2020 Submissions for Best International Feature
The Perfect Candidate
(المرشحة المثالية)
A young Saudi doctor decides to run for an office in a municipal election as their first ever female candidate.
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- Saudi Arabia, Germany • 2020
- Director Haifaa al-Mansour
- Cast Mila Alzahrani, Nora Al Awadh, Dae Al Hilali, Khalid Abdulrhim, Shafi Al Harthy
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Plex,
1982
For 11-year-old Wissam, confessing his love is a lot like the looming invasion of Lebanon: scary, uncertain, and potentially disastrous.
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- Lebanon, United States, Norway • 2019
- Director Oualid Mouaness
- Cast Nadine Labaki, Mohammad Dali, Ghassan Maalouf, Aliya Khalidi, Rodrigue Sleiman
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Adam
(آدم)
Fate comes knocking (and she's pregnant).
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- Morocco, France, Belgium • 2019
- Director Maryam Touzani
- Cast Lubna Azabal, Nisrine Erradi, Douae Belkhaouda, Aziz Hattab, Hasnaa Tamtaoui
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
And Then We Danced
(და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ)
A dancer on the brink of adulthood falls unwillingly in love with his greatest rival.
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- Sweden, Georgia • 2019
- Director Levan Akin
- Cast Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili, Ana Javakishvili, Giorgi Tsereteli, Tamar Bukhnikashvili, Anano Makharadze
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
Antigone
A modern retelling of Sophocles' historic play where a defiant young immigrant fights the system to save her troubled brother.
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- Canada • 2019
- Director Sophie Deraspe
- Cast Nahéma Ricci, Nour Belkhiria, Rawad El-Zein, Rachida Oussaada, Hakim Brahimi, Paul Doucet
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
Atlantics
(Atlantique)
When one comes back to claim what was left behind, what are the consequences?
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- France, Senegal, Belgium • 2019
- Director Mati Diop
- Cast Ibrahima Traore, Mame Bineta Sane, Aminata Kane
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Beanpole
(Дылда)
A war movie about what happens after battle.
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- Russia • 2019
- Director Kantemir Balagov
- Cast Viktoriya Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Konstantin Balakirev, Kseniya Kutepova, Olga Dragunova, Andrey Bykov
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, OVID, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Buoyancy
A teenage Cambodian rice farmer finds himself enslaved on a fish trawling boat after attempting to find work in Thailand.
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- Australia • 2019
- Director Rodd Rathjen
- Cast Sarm Heng, Thanawut Kasro, Mony Rous, Saichia Wongwirot, Yothin Udomsanti
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Commitment
(Bağlılık Aslı)
A young mother hires a new nanny that prompts her to face some of her long held secrets.
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- Turkey • 2019
- Director Semih Kaplanoğlu
- Cast Kubra Kip, Ece Yüksel, Umut Kurt, Jale Arıkan, Osman Alkaş
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Corpus Christi
(Boże Ciało)
A reformed criminal poses as a priest and ministers a small-town parish.
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- Poland • 2019
- Director Jan Komasa
- Cast Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Tomasz Ziętek, Barbara Kurzaj, Leszek Lichota
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Gaza
A documentary journey through Gaza that seeks to tell its story through the depiction of ordinary people trying to live meaningful lives under Israeli occupation.
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- Ireland, Occupied Palestinian Territory • 2019
- Director Garry Keane, Andrew McConnell
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on DocAlliance Films, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee
Gully Boy
(गल्ली बॉय)
A coming-of-age story about a college senior and his immersion into the Mumbai street rap scene.
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- India • 2019
- Director Zoya Akhtar
- Cast Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Mona Ghosh Shetty, Vijay Raaz, Vijay Varma
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Heroic Losers
(La odisea de los giles)
A group of small town residents in Argentina conspire to infiltrate an underground vault and retrieve their stolen investments.
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- Argentina, Spain • 2019
- Director Sebastián Borensztein
- Cast Ricardo Darín, Luis Brandoni, Chino Darín, Verónica Llinás, Daniel Aráoz, Carlos Belloso
- Genre Comedy, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Honeyland
Hatidze Muratova, one of the last "bee hunters" in Europe, raises bees based in a sustainable and minimally invasive manner.
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- Macedonia • 2019
- Director Tamara Kotevska
- Cast Hatidzhe Muratova, Nazife Muratova, Hussein Sam, Ljutvie Sam
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
Incitement
Yigal Amir's warped mind sees only one way forward to bring salvation to his people.
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- Israel • 2019
- Director Yaron Zilberman
- Cast Yehuda Nahari Halevi, Amitay Yaish, Ben Ousilio, Daniella Kertesz, Sivan Mast
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy
Instinct
In this psychological drama, a prison therapist becomes interested in a convicted sex offender.
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- Netherlands • 2019
- Director Halina Reijn
- Cast Carice van Houten, Marwan Kenzari, Marie-Mae van Zuilen, Pieter Embrechts, Betty Schuurman
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Invisible Life
(A Vida Invisível)
Two estranged sisters struggle to make lives for themselves despite the restrictive expectations of 1950s Brazil.
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- Brazil • 2019
- Director Karim Aïnouz
- Cast Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler, Fernanda Montenegro, Gregório Duvivier, Bárbara Santos, Flávia Gusmão
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
It Must Be Heaven
When it comes to the little things, are we really all so different from one another?
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- France • 2019
- Director Elia Suleiman
- Cast Elia Suleiman, Ali Suliman, Gael García Bernal, Stephen McHattie, Kwasi Songui, Grégoire Colin
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Laal Kabootar
(لال کبوتر)
A woman enlists the help of a taxi driver in need of money in order to get revenge.
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- Pakistan • 2019
- Director Kamal Khan
- Cast Ahmed Ali Akbar, Mansha Pasha, Rashid Farooqi, Saleem Mairaj, Mohammad Ahmad, Ali Kazmi
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Les Misérables
A policeman discovers how deep tensions run among gangs in the Parisian suburbs.
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- France • 2019
- Director Ladj Ly
- Cast Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djibril Zonga, Steve Tientcheu, Jeanne Balibar
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Freevee
Let There Be Light
(Nech je svetlo)
A father's love for his son is tested when the truth comes to light.
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- Slovakia, Czech Republic • 2019
- Director Marko Škop
- Cast Milan Ondrík, František Beleš, Zuzana Konečná, Ľubomír Paulovič, Katarína Kormaňáková, Maximilián Dušanovič
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
M for Malaysia
During the 2018 Malaysian General Election, the longstanding Barisan Nasional Coalition was voted out of power for the first time.
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- Malaysia • 2019
- Director Dian Lee
- Cast Mahathir Mohamad, Siti Hasmah, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Ineza Roussille, Tony Pua
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Monos
Eight child soldiers on a remote mountain in Latin America watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.
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- Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands • 2019
- Director Alejandro Landes
- Cast Moisés Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Sofia Buenaventura, Karen Quintero, Julian Giraldo, Laura Castrillón
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Our Mothers
(Nuestras madres)
Against his mother’s wishes, an anthropologist searches for his father, who disappeared during the Guatemalan Civil War.
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- Guatemala, Belgium, France • 2019
- Director César Díaz
- Cast Armando Espitia, Emma Dib, Aurelia Caal, Julio Serrano Echeverría, Victor Moreira
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Out Stealing Horses
(Ut og stjæle hester)
A grieving widower lives in solitude in the countryside until a chance encounter brings back memories from his past.
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- Norway, Sweden, Denmark • 2019
- Director Hans Petter Moland
- Cast Stellan Skarsgård, Tobias Santelmann, Danica Ćurčić, Pål Sverre Hagen, Bjørn Floberg, Anders Baasmo Christiansen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Pain and Glory
(Dolor y gloria)
Aging film director Salvador Mallo turns to drugs to manage his chronic pain, triggering memories of childhood in rural Spain.
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- Spain • 2019
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, Penélope Cruz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Papicha
Even war can't stop fashion.
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- France • 2019
- Director Mounia Meddour Gens
- Cast Marwan Zeghbib, Lyna Khoudri, Yasin Houicha, Nadia Kaci, Shirine Boutella, Amira Hilda Douaouda
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
Parasite
(기생충)
A poor family lies and schemes their way into the employ of a wealthy household — successfully, but with great consequences.
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- Korea • 2019
- Director Bong Joon-ho
- Cast Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Chang Hyae-jin
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Queen of Hearts
(Dronningen)
A successful lawyer's picture-perfect life is jeopardized when she has an affair with her teenage stepson.
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- Denmark, Sweden • 2019
- Director May el-Toukhy
- Cast Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, Magnus Krepper, Liv Esmår Dannemann, Silja Esmår Dannemann, Stine Gyldenkerne
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Plex,
Spider
(Araña)
When an old friend resurfaces, a couple's dark secrets begin to pour out.
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- Chile, Argentina, Brazil • 2019
- Director Andrés Wood
- Cast Mercedes Morán, Marcelo Alonso, María Valverde, Pedro Fontaine, Caio Blat, Néstor Cantillana
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
System Crasher
(Systemsprenger)
Too young for psychiatric treatment, too aggressive to stay in foster care: where can this little girl go?
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- Germany • 2019
- Director Nora Fingscheidt
- Cast Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Lisa Hagmeister, Maryam Zaree, Melanie Straub
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Awakening of the Ants
(El despertar de las hormigas)
A young woman is under pressure from her family to have a third child, provoking a rebellion from her domesticity.
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- Costa Rica, Spain • 2019
- Director Antonella Sudasassi
- Cast Daniela Valenciano, Leynar Gomez, Adriana Alvarez, Isabella Moscoso, Adriana Alpizar
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video, Kanopy, myfilmfriend
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
A young Malawian genius uses invention and ambition to save his family and village from famine.
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- United Kingdom • 2019
- Director Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Cast Maxwell Simba, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Aïssa Maïga, Lily Banda, Joseph Marcell, Lemogang Tsipa
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Chambermaid
(La Camarista)
A chambermaid at a luxurious Mexico City hotel confronts the monotony of long workdays with quiet examinations of forgotten belongings.
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- Mexico • 2019
- Director Lila Avilés
- Cast Gabriela Cartol, Teresa Sánchez, Agustina Quinci
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Painted Bird
(Nabarvené ptáče)
A young Jewish boy seeks refuge in the forest during World War II where he encounters many different depraved characters.
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- Czech Republic, Ukraine, Slovakia • 2019
- Director Václav Marhoul
- Cast Petr Kotlár, Nina Šunevič, Alla Sokolova, Udo Kier, Michaela Doležalová, Stellan Skarsgård
- Genre Drama, History, Horror, Thriller, War
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube
The Steed
(Хийморь)
In early 20th century Mongolia, a boy's bond with his horse is sacred.
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- Mongolia • 2019
- Director Erdenebileg Ganbold
- Cast Erdenebileg Ganbold, Ariunbold E., Enkhtuul G., Tserendagva Purevdorj, Mendbayar Dagvadorj
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Traitor
(Il traditore)
After trying to leave the mafia for Brazil, Tommaso Buscetta is forced to return to Italy and become an informant.
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- Italy, France, Germany • 2019
- Director Marco Bellocchio
- Cast Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi, Luigi Lo Cascio, Bruno Cariello
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Whistlers
(La Gomera)
A corrupt policeman is intent on freeing a crooked businessman from a prison on Gomera, an island in the Canaries.
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- Romania, France, Germany • 2019
- Director Corneliu Porumboiu
- Cast Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazăr, Sabin Tambrea, Agustí Villaronga, István Téglás
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, VUDU Free, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Those Who Remained
(Akik maradtak)
Sometimes the kindness of strangers is all the love we need.
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- Hungary • 2019
- Director Barnabás Tóth
- Cast Károly Hajduk, Abigél Szőke, Mari Nagy, Katalin Simkó, Adél Jordán
- Genre Drama
- Available on Chai Flicks, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Truth and Justice
(Tõde ja Õigus)
A farmer in late-19th-century Estonia will stop at nothing to transform his run-down farm.
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- Estonia • 2019
- Director Tanel Toom
- Cast Priit Loog, Ester Kuntu, Priit Võigemast, Maiken Pius, Simeoni Sundja, Indrek Sammul
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tu me manques
Jorge travels from Bolivia to New York after his son Gabriel's death to confront Gabriel's boyfriend Sebastian.
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- Bolivia, United States • 2019
- Director Rodrigo Bellott
- Cast Rossy de Palma, Rick Cosnett, Oscar Martínez, Ana Asensio, Dominic Colón
- Genre Drama
- Available on Dekkoo, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Vudu, Tubi TV
Verdict
A woman goes to court over her husband's physical abuse.
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- Philippines, France • 2019
- Director Raymund Ribay Gutierrez
- Cast Max Eigenmann, Kristoffer King, Jordhen Suan, Rene Durian, Dolly De Leon
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Weathering with You
(天気の子)
Hodaka runs away from home to rainy Tokyo and meets a young girl with a mysterious and magical power.
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- Japan • 2019
- Director Makoto Shinkai
- Cast Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Tsubasa Honda, Sakura Kiryu, Sei Hiraizumi, Yūki Kaji
- Genre Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
When Tomatoes Met Wagner
(Όταν ο Βάγκνερ συνάντησε τις ντομάτες)
A tiny village tries to compete in the global food market.
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- Greece • 2019
- Director Marianna Economou
- Cast Alexandros Gousiaris, Christos Takas, Olga Lorida, Agathi Gousiari, Katina Gousiari
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Zana
A woman deals with the trauma of war while trying to appease her family's' wishes and have a child.
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- Kosovo, Albania, United States • 2019
- Director Antoneta Kastrati
- Cast Adriana Matoshi, Astrit Kabashi, Mensur Safqiu, Çun Lajçi, Bislim Muçaj
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Plex, Popflick,
Ága
When Sedna's health deteriorates, Nanook embarks on a journey through the snow-covered fields of the north to find their daughter.
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- Bulgaria, Germany, France • 2018
- Director Milko Lazarov
- Cast Mikhail Aprosimov, Feodosia Ivanova, Sergey Egorov, Galina Tikhonova, Afanasiy Kylaev
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Klassiki, Apple TV, Vudu, Kanopy
Finding Farideh
(در جستجوی فریده)
An Iranian woman raised by a Dutch couple travels to Iran to try and find her biological parents.
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- Iran, Netherlands • 2018
- Director Kourosh Ataee, Azadeh Moussavi
- Cast Eline Farideh Koning
- Genre Documentary
- Available on True Story
Retablo
Everyone has secrets, no matter how much you think you know them.
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- Peru, Germany, Norway • 2018
- Director Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio L.
- Cast Amiel Cayo, Junor Bejar, Magaly Solier, Mauro Chuchon, Ubaldo Huamán, Hermelinda Luján
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
Tel Aviv on Fire
A wry, insightful comedy about a hapless production intern on a Palestinian soap opera.
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- Luxembourg, Belgium, Israel • 2018
- Director Sameh Zoabi
- Cast Kais Nashif, Lubna Azabal, Yaniv Biton, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadim Sawalha
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV
The Delegation
(Delegacioni)
The Albanian government releases a political prisoner so that he can testify in favor of those who imprisoned him.
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- Albania, France, Greece • 2018
- Director Bujar Alimani
- Cast Viktor Zhusti, Xhevdet Ferri, Ndriçim Xhepa, Richard Sammel, Kasem Hoxha
- Genre Drama
- Available on Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
The Mover
(Tēvs nakts)
A Latvian alcohol smuggler and his wife decide to hide and rescue Jews from the Riga ghetto.
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- Latvia • 2018
- Director Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
- Cast Artūrs Skrastiņš, Ilze Blauberga, Matīss Kipļuks, Mihails Karasikovs, Toms Treinis
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Chai Flicks, Tubi TV, Kanopy