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Spring 1986: A nuclear reactor explodes in Chernobyl, and feelings explode in a small town in western Finland. Mimi is the new girl in class and suddenly fills 15-year-old Mariia's life with radiant light. The two kiss on the beach, share their fears and experience their first great love. The teenage girls don't even realise that they come from different social backgrounds. 20 years later, Mariia returns to her home country to look after her seriously ill mother. And suddenly the memories of that summer that changed everything come back to life.

Nina, an OB-GYN, faces accusations after newborn's death. Her life undergoes scrutiny during investigation. She persists in her medical duties, determined to provide care others hesitate to offer, despite risks.

An actor and a politician start a secret affair and together discover their fetish for having sex in public places. The closer they get to their dream of fame, the more they feel the urge to put themselves at risk.

July 23, 2018. An important date for ex-FEMEN leader Oxana Chatchko - the opening of her exhibition of blasphemous icons. So begins a day of wandering across Paris. Amidst encounters with lovers and an art critic, and an appointment to confirm her political refugee status, memories of her past as a feminist activist, and the traumas and betrayals suffered during her fight, resurface. Can she reawaken her desire to live?

Peaches Goes Bananas takes an intimate look at artist and musician Peaches' playful and intoxicating creative world. Real name Merrill Beth Nisker, Peaches left home and her job as a schoolteacher in Canada with the ambition of making a name for herself in the Berlin Underground, combining sex, punk, and the sweet memory of the early '80s, when disco went underground again.

In a remote village in the north, a young girl named Yuri is taught never to go outside after dark and to fear the reclusive forest dwellers known as the Ochi. When Yuri finds an Ochi baby that has been left behind by its pack, she devotedly cares for the little one and embarks on a daring journey to bring it home.

""I collect. I document. I write down my memories. I’m afraid they’ll disappear." This is how Victoria Verseau introduces her intimate documentary diary, in which she returns to Thailand and to the year 2012, when she underwent her transition. She had long awaited this moment, but then came feelings of uncertainty, amplified by the death of a close friend. The conceptual artist adopts an almost archaeological approach to the past and lays bare the process of writing a personal story that is intrinsically linked to the creation of her own identity. In this deeply felt debut she reveals the joyful aspects and also the dark recesses of transition and, bringing other testimonies into play as well, she critically examines what defines women as women."

Rosa, 20, leaves Cape Verde after the death of her husband to settle in Reboleira, a poor district of Lisbon. She works for Nunha, a local matron who runs a small bistro. Caught between the harassment of kingpins and daily police violence, Rosa knows she must keep her cool, as she has a mission: to send money to her two children. To console herself, she sings about her misfortune in the evenings.

Rosa von Praunheim is the satanic sow, incarnated by the wanton actor Armin Dallapiccola. A poetic compendium of life and death with pushy fans, the Good Lord, lovers and Rosa’s horrified mother.

Justine, her husband and their gang of friends come up with a solution to their money problems: organize a fake romantic cruise for Franck, a major investor, who is looking to seduce a woman.

A coming-of-age story that follows Matias, an Argentine filmmaker in his forties, struggling with an unfinished movie inspired by his elusive first love to Alexander, a Swedish friend he met at an international school in the 90’s. Tenderness and fascination define their strong friendship, which is short-lived when Alexander is suddenly expelled back to his country, leaving young Matias with an unresolved story of undeclared emotions. 25 years later, and Matias decides to reopen Pandora’s box as he embarks on a journey to find the ending to his story by coming face-to-face with Alexander, discovering life imitating art.

After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

After living in England for two years without papers, Nigerian migrant Isio is picked up and taken to a deportation center. She hopes for a fair trial and is convinced that she will be granted asylum if she strictly follows the rules. Her charismatic new roommate Farah thinks this is naive. As Isio gets used to life in the deportation center, she falls in love with Farah. When her asylum application is rejected, Farah suggests they escape together to give their love a chance.

David, a young middle-class Jewish boy, overweight, homosexual and afraid of flying, returns to Buenos Aires from Europe when his uncle dies. During his time there, David learns that his mother has decided to disconnect his father from the ventilator.

Z (a trans masculine singer) bombs a pivotal musical theatre audition, unable to control his voice after starting testosterone 12 months earlier. To save his own life and livelihood, Z must rediscover himself and his voice.

In the Bernese Seeland region, a married couple and their adult son run a thriving small business buying, renting and repairing excavators. But the rural idyll is deceptive: since the accidental death of their 19-year-old daughter, their gay son, who wants to study economics in the USA, cannot leave the family home. When the mother drifts into depression and the father falls in love with the village's new choir director, the family structure continues to disintegrate.

Schoolgirl Totsuko can see other people's feelings as colors. Kimi, an outsider at her school, radiates the most beautiful colors of all. Although she doesn't play an instrument, Totsuko forms a band with Kimi and Rui, a quiet music lover. As they rehearse in an old church on a remote island, the music brings them closer and closer together.