Simon Abkarian

Armenian poet Missak Manouchian leads a mixed bag of youngsters and immigrants in a clandestine battle for freedom against the Nazi occupation.

Seeking to finalize a divorce (gett) from her estranged husband, an Israeli woman finds herself put on trial by her country’s religious marriage laws.

Maki, aged 10, escapes from slavery and befriends a baby giraffe called Zarafa. Hassan, Prince of the Desert, is instructed to deliver Zarafa to France as a gift to the King. But Maki has made up his mind to do everything in his power to stop Hassan and save Zarafa – even if it means risking his own life. Their journey takes them through Alexandria, Marseilles, and the snow-capped Alps, with many adventures along the way.

In 1915, a man survives the Armenian genocide, but loses his family and faith. When he learns his twin daughters may be alive, he embarks on a quest to find them. The final installment in Fatih Akin’s Love, Death and the Devil trilogy.

Anna, a violin teacher at a music-focused high school, readies a student for an intermediate exam, where events take a tragic turn.

After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a mysterious witness.

A gifted musician whose father died mysteriously finds his sheet music in the mansion he left her filled with cryptic symbols that will unleash evil.

This delightful animation provides a potted history of modern Iran through one woman's experience; from a precocious and outspoken nine-year-old as the Shah is deposed and the veil is forced on women, to a bold 14-year-old sent to school in Austria where she discovers music and men.

The unemployed Duval is contacted by a mysterious organization to transcribe intercepted calls. He accepts the job with no suspicions, since it restores stability to his life, but it will soon result in political shenanigans of all kinds.

"Someone Somewhere" (Deux Moi) is the story of Rémy and Mélanie, two 30 year olds who live only a few steps away from each other in the same Parisian neighborhood. Whilst Mélanie loses faith in Tinder one-night stands, Rémy can hardly get a date. So close yet totally unaware of each other, feeling lonely in the middle of a big city, they head down two parallel paths that barely ever cross. Can they turn a series of missed opportunities into a life-changing first encounter?

Police armourer and firearms instructor Vincent Milès is a shooting ace. Only 25 years old, his prowess is the envy of the world's finest but, to the incomprehension of his colleagues, Vincent refuses to join the police action units. His life is thrown into chaos when he meets Milo Cardena, a corrupt cop who will drag him into a downward spiral of violence, placing Vincent at the centre of a series of armed raids, murders and a savage police war that pits his godfather Chavez, chief of the Anti-Robbery Squad against his mentor, Denard, chief of the Anti-Gangs Unit. Trapped in a situation primed to blow sky high, Vincent is left with no choice but to embrace the darkness within him if he is to survive.

Andrew and Garrett Foster are not only exceptional drivers, but are also known for being the best car thieves in the world. In Marseille they steal a priceless Bugatti 1937 from the local mafia boss. In exchange for their lives he decides to use their talents to get back at his arch rival. Whilst seemingly agreeing to work with the boss the brothers have actually devised a much more daring plan.