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FAREWELLMY QUEEN (Fr-Sp) Benoit Jacquot


TODAY (Fr-Sen) Alain Gomis


COMINGHOME (Fr) Frédéric Videau


CAESARMUSTDIE (It) Paolo and Vittorio Taviani


BARBARA (Ger) Christian Petzold


CHILDISHGAMES (Sp) Antonio Chavarrias


METEORA (Ger-Gr) Spiros Stathoulopoulos


CAPTIVE (Fr-Phil-Ger-UK) Brillante Mendoza


SISTER (Switz-Fr) Ursula Meier


JAYNEMANSFIELD’S CAR (Rus-US) Billy Bob Thornton


HOME FORTHEWEEKEND (Ger) Hans-Christian Schmid


TABU (Port-Ger-Braz-Fr) Miguel Gomes


POSTCARDS FROMTHE ZOO (Indo-Ger-HK-Chi) Edwin


WHITEDEERPLAIN (Chi) Wang Quan’an


JUST THEWIND (Hun-Ger-Fr) Bence Fliegauf


MERCY (Ger-Nor) Matthias Glasner


AROYALAFFAIR (Den-Czech-Swe-Ger) Nikolaj Arcel


WARWITCH (Can) Kim Nguyen


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Caesar Must Die, the new film from veterans Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, is set in the Rebibbia prison in Rome. It follows the inmates’ production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.


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Petzold’s latest film is set in East Germany in 1978 and finds a doctor who is transferred to a provincial hospital for disciplinary reasons. She meets another young doctor, but has he fallen in love with her or was he planted by the Stasi?


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Chavarrias’ thriller is about a man who takes in the daughter of a friend who has committed suicide, but the girl stirs some uncomfortable memories. Juan Diego Botto, Barbara Lennie and newcomer Magica Perez star.


Stathoulopoulos’ second feature is set in the 12th-century monasteries of Meteora in Greece, and features Theo Alexander as a young Greek Orthodox monk who has an illicit relationship with a visiting nun.


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Filipino director Mendoza’s latest film is Captive, the story of NGO volunteers in the Philippines who are kidnapped by an extremist Islamic group. Isabelle Huppert, Katherine Mulville and Marc Zanetta star.


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Meier’s feature is the story of a 12-year-old boy (Kacey Mottet Klein) who lives with his jobless sister (Léa Seydoux) near a luxury ski resort, stealing equipment from tourists to sell to local kids. Gillian Anderson and Martin Compston also star.


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Thornton directs and stars in this drama about two families clashing in Alabama in 1969. The cast also includes Robert Duvall, John Hurt and Kevin Bacon.


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Schmid’s latest film is a family drama featuring a German cast that includes Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch and Ernst Stötzner. The film follows a mother’s decision to stop taking her medication for a long-term mental illness.


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Portuguese director Gomes’ feature centres around an old woman, her maid and a neighbour devoted to social causes who live in a Lisbon apartment building. Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira and Carloto Cotta star.


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Indonesian director Edwin tells the story of Lana, a girl who grows up at a zoo in Jakarta and falls in love with a magician. The film stars Ladya Cheryl and Nicholas Saputra.


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Wang’s epic is set towards the end of imperial China and tells the story of a young woman caught up in a land-ownership struggle between two rival families. Red Cliff actor Zhang Fengyi stars alongside Zhang Yuqi and Wu Gang.


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The latest from Hungarian director Fliegauf, Just The Wind is a drama inspired by real events and revolves around a gypsy family targeted by racists. The film stars Lajos Sarkany, Katalin Toldi, Gyongyi Lendvai and Gyorgy Toldi.


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Mercy explores the role guilt plays in happiness as a German family, who set out to make a new start in northern Norway, call everything into question after a terrible accident. The film stars Birgit Minichmayr and Jürgen Vogel.


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A drama based on the true story of Johann Struensee, a German adviser to schizophrenic King Kristian VII, who fathered a child with the queen and became de facto ruler. The leads are played by Mads Mikkelsen and Alicia Vikander.


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Congolese actress Rachel Mwanza stars alongside Alain Bastien and Serge Kanyinda in this drama from Quebec film- maker Nguyen about a 14-year-old girl forced to become a child soldier in sub-Saharan Africa.


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