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- DirectorErnst De GeerStarsAsta Kamma AugustHerbert NordrumAndrea EdwardsA hypnotherapist sees Vera throw off the trappings of civilized behaviour. For a event She attends with André, Vera's behaviour holds a mirror up to the faux-authenticity, virtue signalling and hypocrisy of her fellow entrepreneurs.
- DirectorSara SummaStarsLivia AntonelliUgo FioreClaire LoiseauPlayful auto-fictional trip from Berlin to Paris.
- DirectorKazik RadwanskiStarsMatt JohnsonSimon ReynoldsDeragh CampbellA young professor struggles in her marriage, only to meet Matt, a man from her past who wanders onto her university campus.
- DirectorMichal EnglertMalgorzata SzumowskaStarsMalgorzata HajewskaJoanna KuligMateusz WieclawekAdam, trying to be a good husband and father in a small town in Poland. But Adam starts to feel increasingly uncomfortable in his body, one that doesn't reflect his true identity.
- DirectorPéter BacsóStarsFerenc KállaiLajos ÖzeZoltán FábriBanned for over a decade for its outspoken criticism of the post-WWII communist regime in Hungary, Péter Bacsó's 'The Witness' has since then achieved unparalleled cult status in its native land. Known as the best satire about communism, 'The Witness' has become a cult classic, which was also well received by critics and general audiences alike when it was finally released outside of Hungary. Its candid and realistic portrayal of the incompetent communist regime has earned great acclaim for both the director and the film itself when it was shown at Cannes Film Festival in 1981. 'The Witness' takes place during the height of the Rákosi Era, which was closely modeled after the ruthless and brutal Stalin regime. The film follows the life of an ordinary dike keeper, József Pelikán, who has been caught for illegally slaughtering his pig, Dezsõ. Instead of doing hard time for his "heinous" crime, Pelikán is elevated into an important position, generally reserved for the communist elite. Of course, Pelikán is utterly clueless about his newfound luck, not to mention his new job. Even his new benefactor, the mysterious Comrade Virág, is reluctant to reveal the real reason behind Pelikán's preferential treatment. Thus, begins Pelikán's hilarious adventure deep within the "sophisticated" communist society. One failure after another the incompetent Pelikán is elevated higher and higher on the communist echelon, all the while remaining completely clueless about his promotions. Until one day, when he gets called for to return the "favour" by falsely testifying against his long-time friend in a mock-up show trial.
- DirectorFrançois NemetaStarsBjörkJack BlackJim CarreyIf Méliès had a son, it would be Michel Gondry. A brilliant jack-of-all-trades whose eccentric talent convinced the creative elite of international pop music to entrust him with his music videos (Björk, the Rolling Stones, Daft Punk, The White Stripes, Beck, etc.) before allowing him to chart his own course in Hollywood-without ever renouncing his rather crazy style-and to become one of the rare Oscar-winning French filmmakers (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). From hand to eye, Michel Gondry has been offering us for thirty years to seize what surrounds us to create and tell the world. A work that is a constant praise of wonder through craftsmanship: whether we approach his relationship to music and his beginnings as a videographer; the notion of magic inherent in his conception of the image; its roots in childhood and the world of dreams; the paradox of his Hollywood career; and the humanist ambition of its craftsmanship... which is also a political act. Do it yourself.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsDavid ByrneBernie WorrellAlex WeirConsidered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time, the live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads' most memorable songs.
- DirectorAnne FontaineStarsRaphaël PersonnazDoria TillierJeanne BalibarFollows the boundary-pushing Rubinstein as she selects Maurice Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet. Ravel ends up creating his greatest success ever: Boléro.
- DirectorAntonella SudasassiAna, Patricia and Mayela grow up when sexuality is taboo. Now channeled as one 65-year-old, the protagonist revisits intertwined memories, secrets and desires, giving voice to unspoken past experiences.
- DirectorAsli ÖzarslanStarsMelia KaraJamilah BagdachAsya UtkuHazal is a 17-year-old Berliner wishing for an opportunity to escape routine. For her 18th birthday celebration with friends, she seeks fun away from daily grind. A tragic event changes everything and Hazal must run.
- DirectorHelma Sanders-BrahmsStarsAyten ErtenJürgen ProchnowAras ÖrenShirin's Wedding touches on many concepts that are still up to date, from the difficulties experienced by immigrants to the power of love, from the importance of family ties to women's rights and class inequality, from cultural conflict to tradition and modernity. Shirin, who is forced to marry the village lord, escapes to Istanbul when she finds the opportunity and goes to Germany as a worker. However, losing her job here would be the beginning of the end.
- DirectorDelphine DelogetStarsVirginie EfiraFélix LefebvreArieh WorthalterBarmaid Sylvie is a single mom living with her two sons, Sofiane and Jean-Jacques. One night, Sofiane is injured while being alone in the flat which results in placing him in a foster home. Sylvie is determined to bring her son back home.
- DirectorLillah HallaStarsAyomi DomenicaLoro BardotGrace PassôOn the eve of a volleyball championship decisive for her future as an athlete, 17-year-old Sofía discovers an unwanted pregnancy. In an attempt to interrupt it clandestinely, she ends up becoming the target of a fundamentalist group.
- DirectorMatías PiñeiroStarsAna Cristina BarragánMaria Inês GonçalvesAgustina MuñozThe poet Sappho encounters the nymph Britomartis by the sea. Tales claim Sappho leapt into the ocean out of heartbreak while Britomartis fell into the water escaping a man's pursuit. Together they reflect on the bittersweet pangs of desire
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKoji YakushoTakayuki YamadaYûsuke IseyaA group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
- DirectorMasayuki SuôStarsKoji YakushoTamiyo KusakariNaoto TakenakaA successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.
- DirectorGábor ReiszStarsAdonyi-Walsh GáspárIstván ZnamenákAndrás RusznákAbel is a high school student struggling to focus on his final exams, while being hopelessly in love with his best friend Janka.
- DirectorBruno DumontStarsLyna KhoudriAnamaria VartolomeiCamille CottinA small village of Northern France is the battleground of undercover extraterrestrial knights.
- DirectorPatrick DickinsonStarsCiarán HindsThomas CoombesAoife HindsA widower from Japan travels with his estranged son to England in order to fulfill his late wife's dying wish.
- DirectorZarrar KahnStarsRamesha NawalOmar JavaidBakhtawar MazharAfter the death of the family patriarch, a mother and daughter's precarious existence is ripped apart. They must find strength in each other if they are to survive the malevolent forces that threaten to engulf them.
- DirectorMona AchacheStarsMarion CotillardMona AchacheMarie BunelDocudrama about French writer and photographer Carole Achache. Through the power of filmmaking and the help of Marion Cotillard, director Mona Achache brings her mother back to life to retrace her journey and find out who she really was.
- DirectorEszter KeményStarsAlexa BakonyiXénia BariczAttila FerenczSon and father are trying to get along and make money far away from their home, but on the way home everything goes bad.
- DirectorGyörgy FehérStarsPéter HaumannJános DerzsiJudit PogányWhen a schoolgirl is found murdered in the woods, a retiring detective tries to find her murderer.
- DirectorMan RayStarsAndré de la RivièreRobert DesnosKiki of MontparnasseAn anthology of four Man Ray short films, with original music by SQÜRL (Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan). Includes the films L'étoile de mer (1928), Emak-Bakia (1927), Le retour à la raison (1923) and Les Mystères du Château du Dé (1929).
- DirectorDaniela GoggiStarsRodrigo de la SernaJulieta ZylberbergGermán PalaciosFollowing the overthrow of the cruel dictatorship that had supplanted the country's long-standing democracy, Julio returns to Argentina with his family. After his brother is abducted he takes the lead in negotiations with the perpetrators.
- DirectorOlivier AssayasStarsVincent MacaigneMicha LescotNine d'UrsoDuring COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, two married couples quarantine together in a country house, leading to rising tensions and revelations about their relationships.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsAlicia VikanderEddie MarsanJude LawKatherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsAdria ArjonaGlen PowellRettaA professor moonlighting as a hit man of sorts for his city police department, descends into dangerous, dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to a woman who enlists his services.
- DirectorNeo SoraStarsRyuichi SakamotoRyuichi Sakamoto's last performance, a concert film featuring just him and his piano playing for the last time before passing away.
- DirectorMika GustafsonStarsBianca DelbravoDilvin AsaadSafira MossbergThree sisters aged 7 to 16, live alone after their mother vanishes for whole swathes of time. When the social services demand a family meeting, oldest sister Laura plans to find a stand in for their mother.
- DirectorJianjie LinStarsKe-Yu GuoMuran LinXilun SunA middle-class family's fate becomes intertwined with their only son's enigmatic new friend in post one-child policy China, putting unspoken secrets, unmet expectations, and untended emotions under the microscope.
- DirectorZoltán FábriStarsLajos ÖzeLászló MárkusFerenc BenczeIn Budapest in 1944, a watchmaker, a book seller and a carpenter are drinking in a bar with the owner, when they are joined by a stranger. The watchmaker asks a hypothetical question that will change their lives.
- DirectorStéphane BrizéStarsGuillaume CanetAlba RohrwacherSharif AndouraMathieu lives in Paris, Alice in a small balnearic town. They have a short affair, and then each one follows their own path. To wash his melancholy, Mathieu goes to a thalasso, where by chance he finds Alice.
- DirectorErwan Le DucStarsNahuel Pérez BiscayartCéleste BrunnquellMaud WylerEtienne, a young father, must deal with the fact that his now-teenage daughter Rosa is ready to move forward and build her own life away from him.
- DirectorMacu MachínStarsCarmen MachínElsa MachínMaura PérezThree sisters living on Canary Islands find their routines transformed by a sense of magic and meditation. Each sister copes in her own way without a breadwinner expressing themselves through their body mixing realism and fantasy.
- DirectorMargherita VicarioStarsGalatéa BellugiCarlotta GambaVeronica LucchesiIt re-imagines the world of classical music on more equal standing in a Baroque-era Venice.
- DirectorRay YeungStarsPatra AuLin-Lin LiTai-BoAngie and Pat have been together for over four decades but after Pat's unexpected death, Angie finds herself at the mercy of Pat's family as she struggles to retain her dignity and the home that both had shared for over thirty years.
- DirectorIlya PovolotskyStarsMaria LukyanovaGela ChitavaDaro AkimidzeIn Russia, an introverted father and his teenage daughter live on the road in a van that contains their entire life, including the equipment for a travelling cinema: the source of their meager income.
- DirectorMaryam MoghadamBehtash SanaeehaStarsLili FarhadpourEsmaeel MehrabiMohammad HeidariSeventy-year-old Mahin, solitary until now, chooses to revive her love life. A chance encounter becomes an unforgettable evening.
- DirectorMiklós JancsóStarsJános GörbeZoltán LatinovitsTibor MolnárIn Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established, but partisans carry on with violent actions. In order to root out the guerilla, the army rounds up suspects and jails them in an isolated fort. The authorities do not have the identity of the guerilla leaders, who are supposed to be present among the prisoners. However, they know enough about some of the suspects to apply perfidious forms of coercion effectively.
- DirectorZar Amir EbrahimiGuy NattivStarsArienne MandiZar Amir EbrahimiJaime Ray NewmanIranian female judoka Leila and her coach Maryam, who travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran's first gold medal. Midway through the competition, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose. With her own and her family's freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: feign injury and comply with the Iranian regime as Maryam implores her to do, or defy them both and fight on, for the gold.
- DirectorMohamed KordofaniStarsEiman YousifSiran RiakNazar GomaJust before the secession of South Sudan, a married former singer from the north seeks redemption for causing the death of a southern man by hiring his oblivious wife as her maid.
- DirectorClaude BaechtoldIn 2002, three young reporters get into a car in Kabul for a journey that will change their lives forever.
- DirectorAva DuVernayStarsAunjanue Ellis-TaylorJon BernthalNiecy NashThe unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
- DirectorCameron CairnesColin CairnesStarsDavid DastmalchianLaura GordonIan BlissA live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.
- DirectorLina SoualemStarsHiam AbbassUm AliNemat AbbassYears after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Hiam Abbass returns home with her daughter, in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.
- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsRémy GirardSophie LorainMarie-Mai BouchardA retired archivist is annoyed and confused by a group of protestors who are angered by a mural inside the retirement home where he resides that glorifies colonialism.
- DirectorIstván SzabóStarsIldikó BánságiPéter AndoraiOszkárné GombikDuring WW2 Hungarian resistance hides a married couple from the officials. The woman is sent to act as the wife of one of the resistance members who is also in hiding and pretending to be somebody else. They slowly begin to fall in love.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsGriffin DunneRosanna ArquetteVerna BloomAn ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho he met that evening at a coffee shop.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsYunhee ChoKwon Hae-hyoIsabelle HuppertA French woman drinks makgeolli in Korea after losing her means of income, then teaches French to two Korean women.
- DirectorRadu JudeStarsIlinca ManolacheOvidiu PîrsanNina HossAn overworked and underpaid production assistant drives around Bucharest to shoot the casting for a workplace safety video commissioned by a multinational company.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsTürkan SorayOguz TunçMüsfik KenterCoskun, who grew up in an orphanage, has been in love with the very famous film star Derya Altinay all of his life. His only purpose in life is to meet her one day and write a film script for her. He is so much in love with her that he believes that he lives with the two film characters which she performed in her old movies.
- DirectorAndreas DresenStarsLiv Lisa FriesJohannes HegemannSina MartensIn Berlin 1942, Hilde is a member of an anti-Nazi group. She falls in love with another member, Hans. The two spend a summer together until they get caught by the Gestapo and Hilde is imprisoned, eight months pregnant.
- DirectorMati DiopStarsGildas AdannouHabib AhandessiJoséa GuedjeThe journey of 26 plundered royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey exhibited in Paris, now being returned to Benin. Diop artistically voices a new generation's demands.
- DirectorZacharias MavroeidisStarsYorgos TsiantoulasAndreas LabropoulosRoubini VasilakopoulouWhile having a day-long swim at Athens' queer beach, best friends Demos and Nikitas recall the events of a recent summer in the prospect of turning them into a screenplay for Nikitas' feature debut.
- DirectorShuchi TalatiStarsPreeti PanigrahiKani KusrutiKesav Binoy KironFollows the journey of 16 year old Mira, whose sexy, rebellious coming of age is disrupted by her young mother who never got to come of age herself.
- DirectorCarlos ReygadasStarsMarcos HernándezAnapola MushkadizBertha RuizMarcos lusts after his boss's promiscuous daughter, but after botching an extortion scheme, he becomes wracked with guilt.
- DirectorLevan AkinStarsMzia ArabuliLucas KankavaDeniz DumanliLia, a retired teacher, has promised to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. Her search takes her to Istanbul where she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and Tekla starts to feel closer than ever.
- DirectorVíctor EriceStarsManolo SoloJose CoronadoAna TorrentA Spanish actor disappears during the filming of a movie. Although his body is never found, the police conclude that he has suffered an accident at the edge of a cliff. Many years later, the mystery returns to the present day.
- DirectorPéter GothárStarsAnikó IvánIstván ZnamenákPéter GálfyA teenager boy has to grow up in the shifting political and moral landscape of post-1956 Hungary.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsYella RottländerRüdiger VoglerLisa KreuzerA German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport.
- DirectorMiwa NishikawaStarsKoji YakushoSeiji RokkakuYukiya KitamuraA lifelong Yakuza, released from prison after 13 years, journeys to find the mother who abandoned him as a child. He is hindered by his gangster past and struggles to adapt to his new life outside of prison.
- DirectorAlonso RuizpalaciosStarsRaúl BrionesRooney MaraAnna DíazFollows the life in the kitchen of a NYC restaurant where cultures from all over the world blend during the lunchtime rush.
- DirectorSilje Evensmo JacobsenIn the Norwegian wilderness, a family seeks a wild free existence but a tragic turn of events shatters their isolation, compelling them to adapt to the demands of contemporary society.
- DirectorWang BingStarsXilin WangWang Xilin, China's most important modern classical composers who was the target of severe persecution, enduring beatings, imprisonment and torture. Besides having a life of suffering, he is still capable of deep and sincere compassion.
- DirectorBarbara VisserSearch for the truth behind "Fountain", A reflection on art and an attempt to bring Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven to life.
- DirectorÀlex LoraStarsEmma ArquilluéJorge CabreraLídia CasanovaIsa is a Feminist and polyamorous posh girl who passionately defends her way of living. Her contradictions come to light and her universe crumbles when she wants to become an influencer.
- DirectorFerzan ÖzpetekStarsKubilay AkaEmre DinlerÖzge ErdemA man who moved away from his hometown engages in deep conversations with his friends and family while toasting, eating and celebrating life.
- DirectorFerzan ÖzpetekStarsNezaket ErdenAhsen ErogluBurcu GölgedarIn order to cope with a big disappointment on her wedding day, a woman gathers at the table with her loved ones to share delicious mezes.
- DirectorFerzan ÖzpetekStarsM. Sitare AkbasAli Seçkiner AliciPinar GöktasA man facing some issues with his business gets the chance to see how a seemingly simple event from his childhood affected someone life's forever.
- DirectorÉlise GirardStarsIsabelle HuppertTsuyoshi IharaAugust DiehlWhile on a book tour in Japan, Sidonie Perceval, still haunted by the ghost of her late husband, begins an affair with her mysterious Japanese publisher.
- StarsElliot KnightMarama CorlettElliot CowanA Persian prisoner sets out to find his dead brother with help from his misfit group.
- DirectorZoltán HuszárikStarsZoltán LatinovitsÉva RuttkaiÉva LeelössyAn old man is recollecting all the women he met in his youth. An old woman wants them to commit suicide together but changes her mind. The little town has a doctor whose wife can not forget the old man, and the waiter who serves him his dinner doesn't know that Sinbad will soon court her.
- DirectorYuval AbrahamBasel AdraHamdan BallalThis film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
- DirectorAsmae ElMoudirStarsMohamed El MoudirAsmae ElMoudirZahra JeddaouiA Moroccan woman's search for truth tangles with a web of lies in her family history. As a daughter and filmmaker, she fuses personal and national history as she reflects on the 1981 Bread Riots, drawing out connections to modern Morocco.
- DirectorNick ReadAyse ToprakStarsMutlu KayaThe inspirational story of a Kurdish teenager, Mutlu Kaya, who comes from a remote community in South East Turkey.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsGi Ju-bongKim Min-heeAn actress in her 40s is staying with her friend and her cat, while an aging poet in declining health lives alone. Each receives a visit from a different young aspiring artist, who ask questions about their careers and life itself.
- DirectorAbderrahmane SissakoStarsNina MeloHan ChangKe-Xi WuAfter saying "no" on her wedding day, Joice leaves the Ivory Coast to start a new life in Guangzhou, China.
- DirectorMaryam KeshavarzStarsLayla MohammadiNiousha NoorKamand ShafieisabetWhen a large Iranian-American family gathers, a family secret is uncovered that catapults the estranged mother and daughter into an exploration of the past, and to discover they are more alike than they know.
- DirectorAmanda Nell EuStarsZafreen ZairizalDeena EzralPiqaAn 11-year-old girl who is carefree until she starts to experience horrifying physical changes to her body.
- DirectorCan EvrenolStarsDuygu KocabiyikEmre KizilirmakÖzgül KosarWhen her sister is murdered by a group of politically connected rich kids, Sayara, a quiet gym cleaner from Turkmenistan, begins to follow in her father's footsteps, seeking a path of revenge.
- DirectorPham Ngoc LanStarsMinh-ChâuXuan An NgoHa-PhuongAfter inheriting a pygmy slow loris from her long-estranged husband, a woman clings to dwindling ties to her past while her niece prepares for her wedding and worries about the future.
- DirectorGeorge KaneStarsDavid EarlNatalie PalamidesAmy De BhrúnWhen a mysterious technological blackout plunges Ireland into anarchy and chaos, a group of failed washed up clowns are forced to traverse the country for one last shot at their dreams.
- DirectorLuna CarmoonStarsTim BowieJames CooperCeara CoveneyThe story follows Maria - a teenager whose mother used to be a hoarder. Now (set in the 90s) she lives in a foster home where a previous resident Micheal inspires her to revisit her childhood memories and passions that she has repressed.
- DirectorKyros PapavassiliouStarsMakis PapadimitriouStephania SotiropoulouYiannis NiarrosIn a world where time changes arbitrarily, a couple's relationship is tested as their individual and shared recollections of the past, present and future change unremittingly.
- DirectorCemil AgacikogluStarsHilmi AhiskaSevgi TemelGökhan YikilkanSet in a village in Anatolia at the foothills of the mountains, portraying the story of the resistance of a young man, Ali, against the domination of landlords and local gangs, striving to win back his wife's love and affection.
- DirectorNelson Carlo de Los Santos AriasStarsJhon NarváezSor María RíosJorge Puntillón GarcíaA voice that claims to be from a hippopotamus. A voice that doesn't understand the perception of time. Pepe, the first and last hippo killed in the Americas, tells his story with the overwhelming orality of these towns.
- DirectorLone ScherfigStarsBérénice BejoDaniel BrühlAntonio de la TorreMaría Margarita is the youngest of four siblings in a family living in a mining town in the Atacama Desert (Chile). The most special time of the week for this family is Sunday, when they all go to the movies to enjoy stories that let them escape their everyday lives by transporting them to other worlds. The girl's parents soon realise that the little girl has a very special gift: an almost uncanny ability to recount movies. The girl's extraordinary talent will spread throughout the village, changing the fortunes of her family as the country is transformed forever. With standout performances from Academy Award® nominee Bérénice Bejo, BAFTA nominee Daniel Brühl, and multiple-time Goya Award winner Antonio de la Torre, The Movie Teller is a celebration of our capacity to defy even the harshest circumstances, to find love, community, inspiration, and hope where there seems to be none. Through the stories we weave, we can elevate our lives with shared human emotion.
- DirectorMohamed Ben AttiaStarsMajd MastouraWalid BouchhiouaSamer BisharatA man who violently breaks free from his banal environment, evading society with its principles, codes and institutions.
- DirectorMeryam JoobeurStarsSalha NasraouiMohamed GrayaâMalek MecherguiA Tunisian woman is caught between her maternal love and her search for the truth when her son returns home from war and unleashes a darkness throughout their village.
- DirectorLisandro AlonsoStarsViggo MortensenChiara MastroianniAlaina CliffordMurphy searches for his daughter after she is kidnapped by the outlaw Randall.
- DirectorOlmo SchnabelStarsDario Yazbek BernalJack IrvGerry BednobFollows the affair between the impulsive Alejandro and the college-age pet store employee Jack, exploring the underbelly of New York and a romance that sends them down a rabbit hole of vice.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsKoji YakushoTokio EmotoArisa NakanoHirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
- DirectorBaran GunduzalpStarsFatih Ibrahim SönmezNilay ErdönmezCan DemirLiving in a metropolis is actually holding on to a possibility. To the possibility of things going well, meeting interesting people, discovering a new street, having a different choice, and perhaps most likely to start over again... No one would like to leave a metropolis without using all these possibilities up. For Salih and Ayse, who have lived a white-collar life in Istanbul for years, life is like a harsh song with an unknown tune... Like their colleagues living in other geographies of the world, they realized that what they thought promised a safe future is a new form of slavery. The new generation that came after them said yes to much lower salaries than them, and became the sought-after employees of the market, with conditions getting tougher day by day. While the system is throwing up experienced employees like bile, a new generation has taken their place. Still, Salih goes to a different company for a job interview every day with hope. For Ayse, the situation is a little different. She saw that she could not do the job she wanted, she started working in a call center. She's been trying to sell insurance on the phone for hours. Maybe life would have been easier if there were only two of them... But they have a son, Emre, who has never spoken, even though he is six years old. Their lives can no longer continue in a way that they could afford with the salaries they received in their old jobs. They cannot afford the rent of the house they live in, and when Emre's psychologist expense is added, they are stuck. On the one hand, they are packing and looking for a suitable house for rent, on the other hand they are looking for a job for Salih. When he again comes out empty-handed from a job interview, Salih learns that there is a new line of business called motorcycle taxi driver. A few months after he was fired, he sold his car to buy some more time. Since then, the motorcycle they call Rosinante is the family's only transportation. Salih begins the motorcycle taxi business and carries people from different layers of Istanbul on his back seat. After years, he becomes an Istanbuler with them. At the same time Ayse, on the other hand, is being transferred to the home office system. This is the last exit before being fired. She knows that they will give the most impossible customers, and as her scores drop, she will eventually be out of work. With a sudden decision, Ayse puts on Salih's motorcycle helmet, puts on his clothes and starts taxiing at nights. She succeeds at first... They registered the system with Salih's name, so Ayse has to pretend as Salih while working as a motorcycle taxi driver. She never opens the helmet so that it is not understood that she is a woman, and does not talk to passengers. She is silent consciously, like her son. For the first time, she can understand her son a little. She gets used to it gradually... The days when Ayse experience the inevitable coincide with the period when Salih gets sick and stays at home. Ayse is unemployed, Salih is sick at home, all household items have been packed to move, but a new place has not been rented. Emre is crankier than ever, as if feeling the despair of his parents... Life has turned into a nightmare where they are stuck in the boxes accumulated inside the house. While Salih is dealing with his son and household chores at home, Ayse earns the bread. Until their motorcycle is stolen... There is no Rosinante. Now they have to walk to fight the windmills. When they get off Rosinante, they realize that their armor is made of tin. The only thing they can hold on to is small odds... the possibility of finding a new job, the possibility of their son speaking, the possibility of finding Rosinante in a city of sixteen million people...
- DirectorDidem PekünStarsMihran TomasyanLeyla PostalciogluNazli TecimerOtherwise in Istanbul is a per-formative documentary about dancer-choreographer Mihran Tomasyan; through a portrait of Tomasyan, the film also chronicles life in Istanbul in recent history through his personal archive.
- DirectorAslihan UnaldiStarsNihan AkerNazan DiperZafer DiperWhen two sisters embark on a sailing trip on the Aegean coast with their fractured family, simmering resentments and buried secrets rise to the surface, threatening to shatter their fragile bonds with each other and their homeland.
- DirectorMatthias GlasnerStarsLars EidingerCorinna HarfouchLilith StangenbergLissy enjoys husband Gerd's deterioration in a home. Her joy is temporary as her health rapidly declines.
- DirectorBrandt AndersenStarsOmar SyJay AbdoFares Al-HelouTragedy strikes a Syrian family in Aleppo, starting a chain reaction of events involving five different families in four different countries.
- DirectorDimitris ZivopoulosStarsDimitris SkyllasFrom the Greek mountains to BBC's grand stages, the 35-year-old provocative composer Dimitris Skyllas reveals the secrets of today's music-making. The sacred musician, the party freak, and all the life in-between. A visionary gesture to break the stereotypes of classical music in our fast, pop-consuming universe.