The kind-hearted Amir leads a lonely existence. With his dog as his only company, he drives through Tehran at night to sell drugs. Along the way, Amir offers a helping hand, a listening ear and a comforting shoulder and takes care of lost souls like a modern prophet. Desperation and anger resonate in his customers' longing for drug intoxication. Amir drives aimlessly through the streets of a city without a future, with his GPS acting as a guide. Should he flee that place or is there still a spark of resistance in him?

A father and son rob a jewelry store, but when they can't find their getaway car, they have to improvise to avoid the police. Their flight leads them to a holiday camp for young people with disabilities, where their adventure really begins. What follows is a chaotic week full of heartwarming experiences that will change their lives forever. The French comedy 'Un P'tit Truc en Plus' marks the directorial debut of singer and comedian Artus, who himself plays the leading role. What sets this moving comedy apart is the use of non-professional actors with disabilities. The film has already won the hearts of audiences in both France and Belgium with its authenticity and charm.

As a little boy, Charlie (Michael Goorjian) was forced to flee Armenia. When he returns in 1948 to help with the reconstruction, not everyone is charmed by the returned “Americatsi”. Despite all the setbacks, Charlie has retained his childlike wonder for the world, even when he is wrongly imprisoned in a Soviet prison upon his return. With an infectious positivity, he makes the best of his captivity where he uses the few bright spots to give hope during the dark days. Amerikatsi is the first Armenian film ever to be on the best international Oscar shortlist and is based on a true family story by the director, who dedicates the film to his own grandfather.

Widow Clicquot is based on the true story of the 'Grand Dame of Champagne' Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin. At the age of twenty, she married François Clicquot, heir to the famous Clicquot champagne empire. When François dies, widow ('veuve') Barbe-Nicole takes over and is determined to further develop her husband's revolutionary applications. Battered by the seasons, competing winemakers and the Napoleonic Code, which prohibits her from running a business as a woman, the elegant widow (played by Haley Bennett) must do everything she can to protect the Clicquot heritage. This sparkling costume drama, also a toast to love and female entrepreneurship, is directed by Thomas Napper (Jawbone). Actress Haley Bennett, known for her roles in Swallow and The Girl on the Train, plays the role of the widow Clicquot.

A Beautiful Lack tells the compelling story of Lucia, the first and greatest love of womanizer Giacomo Casanova. After an enchanting meeting in Italy, the two pledge eternal loyalty to each other while awaiting Casanova's return from a business trip. But then Lucia is struck by smallpox and she cuts herself off from her lover and from the outside world. Sixteen years later, when she has reinvented herself as the mysterious and veiled courtesan Galathée, they meet again in Amsterdam. Without showing her face, Lucia and Casanova fall for each other again. As their love blossoms again, Lucia must make a decision; Does she dare to drop her mask and reveal her true identity? The film is based on the bestseller of the same name by Arthur Japin, which was a huge success with a 72nd edition and translations in no fewer than 22 countries. Japin also co-wrote the English-language film script. Director Michiel van Erp (Stromboli, Nobody in the City) brings the story to life with Maarten Heijmans, Jonah Hauer-King and Dar Zuzovsky on the silver screen.

Elisabeth Sparkle, star of an aerobics show, is fired on her 50th birthday by her boss because of her age. When she returns home, her morale at its lowest, she receives an unexpected proposal. A mysterious laboratory offers her a miraculous "substance": if she injects it, she will become "the best version" of herself, "younger, more beautiful, more perfect".

As the sixth wife of the Catholic British monarch Henry VIII (Jude Law), the Protestant Catharine Parr (Alicia Vikander) tries to influence her husband, and thus the rest of the kingdom. When the sick and paranoid Hendrik returns from the battlefield, he increasingly loses his grip on reality and focuses his anger on (Protestant) radicals. When he even has Catharine's childhood friend Anne Askew executed, she fights in fear for her marriage, and at the same time for her own life. Firebrand offers a contemporary and feminist look at the palace intrigues of the Tudor era and the final years of the infamous King Henry VIII. Director Karim Aïnouz (The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao), together with actors Alicia Vikander (The Green Knight, Tomb Raider, The Danish Girl) and Jude Law (The New Pope, Sherlock Holmes, The Nest), brings this oppressive history back to life.