time they have met in many years, yet her father thinks they still live together and she's a teenager. For a brief time Mika becomes her father's companion in his befuddlement gently guiding him through the labyrinth of his fading mind. And as she does so, she sets off on a journey through her own life. Merging digital, 35 mm, VHS, infrared and archival footage, the sense of time and space start breaking up: the present blends with the long gone past and places reveal their far-off history and memories. In the meantime, the father's condition worsens. And thus life and its end also begin to blur.
- DirectorKavich NeangStarsPiseth ChhunHout SithornOk SokhaSamnang, 20, faces the demolition of his lifelong home in Phnom Penh and the pressures from family, friends, and neighbors which arise and intersect in this moment of sudden change.
- DirectorAly MuritibaStarsAntonio SaboiaPedro FasanaroThomas AquinoDaniel is an exemplary policeman, but he ends up making a mistake and becoming suspended. With nothing keeping him in his hometown, he goes to visit his online love interest.
- DirectorEllie FoumbiStarsBabetida SadjoSouleymane Sy SavaneJennifer TchiakpeAn African refugee's quiet existence in a sleepy mountain town in the south of France is upended by the arrival of a charismatic Catholic priest whom she recognizes as the warlord who slaughtered her family.
- DirectorJosé María AvilésStarsPaulet ArévaloOliver UtneSantiago VillacísAtahualpa works at the construction of a road to Oriente. In the region there is a rumor of a vast treasure hidden. After his girlfriend left the city, Atahualpa feels a provocation, a distant call that takes him back hundred years.
- DirectorAntoinette BoulatStarsLou LamprosTom MercierCarmen KassovitzMarion faces Paris at night with a feeling of vulnerability linked to the loss of her sister. She crosses paths with Alex. Their encounter will evolve at the rhythm of their wanderings through the city, like a journey through the night.
- DirectorPotsy PonciroliStarsTim Blake NelsonScott HazeGavin LewisA farmer takes in an injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse comes for the money, he must decide who to trust. Defending a siege, he reveals a gunslinging talent calling his true identity into question.
- DirectorAlessandro GassmannStarsMassimiliano GalloMargherita BuyMarina ConfaloneTheatrical adaptation : In 1960s Naples, the head of a family disapproves of the decision by his 2 heirs and the Signora to sell their dilapidated old mansion.
- DirectorLaurynas BareisaStarsGabija BargailaiteGiedrius KielaIndre PatkauskaiteIndre and Paulius travel to the small town where a gruesome crime was committed and they learn it is not as easy as expected to revisit the past.
- DirectorSilvia BrunelliStarsFrancesco PellegrinoGianfelice ImparatoVincenzo AntonucciMario and Lino, two best friends, live a quiet neighborhood life until unthinkable happens: a door opens to a new world that will lead them to different paths. Their fraternal friendship is then put to the test.
- DirectorTommaso LanducciStarsAlessandro BenvenutiFilippo DobrillaSculptor Filippo Dobrilla considers art as a rebellion. For over 30 years he sculpted a giant marble nude into the most impervious nature, in an inaccessible cave. But nature itself was fatally opposed to his crazy undertaking.
- DirectorTeemu NikkiStarsPetri PoikolainenMarjaana MaijalaSamuli JaskioJaakko and Sirpa have never met face to face but they talk on the phone every day. When he hears about her declining health, he decides to go meet her in another city; a challenge if you can't see and are paralyzed from the chest down.
- DirectorCiro De CaroStarsRosa PalascianoFabrizio CiavoniValerio Di BenedettoSurrounded by characters somewhat like herself, a young woman searches during one hot summer in Rome to find her own special place.
- DirectorAugusto ContentoStarsMarco BellocchioPaola PitagoraRoberto HerlitzkaIt follows the roads that lead into the cold darkness of Italian decline of the family, of patriarchal society, of educational firms, of religion and a land where common shared space is molded by a drab, egotism, even its revolutionary.
- DirectorRodrigo PláLaura SantulloStarsLeah MillerJorge CastroJulia ChavezA mother may lose custody of her son because she refuses to medicate his ADHD.
- DirectorVladimir BitokovStarsKseniya RappoportYura BorisovEkaterina ShumakovaTogether with her daughter, Tonya is eagerly awaiting the return of her only son, who is said that has been killed in action but Tonya refuses that there's a mistake and believes that her son is still alive.
- DirectorGeorge ChiperMonica StanStarsAna DumitrascuVasile PavelCezar GrumazescuWhen young Daria enters rehab, her perceived innocence gains her the protection of the mostly male junkies inside, but she soon finds out that this special treatment comes at a great price.
- DirectorKeti StamoThrough the eyes of 7 children, the ancient Albanian code of blood vengeance is called into question.
- DirectorJakrawal NilthamrongStarsNopachai ChaiyanamSorabodee ChangsiriPaopoom ChiwarakOne level a deeply felt story of a woman, and on another, that of a country's tragic past and its exploited people.
- DirectorOleh SentsovStarsSerhii FilimonovEvhen ChernykovYevhen GrygorievThe history of the film unfolds in the 1990s in Ukraine. The protagonist - a bandit nicknamed Rhinoceros - falls into the grip of the Ukrainian criminal world in the 1990s and begins his bloody path, which leads him not where he expected.
- DirectorRoland SejkoStarsPietro De SilvaAt the end of the Second World War, the Communist Party took power in Albania. In the country there were still about 27,000 Italian veterans and civilians. They were prevented to go back home. Among them there was also a cameraman.
- DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsFilippo ScottiToni ServilloTeresa SaponangeloIn 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsKristen StewartTimothy SpallSally HawkinsDiana Spencer, struggling with mental-health problems during her Christmas holidays with the Royal Family at their Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsTimothée ChalametRebecca FergusonZendayaA noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.
- DirectorAlessandro CelliStarsDennis ProtopapaGiuliano SopranoAlessandro BorghiTaranto is a ghost town that no one dares to enter. The poorest are left fighting for survival, while gangs are competing for territory. Two thirteen-year-old orphans, who grew up together, dream of joining one of the gangs.
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsPenélope CruzMilena SmitIsrael ElejaldeThe story of two mothers who bond in unexpected way after giving birth the same day.
- DirectorAna Lily AmirpourStarsKate HudsonJeon Jong-seoCraig RobinsonA girl with unusual powers escapes from a mental asylum and tries to make it on her own in New Orleans.
- DirectorStéphane BrizéStarsVincent LindonSandrine KiberlainAnthony BajonPhilippe is a successful executive in an industrial conglomerate, however the pressures of work have lead to him separating from his wife. As he struggles with the demands of his bosses, he must now decide what is important in life.
- DirectorJane CampionStarsBenedict CumberbatchKirsten DunstJesse PlemonsCharismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.
- DirectorDamiano D'InnocenzoFabio D'InnocenzoStarsElio GermanoAstrid CasaliSara CioccaMassimo is a dentist from Latina, happily married with two daughters. One day he goes down to the cellar for housework and finds a girl tied up and gagged, asking for help.
- DirectorAudrey DiwanStarsAnamaria VartolomeiKacey Mottet KleinLuàna BajramiAn adaptation of Annie Ernaux's novel of the same name, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.
- DirectorMariano CohnGastón DupratStarsPenélope CruzAntonio BanderasOscar MartínezA wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film.
- DirectorMichelangelo FrammartinoStarsNicola LanzaAntonio LanzaLeonardo LaroccaThe extraordinary adventure of the young members of the Piedmont Speleological Group who, having already explored all the caves of Northern Italy, changed course in August 1961 and went South to explore other caves unknown to man.
- DirectorMichel FrancoStarsTim RothAlbertine Kotting McMillanSamuel BottomleyNeil and Alice Bennett are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family's tight-knit order, simmering tensions rise to the fore.
- DirectorXavier GiannoliStarsBenjamin VoisinCécile de FranceVincent LacosteLucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
- DirectorMaggie GyllenhaalStarsOlivia ColmanJessie BuckleyDakota JohnsonA woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.
- DirectorGabriele MainettiStarsClaudio SantamariaAurora GiovinazzoPietro CastellittoRome, 1943: Matilde, Cencio, Fulvio and Mario are the main attractions of the "Mezza Piotta Circus" run by Israel, meanwhile someone starts looking for the four freaks with a plan that could change the fate of the whole world.
- DirectorMario MartoneStarsToni ServilloMaria NazionaleCristiana Dell'AnnaThe biography of Neapolitan comic theater legend Eduardo Scarpetta.
- DirectorErik MattiStarsDolly De LeonDennis TrilloDonna CariagaThis sequel to On the Job (2013) focuses on corruption and media censorship now that a new strongman, Duterte, is in power in the Philippines.
- DirectorJan P. MatuszynskiStarsTomasz ZietekSandra KorzeniakJacek BraciakIn 1983, communist Poland is shaken by the case of high school student Grzegorz Przemyk, who is beaten to death by police. The only witness of the beating becomes the number one enemy of the state.
- DirectorAlexey ChupovNatasha MerkulovaStarsYura BorisovTimofey TribuntsevAleksandr YatsenkoFast-paced story of pre-death repentance marathon for the captain of the National Security Service (NKVD) Fyodor Volkonogov set against the backdrop of 1938 political persecutions in the USSR.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsOscar IsaacTiffany HaddishTye SheridanWilliam Tell is an ex-military interrogator living under the radar as a low-stakes gambler. When he encounters a young man looking to commit revenge against a mutual enemy, he takes him on the casino circuit to set him on a new path.
- DirectorValentyn VasyanovychStarsRoman LutskyiStanislav AseyevOleksandr DanyliukUkrainian surgeon Serhiy is captured by the Russian military forces in the conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine and while in captivity, he is exposed to horrifying scenes of humiliation, violence and indifference towards human life.
- DirectorLorenzo VigasStarsHernán MendozaHatzín NavarreteElián GonzalezA Mexican teenager sets out to collect his fathers remains, only to be sucked into the underbelly of the manufacturing industry.
- DirectorRoberto AndòStarsSilvio OrlandoGiuseppe PirozziLino MusellaA piano teacher living in a working class area allows a 10 year old boy to hide from his family in the teacher's apartment.
- DirectorYvan AttalStarsBen AttalSuzanne JouannetCharlotte GainsbourgA young man is accused of raping a young woman.
- DirectorDavid Gordon GreenStarsJamie Lee CurtisJudy GreerAndi MatichakSurviving victims of Michael Myers form a vigilante mob and vow to end his reign of terror.
- DirectorStefano MordiniStarsBenedetta PorcaroliGiulio PrannoEmanuele Maria Di StefanoIn late September 1975, a renowned Catholic school in Rome for sheltered, upper-middle-class boys is attacked in what became known as the Circeo Massacre. The film examines what triggered the violence.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsMatt DamonAdam DriverJodie ComerThe Knight Jean de Carrouges must settle the dispute over his wife Marguerite by challenging his former friend to a duel to the death.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsThomasin McKenzieAnya Taylor-JoyMatt SmithAspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to return to 1960s London, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker.
- CreatorHagai LeviStarsJessica ChastainOscar IsaacSophia KoperaTelevision drama miniseries which re-examines the original's iconic depiction of love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage and divorce through the lens of a contemporary American couple, played by Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain.
- DirectorJon AlpertStarsDelirisFreddyRobertA relentless ride through the streets and prisons of Newark, New Jersey's largest city, and desperate fight to survive the deadliest enemy ever to attack America.
- DirectorLoup BureauA documentary about the war in Ukraine.
- DirectorDiana El JeiroudiStarsOrwa NyrabiaGuevara NamerRami Abou JamraTwelve years in the making, Republic of Silence bears witness to a tragedy on an epic scale, accompanied by an ever-expanding mosaic of fragile, deeply embedded moments from the filmmaker's life
- DirectorDaniel GellerDayna GoldfineStarsLeonard CohenNancy BacalSteve BerkowitzThis documentary explores the life of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, "Hallelujah".
- DirectorRoberta LenaStarsFilippo De AndrèCristiano De AndréDori GhezziA tangle of stories in which aspirations and yearnings for freedom on the part of the white-collar worker are intertwined with those of Cristiano's personal and musical life in a discourse on our contemporary world.
- DirectorLuca ReaStarsSergio CorbucciRuggero DeodatoFranco NeroAn homage to Italian director Sergio Corbucci of the 1960s and contemporary director Quentin Tarantino, recounting a memorable period in Italian cinema with the sensibility of today.
- DirectorGiorgio VerdelliStarsGiacomo AgazziniAngela BaraldiLuca BizzarriEzio Bosso reveals his real self and takes us into his world and his imagination, as if were a diary.
- DirectorSimona VenturaStarsMatteo AgazziOscar BattagliaMaurizio CarraraThe tragedy of covid-19 in Italy where the mountain military force named Alpini comes forward to help those in need and the hospital became truly grievous, bringing breath to a city.
- DirectorRadu JudeCollage of scenes in which the toys help us understand better a possible essence of our life.
- DirectorVasiliA courageous autobiographical short documentary about living in fear under the military junta in Myanmar, and about making films, which has become virtually impossible since the country's military coup on February 1st, 2021.
- DirectorTsai Ming-liangIn 2019, the night in Hong Kong was still in fascinating beauty and the landscape of everyday life was gradually changing. Travelling the streets, Tsai Ming-liang documented the city's rhythm and ambience, along with an overpass.
- DirectorThomas KruithofStarsIsabelle HuppertReda KatebNaidra AyadiA story that revolves around Clemence who's in the final stage of her political career as a Mayor of Parisian suburbs.
- DirectorYuri AncaraniStarsDaniele BarisonMaila DabalàBianka BerényiA young man from Sant'Erasmo, an island on the edges of the Venice Lagoon lives on his wits, isolated even from his peer group who are busy exploring an existence of pleasure-seeking expressed in the cult of the barchino (motorboat).
- DirectorBogdan George ApetriStarsIoana BugarinEmanuel ParvuCezar AntalA young nun sneaks out of her monastery to attend an urgent matter but never makes it back and a police detective's investigation into her fate, uncovers clues and revelations that lead not only to the truth but a miracle as well.
- DirectorLaura BispuriStarsDominique SandaAlba RohrwacherMaya SansaNena's family, who reunite in their house by the sea to celebrate her birthday. Everybody is there. Even Paco, Alma's peacock.
- DirectorMong-Hong ChungStarsAlyssa ChiaGingle WangYi-Wen ChenWhile quarantining, the relationship between a mother and daughter takes an unexpected turn.
- DirectorJoaquin del PasoStarsValeria LammLucciano KurtiEric David WalkerExposes the fault lines and schisms of contemporary Mexican society.
- DirectorEric GravelStarsLaure CalamyAnne SuarezGeneviève MnichJust when Julie finally gets an interview for a job that will let her raise her children better, she runs into a national transportation strike.
- DirectorPeter KerekesStarsMaryna KlimovaIryna KiryazevaLyubov VasylynaFollows the real-life stories of 107 mothers in the Odesa prison in Ukraine.
- DirectorKaltrina KrasniqiStarsTeuta AjdiniAlketa SylajRefet AbaziVera is a middle-aged sign language interpreter, whose life is disrupted by her husband's suicide who has to face the raw reality of going against the deep-seated gender issues of our times.
- DirectorAditya Vikram SenguptaStarsSreelekha MitraSatrajit SarkarBratya BasuFollows the life of a bereaved mother trying to desperately find a new identity, love and independence.
- DirectorHarry WootliffStarsRuth WilsonTom BurkeHayley SquiresIt follows a young woman living on the fringes of society who becomes intoxicated by a stranger who overwhelms her quiet life.
- DirectorMasaaki YuasaStarsAvu-chanMirai MoriyamaTasuku EmotoA cursed dancer and a musician stun society with electrifying concerts in this animated rock opera.
- DirectorAndrea SegreStarsAnna BellatoRoberto CitranSara LazzaroTwo brothers are in conflict over the way the Venetian lagoon has been transformed, and the identity of the city and its residents has drastically changed.
- DirectorAlessandro CassigoliCasey KauffmanStarsIkram JaafariKhadija JaafariThe five year trajectory of a young woman from Morocco who tries to fit into a small town near Naples : her dreams, her disappointments and her loneliness.
- DirectorMounia AklStarsYumna MarwanNadine LabakiSaleh BakriA couple decide to leave the toxic pollution of their home city of Beirut, hoping to build a utopian existence in a pristine home in the mountains.
- DirectorShoja AzariShirin NeshatStarsSheila VandMatt DillonWilliam MoseleyIn an effort to understand and control its populace, the government begins a program to record citizens' dreams.
- DirectorSamuel M. DelgadoHelena GirónStarsXoán ReicesDavid PantaleónValentín Estévez1492. Among the crew captained by Christopher Columbus, travel three men who should have been dead by now. They have managed to avoid their sad fate by participating in this uncertain journey. When reaching the Canary Islands they flee, taking one of the ship's sails with them. Meanwhile, in the "Old World", a woman tries to save her dying sister by bringing her to a healer. Both of these journeys attempt to laugh at death. Both journeys are at the mercy of History.
- DirectorGábor FabriciusStarsBenjamin FuchsAndrea WaskovicsKincsö Blénesi1983. Frank, an angry kid from the streets with "no future". The state banned their music because their words are political. Frank escapes to a psychiatric ward where Hanna, a young enemy of the system, joins him.
- DirectorAlessandro CelliStarsDennis ProtopapaGiuliano SopranoAlessandro BorghiTaranto is a ghost town that no one dares to enter. The poorest are left fighting for survival, while gangs are competing for territory. Two thirteen-year-old orphans, who grew up together, dream of joining one of the gangs.
- DirectorMatteo TortoneStarsJosé Luis Nazario CamposDamian Segundo VospeyMaximiliana Campos GuzmanA man who left his family and his taxi business in the rural area of Lima to seek fortune as a miner in the highest and most dangerous Andean goldmine in Peru and there he starts a journey where reality and magic mixed together.
- DirectorEkaterina SelenkinaStarsDenis UrvantsevA sprawling meditation on the choreography of bodies in Moscow's urban landscape, Detours depicts a new way of dealing illicit drugs via the Darknet, the layering of the physical and the virtual realities, as well as a poetics, and politics, of space. Taking place in sleepy neighbourhoods, among the concrete walls of high-rises, behind garages and amidst abandoned railroads, the film alternately follows and loses track of Denis, the treasureman who hides stashes of drugs all over the city.