Films of the World
I want to see at least one film from every country. Each film on this list is from a country from which I have never seen a film.
Missing: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Comoros, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guyana, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Monaco, Myanmar, Nauru, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vatican City
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Missing: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Comoros, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guyana, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Monaco, Myanmar, Nauru, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vatican City
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- DirectorGjergj XhuvaniStarsDavid ElmasllariMarko BitrakuMirjana DediAndre starts as a teacher in a remote mountain village in Albania. His first task is to choose one of two communist slogans. He picks the shorter one, which is appreciated by his class, because they have to build the slogan on the hillside using whitewashed rocks. However, this means that the longer slogan goes to Diana, the French teacher to whom Andre is attracted. Andre gets on the wrong side of the communist party boss of the village, when he stands up for an unjustly accused goat herdsman, whom he had befriended. The boss is determined to take his revenge on Andre.Albania
- DirectorHorace ShansabStarsDad'ullah AhmadzaiMalik AkhlaqiGholam Farouq BarakiA rural Afghan family struggles to survive during the last, brutal year of the Taliban and the beginning of a new war that still rages. With war and conflict threatening their existence, the family copes by finding meaning in life's tragedies.Afghanistan
- DirectorMaria João GangaStarsJoão RoldanDomingos Fernandes FonsecaJúlia BotelhoA group of children, fleeing the war, is taken to Luanda accompanied by a nun. When they reach the airplane, 11-year-old N'dala decides to leave the group and to explore the city. The nun then starts her unceasing quest for the missing boy. N'dala, carrying only a textile bag and a toy car made of wire, walks through the busy streets filled with people and traffic. Later he finds the tranquility of the beach, where he meets the old fisherman Antonio, with whom he becomes friends. Not much later, he meets the lively, whimsical Zé, who is a little older than he is. N'dala starts to experience the city and its inhabitants as increasingly forbidding and he would most like to return to his countryside. Then he meets Joka, a fringe figure who persuades him to help with a robbery in exchange for money. With this film, Maria Joao Ganga wanted to provide a realistic sketch of the bitter political situation in Angola. One of her most important motivations for making In the Empty City was to provide a picture of an African city without awakening feelings of a patronizing sympathy or associations with the sensationalism of war.Angola
- DirectorPablo TraperoStarsGuillermo FrancellaGastón CocchiaralePeter LanzaniThe true story of the Puccio Clan, a family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s.Argentina
- DirectorSergei ParajanovStarsSofiko ChiaureliMelkon AlekyanVilen GalstyanThe life of the Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, from childhood to death: his spiritual journey, artistic endeavors, and inner conflicts within the cultural and historical context of Armenia. Hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.Armenia
- DirectorAsif KapadiaStarsAdam BakriMaría ValverdeMandy PatinkinLove story of a Muslim Azerbaijani boy and Christian Georgian girl in Baku from 1918 to 1920.Azerbaijan
- DirectorBassam Al-ThawadiStarsSaad AbdullaFatima AbdulrahimAbdulla Al Sa'adawiSet during the Arab-Israeli war of 1967, this epic drama is both the personal story of a middle-class Bahraini family and an account of the hopes and faith the Arab world had in Jamal Abdul Nasser as its leader. Intimately told, it skillfully interweaves the personal and the general to reveal a society built on male domination and female sacrifice, as women attempt to enjoy freedom of choice.Bahrain
- DirectorAmitabh Reza ChowdhuryStarsChanchal ChowdhuryMasuma Rahman NabilaPartha BaruaA struggling actor becomes a professional impostor, hired to impersonate people for financial gain, but as he delves deeper into his work he becomes embroiled in trouble that threatens to unravel his life.Bangladesh
- DirectorDjimon HounsouA very interesting documentary since many people have no idea of the meaning of voodoo since it has a bad concept of pornography and really does not know the depth of each religious or believer.Benin
- DirectorKhyentse NorbuStarsOrgyen TobgyalNeten ChoklingJamyang LodroWhile the soccer World Cup is being played in France, two young Tibetan refugees arrive at a monastery/boarding school in exile in India. Its atmosphere of serene contemplation is somewhat disrupted by soccer fever, the chief instigator being a young student, the soccer enthusiast Orgyen. Prevented by various circumstances from seeing the Cup finals on television in a nearby village, Orgyen sets out to organize the rental of a TV set for the monastery. The enterprise becomes a test of solidarity, resourcefulness and friendship for the students, while the Lama, head of the monastery, contemplates the challenges of teaching the word of Buddha in a rapidly changing world.Bhutan
- DirectorMarcos LoayzaStarsÓscar GarcíaJorge Ortiz SánchezJorge MendívilTwo saint makers are ordered by a gangster to construct a Virgin and deliver it to a town in the jungle. Accompanied by their friend, a gambler, they proceed to have misadventures which test their respective faiths in God and gambling.Bolivia
- DirectorDanis TanovicStarsBranko DjuricRene BitorajacFilip SovagovicBosnia and Herzegovina during 1993 at the time of the heaviest fighting between the two warring sides. Two soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict, Nino and Ciki, become trapped in no man's land, whilst a third soldier becomes a living booby trap.Bosnia and Herzegovina
- DirectorAmma AsanteStarsDavid OyelowoRosamund PikeTom FeltonThe story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.Botswana
- DirectorIvan AndonovStarsHristo ShopovGeorgi StaykovSofiya KuzevaThe 1960s was the time of Beatles and Rolling Stones, the time of sexual revolution. These events have their echo in Bulgarian English-learning school. The school order provokes a protest of the students due to the narrow-minded teachers.Bulgaria
- DirectorGaston KaboréStarsJean-Claude BamogoAbderramane BoufachaAlassane DakissagaIn an early 19th century African village, Wend Kuuni - a young man, lives with his adopted family after his mother was killed as a witch. When Pughneere - his adopted sister - becomes ill, the villagers suspect Wend Kuuni. In order to save Pughneere's life (and his own) he must set out on a journey to find a healer. His quest brings him in contact with people around him and is a journey of self-discovery.Burkina Faso
- DirectorJoão Miller GuerraFilipa ReisStarsBitori Nha BibinhaIsabel CardosoMiguel MoreiraA chance meeting sets 25-year-old Portuguese Rastafarian Djon África on the track of his roots in Cape Verde. He hopes to finally find his father, an adventurer whom he doesn't know. But things never go as planned in life - and particularly in this charming search for Djon's identity.Cabo Verde
- DirectorAngelina JolieStarsSareum Srey MochPhoeung KompheakSveng SocheataCambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.Cambodia
- DirectorFlorence AyisiKim LonginottoStarsVera NgassaBeatrice NtubaSet in Kumba in South West Cameroon Sisters in Law follows Adultery, Rape and Abuse cases led by a Female Judge.Cameroon
- DirectorBassek Ba KobhioDidier OuenangareStarsEriq EbouaneyNadège Beausson-DiagneSonia ZembourouA film about the difficulty for even the most well-intentioned person to know and respect another culture. In this case, the problem is so acute that there is even heated debate over what to call that 'other.' The subtitles in the film use the familiar word 'pygmies,' a relatively pejorative European term; the Bantu or villagers' expression for the same group, Babingas, carries similar negative connotations. These highly specialized, tropical rain forest hunter-gatherers should perhaps be called by their own ethnonym, Aka, MoAka (sing.) and BaAka (pl.)Central African Republic
- DirectorMahamat-Saleh HarounStarsAli BarkaiYoussouf DjaoroAziza HisseineChad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a sixteen-year-old youth, to trace the man who killed his father and to execute him. Atim obeys him and, armed with his father's own gun, he goes in search of Nassara, the man who made him an orphan. It does not take long before he finds him. Nassara, who now goes straight, is married, goes to the mosque and owns a small bakery. After some hesitation Atim offers him his services as an apprentice. He is hired then it will be easy for him to gun down the murderer of his father. At least, that is what he thinks...Chad
- DirectorSebastián SilvaStarsCatalina SaavedraClaudia CeledónMariana LoyolaA drama centered on a maid trying to hold on to her position after having served a family for 23 years.Chile
- DirectorSergio CabreraStarsFausto CabreraFrank RamírezDelfina GuidoA group of tenants living in an old house are confronted with having to move out due to a renovation project the city has undertaken, but decide to unite and come up with a strategy.Colombia
- DirectorMweze NganguraStarsGérard EssombaDominique MesaHerbert FlackA Congonese king arrives in Brussels in search of his long-lost daughter.Democratic Republic of Congo
- DirectorOswald von RichthofenGernot AschoffStarsBar JalaKuwedoRegole35 COWS AND A KALASHNIKOV is a film about African pride. Directed by Oswald von Richthofen and produced by Roland Emmerich, two old film school friends. It is not a classical documentary about Africa. No boy soldiers. No hunger. No safaris. But rather a poetic tribute to the eternal beauty and sublime strength of the continent. An homage to the Surma tribe of Southern Ethiopia, the dandy movement of Brazzaville, and the voodoo wrestlers in Kinshasa. Archaic roots, colonial influence and Western phenomena, all exist in today's Africa. The filmmakers show three unusual facets of the continent. The result pushes the boundaries of cinematic aesthetics. Bold images and daring editing create a captivating way of storytelling, of poetry. 35 COWS AND A KALASHNIKOV will illuminate your view of the Dark Continent.Republic of Congo
- DirectorMiguel Alejandro GomezStarsMario ChacónDaniel MorenoErik Hernández GabarainA Costa Rican farmer, when faced with the prospects of losing his farm, embarks in a journey to Europe to raise enough money to pay his debts meeting new acquaintances, lost relatives and himself.Costa Rica
- DirectorPhilippe LacôteStarsAbdoul-Karim KonateIsaach De BankoléReine Sali CoulibalyRun escapes... He just killed the Prime Minister of his country. In order to do so, he had to act as if he was a crazy man, wandering through the city. His life comes back by flashes ; his childhood with Tourou when his dream was to become a rain miracle-worker, his adventures with Gladys the eater, and his past as a young member of militia, in the heart of the politic and military conflict in Ivory Coast. All those lives, Run didn't choose them. Everytime, he felt in by running from another life. That's the reason why his name's Run.Côte D'Ivoire
- DirectorKresimir GolikStarsFranjo MajeticMirjana BohanecRelja BasicThe story is seen through the eyes of 6 year old Perica Safranek. On a family picnic Perica's mother starts flirting with Mr Fulir, a Zagreb Dandy. The father at first doesn't notice it, but wants to marry off the aunt. After a couple of invitations to their Zagreb home, the father becomes aware of Fulir's passes at his wife...Croatia
- DirectorTomás Gutiérrez AleaStarsSergio CorrieriDaisy GranadosEslinda NúñezA Cuban man cycles through his opinions and memories as the threat of foreign invasion intensifies and the rest of his family moves to Miami.Cuba
- DirectorPanikkos HrysanthouStarsMihalis SofokleousCihan TarimanMatthias LierA story in the "Green Line" of Nicosia, where a wall made-up of barrels and barbed wire divides a town; and a country. Kypros, a Greek-Cypriot soldier discovers that Murat, a soldier from the opposing side, is actually living in his own family home. Just like Kypros, he too is a refugee. War has forced both of them to dislocate; Kypros from the north to the south and Murat from the south to the north. When Murat goes back to his village on leave, he returns bringing him a present from his home, a family photograph, and he proposes that the two lads take a secret trip, each on the "other side". Kypros, who wants to see his sweetheart, a Turkish-Cypriot girl he left behind, accepts without considering the consequences.Cyrus
- DirectorJan HrebejkStarsMichael BeranMiroslav DonutilSimona StasováTwo families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating Christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. Teenage kids think their fathers are totally stupid; fathers are sure their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they say.Czech Republic
- DirectorLula Ali IsmaïlStarsAmina Mohamed AliTousmo Mouhoumed MohamedBilan Samir MoubusAsma, Hibo, and Deka are on the verge of high school graduation. As they navigate the beginnings of adulthood, they must decide between university in France or staying home in Djibouti.Djibouti
- DirectorAgliberto MeléndezStarsÁngel MuñizCarlos Alfredo FatuleHoracio VelozA fictional retelling of the Regina Express tragedy, in which 22 Dominican stowaways died from suffocation in an attempt of illegal travel in September 1981.Dominican Republic
- DirectorLuigi AcquistoBety ReisStarsIrim TolentinoAugusta SoaresJosé da Costa16 years after Beatriz's husband disappears during a brutal massacre by occupying Indonesian forces, she is troubled by his mysterious return: is he the young man she had lost or is he an impostor?East Timor
- DirectorTania HermidaStarsTania MartinezCecilia VallejoPancho AguirreEsperanza and Tristeza both have to get to Cuenca. However, by an unlucky turn of events, the bus they are on gets delayed due to a worker strike. Taking their journey into their own hands, they decide to hitchhike to Cuenca. Along the way they meet interesting characters who help them re-evaluate the purpose of their journey.Equador
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsFarid ShawqiHind RustumYoussef ChahineA newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.Egypt
- DirectorMathew CharlesJuan Luis PassarelliIsrael is El Salvador's only criminologist. In one of the world's most dangerous countries, his job is to unearth the hundreds murdered and buried by the rival gangs MS-13 and 18 Street.El Salvador
- DirectorVeiko ÕunpuuStarsTaavi EelmaaRavshana KurkovaTiina TauraiteA mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being "good" finds himself confronting the mysteries of middle-age and morality as he loses grasp of what was once his quiet life.Estonia
- DirectorAaron KoppAmanda KoppStarsGcina MhlopheFive children in Swaziland dive into their imaginations to create an original African tale about a girl on a dangerous quest.Eswatini
- DirectorHaile GerimaStarsAaron ArefeAbiye TedlaTakelech BeyeneThe Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the recognition of his own displacement and powerlessness at the dissolution of his people's humanity and social values. After several years spent studying medicine in Germany, he finds the country of his youth replaced by turmoil. His dream of using his craft to improve the health of Ethiopians is squashed by a military junta that uses scientists for its own political ends. Seeking the comfort of his countryside home, Anberber finds no refuge from violence. The solace that the memories of his youth provide is quickly replaced by the competing forces of military and rebelling factions. Anberber needs to decide whether he wants to bear the strain or piece together a life from the fragments that lie around him.Ethiopia
- DirectorVilsoni HerenikoStarsSapeta TaitoRena OwenVoi FesaituA coming of age story about a young woman, Viki, attempting to escape the stifling conformity of island culture. Inspired by the myth of the Warrior Woman, Viki recovers from the death of her father and fights for justice and freedom.Fiji
- DirectorAku LouhimiesStarsEero AhoJohannes HolopainenJussi VatanenA film adaptation of Väinö Linna's best selling novel The Unknown Soldier (1954) and the novel's unedited manuscript version, Sotaromaani.Finland
- DirectorBassek Ba KobhioStarsAndré WilmsMarisa BerensonAlex DescasCameroonian filmmaker Bassek ba Kobhio provides a fascinating revisionist perspective on Albert Schweitzer, Noble Peace Prize winner and secular saint of the colonial era. Like FRANTZ FANON: BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASK, this film begins to rewrite the history of colonialism from the point of view of the colonized. LE GRAND BLANC DE LAMBARÉNÉ is not, however, a facile exercise in iconoclasm but rather a deeply-felt lament for a missed opportunity, for a cross-cultural encounter between Africa and Europe which never happened. The film reveals that the ultimate tragedy of colonialism may have been its refusal to see and value the colonized as autonomous, creative human beings. The film's epigraph, ironically, is a famous remark by Schweitzer himself: "All we can do is allow others to discover us, as we discover them."Gabon
- DirectorBas AckermannStarsAbbaAbdulAlhagieA documentary that captures the daily struggles of 15 youngsters moving within the informal economy of the Gambian tourism industry of sun, safari and sex. With the lure of a better future just around the corner, do they try their luck abroad or find their peace at home?The Gambia
- DirectorBlitz BazawuleStarsJoseph OtsimanMamley DjangmahKobina Amissah-SamA man is trapped in a mine shaft by his vengeful brother while his daughter embarks on a magical journey to rescue him.Ghana
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsChristos StergioglouMichele ValleyAngeliki PapouliaA controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offsprings in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.Greece
- DirectorAnderson QuarlessStarsTahira CarterDeleon WaltersClara meets John at a particularly vulnerable time in her life. She is "blinded" by love and he becomes her world. The intense relationship then becomes violent and Clara is forced to take drastic action to protect herself and their son Chris.Grenada
- DirectorJayro BustamanteStarsMaría Mercedes CoroyMaría TelónManuel AntúnOn the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for seventeen-year-old María by her Kaqchikel parents.Guatemala
- DirectorMuhammad CamaraStarsCécile BoisMamady Mory CamaraMuhammad CamaraTwo young high school boys, Manga and Sory, are gay and in love in Guinea. This is their story.Guinea
- DirectorFlora GomesStarsBia GomesTunu Eugenio AlmadaMamadu Uri BaldeThe story of a woman who searches through the country for her husband, a resistant, while the war for independence is raging. She finds him at last and saves his life. When peace finally arrives, they have to learn how to be together again and start living in a destroyed land.Guinea-Bissau
- DirectorRaoul PeckStarsJennifer ZubarToto BissainthePatrick RameauHaiti during papa Doc's reign: not a fun place!Haiti
- DirectorAli AllieStarsFrancisca CrisantoJohana MartinezRosibel ReyesA Garifuna woman returns to Honduras to forget her past and rediscover herself.Honduras
- DirectorBéla TarrStarsMihály VigPutyi HorváthLászló feLugossyOn the eve of a large payment, residents of a collapsing collective farm see their plans turn into desolation when they discover that Irimiás, a former co-worker who they thought was dead, is returning to the community.Hungary
- DirectorJoe PennaStarsMads MikkelsenMaria Thelma SmáradóttirTintrinai ThikhasukA man stranded in the Arctic after a plane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown.Iceland
- DirectorBahman GhobadiStarsSoran EbrahimAvaz LatifSaddam Hossein FeysalNear the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate.Iraq
- DirectorTed BafaloukosStarsLeroy 'Horsemouth' WallaceRichard 'Dirty Harry' HallMonica CraigHorsemouth sets himself up in business selling records but when gangsters steal his bike things start to turn nasty. As tensions build, Horsemouth and friends plot to end the gangsters reign of terror and restore justice to the people of Kingston.Jamaica
- DirectorNaji Abu NowarStarsJacir Eid Al-HwietatHussein Salameh Al-SweilhiyeenHassan Mutlag Al-MaraiyehIn the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming-of-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination.Jordan
- DirectorDavid 'Tosh' GitongaStarsJoseph WairimuOlwenya MainaShix KapyengaA young, aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming a success in the big city. In pursuit of this and to the chagrin of his brother and parents, he makes his way to Nairobi:the city of opportunity.Kenya
- DirectorMatthieu RytzStarsAnote TongTiemeri 'Sermary' TiareAto Raatati GarstangA look at the devastating effects that climate change has on the people living on Kiribati, a low-lying atoll in the Pacific.kiribati
- DirectorIk-gyu ChoeHak ParkStarsChon Sob HanYong Hui HongRen Rin KimThe country is occupied by the Japanese imperialists. Koppun is selling flowers at the market to get some money to buy medicine for her sick mother. Her brother is imprisoned, her father dead and her sister blind.North Korea
- DirectorIsa QosjaStarsIrena CahaniLuan JahaDonat QosjaIn a traditional village where life is gradually being rebuilt, schoolteacher Lushe is driven by her conscience to give an interview to an international journalist. During the interview, Lushe admits that she and three other women from the village were raped by Serbian soldiers. When the men from the village find out that it was Lushe who spoke to the journalist, they start a hate campaign against her and her little boy.Kosovo
- DirectorKhalid Al SiddiqStarsMohammed Al-MansourAmal BakrSaad Al FarrajThe first feature film to be made by the state of Kuwait. It is a period piece about Kuwait before the discovery of oil when fishing was the predominant occupation. Bay Ya Bahr is the story of a crippled pearl diver who forbids his son Mussaid to go to sea to dive for pearls. Mussaid's father got the 'bends' after resurfacing too fast during a shark attack on his boat. However, the boy cannot see any other way to make enough money to mary Nura, his beloved. Nura is the daughter of a merchant who wants her to marry for money. Finally, his father gives Mussaid permission to go to sea and even gives him his special black diving suit. Mussaid then works with the man to whom his father owes money. While Mussaid is away, Nura is forced by her family to marry a rich, older suitor. During his last dive Mussaid puts his hand inside a huge clam which closes on it. Mussaid is gasping for air and his friend has to amputate his arm in order to 'rescue' him. However Mussaid was dead long before he was brought to the boat. Nura meanwhile is raped by her husband on her wedding night. Mussaid's best friend looks through his cache of oysters and gradually starts opening all of them. Finally when he gets to the last one he finds a huge pearl inside. Maybe Mussaid's death will not be in vain if he can give this to Mussaid's family. When the boat reaches Kuwait, Mussaid's mother is welcomed by the dead body of her son and his prize - the pearl - for which he lost his life. The mother stares at the sea with unbridled rage and flings the pearl into it uttering the phrase: "Bas ya bahr" (enough oh sea)!Kuwait
- DirectorSadyk Sher-NiyazStarsElina Abai KyzyNasira MambetovaJamal SeidakmatovaThe relevant epic story of the strong-willed, courageous and independent woman before her time, Kurmanjan, who is revered to this day for her diplomacy for saving her nation from complete destruction when the Russians invaded.Kyrgyzstan
- DirectorSakchai DeenanAnousone SirisackdaStarsAnanda EveringhamKhamly PhilavongSupawadee AkkanitA Thai photographer is sent to Laos by his boss. He had originally planned to travel to Japan to pursue his photography. Little does he know he begins to fall in love with his Laotian tour guide.Laos
- DirectorOskars RupenheitsStarsLauris KlavinsAndris DaugavinsMaris MicerevskisImants Veide is writing a script about con artists and their schemes. Together with his friend Harijs Kuharjonoks he's trying them out for real for greater authenticity, but gets too entangled in real criminal schemes.Latvia
- DirectorZiad DoueiriStarsRami DoueiriNaamar SahliMohamad ChamasIn April, 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Moslem-Christian line. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. At first the war is a lark: school has closed, the violence is fascinating, getting from West to East is a game. His mother wants to leave; his father refuses. Tarek spends time with May, a Christian, orphaned and living in his building. By accident, Tarek goes to an infamous brothel in the war-torn Olive Quarter, meeting its legendary madam, Oum Walid. He then takes Omar and May there using her underwear as a white flag for safe passage. Family tensions rise. As he comes of age, the war moves inexorably from adventure to tragedy.Lebanon
- DirectorAndrew MudgeStarsZenzo NgqobeNozipho NkelembaLebohang NtsaneA young man reluctantly embarks on a journey to his ancestral land of Lesotho to bury his estranged father, and finds himself drawn to the mystical beauty and hardships of the people and the land he had forgotten.Lesotho
- DirectorJean-Stéphane SauvaireStarsChristophe MinieDaisy Victoria VandyJoseph DuoA cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in the West African Country Liberia.Liberia
- DirectorMoustapha AkkadStarsAnthony QuinnOliver ReedRod SteigerIn 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.Libya
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsKlaus KinskiRomina PowerMaria RohmPenniless and separated from her sister, a beautiful, chaste orphan must endure an endless parade of villains, perverts and degenerates who covet her virtue and life.Liechtenstein
- DirectorVytautas ZalakeviciusStarsKazimieras VitkusRegimantas AdomaitisBruno O'Ya1947 year. Armed gangs are still hiding in Lithuanian forests. One after another, four village council chairmen were killed. Now old Lokis is dead. At the funeral, his four sons swear to destroy the Brownie gang. And Vaitkus, a former "forest brother", was forcibly put in place of Lokis.Lithuania
- DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsUlrich MatthesAugust DiehlHilmar ThateA drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.Luxembourg
- DirectorRaymond RajaonariveloStarsPhilippe NahounFrançois BotozandryLucien DadakisyTabataba tells the story of a small Malagasy village during the independence uprising which took place in 1947 in the south of the country. For several months, part of the Malagasy population revolted against the French colonial army in a bloody struggle. The repression in villages that followed was terrible, leading to fires, arrests and torture. Women, children and the elderly were the indirect victims of the conflict and suffered particularly from famine and illness. One leader of the MDRM Malagasy Party, which campaigns for the independence of the country, arrives in a village. Solo (François Botozandry), the main character, is still too young to fight but he sees his brother and most of the men in his clan join up. His grandmother, Bakanga (Soavelo), knows what will happen, but Solo still hopes his elder brother will return a hero. After months of rumors, he sees instead the French army arrive to crush the rebellion.Madagascar
- DirectorChiwetel EjioforStarsChiwetel EjioforMaxwell SimbaFelix LemburoAgainst all the odds, a thirteen-year-old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.Malawi
- DirectorAdrian TehStarsHairul AzreenAmmar AlfianHenley HiiA story of true piracy based on an elite unit of the Royal Malaysian Navy's mission.Malaysia
- DirectorRavee FarooqStarsAbdulla MuazIsmail RasheedThis is an experimental suspense thriller that has only 2 characters, 1 location, 1 rainy night and a risky bet that is too easy not to turn down.Maldives
- DirectorAbderrahmane SissakoStarsAïssa MaïgaTiécoura TraoréMaimouna Hélène DiarraBamako. Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work and the couple is on the verge of breaking up... In the courtyard of the house they share with other families, a trial court has been set up. African civil society spokesmen have taken proceedings against the World Bank and the IMF whom they blame for Africa's woes... Amidst the pleas and the testimonies, life goes on in the courtyard. Chaka does not seem to be concerned by this novel Africa's desire to fight for its rights...Mali
- DirectorEmil LoteanuStarsSerghei LuncheviciDumitru HãbãsescuJenea RolkoLeader of a traveling gypsy band from the steppes of Bessarabia (now Moldova), Toma Alistar is a skilled violinist whose fame takes him on tours around European capitals and royal courts. He remains obsessed with his first love, beautiful Leanca who was married elsewhere while Toma was traveling, and spends his life and fortune trying to find her.Moldova
- DirectorByambasuren DavaaLuigi FalorniStarsJanchiv AyurzanaChimed OhinAmgaabazar GonsonWhen a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.Mongolia
- DirectorNikola VukcevicStarsMomcilo OtasevicGoran BogdanAna SofrenovicStory about two brothers: in the same night, older brother (30), is going to kill a man for a first time, and his younger (16) brother is going to make love for the first time. What seems to be easy - it is not at all at Balkans.Montenegro
- DirectorNabil AyouchStarsMounïm KbabMustapha HansaliHicham MoussouneA group of children living on the street leave their gang, prompting retribution from the gang's leader. After one of the children dies, the rest try to come up with the resources to give their friend a proper burial.Morocco
- DirectorMargarida CardosoStarsLicínio AzevedoCamilo De SousaRuy GuerraThe first cultural act of Mozambique's government right after independence, in 1975, was creating the National Institute of Cinema [NIC]. The new President, Samora Machel, had a strong conscience of the cinematic potential while creating an image for a new socialist nation. All over the country, cinema road units were screening NIC's most popular production, a newsreel untitled Kuxa Kanema, which means The Birth of Cinema. People's Republic of Mozambique became the Republic of Mozambique and NIC, once a great enterprise, was reduced to abandoned rooms and corridors, where the staff stood patiently waiting for retirement. The building was destroyed by a fire back in 1991, and the visual documents that witness the first eleven years of independence - the years of the socialist revolution - were rotting in an out-building, and about to be forgotten. From these and other living testimonies, we will recover the path of a nation's ideal, which has fallen apart, day by day, together with "one cinema for the people", and with the dreams from those who believed that Mozambique could one day become a different country.Mozambique
- DirectorFlorian SchottStarsSteven AfrikanerCamilla Jo-Ann DariesRobert Hara GaebA story of how Rhino Poaching triggers social change in rural Namibia, seen through the eyes of a 9 year old girl.Namibia
- DirectorDeepa Shree NiraulaStarsDeepak Raj GiriKedar GhimireBuddhi TamangStory of five friends Raja (Deepak Raj Giri), Saraswoti (Jeetu Nepal), Magne (Kedar Ghimire) and Buddhi (Buddhi Tamang). Raja is rich but illiterate and enjoys life, and tells his friends to not get married or hold any job. However, he secretly has affairs with married women.Then one day Raja gets married to Champa (Priyanka Karki), and the story enters a serious mode.Nepal
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsRutger HauerJeroen KrabbéSusan PenhaligonDuring World War II, Dutch students join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands.Netherlands
- DirectorFlorence JaugeyStarsAlma BlancoRigoberto MayorgaGabriel BenavidesThis is the story of Yuma a strong-willed and rebellious girl from the poor neighborhoods of Managua who dreams of being a boxer.Nicaragua
- DirectorRahmatou KeïtaStarsAïchatou Lamine FofanaSandor FuntekMariam KabaA young woman from Niger returns to her home village after finishing college abroad.Niger
- DirectorMildred OkwoStarsKehinde BankoleChika ChukwuRita DominicMakinde is at the mercy of political patronage when he tries to secure a government contract.Nigeria
- DirectorMilcho ManchevskiStarsKatrin CartlidgeRade SerbedzijaGrégoire ColinThree interconnected stories of love under the threat of civil war in Macedonia and London.North Macedonia
- DirectorKhalid Abdulrahim Al-ZadjaliStarsNoura Al-FarsiAli Al-AmriM.R. GopakumarThe film deals with certain major women issues within Oman and Asia with a focus on Oman and India, and how an Omani conservative society treats it. It is a self-discovery journey and a mixture between drama and road-movie.Oman
- DirectorBilal LashariStarsShaan ShahidHamza Ali AbbasiShamoon AbbasiThe efforts of the Pakistani security forces in their fight against terrorism and how the lives of security officials are affected. A retired security officer returns to save Pakistan from a major terrorist attack.Pakistan
- DirectorAndrew AdamsonStarsHugh LaurieXzannjah MatsiHealesville JoelAs a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations, which is being read at school by the only white man in the village.Papua New Guinea
- DirectorJonathan JakubowiczStarsEdgar RamírezUsherRobert De NiroThe legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.Panama
- DirectorJuan Carlos ManegliaTana SchémboriStarsCelso FrancoVíctor SosaLali GonzalezVíctor receives an unusual proposal, to carry 7 boxes of unknown content through the Market Number 4 but things get complicated along the way.Paraguay
- DirectorClaudia LlosaStarsMagaly SolierCarlos J. de la TorreYiliana Chong14-year-old Madeinusa comes of age during the Easter festivities of her tiny, isolated village.Peru
- DirectorCathy Garcia-SampanaStarsKathryn BernardoAlden RichardsMaymay EntrataA bartender romances a domestic helper despite the fact that she is moving to Canada.Philippines
- DirectorPawel PawlikowskiStarsAgata KuleszaAgata TrzebuchowskaDawid OgrodnikA novice nun about to take her vows uncovers a family secret dating back to the German occupation.Poland
- DirectorMaria de MedeirosStarsStefano AccorsiMaria de MedeirosJoaquim de AlmeidaStory of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.Portugal
- DirectorRoger AllersGaëtan BrizziPaul BrizziStarsLiam NeesonSalma HayekQuvenzhané WallisExiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.Qatar
- DirectorCristian MungiuStarsAnamaria MarincaLaura VasiliuVlad IvanovA woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.Romania
- DirectorRaoul PeckStarsIdris ElbaCarole KaremeraPamela NomveteWhen the Hutu nationalists raised arms against their Tutsi countrymen in Rwanda in April 1994, the violent uprising marked the beginning of one of the darkest times in African history which resulted in the deaths of almost 800,000 people.Rwanda