Ida
Poland
Director: Pawel PawlikowskiStarring: Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Joanna KuligWhat's it about?In 1960s Poland, an 18-year-old novitiate learns she is a Jewish orphan. Before she takes her vows, she meets her only living relative, and together, they discover a dark family secret dating back to the Nazi occupation.
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Leviathan
Russia
Director: Andrey ZvyagintsevStarring: Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Aleksey SerebryakovWhat's it about: A searing critique of the entrenched corruption that plagues contemporary Russia, the Golden Globe winner tells the story of a villager in North Russia, who is embroiled in a dispute with the corrupt mayor of the town.
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Tangerines
Estonia
Director: Zaza UrushadzeStarring: Misha Meskhi, Giorgi Nakashidze, Elmo NüganenWhat's it about?An Estonian village is the flashpoint for tensions in the war in Georgia, when two sole villagers take in a pair of wounded soldiers.
Timbuktu
Mauritania
Director: Abderrahmane SissakoStarring: Abel Jafri, Fatoumata Diawara, Hichem YacoubiWhat's it about?The inhabitants of a village in Mali have their lives come under increasing surveillance as extremists seek to implement Sharia Law. Two unwed parents in Aguelhok face the dire prospect of death by stoning.
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Wild Tales
Argentina
Director: Damián SzifronStarring: Rita Cortese, Ricardo Darín, Liliana AckermanWhat's it about?Each revenge fantasy is more ludicrous than the last in this madcap series of shorts from Argentina: In one, a road rage incident has an extraordinary ending; in another, an explosives expert wages war with inept bureaucrats; and in the finale, a pair of newlyweds barely make it out of their reception alive.
