Alex Brendemühl

From acclaimed Spanish director Joaquin Oristrell, Unconscious is a delightful period comedy that questions sexual taboos in Barcelona in the early 20th century, yet resonates with a modern sensibility. (Regent Releasing)

A group of Barcelona friends spend more time keeping secrets from each other and their significant others than they do just enjoying each other. One of the married women pursues a lesbian relationship... (outfilms.com)

Lo Bueno de Llorar tells the story of an ending couple's relationship. It is not an easy break up, but a long night of decisions, doubts, fears, lies, silences, reflections and discussions. This story is a voyage from the highest altitudes in Barcelona to the ocean. Vera and Alejandro allow us , to effectively explore the big lies that may exist within a couple, but great truths about human beings as well, through a minimalist movie that intends on searching in the feelings hidden inside any love relationship. (ficv.cl)

"The Silence Before Bach" is a melange of genres including narrative vignettes and documentary sequences on the theme of the transformational power of great music. At one moment his camera records a subway car packed with passionate cello-playing musicians; at another he is following a guide who gives tours of Leipzig dressed in full Bach regalia; and in a third he stages Felix Mendelssohn's discovery of sheet music for the 'St. Matthew Passion' used by a butcher to wrap meat. (Film Forum)

Tómas and Helena are a married Chilean couple living in Barcelona. They are busy and career oriented people, but all comes to a halt with the bad news of Helena's little brother Jordi. He has disappeared and is feared dead back in Chile. Shortly after, they are approached by a young woman. It is Jordi's girlfriend Sandra, the last person to see him before he disappeared. Sandra awakens strong emotions in both Tómas and Helena, and a triangular drama with an uncertain ending starts to develop. (Kosmorama.no)

Five kids are reunited for the summer holidays, and plan to compete in a go-cart race against their rival gangs, to win the rights to the village's mythical tree-house.

Two single parents decide to move in together and their two teenage children fall in love. (imdb)

Fascinating journey through the life and work of the prestigious Catalan poet Jaime Gil de Biedma, both marked by sexuality and eroticism. (imdb)

In this fascinating allegorical horror-thriller, a brilliant young neurosurgeon emerges miraculously unharmed from a devastating car crash -- only to discover a dark secret about his origins that stretches back to a series of bizarre experiments conducted at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War. (tiff.net)

Juan and Teresa have been lovers for two years. The day before she leaves to live in London, he abandons the apartment they were sharing. Juan embarks on a series of encounters with other women. He only allows himself to meet them by chance. Every afternoon at the same time, he sits on the same bench in a park, and then he also sits at the same table in the same bar. Shortly thereafter, using these methods, he meets both Alicia and Ana. (imdb)

The true story of an argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all times. (imdb)

A man hidden his authentic sadist personality behind an aparently correct behavior.

This colourful first fiction by renowned producer Luis Miñarro offers a quietly hallucinating take on the brief rule of Amadeo of Savoy, who was king of turbulent Spain for two years around 1870. (MUBI)

25 years ago there was a promise of a new world, and an alternate reality with endless possibilities based on the cybernetic revolution. But what have been the real changes through this 25 years and in which direction are we going now? From the first artistic and musical expressions to our present digital life going through our bodies, movies&video games, robots and artificial intelligence and the tech-way we have adopted to communicate each other. (imdb)

This is a mad satire about five individuals living in a mental institution. While inside, they come up with a plan to save the global economy and at the same time punish those responsible. The first step is to get out of the institution and on the yacht of the bank president. (Fanny)

Ma ma centres on a woman diagnosed with cancer who experiences a life-changing encounter with a man whose wife and child have been gravely injured in a car accident. (Screen Daily)

An adaptation of Milena Agus' eponymous novel set after WWII, "Mal de Pierres" ("Mal di Pietre") spans 20 years, following the destiny of a passionate, free-spirited woman who is in a loveless marriage and falls for another man (imdb)

The four attractive founders of a highly successful company are in a bind. The Spanish equivalent of the IRS are investigating them, and are soon to find that they have been guilty of a massive tax fraud. But there is a way out, one of them needs to take the fall, confessing to everything and going to prison for seven years. Not surprisingly, none of them want to go to prison. They decide to hire a mediator, to work out whom will take the fall for the other three. (imdb)

Thomas is a drug addict. In an effort to put an end to his habit, he joins a community of former addicts who live isolated in the mountains and use prayer as a way to cure themselves. (imdb)

The identity of Petra's father has been hidden from her all her life. When her mother dies, Petra embarks on a quest which leads to Jaume, a celebrated artist and a powerful, ruthless man. As she searches for the truth, Petra meets Marisa, Jaume's wife, and their son Lucas. Gradually the stories of these characters intertwine in a spiral of malice, family secrets and violence, which will drive them all to the edge. (imdb)

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Ex-Police Commissioner Lenders makes a staggering discovery while investigating a murder: one of the victims comes from another time period. (imdb)

A cop returns to the job. A serial killer too returns to the job. (imdb)

Basque Country, 1609. The men of the region are at sea and Amaia takes part for the first time in the nightly dances in the woods with the other villager girls. She is only 20. At dawn, they are all arrested. (imdb)

Monika is in her late forties and works as a curator in Frankfurt. When Monika gets caught up in a raid near the train station, she makes the acquaintance of Josef, a Congolese businessman. Josef is a diamond dealer and is looking for people to invest in a mine in Congo; meanwhile he keeps himself afloat with various import/export ventures. Their coincidental encounter leads to a passionate love affair between two people whose lives could hardly be more different. (Komplizen Film)

After moving in with her boyfriend, Mila becomes aware of her loss of desire.

In 2016, French writer and photographer Carole Achache took her own life. After Carole’s death, her daughter Mona Achache, a film director, discovers thousands of photos, letters and recordings that Carole left behind, but these buried secrets make her disappearance even more of an enigma.

A dive into Paris's criminal underworld, where Lyna meets the enigmatic and brutal Furie, the boss of this hazardous environment. (imdb)