Ariane Labed

A depressed mute serial killer tormented in his house by the ghost of his victims. On the morning he's set to kill himself he's visited by a sudden walk-in client in need of a photo shoot.

In the first century C.E., young Mary Magdalene leaves her family and village behind to join a new social movement led by the charismatic Jesus of Nazareth. Mary's search for spiritual upliftment and a new way of living finds fulfillment in Jesus and his inspirational message, but there is a vast majority out there who consider his teachings heretic. As they approach Jerusalem, the biggest test of their lives await them, and Mary must confront the call of destiny before her spiritual journey reaches its fruition.

Set in the Dominican Republic, Leticia Tonos Paniagua's uniquely Caribbean retelling of Romeo and Julie chronicles the love between a kind-hearted teenager, ostracized for his mixed Haitian-Dominican descent, and the beautiful sister of a local drug kingpin he's hired to protect. —Leticia Tonos

The artist uses images of pulsating light to tell the famous story of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in the Portugal town of Praia de Luz. The film's structure resembles a rough cut of a feature film.