Dir.: Sudabeh Mortezai; Cast: Joy Anwulika Alphonsus, Precious Mariam Sanusi, Angela Ekeleme Pius, Jane Okoh; Austria 2018, 100 min. German born writer/director Sudabeh Mortezai (Macondo) spent her youth in Vienna and...

Writer/Dir. Ognjen Glavonić |  Drama | 98’ Ognjen Glavonić won various awards for Depth Two, a documentary about the grim discovery of war graves in his native Serbia. THE LOAD is...

Dir: Lila Alviles | Cartol | Drama | Mexico | 90′ The Chambermaid plays the same thematic tune as two other festival winners this Summer: Golden Lion winner Roma and In...

Dir: Hajooj Kuka | Cast: Abdallah Ahur, Ganja Chakado, Ekram Marcus, Kamal Ramadan | Drama | 78’ Akasha is the feature debut of South Sudanese documentarian Hajooj Kuka, Set in the...

We spoke to Competition Jury member Lynne Ramsay to talk about her latest project and the film that most impressed her as a child growing up in Glasgow. Known for her...

Dir: Ahmed Magdy | 75’ | Drama, Egypt Ahmed Magdy was the star turn in Ahmad Abdalla’s lively musical drama Microphone (2010), Giraffe is his first feature film after three short...

Dir: Nadine Labaki | Drama | 105’ Nadine Labaki gained international acclaim with her delightfully upbeat debut Caramel, set around a women’s hair salon in Beirut. Here she casts non-professional actors...

Dir.: Nadejda Koseva; Cast: Martina Apostolova, Hristo Ushev, Kasiel Noah-Asher, Irina Jambonas, Alexander Kossev, Krassimir Dokov; Bulgaria 2018, 96 min. Nadejda Koseva's debut drama very much echoes the work of her...

Dir: Benjamin Naishtat | Cast: Alfredo Castro, Dario Grandinetti, Andrea Frigerio, Diego Cremonesi | Drama | Argentina | 109' Benjamin Naishtat captures the existential angst of Argentina's Dirty Wars era in...