Jean-Christophe Folly

The relationship between a father and daughter is complicated by the arrival of a handsome young man.

Ebbo and Vera Velten have spent the better part of the past twenty years living in different African countries. Ebbo is the manager of a sleeping sickness programme. His work is fulfilling. Vera, however, feels increasingly lost in Yaounde's ex-pat community. She can't bear the separation from her 14-year-old daughter, Helen, who is attending boarding school in Germany. (www.berlinale.de)

As research for her next feature, Denis travels to French Guiana to meet Jean Bena, a notorious figure celebrated by some and demonized by others. She brings with her the young actor who will play the Bena character in her film. In the process, she weaves in the history of the nearby Aluku, an isolated tribe descended from African slaves who fled into the jungle rather than be pressed into work in the gold mines. (Harvard Film Archive)

Dani was born in Togo, and arrived in Italy fleeing the war in Libya. He lives in a temporary guesthouse at Pergine, a village in the mountains of Trentino, at the foot of the valley Mocheni. He has a one year old daughter, who, however, can not raise. The meeting with Michael, a child who is trying to overcome the death of his father, will change him fundamentally.

Just as Simone works up the courage to tell her conservative Jewish family she's a lesbian, she finds herself attracted to a male Senegalese chef.

Dominick Brassan has the power to turn invisible, but he keeps it a shameful secret. Then, when his ability to control his gift gets out of hand, his life, friendships and relationships will be forever turned inside out. (imdb)

Summer in Corsica. In a Corsican village nestled in the mountains everyone experiences summer in his or her own way: children play, teenagers flirt, and the elders comment on the passage of time at their local bar. In the August heat, it doesn't take long for tensions to rise as one family struggles to keep grudges from bubbling to the surface. Sometimes a spark is all that is needed to set the maquis alight. —BeforFilms

A pair of models find themselves at a crossroads in their careers.

Liv Sandor reflects on her past romances.