Fabrizio Rongione

The first scene, like almost all others, is a fighting scene. A girl, about 18, is sacked from her factory work because her trial period is over. The girl, Rosetta, is quite upset and the cops will have to arrive to get her out. She has her reasons: she lives in a caravan, with her alcoholic mother. She goes looking for work as some go to the war. Treasons, murders are in her mind, if not in her acts. (imdb)

Dispossessed twenty-year old Bruno (Renier) lives with his eighteen-year-old girlfriend Sonia (François) in Seraing, an eastern Belgian steel town. They live off Sonia's unemployment benefits and the panhandling and petty theft committed by Bruno and his gang. Their lives change forever when Sonia gives birth to their child, Jimmy. (Sony Pictures Classics)

In order to become the owner of a snack bar with her boyfriend, Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, becomes an accomplice to a diabolical plan devised by mobster Fabio. (imdb)

Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider. (imdb)

A reenactment of the final days of the 2001 G8 Summit (imdb)

At 30, Zeno's father dies, and he realizes that his youth is almost over. Meeting Giovanni Malfenti, a succesful gallery owner with four daughters, he's impressed by Malfenti's energy, and falls in love with one of his daughters. This relationship helps Zeno find peace and direction. (imdb)

The film follows Sandra, a young woman assisted by her husband, who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job. (imdb)

An Italian man looks back from his jail cell on his youthful exploits as a political extremist with understanding, candour and remorse. (imdb)

Faced with problems on a housing project, Alexandre feels the need to return to his long-standing research for a book on Borromini, a 17th-century architect that he has admired and tried to emulate all his life. And so Aliénor accompanies Alexandre on his research trip to Borromini's birthplace in Ticino, Switzerland with a the plan for them to continue to Turin, then Rome, following in the architect's steps. But a chance encounter with an adolescent brother and sister changes their plans. (filmdivider)

Summer in Paris. Fifteen-year-old Vincent refuses to join in with his schoolmates torturing rats or selling sperm on the Internet. He lives with his single mother Marie and finally wants to find out who his father is. His investigations lead him to a famous publisher with an obnoxious character. When he meets said publisher's brother Joseph, his life changes in a flash. (Berlinale 66)

A doctor attempts to uncover the identity of a patient who died after she refused her treatment. (imdb)

Alice has been separated from her brother, Nathan, for too long. After he dies, Alice leaves for Japan and finds refuge in a small village by the cliffs. Nathan said he had found peace there, thanks to a man called Daisuke. As she follows in her brother's footsteps, she too becomes close with the elderly man and with his other guests. In a particularly Japanese atmosphere, she starts to listen to her own heart once again. (cinemamontreal.com)

The efforts of a Belgian director who has to stick posters of his film everywhere and harass crowds to get people to come and see his film. When it turns out to be a flop, he is jobless and his partner leaves him. To help him get over all this, his friend and actor leads him on an adventure to make a new film, despite all the difficulties. From adventures to misadventures, the tender, lively and funny film is the story of a fighter. (KG)

Romulus and Remus, two shepherds and loyal brothers, end up taking part to a journey that will lead one of them to be the founder of the greatest nation ever seen. However, the fate of the chosen one will pass from killing his own brother. (imdb)

David is a full family man: a woman he loves, two adorable children, a gang of friends. Returning from their last vacation, David is interrogated by the police as part of a murder. Quickly, the investigation establishes that it is not irreproachable. (imdb)

Renato is a young insurance salesman who even sells contracts to the dead, but whenever he has a beautiful thing, he lives in the constant fear of losing it. That is why, when he meets Anna, a charming student under house arrest, it seems too good to be true: for him, it is the ideal relationship, since he always knows where to find her and can truly be the only man in her life. (cineuropa.org)

An idealistic engineer builds his own island off the Italian coast and declares it a nation, drawing the world's attention. Values are tested when the Italian Government declares him an enemy, but to change the world risks must be taken. (imdb)

Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight.

In 1963 France, Anne, a bright young student, gets pregnant, seeing her opportunities to finish her studies and excel slipping from her. As her final exams approach and her social life begins to fade, Anne's pregnancy progresses, forcing her to confront the shame and pain of an abortion, even if she must risk prison to do so. (wikipedia.org)

Carmela is thirty, beautiful and as untamed as an horsewoman. She is jobless and struggles to get by on her own, doing small day-to-day tasks. She makes ends meet by making use of the immigrants who populate the maze of alleyways of Naples' old historic centre. A circle of hell where, even to get a residence permit, you have to pay to work. (PFA Films)

The Pantani Affair explores the last five years of the life of the italian champion among the events in Madonna di Campiglio and his death in Rimini. (imdb)

Follows the last days of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette before they were executed.

Tony is ready to audition for drama drama. Steven, who is to help him with the counter-remarks, does not show up. Tony decides to never talk to Steven, the traitor, again. (imdb)

Brussels teacher Amal encourages students' passion for reading and freedom of expression, despite risks. Her daring approach leaves a mark on pupils and families. (imdb)

With their beloved mother only a few days to live, her children decide to give her a surprising parting gift: bring Dave, a lifelong fan, to her bedside in the Ardennes. But even though everyone adores her, brothers, sister and brother-in-law are not on the best of terms and cooperation is not their strong point. (imdb)