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In a small Moroccan bakery, widow Abla gradually opens her heart to Samia, an young unmarried pregnant woman she takes into her home.
98'
Morocco
IFFR 2020
In a small Moroccan bakery, widow Abla gradually opens her heart to Samia, an young unmarried pregnant woman she takes into her home.
98'
Morocco
IFFR 2020
Lyrical road movie and coming-of-age story about twelve-year-old Paul, who falls in love with young psychiatric patient Gloria.
98'
Belgium
IFFR 2020
In Dakar, two young lovers have a star-crossed relationship. Fate may bring them together in this beautiful, darkly romantic tale.
104'
France
IFFR 2020
Grim but urgent portrait of a traumatised Ukraine, in a crisis of almost apocalyptic proportions following the war with Russia.
106'
Ukraine
IFFR 2020
Comic, heart-warming, tragic drama about love, pain and letting go in the life of a terminally ill teenager.
120'
Australia
IFFR 2020
A furious genre mash-up of Western, horror and sci-fi that projects Brazil’s disturbing reality several years into the future.
130'
Brazil
IFFR 2020
Cheerfully melancholic story of Tibet in the 1980s, as China's one-child policy encroaches on Buddhist traditions and condoms can become balloons.
102'
China
IFFR 2020
Politics becomes absurdist theatre in this sequel to festival hit King of the Belgians – understated humour and refreshing satire.
98'
Belgium
IFFR 2020
In his visually overwhelming second film, mega-talent Kantemir Balagov reveals the war traumas of two women who fought in the Red Army.
134'
Russia
IFFR 2020
Unabashedly feel-good film about an American kid's TV star, played by Tom Hanks, who shows friendliness can win over the embittered.
107'
USA
IFFR 2020
A young man escaping from a youth detention centre pretends to be a priest in a village wracked by trauma. Oscar nomination.
116'
Poland
IFFR 2020
Delicate feature film debut about the decades-long secret affair of two retired ladies. Is openness beckoning or is it too late?
95'
France
IFFR 2020
Dance and drama combine seamlessly in this audiovisual spectacle in which a foster mother tries to get her adopted child back.
102'
Chile
IFFR 2020
Self-willed drawings in this boundlessly imaginative animation film, in which a dying dog reflects on its owners.
92'
France
IFFR 2020
Reconstruction of a disrupted dream. The director's parents and sisters talk about why their family returned from the Bahamas to Switzerland, before falling apart.
93'
Netherlands
IFFR 2020
Even when life offers little hope, at least these three very different 'working girls' have one another in this cleverly constructed Walloon drama.
90'
Belgium
IFFR 2020
Tunisian parents stand to lose son to a gunshot wound, as neither may donate an organ in this intense family drama.
95'
Tunisia
IFFR 2020
Convicted arsonist Amador returns to the village of his birth. Fire breaks out – does it mean the end of this bucolic community?
85'
Spain
IFFR 2020
During a nocturnal walk through Brussels, Khadija undergoes a series of dreamlike encounters with an eclectic range of night owls.
85'
Belgium
IFFR 2020
Calm drama. Madness and vengeance take possession of nurse Ichiko after her nephew is suspected of a kidnapping.
111'
Japan
IFFR 2020
A young gymnast's ultimate dream – gold at the Olympic Games – is jeopardised when he meets with the slightly older physiotherapist Irene.
90'
Netherlands
IFFR 2020
Fascinating nail-biter of a police drama about drug dealing in Iran where the number of addicts has increased exponentially in recent years.
135'
Iran
IFFR 2020
Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe shine as lighthouse keepers in this 19th-century maritime nightmare by Robert Eggers.
109'
Canada
IFFR 2020
Modern adaptation of Little Women by Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird): fan, feminist and a director to keep an eye on.
135'
USA
IFFR 2020
A pretend kiss between two childhood friends elicits serious emotions in this energetic portrait of 20-something friendships and 30-something issues.
119'
Canada
IFFR 2020
Ladj Ly’s scintillating debut about the Parisian banlieue he grew up in. Things kick off on a provincial cop’s first day.
102'
France
IFFR 2020
Intense novel adaptation provides insight into the emotional life of 23-year-old paedophile Jonathan who struggles with his urges.
98'
Belgium
IFFR 2020
Raw road movie about three teens who only have each other. Heart-rending, intense acting from the young cast.
85'
Netherlands
IFFR 2020
A female Saudi Arabian doctor becomes a candidate in the local elections thereby breaking the glass ceiling.
101'
Saudi Arabia
IFFR 2020
Sarah is a French astronaut training for a one-year mission in space. She has to accept being separated from her young daughter to achieve her dream.
107'
France
IFFR 2020
To get inspiration for her novel, psychotherapist Sibyl secretly records her conversations with her new patient Margot, an up-and-coming actress.
100'
France
IFFR 2020
Incisive sound design underscores the struggles of Ruben, a drummer in a noise band who suddenly goes deaf.
130'
USA
IFFR 2020
Mad Max meets Jesse James in this version of the life and crimes of the infamous nineteenth-century bush ranger Ned Kelly.
124'
Australia
IFFR 2020
Nerve-wracking crime-thriller set in New York City, where a jeweler gets into big trouble after lending out an uncut, extremely rare diamond.
134'
USA
IFFR 2020
A corrupt policeman gets into hot water in this lively, stylish and witty thriller from Romanian maestro Porumboiu.
97'
Romania
IFFR 2020
This neo-noir about a gang leader and a prostitute on the run serves up one bloody, neon-lit visual tour de force after another.
113'
China
IFFR 2020