David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.

Ten years have gone by since Elena's six-year old son has disappeared. The last thing she heard of him was a phone call he gave her, saying that he was lost on a beach in France and couldn't find his father. Nowadays, Elena lives on this same beach and manages a restaurant. She is finally beginning to emerge from this tragic episode when she meets a French teenager who strongly reminds her of her lost son. The two of them will embark on a relationship which will sow chaos and distrust around them.

Daniel Blake har arbejdet som snedker i Newcastle det meste af sit 59-årige liv. For første gang nogensinde har han brug for hjælp fra staten efter at være blevet arbejdsløs på grund af sygdom. Daniel møder Katie, der er enlig mor til børnene Daisy og Dylan. Katies eneste mulighed for at komme ud af et værelse på et hostel for hjemløse i London er at takke ja til en smadret lejlighed i en fremmed by næsten 500 km væk. Daniel og Katie befinder sig i ingenmandsland, fanget i et velfærdsbureaukrati uden fleksibilitet eller medmenneskelighed. Deres venskab giver dem mod og styrke til at gå imod et sygt system.

When Myriam, the mother of two young children, decides, despite the reluctance of her husband to resume his activity in a law firm, the couple is looking for a nanny. After a severe casting, they engage Louise, who quickly conquers the affection of children and gradually occupies a central place in the home. Gradually the trap of mutual dependence will close, until the tragedy.

Dramaet 'The Farewell' handler om en kinesisk familie, hvoraf den ene del bor i USA, mens den anden lever i Kina. Her bl.a. familiens bedstemor Nai Nai, der bliver diagnosticeret med kræft, hvilket kun giver hende kort tid tilbage at leve i. Familien i USA rejser derfor tilbage til Kina under påskud af at deltage i et bryllup. I virkeligheden er det dog for at være sammen med Nai Nai i hendes sidste dage. Dog uden at nogen fortæller bedstemoren, at hendes dage er talte. For barnebarnet Billi, der rejser fra New York til Kina, bliver forsøget med at navigere i løgnen en svær opgave. Med et ben i hver kultur, skal hun nu respektere familiens ønske, med samtidig også være tro over sig selv og hendes elskede bedstemor.

One football match on a dirt pitch near Rome becomes a day of reckoning as a young player, his coach and their team's owner wrestle internal demons.

Summer 1994, Scotland. Johnno and Spanner are best mates, but Johnno’s family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. In pursuit of adventure and escape they head out on one last night to an illegal rave before parting ways indefinitely.

Let's Hope It's a Girl is a multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of sexual stereotypes. Liv Ullmann is a countess who, after her divorce, takes over the family farm. Realizing that she can't rely on the patriarchal society structure for assistance, Ullmann runs the farm herself with the help of her female servants and relatives. When the Count (Philipe Noiret) comes back into her life, he and his male buddies find themselves outclassed by the expertise of the ladies.

Before he lost his sight. Before he pledged his service to Kublai Khan. Hundred Eyes saw what made him into the deadly assassin who trains Marco Polo.

Camille, a young idealistic photojournalist, goes to the Central African Republic to cover the civil war that is brewing up. What she sees there will change her destiny forever.

A small Egyptian police band travels to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves stuck in the wrong town.

A young Asian immigrant worker in Moscow tried to track down her baby, whom she abandoned at the hospital.

Sophia, a brilliant doctoral student, has always maintained a symbiotic relationship with her brother Karim. The arrival of a new lover in Karim’s life significantly alters their dynamic.

The officer Nico Giraldi investigates a homicide which has taken place in a Chinese restaurant in Rome. His wife and his son are kidnappeded by the murderer in the course of the inquiry. In the end the case is worked out.

Angie is a working class woman. After being fired, she decides to set up a recruitment agency of her own, running it from her kitchen with her friend, Rose. Taking advantage of the desperation of immigrants, Angie builds a successful business extremely quickly.

I en tid med stor social uro og fattigdom vinder den unge arbejderklassekvinde Maria et kamera i et lotteri. Maria er gift med den charmerende Sigge, men hverdagen er hård, for Sigge har hang til alkohol og kvinder og med en børneflok på 7 og for få penge, er det ikke nemt at få det til at løbe rundt. Kameraet giver Maria mulighed for et pusterum i hverdagen, og gennem kameralinsen begynder hun at se verden med nye øjne. Men hendes nyerhvervede klarsyn bliver hurtigt en trussel for Sigge - men samtidig bringer det også den charmerende fotograf Pedersen ind i hendes liv.

Filmmakers Ibrahim, Suliman, Eltayeb and Manar, close friends for many years, left their motherland in the sixties and seventies to study film abroad and founded the Sudanese Film Group in 1989. After years of distance and exile, they are reunited, hoping to finally make their old dream come true: to bring back cinema to Sudan by reopening the Halfaia Cinema, a dilapidated theater in Khartoum.

Four women in their thirties reevaluate their relationships, both shared and private, after a startling revelation concerning one's marriage forces each of them to ask one of life's biggest questions: "Am I who I want to be?"

Dokumentaren "Pavarotti" skildrer operagigantens liv og karriere uden at holde igen. "Folkets tenor" Luciano Pavarotti havde personlighed, genialitet, og han havde berømmelse og brugte sine fantastiske evner på at udbrede operakunsten til mennesker langt uden for den indviede kreds. Gennem kraften i sit talent indtog ikonet Pavarotti verdens store scener og betog publikums hjerter hvor han end kom hen

On her way to visit her childhood home in a colonial outpost in Northern Cameroon, a young French woman recalls her childhood, her memories concentrating on her family's houseboy.