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Young boxer Tamir becomes entangled in the nets of Sarangue, the daughter of his coach. This does nothing to improve his career.

Cuban film school as a collective makes a feature with four loosely-entwined stories about love.

Algiers, 1988. The young baker Boualem flips when his peace and quiet is disturbed by Islamic fundamentalist chanting through loudspeakers in a poor are of Bab el-Oued.

Distressing situation in modern African city makes norms clash, even within one family - nevertheless: an ode to life and solidarity.

Three people are on tour with a theatre show, against the background of an era when new nations come and old rulers try desperately to keep their power.

Moraes has so far made documentaries, often with a fictional element. Mil e uma is a feature made with the aid of improvisation and providing an insight into present-day Brazil. Alice, who has been promoted to deputy director at work, is successful yet dissatisfied. Unhappy with her work and her husband. The death of her father prompts a resolute decision. She leads her husband David and her work and gets involved in something new: a film about Marcel Duchamp. She happens to meet the perfect protagonist, the avant-garde musician Antonio, with whom she has a passionate affair. When money continued to be a problem, she looks up David again. He puts her in touch with a drug dealer, the Baron.

Breathtaking film about a couple with seven children dependant on the rice harvest. Then father dies...

Fable about the difficulties confronting the blind 70-year-old Bernabe when he regains his sight after an operation.

The news of the death of Tunisian prince Sid'Ali takes Alia back to her childhood: she is the daughter of the prince's favourite servant. While outside the palace walls people are struggling for freedom and independence, the female staff within the palace are subject to domination. A Tunisian classic.

Ramon is Dostoevsky's Raskolnikov in contemporary Lima and is hurt by his family.

In the village Xime optimism reigns after an abundant rice harvest. Film sketches the difficult transition from being a Portuguese colony to a democracy.

Loving, slightly ironic view of Daouda, the local bus-driver, and his bus route, filled with spills on this day.