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Portrait Of A Lady On Fire and Rocks

Bombay Rose (Country: India, UK, France, Qatar; Year: 2019; Director: Gitanjali Rao; Writer: Gitanjali Rao; Stars: Anurag Kashyap, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Makrand Deshpande, Shishir Sharma, Virendra Saxena, Amardeep Jha, Cyli Khare, Amit Deondi, Rajeev Raj, Gargi Shitole, Anurag Kashyap, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Makrand Deshpande, Shishir Sharma, Virendra Saxena)

Animation tracks romance on the streets of Mumbai.

Cat In The Wall (Country: Bulgaria, UK, France; Year: 2019; Director: Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva; Writer: Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva; Stars: Irina Atanasova, Angel Genov, Orlin Asenov, Gilda Waugh, Jon-Jo Inkpen, Chinwe Nwokolo, Kadisha Gee Kamara, Alan Andrade, Camilla Goddard, Daniel Godfrey, Lee Nicholas Harris, Chris Martin Hill, Peter Marchetti, Roger McIntosh, Claire Philips)

A Bulgarian immigrant finds a lost cat sparks conflict with the neighbours.

Moffie (Country: South Africa, UK; Year: 2019; Director: Oliver Hermanus; Writer: Oliver Hermanus, Jack Sidey; Stars: Matt Ashwell, Kai Luke Brummer, Ryan de Villiers, Hilton Pelser, Shaun Chad Smit, Stefan Vermaak, Matthew Vey, Matt Ashwell, Kai Luke Brummer, Ryan de Villiers, Hilton Pelser, Shaun Chad Smit, Stefan Vermaak, Matthew Vey)

Drama following a conscript through his military service in the South African Defence Force in the 1980s.

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Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (Portrait De La Jeune Fille En Feu) (Country: France; Year: 2019; Director: Céline Sciamma; Writer: Céline Sciamma; Stars: Valeria Golino, Adèle Haenel, Noémie Merlant, Luàna Bajrami, Cécile Morel)

On an isolated island in Bretagne at the end of the 18th century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

Full Review See: Interview with Noémie Merlant about Portrait Of A Lady On Fire and Jumbo

Rocks (Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Sarah Gavron; Writer: Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson; Stars: Bukky Bakray, Kosar Ali, D'angelou Osei Kissiedu, Shaneigha-Monik Greyson, Ruby Stokes, Tawheda Begum, Afi Okaidja, Anastasia Dymitrow, Sarah Niles, Layo-Christina Akinlude, Sharon D. Clarke, Islah Abdur-Rahman, Shola Adewusi, Mohammad Amiri, Brie-Morgan Appleton)

A young girl is determined to keep the fact that there mother has left her and her younger brother alone from the authorities, through fear of being separated from him.

Full Review See: Sarah Gavron and Theresa Ikoko on shooting Rocks and pushing for diversity
, Rocks interview with Theresa Ikoko and Sarah Gavron

System Crasher and Moffie

System Crasher (Systemsprenger) (Country: Germany; Year: 2019; Director: Nora Fingscheidt; Writer: Nora Fingscheidt; Stars: Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Lisa Hagmeister, Melanie Straub, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Maryam Zaree, Tedros Teclebrhan, Matthias Brenner, Louis von Klipstein, Barbara Philipp, Amelle Schwerk, Sashiko Hara, Fine Belger, Imke Büchel)

Nine-year-old Benni radically defies every rule. But this feared ‘system crasher’s’ only desire is to stop living in a residential home and go back to her mother.

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