Daisy and Viola are siamese twin sisters on the verge of turning 18 living in the suburbs of Naples. They are blessed with beautiful voices and thanks to their performances at weddings, communions and baptisms, they get the livelihood for the whole family. Kept isolated from the rest of the world...

67-year old Hana is the good soul of her family. Every
week her sons come over with their wives and children for
their family dinner. It is a family tradition not to be changed.
Selfless, Hana takes care of the little Ivánek, who is not really
cherishing his grandma’s help. She also supports her ...

Orhan Şahin, a writer-editor who has spent years living overseas, returns to Istanbul after being asked to work on the first book by well-known director Deniz Soysal. Deniz lives in a waterside mansion on the Bosphorus with his parents, who are well into their twilight years. When Deniz mysteriou...

Toma meets Ana while they are both studying literature at university. Ana has a mild neurotic disorder and suffers from panic attacks. Toma follows her to every dark corner she ends up in, he fights his parents when they reject her, he accepts being a father and marries her, he becomes her babysi...

In the verdant village of Kells, Ireland, there's an antidote to the dark times we live in—a worn and weathered boarding school with a special magic. At the heart of the school is a bemused elderly couple, John and Amanda Leyden, who have taught with equal parts seriousness and silliness for more...

Norwegian actress GØRILD MAUSETH is challenged by the almost impossible task of playing ANNA KARENINA in a language she never spoke and in the author's home country. She embarks on a journey to learn Russian and discover the real reasons why Tolstoy (LIAM NEESON) wrote the novel. What Gørild does...

WINNER EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGNER 2017

Duszejko, an eccentric retired construction engineer, an astrologist and a vegetarian lives in a small mountain village on the Czech-Polish border. One day her beloved dogs disappear. They cannot be found anywhere. A few months later on a snowy night Duszejk...

A documentary thriller about land grabbing and the global rush for farmland - the new green gold!

Around the globe, there is a massive commercial rush for farmland – the new green gold. One of the most profitable new spots for farming is Ethiopia. Hoping for export revenues, the Ethiopian gove...

In Beirut, Syrian construction workers are building a skyscraper while at the same time their own houses at home are being shelled. The Lebanese war is over but the Syrian one still rages on. The workers are locked in the building site. They are not allowed to leave it after 7p.m. The Lebanese go...

There are places in Europe that have remained as painful memories of the past - factories where humans were turned into ash. 
These places are now memorial sites that are open to the public and receive thousands of tourists every year.
The film’s title refers to the eponymous novel written by W.G...

Beksiński is a gentle man with arachnophobia, despite his hardcore sexual fantasies and his fondness for painting disturbing dystopian works. Beksiński is a family man who wants only the best for his loving wife Zofia, neurotic son Tomasz and the couple’s aging mothers. His daily painting to clas...

April 1942. The war seems far away in the small Swiss town of Payerne. Yet the local economy is weak, people are malcontent. The cafes are full of sinister characters.
Garage owner Fernand Ischi and his men have sworn fealty to the Nazi Party. They dream of catching Adolf Hitler’s attention.
On...

A small Bulgarian village just by the Turkish border has found itself in the middle of a European crisis, as at nights asylum seekers sneak passing the border. The forgotten village has become the most important secret loophole of Europe.
Ivan, the local postman, has a vision. He decides to run f...

I want to give a view of the world that can only emerge by not pursuing any particular theme, by refraining from passing judgment, proceeding without aim. Drifting with no direction except one’s own curiosity and intuition.” (Michael Glawogger)

After the sudden death of Michael Glawogger in Apr...

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2017 for Best European Film

The years of exile in the life of Stefan Zweig, one of the most read German-language writers of his time, between Buenos Aires, New York and Brazil. As a Jewish intellectual, Zweig struggles to find the right stance towards the events in Nazi Ger...

“The War Show” is the story of the Syrian radio host Obaidah Zytoon and her friends, who in March 2011 join the street protests against the oppressive regime. The group lives among artists and activists and knowing the Arab Spring will forever change their country, this group of artists and activ...

PARADISE tells the compelling story of three individuals, Olga, Jules and Helmut, whose paths cross amidst the devastation of war.
Olga, a Russian aristocratic immigrant and member of the French Resistance, is arrested by Nazi police for hiding Jewish children during a surprise raid. As her punis...

ROPEAN HAIR & MAKE-UP ARTIST 2017

A triumphant epic of survival set in the searing wilds of the Badlands, the menacing inferno of the old American West.

A tale of powerful womanhood and resistance against the unforgiving cruelty of a hell on earth.

Our heroine is Liz, carved from the beautiful...

In early autumn of ’89 the Powileits, an East-German family, celebrate the 90th birthday of patriarch Wilhelm who is a former resistance fighter, returned expatriate and incorrigible Stalinist. His wife Charlotte is hosting the festivities where neighbors, acquaintances and dignitaries show up, d...

Madrid, August 2007. Curro (Luis Callejo) is the only one arrested for the robbery of a jewelry store. Eight years later, his girlfriend Ana and their son are waiting for Curro to get out of prison. Jose is a solitary and reserved man who just doesn´t seem to fit in anywhere. One morning he goes ...

Rokas and Inga, a couple of young Lithuanians, volunteer to drive a cargo van of humanitarian aid to Ukraine. When plans change and they find themselves left to their own devices, they cross the vast snowy lands of the Donbass region in search of allies and shelter, drifting into the lives of tho...

WINNER EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2017 – Prix CARLO DI PALMA
WINNER EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2017

Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn ...

Amos Gitai (RABIN, FREE ZONE) returns to the occupied territories for the first time since his 1982 documentary FIELD DIARY. WEST OF THE JORDAN RIVER describes the efforts of citizens, Israelis and Palestinians, who are trying to overcome the consequences of occupation. Gitai's film shows the hum...

WINNER EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2017

The world’s first feature-length painted animation. The life and controversial death of Vincent van Gogh is told by his paintings and by the characters that inhabit them, featuring over 120 of van Gogh’s greatest paintings.

Direction: Dorota Kobiela, H...