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200 Meters (Arabic)
Mustafa, a Palestinian construction worker, lives in a West Bank home a mere 200 meters away from his wife and children, on the other side of the Israeli border wall. Though eligible for an Israeli ID, Mustafa sacrifices living with his family in resistance to what he believes are unjust laws enforced by the occupying Israeli government, so he instead uses his work permit to visit daily. The arrangement is functional, until one day Mustafa gets a call every parent dreads: his son has been seriously injured and brought to an Israeli hospital. Rushing to cross the border checkpoint, Mustafa is denied on a technicality. Stopping at nothing to reach his child, a 200-meter distance becomes a 200-kilometer odyssey, as the increasingly desperate Mustafa attempts to smuggle himself to the other side of the wall.
Director: Ameen Nayfeh
Starring: Ali Suliman, Anna Unterberger, Motaz Malhees, Mahmoud Abu Eita, Lana Zreik
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Casablanca Beats (Arabic)
Director Nabil Ayouch drew on his own experience opening a youth cultural center in Casablanca for this story of a former rapper named Anas who takes a job teaching hip hop in an underprivileged neighborhood. Despite differences in identity, religion, and politics, Anas encourages his students to bond together and break free from the weight of restrictive traditions in order to follow their passion and express themselves through the arts. Featuring a dynamic ensemble of first-time actors, many of them students of the real-life cultural center where the film was shot, Casablanca Beats is a vibrant and inspiring coming-of-age hip hop musical with a decidedly feminist edge. Mixing intimate yet high stakes drama with infectious musical sequences, the film transports audiences to a lively and contemporary Casablanca, far from the clichés about the Arab world.
Director: Nabil Ayouch
Starring: Anas Basbousi, Ismail Adouab, Zineb Boujemaa
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Cyborg She (Japanese)
A lonesome college student, Jiro, is spending his 20th birthday alone when suddenly, a beautiful girl turns up. The few hours that he spends with her are the most incredible moments of his life and Jiro is overwhelmed by his good fortune in meeting her. But his happiness does not last long as she disappears as suddenly as she appeared. A year later, on his 21st birthday, Jiro runs into her again at the same restaurant, where she saves him and countless others from a crazy assassin. She looks the same, but this time she is somehow different. It is the beginning of a relationship that would change his life forever. Included forced English subtitles.
Director: Jae-young Kwak
Starring: Haruka Ayase, Keisuke Koide, Risa Ai, Nya Daigo
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Emergency Declaration (Korean)
A police detective receives a threatening tip about a terrorist attack against a passenger plane but discovers the suspect has already boarded the flight. When a man on board suddenly dies from an infectious virus, fear and chaos spread quickly amongst passengers and crew. As the pilot declares an emergency, can the detective stop this biological weapon from killing everyone onboard in time to safely land or is this flight ultimately doomed to crash?
Director: Han Jae-Rim
Starring: Song Kang-Ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jeon Do-Yeon, Kim Nam-Gil, Kim So-jin
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The Girl And The Spider (German)
As her roommate Lisa prepares to move out of their apartment, Mara contemplates the end of an era. Furniture is moved, walls painted, cupboards built. Amid all the hustle and bustle, secret longings and desires come to the surface and coalesce around the roommates as well as around Lisa's mother Astrid, the movers, the girls' old neighbors, the neighbors' cat, Lisa's new neighbor and an ever-expanding cast of characters. Day turns into night and one final party in the apartment. When the last box is moved, the fragments of their lives remain. This is the second installment in a trilogy about human togetherness, a ballad about the need for closeness and the pain of separation.
Director: Ramon Zurcher, Silvan Zurcher
Starring: Henriette Confurius, Liliane Amuat, Ursina Lardi, Flurin Giger, André Hennicke, Ivan Georgiev
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Hansan: Rising Dragon (Korean)
The legend of the invincible fleet begins! Set five years before the epic battle depicted in The Admiral: Roaring Currents, Hansan: Rising Dragon is based on the true historical naval engagement, Battle of Hansan Island. In July 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin and his Korean naval fleet face off against invading Japanese naval warships. Falling into crisis, the admiral must use his secret weapon to change the tides in this epic battle at sea.
Director: Kim Han-min
Starring: Park Hae-Il, Byun Yo-Han, Ahn Sung-Ki
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Missing (Japanese)
Depressed and in debt following the death of his wife, Santoshi tells his young daughter he has found a way out. Pointing to the reward note, he vows to find the infamous serial killer "No Name" claiming he saw the man in the flesh a few days earlier. Kaeda cannot believe her aloof, goofy father. But when he goes missing without a trace, she starts fearing the worst and begins looking for him.
Director: Shinzo Katayama
Starring: Jiro Sato, Aoi Ito, Hiroya Shimizu
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Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (Japanese)
Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide, stay alive whatever happens, the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines where the Americans are about to land, his role will be to wage a guerilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after, Onoda 10,000 days later in this incredible true story.
Director: Arthur Harari
Starring: Endo Yuya, Tsuda Kanji, Matsuura Yuya, Chiba Tetsuya
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Petrov's Flu (Russian)
With the city in the throes of a flu epidemic, the Petrov family struggles through yet another day in a country where the past is never past, the present is a goose-fueled, icy fever dream of violence and tenderness, and where, beneath the layers of the ordinary, things turn out to be quite extraordinary. Part Science-fiction, mystery, and dark comedy, this Cannes Film Festival entry is a unique hybrid of genres.
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
Starring: Semyon Serzin, Chulpan Khamatova, Vladislav Semiletkov, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Aleksandr Ilin, Nikolai Kolyada
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Servants (Slovak)
In Czechoslovakia, 1980, the totalitarian Communist regime demands allegiance from all its subjects, including the clergy. The film follows Michal and Juraj, two conflicted novitiates whose seminary is under increasing pressure by the Party to mold its students into satisfactory citizens. With the school on the brink of dissolution, and its head priest a target for blackmail, Michal and Juraj will have to choose between collaborating with the government as informants, or becoming targets of the secret police.
Director: Ivan Ostrochovský
Starring: Samuel Skyva, Samuel Polakovic, Vlad Ivanov
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Three Wishes For Cinderella (Norwegian)
Since her father's death, the kind-hearted but also courageous Cinderella lives with her cruel stepmother and spoiled stepsister Dora who treat her like a servant in her own house. During one of her daily escapes to the forest, Cinderella prevents a couple of men from hunting wild animals, amongst them the handsome prince of the kingdom. They immediately feel attracted to each other, but he is expected to find a suitable bride at the next royal ball which Cinderella is not allowed to attend. Equipped with a great deal of courage and empowered by her three magical hazelnuts, she decides to stand up for herself and determine her fate. Is she able to break free from her stepmother's tyranny and find true love?
Director: Cecilie Mosli
Starring: Astrid Smeplass, Cengiz Al, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Ingrid Glaever, Bjorn Sundqvist
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The Witch 2: The Other One (Korean)
Sequel to the popular Korean action-thriller The Witch: Subversion: After a mysterious girl emerges as the sole survivor of a bloody raid on the research facility behind the top-secret Witch Program, she is rescued by a couple who understands the grave danger the girl now faces. However, as the assassins tasked with locating and silencing the girl move ever closer, the lives of all three fall under increasingly great peril.
Director: Park Hoon-Jung
Starring: Shin Sia, Park Eun-Bin, Jin Goo
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Zátopek (Czech)
His nickname was "Czech locomotive," holder of eighteen world records, and famous for his three gold medals triumph at the 1952 Olympic Games. Emil Zátopek's grandiose success comes alive in the memories of his loved ones, friends, and rivals.
Director: David Ondricek
Starring: Vaclav Neuzil, Martha Issová, James Frecheville, Robert Miklus, Jiri Simek
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