Beautifully shot in black and white, this elegant portrait of Romy Schneider, the biggest female star in Europe of her time, recreates the seminal, final interview she gave in 1981. Schneider (a superb Marie Bäumer) struggles to overcome typecasting and tabloid attention. To escape the pressures of her life, she retreats to a spa in the small village of Quibéron. A German magazine journalist and photographer are there to capture the actress's inner workings. Over three days and nights, a game of manipulation and tenderness plays out, as Schneider desperately tries to find the strength to move forward with her life.

A love triangle featuring the trophy girlfriend of a petty drug lord, caught up in a web of luxury and violence in a modern dark gangster tale set in the beautiful port city of Bodrum on the Turkish Riviera.

Nanouk Leopold (Brownian Movement, SFF 2011; It's All So Quiet, SFF 2013) returns to the Sydney Film Festival with a moving drama about a teenager determined to save his drug-addicted mother from life on the streets. Cobain loves his mother unconditionally, even though she could never take care of him. When she gets pregnant again, Cobain faces a momentous dilemma, trying to care for his volatile mother, despite her rejection of his help. Leopold masterfully captures this complex relationship in a film of great emotional depth.

Fanni Metelius directs and stars in this intimate feature debut about the attitudes of young Swedish adults towards love, sex and modern relationships. Photographer Mika (Metelius) and musician Tesfay (Ahmed Berhan) meet and become each other's first loves. After the heady days of new romance - partying, infatuation and sex - they decide to live together, but this next phase of their relationship is fraught with difficulties. Daringly candid, both in its conception and its fearless performances, The Heart is a refreshing take on the joys and perils of modern love.

In this unconventional coming of age story, a young woman, her family and community deal with sexual tension and a conflict between desire and reason. Bike-rider Mati and her gang of male friends race around their neighbourhood and drunkenly harass the girls of the village. Mati enjoys her status as one of the boys, but things change when her best friend Sebastian falls for her. At the same time, Mati is drawn to Carla, an independent girl who offers Mati a different path.

A shocking real-life shooting in Northern Ireland is the starting point for this unsettling story of a loyal mother and her two sons. Although the Troubles officially ended 20 years ago, the Derry community continues to be divided. The government and police hold little sway. When violent Republican powerbrokers accuse Phil of dealing drugs, his mother Majella has no choice but to take her teenage son to be shot in both legs. O'Shea's film documents the repercussions.

An enchanting, often funny portrait of two very different start-ups: one futuristic; the other, traditional. Maija and Reetta dream of changing the eating habits of Finns, perhaps even the Chinese, with their protein alternative. They have a shiny new laboratory and a hardworking team, but are they running before they can walk? Akseli has a different motive for starting a business: he lost his job. Despite his young family's efforts, his travelling meat truck and amusement rides aren't attracting customers. Award-winning director Virpi Suutari draws surprising parallels between these two contrasting entrepreneurships.

Defying genre and easy description, this extraordinary debut feature brings together family drama and the supernatural in an exhilarating combination. A family prepares for a reunion and a religious celebration. Just before her daughter's first Holy Communion, Mula's long lost sister, Kaja, pays a visit. But it's not a happy reunion - Kaja is feared by her family. Simultaneously, strange metaphysical events are affecting the village and television reports bring disturbing news. Director Jagoda Szelc expertly ramps up the tension, leading to an explosive, unforgettable climax.

The remarkable run of new Georgian cinema continues with the dark, funny and uncompromising Scary Mother, in which a devoted housewife chooses her repressed passion for writing over her family. As Manana (Nata Murvanidze, who won the Best Actress prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards) nears the completion of her novel, the compulsion to create overtakes her maternal instincts. When she reads extracts of her novel to her incredulous family, they are hurt by the unflattering depictions and deem it pornography. But Manana is undeterred, and leaves the home to follow her artistic destiny.

Bekim and Anita are happily getting married, despite the troubles of their families. However, the situation becomes complicated when a man named Nol, Bekim's secret ex-lover, returns. Soon the unusual love triangle will begin to unravel. Selected Awards and Festivals: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize and Special Jury Prize; Cleveland International Film Festival; Nashville Film Festival.