Hichem Yacoubi

Longing for a brighter future, two Senegalese teenagers embark on a journey from West Africa to Italy. However, between their dreams and reality lies a labyrinth of checkpoints, the Sahara Desert, and the vast waters of the Mediterranean.

Dir. Matteo Garrone · With Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Issaka Sawadogo

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.

Dir. Jacques Audiard · With Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif

A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.

Dir. Christian Tafdrup · With Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Fedja van Huêt

Cairo, 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.

Dir. Tarik Saleh · With Fares Fares, Mari Malek, Yasser Ali Maher

Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.

Dir. Abderrahmane Sissako · With Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed

Selma, a psychoanalyst, deals with a cast of colorful new patients after returning home to Tunisia to open a practice.

Dir. Manele Labidi · With Golshifteh Farahani, Hichem Yacoubi, Majd Mastoura