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In order to put a painful past and a terrible sense of guilt behind her, a sterile young woman named Mathilde (played by Nastassja Kinski) uses extreme cloning methods to give birth to Manon (Audrey DeWilder), and is comforted by her obstetrician husband Thomas (Christopher Lambert). The child's growth is abnormally rapid and she becomes the spitting image of her mother. Gradually, the relation between them evolves in an odd manner as Manon takes over her mother's role in the family. (wikipedia)

"Cuisine Américaine" follows the career of an American would-be master chef from seeing why he is dishonorably discharged from the navy to life in his family's pizza parlor to the chance to go to France and study under a French "multi-star" chef. (imdb)

Mounir Mekbek lives with his family in a small village in the heart of the Algerian countryside. Very proud and sure of himself, he has only one dream- to finally be appreciated by his fellow villagers. (imdb)

Jipé is the leadsinger of a succesful rockband. When his mic crashes he continues to sing, but loses his voice. Therefore he cannot scream when he falls into a ditch and dies.

A physician works for a company that harasses its employees. The physician tries to change this situation. (imdb)

In the first years of Algeria's independence, two good friends, Djaffar and Hamid, have great hopes for the future. But the treacherous lives will be among the two.

In Southern Tunisia, near the Algerian border, two young brothers come across a donkey with headphones on his ears. (festivalscope)

Algeria, 1994. S. and Lotfi, two childhood friends, cross the desert in search of Abu Leila, a dangerous terrorist. (imdb)

Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies.

Simon, a 6-year-old boy currently placed by social services, is about to meet his biological father, a widower who wants the custody back. This event causes an earthquake in the life of the adoptive mother.

Youssef Salem, 45, has always managed to miss his writing career. But the trouble begins when his new novel becomes a success because Youssef couldn’t help but be inspired by his own, for better or worse. He must now avoid at all costs that his book falls into the hands of his family. (letterboxd.com)

A Russian aristocrat is spared from death and placed on house arrest while the Bolshevik Revolution plays out before him. (imdb)

Sandrine Leroy tells her husband Christophe that she wants a divorce. Their children will soon be old enough to leave home. In a last-ditch effort that is as audacious as it is implausible, Christophe organises a weekend away to save his marriage: a trip through the key places in their family history. It's a trip that's not going to be easy.

In a small town in central France, Simon is a priest devoted to his parish. During a mass, Louise, whom he had not seen since his seminary years ago, resurfaces. She introduces him to Aloé, an 11-year-old child of whom he is the father. This news turns his daily life upside down: can he be a good priest to his faithful and a good father to his child? Simon will try to convince the highest authorities in the Church that his vocation is compatible with paternal love.