Sappho Darling(1968)

NO STEP(id)

A group of students are preparing works for an art exhibition, they belittle a myth that "Any inanimate object that resembles a living thing, is not just a dead-object"

Ghoomer(hi)

Anina, a young woman batting prodigy, loses her right hand in an unfortunate accident on the eve of her international cricketing debut. An unsympathetic, failed and frustrated cricketer enters her life, gives her a new dream and transforms her fate by the most innovative training, to make her play for the Indian cricket team again, as a bowler.

Your Turn(pt)

When numerous schools in São Paulo were slated to be closed in 2015 as a result of the worsening socio-political crisis, students occupied more than a thousand public buildings in an unprecedented act of self-empowerment. Filmmaker Eliza Capai shows the development of the many-voiced protests, using news excerpts, self-conducted interviews and recordings made with activists’ own cell phone cameras. From the first demonstrations in 2013 and continuing all the way to the election of the extreme right-wing presidential Jair Bolsonaro in 2018, Capai’s highly political work becomes more and more relevant with each passing day.

Norma: Antara Mertua dan Menantu(id)

Newly married Norma hopes for a happy marriage, unaware that her husband is secretly having an affair with her mother.

The Year of the Pig(ru)

In a small provincial town, just before the New Year, something went wrong. A young doctor falls in love with a Moscow singer who has come on tour and for her sake enters into a fight with the local bohemian youth... A grocery store saleswoman accidentally kills a customer and, together with her ex-boyfriend, tries to get rid of the body... A fish supervision worker at a New Year's feast is forced to play the role of his deceased twin brother ... But, no matter what, the heroes of these stories will do everything to find their new happiness under the chimes.

Lee Mack: Live(en)

Filmed during his nationwide sell-out tour, Lee Mack Live is the long awaited first DVD from one of Britain’s finest stand-ups. After his multi award-winning contribution to BBC 1’s Not Going Out, and as team captain on Would I Lie to You? Lee's energy, finely crafted one-liners and razor sharp ad-libs are quickly propelling him into one of the UK's most recognisable and celebrated comics.

Kiss Me Off The Record(en)

She is a former air hostess; he is a fair-haired St Petersburg-born politician with a secret past and a thorough knowledge of German. Despite the familiar-sounding characters, the film’s makers claim that its hero is not Russian President Vladimir Putin, but a fictional Russian politician named Alexander Platov.

King Lily of the Valley(sv)

Spring is in the air and Puck and Einar, as well as Christer Wijk are invited to a wedding in Skoga. The day before the wedding, the bride-to-be enters a flower-shop in order to inspect her bridal bouquet of lily of the valley, but suddenly vanishes without at trace. When she eventually turns up again, it is Christer who finds her. She lies dead outside her home with a bouquet of lily of the valley in her hand. Everybody close to the bride are suspects, not least her best friend, whom Christer has just begun flirting with. Everybody seems to have something to hide. Question is: are their secrets connected to the murder?

Kaniama Show(fr)

Kaniama Show is a satire of national TV in an African country, spreading its propaganda of soft power between complaisant interviews and musical interludes.

Pactar amb el gat(ca)

In a couple, dominates the one that loves less. Julia (Rose Avalon), 17 years old, has a blind in one eye cat and an enormous dependence from his uncle David (Alberto Jiménez), veterinarian, of the one who is deeply fallen in love. Julia makes what is impossible for remaining the greatest possible time beside his uncle David. But David has one very attractive girlfriend, Sara (Belén Fabra). The best friend of Julia is Aparisi (Pau Roca). He's more than a good friend, he loves her in secret. The blind in one eye cat escapes and Julia, beside Aparisi and his uncle David, starts a search through the terrace roofs of the neighborhood that lasts several days.

Dare2Dream: The Flex Wheeler Story(en)

Flex Wheeler - a four-time Arnold Classic champion - is largely regarded as the Uncrowned Mr. Olympia, shares his life-long battle with depression, low-esteem, and suicidal thoughts despite his many victories in the public eye.

Walter Pfeiffer: Chasing Beauty(de)

A documentary about Swiss photographer and artist Walter Pfeiffer.

U.F.O.(en)

Alien craft in Ireland

Dark Is the Night(tl)

Filipino director Adolfo Alix Jr. returns to the Festival with this timely story of a couple caught up in Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on drugs when their son goes missing.

minicômios(pt)

Glass Life(en)

A dynamic configuration of images and videos overlaid with musings on human existence.

Let's Start a Cult(en)

Having missed out on his cult's long awaited ritual suicide, an obnoxious loser teams up with his bogus ex-messiah to rebuild their doomsday commune. Traveling together through middle America, the constantly-bickering duo induct a military wannabe, a mentally unstable mom, and a mysterious foreign hitchhiker into their cult... but will this family of outcasts fulfill their transcendent destiny, or decide this life might be worth living after all?

Gundamma Katha(te)

Gundamma has two children and a stepdaughter who she mistreats. She hopes to get a son-in-law who will look after the family, but two brothers decide to teach her a lesson.

A Venue For The End Of The World(en)

Haunted by uncanny similarities between Nazi stage techniques and the showmanship employed by modern entertainers, a filmmaker investigates the dangers of audience manipulation and leader worship.

God's Own Country(en)

A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.

Alexander(en)

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

The Suit Weareth the Man(en)

A young London businessman is seduced by a corporate entity.

Ghosts(de)

Nina, an end-of-teenage orphan with mental problems, starts a new job as a garden cleaner when she meets Toni. They fell in love with each other, but soon Toni starts betraying Nina. In the meantime, Francoise is picked up at a psychic department of a Berlin hospital by her husband, Pierre. After seeing Nina, Francoise believes that she has found her kidnapped daughter Marie, but neither Toni nor Pierre believe her. Nina is unsure about what to think...

Nimona(en)

A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.

Hideous(en)

Musician Oliver Sim is the main guest of a talk-show that soon slides into a surreal journey of love, shame, and blood.

The Male Gaze: The Boy Is Mine(en)

We wish to make him ours, to keep and to hold forever - but will the boy reciprocate? And is he everything we expected him to be? In these five tales from the UK, France, Sweden, Mexico and the USA, a variety of characters throw caution to the wind and take their chances on a fleeting moment. The short films are: Uneven [Impar] (2016); Wolves (2016); Johnny (2018); Debut (2016); Guardian (2018).

Sofia Was(pt)

Sofia was forced to leave her home and is now homeless. The young woman spends her days wandering the alleys of the University of São Paulo campus, where she offers her services as a tattoo artist. One ethereal night, her wanderings mingle with memories of an unfulfilled love. Wrapped in a dark, melancholy atmosphere, the film contemplates the fragility of a youth left behind. In a story that transcends borders, the life of an impenetrable fictional Sofia is imbued with the experiences of the actress of the same name who plays her. As enigmatic as an oracle, the original Portuguese title evokes the impermanence and ambiguity that haunt Sofia. She is carried away by perpetual motion, her future forever unknown.

Bohemian Rhapsody(en)

Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.

Aftersun(en)

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.

Chasing Amy(en)

Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything is going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.

The Circle(de)

A young teacher in Zurich in the 1950s falls in love with a transvestite star but is torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality. He joins a gay organization that is eventually seen as the pioneer of gay emancipation in Europe.

The Den(it)

Christian is on family vacation with his wife and son. One day he meets Luca, an old friend, at the bar on the beach. This sudden emergence from the past bothers Christian. Luca asks Christian to restart a game interrupted many years ago...

God Save the Queens(en)

A dramedy about four Drag Queens who find themselves at the very same therapy retreat. In an effort to overcome issues holding them back, they dissect their problems, told in vignettes of their lives. They discover common ground; Perhaps, it wasn't serendipity that brought them together. Maybe they're not alone?

Lavender Men(en)

Taffeta, a contemporary queer person of color, summons Abraham Lincoln to perform an elaborate historical fantasia within her own head — only to learn that she can’t hide from her own present-day demons in the shadows of someone else’s past.

Maybe... Maybe Not(de)

The heterosexual man Axel is thrown out of his girlfriends home for cheating and ends up moving in with a gay man. Axel learns the advantages of living with gay men even though they are attracted to him and when his girlfriend wants him back he must make a tough decision.

French Touch: Between Men(fr)

Between life, between love, between men. Four stories of men facing the precipice of deep change in their lives... and the male figures that took them there. Includes: In Seventh Heaven [7ème ciel] (2013); Michel's Mouse [Tapette] (2016); Taste of Love [Goût bacon] (2016); When You Hear the Bells [Au bruit des clochettes] (2016).

Je t'aime, Julie(en)

In late 17th Century France, a young, insecure woman resorts to desperate ways to be reunited with her lover, who's become a nun at a convent. Based on the chronicles of Julie d'Aubigny.

It Was Yesterday(it)

Giò, a 13-year-old girl living in the south of Italy, is the head of a boys' gang. She's secretly in love with young Paola, and she's ready to compete with male opponents to win her heart. In the last day of summer, innocence ends.

Breakfast on Pluto(en)

In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother.