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The Announcement and The Domain
Alice
(Country: Australia, France; Year: 2019; Director: Josephine Mackerras; Writer: Josephine Mackerras; Stars: David Coburn, Chloé Boreham, Martin Swabey, Etienne Guillou-Kervern)
Alice, a happy and perfect wife and mother has her life turned upside down when she discovers her husband is living a secret life.
The Announcement (Anons)
(Country: Turkey, Bulgaria; Year: 2018; Director: Mahmut Fazil Coskun; Writer: Mahmut Fazil Coskun, Ercan Kesal; Stars: Ali Seckiner Alici, Tarhan Karagöz, Murat Kiliç, Sencan Güleryüz, Mehmet Yilmaz Ak, Ahmet Boyacioglu, Sezin Bozaci, Serkan Ercan, Tolga Evren, Banu Fotocan, Müfit Kayacan, Nazmi Kirik, Feridun Koç, Görkem Mertsöz, Erdem Senocak)
Soldiers involved in a 1963 coup underestimate the invisible power of civilian life.
Between Two Seas
(Country: Egypt; Year: 2019; Director: Anas Tolba; Writer: Karim Dalil, Mariam Naoum; Stars: Fatma Adel, Mahmoud Fares, Tharaa Goubil, Yara Goubran, Fatma Adel, Mahmoud Fares, Tharaa Goubil, Yara Goubran)
During a visit to her home town, a small island near Cairo, a girl suffers a tragic accident. After the incident, her mother searches for hope and redemption, but also revenge.
The Day I Lost My Shadow (Yom Adaatou Zouli)
(Country: Syria, Lebanon, France, Qatar; Year: 2018; Director: Soudade Kaadan)
The Domain (A Herdade)
(Country: Portugal; Year: 2019; Director: Tiago Guedes; Writer: Rui Cardoso Martins, Tiago Guedes, Gilles Taurand; Stars: Albano Jerónimo, Sandra Faleiro, Miguel Borges, Ana Vilela da Costa, João Vicente, João Pedro Mamede, Rodrigo Tomás, Beatriz Brás, Diogo Dória, Ana Bustorff, Victoria Guerra, Filipe Vargas, Luís Garcia, Teresa Madruga, Cândido Ferreira)
Chronicle of a Portugese family who own a large estate on the banks of the Tagus, tracking them down the decades.
Flesh Out and Alice
Fatwa
(Country: Tunisia, Belgium; Year: 2018; Director: Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud; Writer: Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud; Stars: Ghalia Benali, Ahmed Hafiene, Sarra Hannachi, Jamel Madani, Mohamed Maghraoui, Ghalia Benali, Ahmed Hafiene, Sarra Hannachi, Jamel Madani, Mohamed Maghraoui)
A man returns to his homeland, Tunisia, to bury his son who died in a motorcycle accident. He soon discovers that he was in contact with a radical Islamist group.
Flesh Out
(Country: Italy, France; Year: 2019; Director: Michela Occhipinti; Writer: Simona Coppini, Michela Occhipinti; Stars: Verida Beitta Ahmed Deiche, Sidi Mohamed Chinghaly, Aminetou Souleimane, Amal Saad Bouh Oumar, Verida Beitta Ahmed Deiche, Sidi Mohamed Chinghaly, Aminetou Souleimane, Amal Saad Bouh Oumar)
Verida is due to marry in three months. According to a Mauritanian tradition, she has to put on a lot of weight to appeal to her husband. The weight gain process gets harder as it progresses, and Verida begins to ask herself if this is what she really wants.
The Miracle Of The Sargasso Sea (To Thávma Tis Thálassas Ton Sargassón)
(Country: Greece, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden; Year: 2019; Director: Syllas Tzoumerkas; Writer: Youla Boudali, Syllas Tzoumerkas; Stars: Angeliki Papoulia, Youla Boudali, Hristos Passalis, Argyris Xafis, Thanasis Dovris, Laertis Malkotsis, Maria Filini, Michalis Kimonas, Christian Culbida, Thanos Tokakis, Laertis Vasiliou, Katerina Helmy, Alkistis Poulopoulou, Romanos Kalokyris, Areti Seidaridou)
Crime drama.
A Shelter Among the Clouds (Streha mes reve)
(Country: Albania; Year: 2018; Director: Robert Budina; Writer: Robert Budina; Stars: Arben Bajraktaraj, Zef Jubani, Suela Bako, Klara Lamthi, Irena Cahani, Arjola Demiri, Estela Pysqyli, Avdullah Gjikokaj, Melisa Valbona, Rubin Boshnjaku, Merita Gjyriqi, Idriz Selimaj, Arben Spahija, Osman Ahmeti, Helga Boshnjaku)
A goatherd finds his life thrown out of balance by the arrival of his siblings and a stranger from the city.
Sympathy For The Devil
(Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Guillaume de Fontenay; Writer: Guillaume Vigneault, Guillaume de Fontenay, Guillaume Vigneault; Stars: Niels Schneider, Vincent Rottiers, Ella Rumpf, Elisa Lasowski, Arieh Worthalter, Clément Métayer, Mirsad Ibisevic, Izudin Bajrovic, Adnan Omerovic, Toussaint Colombani, Aldin Tucic, Ejla Bavcic, Emir Pasanovic, Niels Schneider, Vincent Rottiers)
In 1992, in the middle of the Yugoslav Wars, war correspondent Paul Marchand is covering Sarajevo. His provocative attitude leads him to face-off against soldiers, UN troops and even his own colleagues.
A Shelter Among the Clouds and You Deserve A Lover
You Deserve A Lover (Tu mérites un amour)
(Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Hafsia Herzi; Writer: Hafsia Herzi; Stars: Hafsia Herzi, Djanis Bouzyani, Jérémie Laheurte, Anthony Bajon, Sylvie Verheyde, Karim Ait M'hand, Myriam Djeljeli)
After Rémi's infidelity, Lila, who loved him more than anything, has a hard time dealing with their break-up. One day, he announces that he will travel alone to Bolivia to soul-search and try to understand his mistakes. There, he lets her know that their love story is not over.
Zero
(Country: Spain; Year: 2019; Director: Iñaki Sánchez Arrieta; Writer: Ferran Brooks; Stars: Nuria Herrero, Juan Blanco, Pepe Sellés, Alba Casterá, Silvia Rico)
A man and a woman wake up in strange circumstances in an unknown place. They do not know who they are. Another man follows their footsteps from a distance.
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