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- DirectorLemohang Jeremiah MoseseStarsMary TwalaJerry MofokengMakhaola NdebeleWhen her village is threatened with forced resettlement due to reservoir construction, an 80-year-old widow finds a new will to live and ignites the spirit of resilience within her community.
- DirectorPieter du PlessisStarsMichelle BradshawDavid ButlerDeon CoetzeeRachel, her father David, and adopted brother Isaac flee an attack on their home that leaves David disabled, and everyone traumatised.
- DirectorMmabatho MontshoStarsKgalalelo MfokazaneSindi MontshoThishiwe ZiqubuOn what should be the most prestigious day of her 8 years on earth, Princess Mahakwe is humiliated in front of the whole school.
- DirectorZamo MkhwanaziA teen boy runs errands while being followed by various figures of authority. As he shares his experience with friends, this tense and controlled drama deftly explores the cyclical effects of victimization on the wider community.
- DirectorReetta AaltoAlli HaapasaloAnna PaavilainenStarsVeikko AalsteTeemu AromaaSuvi BlickA film by seven directors shows us moments in women's lives that usually remain hidden. Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day.
- DirectorHassen FerhaniStarsMalikaSamir El HakimChawki AmariIn the middle of the Algerian Sahara, in her relay, a woman writes her History, she welcomes, for a cigarette, a coffee or eggs, truckers, wandering beings and dreams, Her name is Malika.
- DirectorRehad DesaiA journey into how investigative journalists uncovered the alleged corruption scandal surrounding former President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family.
- DirectorDiana NeilleRichard PoplakStarsDonald TrumpMelania TrumpVladimir PutinIt explores the dark art of geopolitical spin-doctoring.
- DirectorKamal HachkarStarsNeta ElkayamAmit Hai CohenNeta Elkayam and Amit Haï Cohen live in Jerusalem. Together, they created a band where they revisit and reshape their common judeo-moroccan musical heritage. In life as on stage, they grapple with this identity duality; an attempt to heal the wounds of exile carried by their parents. In Your Eyes, I See my Country portrays their journey to Morocco. From one musical encounter to another, they reshape their perception of who they are and want to become, along with aspirations to consolidate bridges with the homeland of their ancestors.
- DirectorCristina HanesIsabella RinaldiArya RotheSomi and her husband met and fell in love while fighting alongside the Naxalites, a communist guerrilla group that has been fighting since the '60s for the rights of the tribal communities of India. After a decade of armed struggle, the couple deserted the movement and surrendered to the police. Ever since, they have been striving to forge a new identity, educate their two children, and eventually reconcile their violent past with the fervent desire to integrate into the hostile Indian society.
- DirectorTamara Mariam DawitStarsTsehai TesfamichaelAbrehet AsefaTamara Mariam DawitA personal investigation into the mysterious life of the director's Aunt Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel who disappeared after the revolution that lead to the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie.
- DirectorDavid FranceStarsOlga BaranovaDavid IsteevRamzan KadyrovA group of activists risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya.
- DirectorYoav ShamirStarsClaude Vorilhon"The Prophet and The Space Aliens" follows Rael, who after an alleged encounter with extraterrestrials - that appointed him the "last prophet" - became the founder and leader of the world's biggest UFO religion.
- DirectorSam SokoStarsBoniface MwangiNjeri MwangiKhadija Mohamed-ChurchillPolitical activist Boniface "Softie" Mwangi runs for office in a regional Kenyan election, which puts pressure on his young family and his convictions.
- DirectorEna SendijarevicStarsSara Luna ZoricLazar DragojevicErnad PrnjavoracOn the edge of adulthood, Alma leaves her mother's home in the Netherlands and travels to her native Bosnia to visit the father she's never met. But from the start, nothing goes as planned.
- DirectorEkwa MsangiStarsNtare Guma Mbaho MwineZainab JahJayme LawsonReunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help them overcome the distance between them.
- DirectorAdisaStarsGideon AdlonElisabeth HarnoisSamantha HanrattyWhen a teenager gets abducted by a human trafficking ring, her mother, Sharon, enlists the help of her estranged friend, Lena, to find her. Lena is then forced to face her own past.
- DirectorDelon BakkerStarsVuyo DabulaPaul du ToitDeon LotzSHAFT 6 Carlton, 2006. The small mining town is rocked by the discovery of a corpse in the infamous Shaft 6. Mystery surrounds the motive, but another dead miner is a reminder of how little has changed in democracy. The town is on edge and the people want answers. Striking miners barricade the entrance to the mine and refuse to allow anyone inside the complex to leave before their demands are met. Sergeant Bo Mazibuko, a well-respected police officer and team leader in the Riot Squad, is sent in to diffuse the situation. In the back of his mind, he finds himself being drawn to the case. Detective Heinrich Theron, a rebel with a cause, fights to stay point on the case. The Police Captain is concerned about his relationship with the mine boss. Johan Theron, his father, has run the mine for many years, passed down from generation to generation; there would be no town without it. However, when Johan arrives at Bo's house to call in a personal debt, it becomes apparent the body is set to unravel things both men would prefer to forget.
- DirectorMichael ManteStarsMichael AkinsulireAJ MacGillivrayAaron ManteA troubled young man stumbles upon a creative community group and becomes acquainted with the leader.
- DirectorMugambi NthigaStarsBrian OgolaStycie WaweruAlan OyugiLusala, adopted by an affluent Nairobi family a decade ago is imposed on to leave home and start on his own. Eager and willing at first, he makes the most of his life, until the demons from his past return, and he faces them on his own.
- DirectorKislayStarsTrimala AdhikariHarish KhannaMohini SharmaMrs. Sharma is the wife of a respected, small-time government employee in Allahabad. When her husband dies, she is expected to move in with her son and grandchildren. But the woman wants to live by herself.
- 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.
- DirectorRichard GreenStarsAngela BalkovicRubendra GovenderSanjay LaljithA successful writer goes to an abandoned hotel with his wife and adopted daughter to finish his much anticipated follow-up book when strange things start to occur. At the same time, a high school teacher is forced to deal with her gruesome past which is linked to the same hotel.
- DirectorSibusiso KhuzwayoStarsBahle MashininiNomalanga ShabaneAndile GumbiA young boy from Johannesburg arrives in KwaZulu-Natal and begins to read letters for villages - then falls in love with one of the recipients.
- DirectorBrendan Kyle CochraneStarsIce-TJules WillcoxRobert ClohessyThe lives of New York City police officers collide with interwoven stories of race, rank, loss and betrayal.
- DirectorBalojiStarsPopaul AmisiDivine BambaGaelle KibikondaA journey between hope and dystopia in a hallucinated Kinshasa, from the culture of the hair salon to futuristic solitary clubbing, from an urban parade to a dictator's sense of glory to a modern western in the style of Takeshi Kitano.
- DirectorDaria KashcheevaThe bond between a father and a daughter is imperiled by matters that go unspoken and hurts that are slow to heal.
- DirectorLouis HendersonOlivier MarboeufStarsMackenson BijouDieuvela CherestalJames DesirisReflecting on the legacy of Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L'Ouverture, follows a collective's process of translating Édouard Glissant's play Monsieur Toussaint from French to Creole.
- DirectorLaurence AttaliStarsChristian D'ErnevilleCamara GueyeKya LoumDakar, a few days before the feast of Tabaski, a painter is shut away in his studio, working on the theme of the ritual sacrifice of the ram. Sketches are hung on clotheslines to dry. The red paint drips from the drawings like fresh blood. An inscription on the wall: 'Tabaski, who's next?'. Three characters and a sheep revolve around him and reconnect him with reality. This hybrid movie, blending fiction, performance and history, is freely inspired by the painter Iba Ndiaye (1928- 2008) and his work entitled 'Tabaski'. 'Painting is remembering', he said.
- DirectorMorad MostafaStarsHalimaWardAmal Salah"Halima", a Sudanese henna painter living in Egypt. She goes to one of Giza's local areas to prepare a bride for her wedding and her 7 years old daughter "Ward" accompanies her and starts to wander around and discover the place.
- DirectorHaley Elizabeth AndersonStarsKadence KingJanice DiasNicoye BanksWhen Amber sees a boy she likes before church, she decided to sneak out of Sunday school to get her first kiss.
- DirectorNesanet Teshager AbegazeA family history archive as told by matriarch Azalu Mekonnen and her granddaughter Samira Hooks.
- DirectorNadine CloeteStarsStefan ErasmusBianca FlandersIrshaad AllyThe postman Joey is traumatized when the apartheid government destroys his diverse community after declaring it a Whites Only area. Amidst this destruction Joey is determined to find his childhood friend Ebie.
- DirectorAtiq RahimiStarsAmanda MugabezakiAlbina KirengaMalaika UwamahoroA coming-of-age story about of a group of Rwandan schoolgirls at a Belgian-run Catholic boarding school.
- DirectorSonia K. HadadStarsElaheh AfshariSadaf AsgariMasih KazemiA teenage girl involves in the process of delivering a pack of cocaine to its client, and she got stuck in a weird cycle of occurrences.
- DirectorTeemu NiukkanenStarsPirjo LonkaMatvei GermanTommi KorpelaAn overprotective mother's assumptions about her son's needs and desires lead to a cascading series of calamities.
- DirectorAslaug AarsætherGunnbjörg GunnarsdóttirThe Fallists want to end repression for everybody in society. With township boys, feminists and trans people all joined together, they want to revolutionize South Africa. What happens when they cannot even tolerate each other? This is a story about big dreams, chaos, belonging and rejection. Meet the activists and artists that have inspired youth across the world.
- DirectorEverlane MoraesStarsEverlane MoraesIn the dense night, when the moon lifts the tide, beings trapped in the daily life of water scarcity, they are hypnotized by the powers of Yemaya, the goddess of the sea.
- DirectorElegance BrattonJovan JamesStarsMalik ShakurBiko Eisen-MartinGabe PeytonCaught in the throes of a depressive fugue, young Lynn resorts to debauchery to find joy - only to discover that happiness is a much more complicated proposition.
- DirectorDiffan Sina NormanStarsLydiawatiMustapha KamalKuben MahadevanA devout woman's lust for virtue thrusts her family into a sacrificial slaughter of biblical proportions.
- DirectorSofia AlaouiStarsFouad OughaouMoha OughaouOumaïma OughaouAbdellah, a young shepherd living in the mountains, is forced to brave the snow blocking him in order to get food and save his cattle. Once he gets to the village, he faces a supernatural phenomenon.
- DirectorColin MacraeEdgar Combrink, a perpetual re-offender, is released back to the gang troubled Cape Flats to a family he hardly knows. To a forgotten suburb rife with unemployment and social decay in one of the most unequal cities in the world; Cape Town.
- DirectorAriane LabedStarsRomanna LobachGrégoire TachnakianJenny BellayOLLA answers an ad on a dating website for Eastern European women. Shortly thereafter, she moves in with Pierre who lives with his elderly mother and things don't go as expected.
- DirectorTeboho EdkinsThe contradictions of the country of Lesotho today.