16 CFF

Scandinavia, 1846. A poor young girl forced to sell matchsticks desperately lights one match to survive the winter night. She is drawn into a dream world where the flames of fire give her hope for a better life, while the cold creeps closer. Based on H.C. Andersen's short story.

When George, a silent movie superstar, meets Peppy Miller, a dancer, sparks fly between the two. However, after the introduction of talking pictures, their fortunes change, affecting their dynamic.

In the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces.

Leo meets Ana during a robbery, choosing love over money. But an accident leads to a wild, suspenseful ride, leaving the audience guessing about the stolen cash. A fun, family-friendly action-comedy.

Directed mainly for kids, the film speaks of a Havana that "reveals two distinct faces, from the everyday life of a couple of kids", according to the film's official synopsis.

FONSI is an apparently privileged 12 year old boy. As we get to know his dysfunctional family, his world begins to crumble in a matter of hours. Due to a series of unexpected events, each character changes drastically, facing a crude reality.

Santiago, a retired soldier who fought for his country, Peru, find it hard to adjust back to society while dealing with PTSD and family problems.

Three old friends reunite at their best friend Kike's funeral and remember that he wanted his ashes to be spread in the sea near their town Callao. One of them, Balito, steals the ash tray And they begin a funny journey plenty of anecdotes most of them related to their passion for soccer And their local team "Sport boys".

Two very different couples are drawn into organized crime, but it becomes clear before long that everything and everyone is not what they seem.

Anita Panchouri is the doting daughter of a deep in debt Indian businessman. She's on the verge of willingly marrying a wealthy suitor when she meets a romantic rasta singer, Lee de Leon who's drafted last minute to perform at her engagement party. There are sparks, naturally, but Anita refuses to acknowledge them, focusing instead on playing matchmaker to a constantly bickering, secretly-in-love couple: her sarcastic cousin Poorvi and her underachieving future brother-in-law, Partiv. Of course, no one can see these sworn enemies are made for each other...no one except Lee who vows to unite the two. Anita is skeptical that Lee, the newly arrived stranger, can pull off a feat she's been trying to accomplish for years. When he succeeds in transforming the fighters into love birds through a little creative Cupidry, however, Anita's moved by Lee's romantic gifts and decides she wants to be with him, just once, before she enters a loveless marriage for the sake of her father's future. But Anita's designs on Lee don't go unnoticed. Nikhil, the territorial younger brother of Anita's fiancé, picks up on the attraction, especially when Lee unexpectedly switches his set to sing a love song at a big soca show. And when Nikhil learns the true state of the dismal Panchouri finances the family's been hiding, he sets about a plan of revenge that will destroy Anita and her father and crush her chance at true love. Set in beautiful Trinidad and Tobago, BAZODEE is a Bollywood style Caribbean musical about being true to yourself and honest in love at all costs.

The film Akkammana Bhagya is about an ill-fated village woman and her struggle towards the welfare of her family. The story is set in an Indian village from the preindependence era and deals with woman's empowerment.

Andarkahini is a saga of womanhood in the correlative context of human relationships and complex society.

A World War I veteran is sent to Kuttanad as a postman to deliver money orders and letters to the families of soldiers. Soon, the happiness that his visits brought to the families turns into sadness with the outbreak of the World War II.

Bhor ("Official Entry - Frames Film Festival 2018") directed by Ujjwal Pandey is the latest bhojpuri short movie from Puruaa after superhit Dhiya Poota. We often hear many cases of farmer suicides in India. Often they give up their life when the struggle for existence becomes harder for their survival. Even in general a person tends to end his life by assuming that this will solve all their problems. No matter how much life tests you, committing suicide is never going to be an ideal solution to end all this. A person selfishly leaves the world in a moment, but at the same time also devastates an entire world who still wake up every day with a hope that it's all just a nightmare, with a hope that they might return back someday. This film's story is on a popular story "Suicide" by Kunal Bhardwaj, author of Love was never Mine. There is a social message with a twist in the tale which will be a turning point in everyone's life to make them understand the value of life. See as the story unravels here taking you on an inspirational and emotional journey.

A group of children residing in an urban housing society questions religious boundaries being forced upon them through their innocence.

Ramakka an illiterate is forced to take part in the district council election from a constituency which is reserved for women.

The film stars Riddhi Sen as Parimal, a trans woman from rural Bengal, and Ritwick Chakraborty as Madhu, a flute player from the Kirtaniya town of Nabadwip.

Vasu, a struggling painter, meets Maya, a mysterious gypsy girl who lives beneath the Kerala backwaters. Maya inspires Vasu to create soulful paintings as the two form a connection which will inevitably change his life.

Set in medieval Rajasthan, Queen Padmavati is married to a noble king and they live in a prosperous fortress with their subjects until an ambitious Sultan hears of Padmavati's beauty and forms an obsessive love for the Queen of Mewar.

A Bollywood filmmaker and his crew gets stranded in a remote Himalayan village due to torrential downpours. How the intense experiences under siege, affect the filmmaker's thoughts and priorities forms the central theme of the film.

10 year old Tsering lives in the difficult terrain of the Himalayas. One day he accidentally breaks his friend's school chair. When he decides to bring the chair back to his village, the 7 kilometres long journey back home in mountainous landscape on a donkey, becomes even more arduous than usual. Chair is the metaphor for the awakening journey, quest for inner truth and reality, which people aspire to find in the adult world.

After killing his employer when he tries to cheat him out of his payment, a man becomes an outlaw and starts following a self-proclaimed saint.

In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people to survive, but their plans are halted when a bandit comes to town.

In the fictional Latin American country Eldorado, a poet tries to effect political change by influencing powerful men.