Storyline: Global Village

In a stark portrayal of corruption in the Kazakh steppes, young policeman Bekzat is torn between loyalty and decency.

The Sutter family can no longer earn a living from their Swiss mountain farm in the 1970s. A family catastrophe is brewing.

A crazy anthology from Yakutia consisting of seven funny, dramatic and complex stories about the relationships of families, neighbors and relatives.

To honor the archaic lifestyles of his ancestors and to preserve tradition, Liêm spends several days each year in the Vietnamese jungle.

Incredibly close and emotional, the film tells the stories of emancipation, love and struggle within a Turkish family.

Quiet drama about the Russian soul, corruption and the postman from Lake Kenozero in northern Russia.

The merciless fighting between militias in the region around Mount Lebanon ended in reprisals against civilians.

A magical film about the mysteries of childhood and an old custom: In the village of MANSFELD, the ritual banishment of the old takes place every year

A dairy farmer and his sister, who is a veterinarian, get into a conflict over how to deal with a dangerous cattle disease.

A young Italian student of agriculture wants to save her family's olive trees from pollution, parasite infestation, and corruption.

A grieving teenage girl is drawn to the young man blamed for her brother's death.

The strange loner Amador was blamed for a devastating forest fire. After serving his prison sentence, he is now no longer welcome in his village.

A reactor safety engineer follows the trail of his disappearing daughter through the Kafkaesque West German province.

In the meditative quiet of a small Chinese village, 12-year-old Xiaoxian experiences three deaths and two births in seven days.

Growing up in a rural idyll on his father's farm, teenager Johannes searches for his place in life.

This impressive debut from Dutch filmmaker Rosanne Pel examines manipulative sexual abuse among teenagers from the perpetrator’s point of view.

Set in the rolling hills of the English countryside, Philophobia by Guy Davies takes a fresh look at the high school film genre.

To convince an investor to build a factory in their remote village in northern Canada, the villagers first have to find a company doctor.

Buddhist noir: In Buthan the undercover police officer Kinley investigates the disappearance of a Buddhist abbess, who is known as "the demon".

Lost in the German province and searching for stability, 5 young people find each other and live by their own rules.

A brutal sex crime reveals the monstrous nature of humans, while a police officer must preserve his humanity.

After his father’s sudden death, Iddrisu, a talented medical student, returns to his home village of northern Ghana.

A disillusioned reporter and an idealistic young pastor, fight to free a girl accused of witchcraft from the clutches of a superstitious village in the ...

England, 1959. A woman decides to open a bookshop, despite protests from the local population.

Atmospheric Kenyan drama about Kaleche, who wakes up in a village of the dead.

During the melon harvest in the rolling green hills of Moldova, 15-year-old Anishoara experiences the overwhelming feeling of first love.

Early one summer morning a man, with a secret stashed away in a duffel bag, emerges from the forest. In a nearby village he asks around for work.

With the onset of the mountain winter, Albert has to decide between preserving old ways of life on the mountain or new perspectives in the valley.

A German Mumblecore mystery and pyschodrama about two couples, a polyamorous relationship, and nightmarish reality shifts.

This Chinese comedy sheds light on village life and the social changes that Chinese society is undergoing.

A firebug is wreaking havoc in a small Norwegian community - the culprit must come from among them.

15 years ago off the coast of Windholm the sea disappeared and with it, all the children. Since then, the losses hang like a curse over the region.

In this quiet comedy in the style of Wes Anderson, a 15-year-old Welshman navigates the shoals of first love like a sailor through reefs.

In this celebration of childhood, a 10-year-old girl struggles to find her place in a 'boys' world.

Just like Lützerath, Erkelenz and Hambach, the village in this film has to make way for open-cast mining. But one man refuses to leave.

A love story about two troubled souls from a small town in northern Nevada. CHANCES won the Golden Reel Award.