Foreign

Gay-themed coming-of-age drama set in 1984. Teenager Frank (Layke Anderson) leaves school and heads for Amersterdam in search of a more adventurous life. He finds work at the House of Boys, makes friends and falls in love. His new life is threatened,...

Israeli drama directed by Maysaloun Hamoud and starring Mouna Hawa, Sana Jammelieh and Shaden Kanboura. The film follows Layla (Hawa), Salma (Jammelieh) and Nour (Kanboura), three Palestinian women living in the heart of Tel Aviv who lead complex lives...

Ciro Guerra directs this action adventure based on the diary by Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evan Schultes. Set in the Colombian Amazon, the story follows shaman Karamakate (Nilbio Torres/Antonio Bolivar) who helps German scientist Theo (Jan...

Observational drama written and directed by Diemo Kemmesies that focuses on the awkward budding relationship of a German and a Russian. On a break from school to visit a friend in Berlin, young and reserved engineering student Marlo (Martin Bruchmann)...

Maltese drama written and directed by Alex Camilleri. Jesmark (Jesmark Scicluna) is a fisherman using the boat that belonged to his father and grandfather, torn between tradition and the demands of the modern world. His newborn son needs specialist...

Israeli drama written and directed by Adam Kalderon. Erez (Omer Perelman Striks) wants to represent his country at the Olympics and trains relentlessly in pursuit of his goal. At a training camp where five potential Olympic contenders compete for a...

Arantxa Echevarría writes and directs this Spanish drama set in a Roma community. Young street artist Lola (Zaira Romero) feels the indignation of her parents when she rejects the notion of an arranged marriage and expresses her wish to become a teacher...

Lebanese drama written and directed by Mazen Khaled. Set in Beirut, the sudden drowning of a young man results in his family and friends coming together to ensure his safe burial. However, as different communities band together tensions arise over...

Christiaan Olwagen directs this drama centred on a young man as he is conscripted into the South African army in 1985. Having always considered himself an outsider due to his deemed unconventional interests, Johan (Schalk Bezuidenhout) has anxieties...

Filippo Meneghetti directs and co-writes this drama starring Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier. Elderly neighbours Madeleine Girard (Chevallier) and Nina (Sukowa) are involved in a romantic relationship and have been for two decades. As they consider...

Mya Bollaers and Benoît Magimel star in this European drama. When young trans woman Lola (Bollaers), living in foster care, learns about her mother's death she travels with her father, Philippe (Magimel), to spread her ashes at sea. However, Lola's...

German crime drama directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner based on the best-selling novel by Ferdinand von Schirach. Newly qualified lawyer Caspar Leinen (Elyas M'Barek) is the defendant for the elderly Italian Fabrizio Collini (Franco Nero). However, when...

Finnish biographical drama directed by Dome Karukoski and starring Pekka Strang, Taisto Oksanen and Lauri Tilkanen. Touko Laaksonen (Strang), who would come to be known as Tom of Finland, serves in the Second World War and defends his homeland from...

Wim Wenders directs and co-writes this romantic drama starring Bruno Ganz as Damiel, one of two angels who watch over the citizens of Berlin, listening to their thoughts. When he falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion (Solveig Dommartin), he...

In this sparkling and elegant romantic comedy, the free-spirited and giddily impulsive Anaïs (Anaïs Demoustier, THE NEW GIRLFRIEND) careers from one lover to the next while trying to find some direction in her life. Following a brief dalliance with an...