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The Sign
| 12 minutes
Sara firmly disagrees about her granddaughter’s wedding plans. To convince her not to marry, she takes Andrea to her husband’s grave and beg him for a sign.
Skin
| 20 minutes
A small supermarket in a blue collar town; a black man smiles at a 10-year-old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.
So Long, My Son
| 180 minutes
A tragedy links the fates of two Chinese families in a heartfelt drama spanning three decades of political, human, and social change. Screened at the Berlinale where it won two prizes for acting.
Song Without A Name
| 97 minutes
In 1980s Peru, a young woman decides to have her baby at a free clinic, but following the birth, she discovers her baby has been kidnapped. Desperate to find her child, she meets a journalist willing to help her. Based on a true story.
The Spider's Stratagem
| 100 minutes
Bertolucci’s masterpiece is based on a story by Borges. A young man returns to the provincial town where his father was assassinated 30 years prior. Wherever he goes, he is met by hostility; mystery cloaks the village like a spider’s web.
Spit
| 10 minutes
Anka 12, and Yelena 45, know each other from the neighborhood grocery store where they spend their days, one inside, the other outside. One evening, an unexpected visit provokes an incident that will affect both women.
Spotting Yossi
| 72 minutes
Thirteen years after his death, the great actor Yossi Banai comes to life for one final encore, with a cinematic memoir led by his own deep iconic voice. Pieced together from numerous archival sources, Banai directs the spotlight on to his own image.
Sunset
| 142 minutes
In Oscar winner (Son of Saul) László Nemes’s new film, a young woman arrives in Budapest in 1913 to work at a store that her deceased parents had once owned. Instead, she becomes caught up in a tempestuous journey on the eve of WWI.
The Swallows of Kabul
| 82 minutes
In 1998 Kabul, a young couple’s love blossoms. The streets are rife with violence, but they do not lose hope until an accident causes their lives to take an irreversible turn. A spectacular animated film screened at Cannes.
Swordsman: Gabriel Moked
| 65 minutes
A documentary portrait of literary editor Gabriel Moked, the enfant terrible of Hebrew literature, who was the first to publish the works of many iconic writers. At 85 he continues to write, publish, and fight his way.
System Crasher
| 118 minutes
Nine-year-old Benni is a violent child so out-of-control she is unplaceable within the system. However, there is a spark of hope when Micha, an anger management specialist, takes her under his wing. Winner of the Berlinale Silver Bear.
A Tale of Three Sisters
| 107 minutes
Three sisters reunite with their father after living for years in the city with families that adopted them as servants. An enchanting cinematic fairytale of hope and despair that takes place against the backdrop of Anatolia’s photogenic landscapes.
That's the Way You Love
| 96 minutes
Tamara gives birth to her first daughter. The change shakes her world, altering the power dynamics in her marriage and sex life. As their intimacy becomes more and more demanding, Tamara is torn between her many roles.
These Stones
| 13 minutes
Through a series of recorded interviews the work traces the changes in urban landscape in Sofia over the past decades. These changes serve as a starting point for an exploration of personal and collective memory in a post-soviet society. The Experimental Cinema and Video Art Competition 2019
The Third Wife
| 94 minutes
In 19th century rural Vietnam, 14-year-old May marries a wealthy landowner, becoming his third wife. The only way to improve her status is to provide him with a male heir, however, her desire for the second wife jeopardizes her plan.
Those Who Desire
| 24 minutes
In southern Spain, the reward in a colorfully painted pigeon race doesn’t go to the one who flies fastest, but to the one who can seduce a female pigeon and fly beside it for the longest time.
Time and Time Again – Shorts by Vivian Ostrovsky
| 69 minutes
An intimate – yet humorous – act of cultural resistance, the cinema of Vivian Ostrovsky is a gesture, involving the filmmaker’s entire body – as she travels around the world, carrying the gear and framing/gathering images with a Super-8 camera…
Touch
| 25 minutes
A screen-age love story. Adele, a 17-year-old internet "troll" who enjoys insulting her classmates online, is hit on by a like-minded boy. The flirtation is hindered when he asks to see what she looks like in real life.
Tremors
| 107 minutes
Paolo, a 40-year-old Guatemalan evangelist and married father of two, falls in love with a man. He moves in with his lover, but his family is determined to help him “heal.” A sensitive personal film from the director of Volcano.
An Unexpected Love
| 129 minutes
Marcos and Ana, married for 25 years, experience an existential crisis and separate. At first, single life seems fascinating, but eventually, it becomes too monotonous for Ana, and nightmarish for Marco. Opening Film of the most recent San Sebastian FF.
The Unrecognized
| 48 minutes
Othman, a young Bedouin man, advocates for urbanization and modernization in the Bedouin community. When he fails to make progress in endless arguments with village men and politicians, he cooperates with his sister to spark a feminine alternative.
Veil
| 21 minutes
A pink swan floats across a turquoise pool, against the desert. It’s Dana’s bachelorette party. A chance encounter with Hamis, an African asylum seeker, will bring the girls face to face with an uncomfortable truth.
