CINEMONDO: Beautiful City
Category: World Cinema
How much is a woman worth in comparison to a man in Islamic Iran - and who pays the difference? A story of vengeance, labyrinthine judicial procedure, and the concept of "blood money."

Bridge to Iran: Border Cafe
A complex portrait of the roles of women and men in modern Iran.

CINEMONDO: Stolen Life
Category: World Cinema
In this Chinese film by director Li Shaohong, a young girl finds herself shunned by the world when she becomes pregnant out of wedlock.

In Focus: New Roles for Men
Category: News & Current Affairs
Who are the new "heroes of labor" in Germany? Young men doing jobs - like nursing and teaching - traditionally dominated by women.

The Film Class
Category: Documentaries
A modest class in filmmaking suddenly becomes a forum for airing the unspoken taboos and history of black Bedouins in the Middle East in this documentary.

GLOBAL LENS: Kept & Dreamless
Category: World Cinema
Nine year-old Eugenia and her mother, Florencia, live a seemingly colorful life. But her mother’s dysfunctional and drug-addled lifestyle threatens their happiness together.

DOC-DEBUT
Category: Documentaries
A weekly series on Link TV, DOC-DEBUT highlights unique and groundbreaking international documentary films. Each week features the U.S. television premiere of a new foreign doc.

Mechanical Love
Category: Documentaries
Can you love a robot? Mechanical Love is a documentary on the interrelationship between robots and humans, portraying people who in different ways enjoy a close relationship with a robot.

GLOBAL LENS: Dam Street (Hong Yan)
Category: World Cinema
In China in 1983, sixteen-year-old Xiao Yun finds herself pregnant and expelled from school. Ten years later, she still lives in the same town, and has a young friend who tries desperately to protect her from the judgmental community.

Bridge to Iran: Dream of Silk
Category: Documentaries
Young girls at an Iranian all-girls high school talk about their dreams for the future in this Bridge to Iran doc. This is a candid exploration of the young girls' aspirations and hopes, at a powerful and fleeting point in their lives.

Bridge to Iran: Zinat - One Special Day
Category: Documentaries
Zinat lives an ordinary Iranian woman's life, cooking and tending to her home. But this doesn't stop her from running against a man in the local municipality elections, with the support of family and friends.

GLOBAL LENS: Nada +
Category: World Cinema
Cuban postal clerk, Carla, takes up the absurd lengths of red tape in her bureaucracy and ties them up in a bow as she fabricates a rich - and covert - fantasy life out of her comrades' letters.

GLOBAL LENS: Rachida
Category: World Cinema
Rachida, a young teacher, becomes the target of terrorists when she refuses to place a bomb in her classroom, forcing her to seek refuge in the countryside. Can she escape?

GLOBAL LENS: The Kite (Le Cerf-Volant)
Category: World Cinema
Lamia must cross a border checkpoint between Lebanon and Israel to fulfill an arranged marriage. But she has a secret: she's in love with the Israeli soldier guarding the checkpoint.

GLOBAL LENS: Luxury Car (Jiang Cheng Xia Ri)
Category: World Cinema
A father travels from his village to the city, determined to find his son. But instead, he discovers his daughter working as a karaoke bar escort, forcing him to face his family's estrangement head-on.