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- DirectorOliver RihsStarsJella HaaseAnatole TaubmanJoel BasmanBarbara Hug is a young lawyer fighting Switzerland's antiquated prison system in the 1980s. Walter Stürm is in and often escaping out of jail, becoming known as the Jailbreak King. When the two meet, an unlikely alliance is formed.
- DirectorAntoinette JadaoneStarsCharlie DizonMicko LaurenteCamille PenaverdeAvid Paulo Avelino fan Jane meets her onscreen idol in less-than-ideal circumstances after stowing away in the back of his pickup truck, and the young stan finds out that he isn't quite the perfect man when nobody's watching.
- DirectorIvaylo HristovStarsSvetlana YanchevaMichael FlemmingStoyan BochevSvetla, a widow who lost her job recently is living next to the Bulgarian-Turkish border. There are many cases of refugees in her village due to it's location. One day she meets a refugee from Africa and this changes her life.
- DirectorJuanma Bajo UlloaStarsRosie DayHarriet Sansom HarrisNatalia TenaA young drug addict gives birth during a mental breakdown. Unable to properly care for the child, she sells him to a strange woman in the child trade business.
- DirectorIstván SzabóStarsKlaus Maria BrandauerKároly EperjesDorottya UdvarosA cardiologist is sent into retirement, but he feels at loss without his work. He returns to his home village to work as a general practitioner. This is the start of his ordeal: he's confronted with raw reality, which finally brings him to his knees. But music has the last word.
- DirectorMika KaurismäkiStarsTimo TorikkaKari HeiskanenPertti SveholmDuring the COVID lockdown, three Finnish men get together in an otherwise empty bar, talk, and sample what is in some special bottles.
- DirectorDmitri RudakovStarsLiliya BelikovaAlyona KonstantinovaMagdalina Koshcheeva"Sententia" is a title from "Kolyma Tales" by Russian poet Varlam Shalamov who spent seventeen years in Stalinist prison camps. The character in the story knows that he must not fall asleep in the harsh climate in the forest-felling grounds and he therefore keeps repeating an unfamiliar word that has somehow come to his mind: "Sententia!".
- DirectorVictoria Wharfe McIntyreStarsAlexis LaneShaka CookDean KyrwoodWhen a woman's husband, daughter, land and innocence are ripped from her, she embarks on a brutal journey of retribution and revenge.
- DirectorJonas Kærup HjortStarsJoen HøjerslevJoen BilleAnne FlettingAn insignificant Water Inspector enters at a remote building only to find himself trapped inside, facing a Kafkaesque maze of obstacles.
- DirectorVisar MorinaStarsMisel MaticevicSandra HüllerRainer BockEXIL tells the story of a chemical engineer of foreign origin who feels discriminated and bullied at work, plunging him into an identity crisis.
- DirectorOskar RoehlerStarsOliver MasucciHary PrinzKatja RiemannThe life and the impact of iconic German New Wave director, Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
- DirectorFranka PotenteStarsJake McLaughlinKathy BatesAisling FranciosiAn ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.
- DirectorMarcus LenzStarsYelizar NazarenkoUdo SamelMaria BruniNine-year-old Roman follows his mother Oksana to Germany where she is working illegally. She is living there with the 62-year-old widower Gert who suffers from diabetes. Gert tries to make friends with the boy, but Roman struggles for his mother's attention. When Oksana suddenly falls ill, Roman is left alone with his rival. Gert turns out to be a good playmate until he dies in an accident. Roman is all alone and can now live out his wild curiosity and longing for freedom.
- DirectorJohannes NaberStarsSebastian BlombergDar SalimVirginia KullThe grotesque, at times even surreal, true story of how the Iraq war was started based on nothing but fake intelligence and the involvement of the German government and the German secret service.
- DirectorChino MoyaStarsJohann MyersGéza RöhrigMichael GouldAn otherworldly journey through a Europe in decline - a collection of darkly humorous, fantasy tales about ill-fated characters and doomed fortune.
- DirectorAdam RehmeierStarsKyle GallnerYancey FuquaJennifer KincerAn on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band unexpectedly fall in love and go on an epic journey together through America's decaying Midwestern suburbs.
- DirectorDavid WhiteStarsRobyn MalcolmDavid WhiteAlice May ConnollyFive years after being acquitted for the murder of his family, Sean is finally ready to move on with life. But the bitter ex-cop who led the investigation remains adamant that he's guilty - and will stop at nothing to bring him down.
- DirectorFlorian ZellerStarsAnthony HopkinsOlivia ColmanMark GatissA man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
- DirectorChloé ZhaoStarsFrances McDormandDavid StrathairnLinda MayA woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
- DirectorAndrei GryazevA compilation documentary consisting of public access YouTube videos, in which ordinary Russian citizens, lacking any other means to vent their grievances, address president Putin with a host of their complaints.
- DirectorDaniel HoeslJulia NiemannThe contrast between the lives of those who live in this Swiss town year round and the powerful elite who gather there once a year for a conference.
- DirectorAlexandra PianelliStarsAlexandra PianelliThe microcosm of a magazine kiosk located in a wealthy area of Paris: the big picture in miniature. Housewives, business people and pensioners all buy their reading material here. Others just ask for directions. A humorous take on life and the people on either side of the magazine stand.
- DirectorMichael DweckGregory KershawStarsPiero BottoSergio CaudaMaria CicciùDeep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of men, seventy or eighty years old, hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle-which to date has resisted all of modern science's efforts at cultivation.
- DirectorScott ResslerThe Inuk people of the north are divided between modern and traditional lifestyles and Canadian and Danish political systems. Those divides are becoming more pronounced due to the effects of a warming northern climate.
- DirectorBarbora ChalupováVít KlusákStarsSabina DlouháAnezka PithartováTereza TezkáTwo documentarians exploring the world of online sexual abuse of children succeed in turning an experiment into an act of social intervention.