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- DirectorEstibaliz Urresola SolagurenStarsSofía OteroPatricia López ArnaizAne GabarainDuring a summer in a village house linked to beekeeping, an eight-year-old and her mother experience revelations that will change their lives forever.
- DirectorAna VazIt centers on the artist's father, linking geographies, times, the living, and the dead with a metal sword.
- DirectorTenzin PhuntsogIt showcases a personal message between the artist's mother and her sister. They discuss keeping in touch through pictures, which represents a form of exchange for their monitored communications.
- DirectorSofía AuzaStarsRocío De La MañanaJuan Daniel García TreviñoMichele AbascalWhen Momo, Hugo and his cactus, Adolfo meet one night, they are heading in opposite directions. Their encounter will not only magically change the course of their lives, but also encourage them to embrace the beauty of the unexpected.
- DirectorManthia DiawaraStarsJean-Paul ColleynManthia DiawaraRaoul FreseIt showcases the contact zones between African rituals of possession within traditional fishing villages and the emergence of new technological frontiers known as Artificial Intelligence.
- DirectorJames BenningIt centers on Allensworth, the first self-administered African-American municipality in California, showcasing the buildings of the now-abandoned town and looking for the traces of a Black cultural history.
- DirectorBabatunde ApalowoStarsTope TedelaRiyo DavidMartha EhinomeBambino and Bawa meet in Lagos and hit it off immediately. During their long trips around the city, they develop a deep affection for each other. But in a society which considers homosexuality taboo, they feel the pressure of social norms.
- DirectorJuan Sebastián ToralesStarsNicolás DíazMaría SoldiCali CoronelThe sexual awakening of a young man while spending a summer with his family in a small rural town. Upon learning of with the ancient legend of a creature that takes sinners, his impulses surface.
- DirectorAmr GamalStarsKhaled HamdanAbeer MohammedSamah AlamraniCenters on Ahmed and Isra'a parents of three children who lost their job due to the country's economic crisis. Isra'a finds out about her fourth pregnancy at this time when they cannot afford to raise one more child.
- DirectorAxel DanielsonMaximilien Van AertryckStarsChris AndersonFelix BergssonUlrika BergstenFrom the first camera to 45 billion cameras worldwide today, the visual sociologist filmmakers widen their lens to expose both humanity's unique obsession with the camera's image and the social consequences that lay ahead.
- DirectorHelin CelikIt centers on three Jordanian women who barely survived the violence inflicted on them by men, listening to them speak with the opaque logic of trauma.
- DirectorNicolas BotanaIlén JuambeltzStarsAgustina CastañoAlejo MartinezLaura AlmirónToday is their last chance to have sex for the first time. Tomorrow morning, Micaela is moving to Madrid, Santiago is staying behind in Uruguay. They have it all planned condoms - and getting a few tips from a friend
- DirectorEngin KundagStarsRasim JafarovMerve AksoyFunda RosenlandA young woman, Zeynep, is accused of causing a car accident to harm her boyfriend. She flees from Berlin to her parents' house in the Turkey. With her sexual aggression she turns her parents' marriage and an entire society upside down.
- StarsEili HarboeFredrik Stenberg Ditlev-SimonsenIngrid GiæverWhen a project to build a thousand flats in Oslo is put out to tender, architect Julie has an idea: why not convert empty underground car parks into residential buildings? A pitch-black, keenly observed satire about an all-too-near future.
- DirectorMartín ShanlyStarsMartita AlchourrónMiel BargmanFrancisco BertínIt follows Arturo, whose penchant for indiscretions is impossible to overlook.
- DirectorJoão Pedro PradoBárbara SantosStarsUriara MacielRonni MacielJefferson PretoWhile Demétria waits for her daughter to come back home from school, a violent police raid breaks out in her neighborhood.
- DirectorThierno Souleymane DialloStarsThierno Souleymane DialloPenda LamAboubacar CondéDiallo sets out with his camera in search of the birth of filmmaking in Guinea. Charming and determined, he traces his country's film heritage and history and reveals the importance of film archives.
- StarsJana McKinnonMarkella KavenaghYerin HaTeenage girls at the wilderness campus of an exclusive girls' boarding school exploring latent and emerging sexuality, ritualistic activities, intense friendships, shifting loyalties and a ruthless struggle for power.
- DirectorLuke FowlerStarsMargaret TaitIt centers on Margaret Tait's unrealised project about Orkney, drawing from her notes and footage to produce a blissful union of two artistic sensibilities.
- DirectorPatric ChihaStarsAnaïs DemoustierTom MercierBéatrice DalleFor 25 years, in an enormous nightclub, a man and a woman watch and wait for an unknown event. From 1979 to 2004, we follow the evolution of disco to techno music, the story of a love, the story of an obsession.
- DirectorPiotr PawlusTomasz WolskiBombed-out streets, destroyed Russian tanks, evening meals in an Underground repurposed into a shelter. Image by image, the directors push beyond easily reproducible images of war to enter the reality the country has experienced since February 24, 2022.
- DirectorAshish BendeStarsOm BendkhaleManas TondwalkarPranjali ShrikantTen-year-old Ashish falls head-over-heels in love with his classmate, Srushti. While he grows up, the country goes through several socio-economic changes. Will his love be able to stand the test of time?
- DirectorLeandro KochPaloma SchachmannStarsLeandro KochRebeca YanoverCesar LernerA sense of humour to flourish and gives rise to a powerful groundswell of emotions that carries us away in music
- DirectorDustin Guy DefaStarsMichael CeraHannah GrossSophia LillisThe plan to make a trip back home as short as possible begins to unravel as Eric finds himself balancing the challenging relationship with his two sisters and his addiction to a local poker game.
- DirectorAnthony LapiaStarsLouise ChevillotteMajd MastouraNatalia WiszniewskaA club in Paris. Driving techno beats sweep everyone away. People dance, consume and talk. Félicie meets Saïd and takes him to her place for an afterparty. On the cusp between night and day, different lives and views collide.
- StarsEsben SmedSelma Dali PapeJulie Agnete VangFollows a talent agent in the entertainment industry with a chaotic life.
- DirectorJenna HasseStarsClarisse MoussaEsin DemircanMarc OosterhoffOn the shores of Lake Geneva, teenager Margaux meets a 7-year-old foster child and a young fisherman in his thirties. The trio find themselves torn between attraction, disappointment and the desire to escape.
- DirectorSreemoyee SinghStarsMina Mohammad KhaniAida MohammadkhaniJafar PanahiA passionate declaration of love for the cinema and poetry of Iran, which also offers a frank view of the precarious situation for critics of the regime and shows the uncompromising daily struggle of Iranian women against their oppression.
- DirectorJian LiuStarsZijian DongDongyu ZhouXu ChangchuSet in China in the 1990s, takes a look at youth featuring a group of art students.
- DirectorLu ZhangStarsBai Qing XinYao HuangZhuangzhuang TianGu Wentong learns the whereabouts of his father, who lost contact with him more than 40 years ago. Encouraged by his new friend, Gu Wentong decides to face his father and rebuild the long-lost father-son relationship.
- DirectorChristoph HochhäuslerStarsTimocin ZieglerThea EhreMichael SiderisFollows an undercover investigator infiltrating the world of a trans woman who has links to a major drug dealer and with whom he was in love under her former identity.
- DirectorMatt JohnsonStarsJay BaruchelGlenn HowertonMatt JohnsonThe story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.
- StarsBoris BeckerJohn McEnroeNovak DjokovicThe film will explore the life of Becker, who became a tennis sensation when he won the first of his six majors at the age of just 17 and went on to have a glittering career, including 49 major career titles and an Olympic Gold.
- DirectorMyriam Uwiragiye BiraraStarsAline AmikeDaniel GagaBeatrice MukandayishimiyeIt follows Eva, who is kidnapped by a stranger and raped. Her aunts agree to a forced marriage, and when she finds a confidant in the man's cousin, she discovers the family's traumatic past.
- DirectorMartín BenchimolStarsAlexa OlivoJustina OlivoJustina has been rewarded by her former employer for her lifelong devotion to her as a maid with a colossal mansion deep in the Argentinian Pampa. The only condition is that she must never sell it.
- DirectorSusana NobreStarsRaquel CastroPaula BárciaSara de CastroIt follows 40-year-old Helena, who, after the death of her mother, has time for herself. She works at a film production company, dances boisterously, and gets drunk.
- DirectorAntoine BourgesStarsHussam DouhnaAmani IbrahimAbdullah NadafRashid, a doctor from Syria, struggles to adjust to his life in Canada after five years in Toronto's Thorncliffe Park with his wife Farah and son Ammar.
- CreatorZoya AkhtarReema KagtiStarsSonakshi SinhaVijay VarmaGulshan DevaiahSub-inspector Anjali Bhaati investigates a series of deaths where women are found in public bathrooms. The deaths first appear as suicides but as the investigation progresses, Bhaati realizes that there's a serial killer on the loose.
- DirectorAurora GosséStarsLiv Elvira Kippersund LarssonSturla HarbitzViljar Knutsen BjaadalA 12-year-old girl who falls in love with a famous dancer who moves to her town, and auditions for his crew - despite the fact that she cannot dance.
- DirectorNegin AhmadiDream's Gate is an observational documentary where Iranian female director Negin Ahmadi starts a personal journey into the combat zone of North Syria to question what it means to be a woman. Alone with her camera, she decides to look for an answer for her questions by encountering the women who embody the strongest contemporary myth of female strength and freedom: Kurdish female fighters. The personal search and internal struggles turn into an intimate women diary written in the first person. Following, sharing, witnessing the life of this other Kurdish women put into question the image that the director has of herself and of the cost of equality and freedom in this difficult region.
- DirectorFiona TanAs a voice reads letters from a father to his daughter off camera, 20th century archival images from the Netherlands are shown. Fiona Tan touchingly explores what potential emerges when sound and image diverge.
- DirectorSelma DoboracStarsChristoph BachCornelius ObonyaHow can cinema engage with complicity in crimes against humanity? DE FACTO finds answers to this question in a meticulously directed play of two actors, a precisely compiled film script and a deliberately reduced setting.
- DirectorPablo SolarzStarsLucas FerroRomina PeluffoMirella PascualA young teen who dreams of becoming an actor and takes classes, though hides his ambition from his mother.
- DirectorGiacomo AbbruzzeseStarsMorr NdiayeWahab OladitiSalem KisitaAfter a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei arrives in Paris to join the Foreign Legion. Meanwhile, in the Niger Delta, Jomo struggles against the oil companies threatening his village and the lives of his family.
- DirectorHannes HirschStarsLorenz HochhuthCino DjavidGustav SchmidtMoritz has moved to Berlin to be with his boyfriend, but their relationship soon ends. The 22-year-old embarks on a journey filled with kinks, metamorphoses and self-discovery into the depths of Berlin's party scene.
- DirectorTatiana HuezoStarsMontserrat HernandezMaría de los Ángeles Pacheco TapiaLuz María Vázquez GonzálezIn the remote Mexican village of El Eco, life is rich in privation, work and children. Here, granddaughters movingly take care of grandmothers until they die.
- DirectorMilena AboyanStarsBayan LaylaHadnet TesfaiDerya DurmazElaha, 22, believes she must restore her supposed innocence before she weds. A surgeon could reconstruct her hymen but she cannot afford such an operation. She asks herself: why does she have to be a virgin anyway, and for whom?
- DirectorFlora DiasJuruna MallonStarsRômulo BragaHelena AlbergariaJorge NetoIt centers on how the name of Brazil's biggest airport, Guarulhos, references the fact that it was built on indigenous territory. It follows a member of the ground staff as she seeks her roots beneath the runway.
- DirectorMaite AlberdiStarsAugusto GóngoraPaulina UrrutiaGustavo CeratiAugusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognizes her.
- DirectorSam H. FreemanNg Choon PingStarsPaapa EssieduHarris DickinsonTheo Barklem-BiggsWhen Jordan gets into the car of a flirtatious drug-dealer, his night takes a dangerous turn.
- DirectorRabah Ameur-ZaïmecheStarsRégis LarocheAnnkristMarie LoustalotA retired army man lives in the Temple Woods housing project outside Paris, where his young neighbor belongs to a local gang about to rob the convoy of an Arab prince.
- DirectorVolker KoeppStarsPeter KurthHanna LehmbäckerHeinz LehmbäckerMeetings with readers, acquaintances and contemporaries of Uwe Johnson at places he lived. Volker Koepp, who is also from Pomerania, looks for Johnson's sophisticated literary voice in the landscapes of the region they both stem from.
- DirectorTanja EgenStarsFriederike BechtAleksandra CorovicFriedemann EckertNina, a young actor, returns to the Ruhr region for her grandmother's funeral. Tensions surface between her and her mother.
- DirectorChhatrapal NinaweStarsJitendra JoshiMilind ShindeJanardan KadamOn the fringes of central India's Maoist-affected jungles, there is a tense interplay between guerrillas, civilians and the police. Caught between conflicting ideologies, they uncover many truths about themselves and the system.
- DirectorGuy NattivStarsHelen MirrenZed JosefHenry GoodmanFocuses on the intensely dramatic and high-stakes responsibilities and decisions that Golda Meir, also known as the 'Iron Lady of Israel,' faced during the Yom Kippur War.
- StarsValentina BellèMicaela RamazzottiGaia GiraceThree women who were born into the deadliest and wealthiest of the Italian mafia clans work with a courageous female prosecutor to bring it down from the inside.
- DirectorPhilippe GarrelStarsLouis GarrelDamien MonginEsther GarrelThree siblings, a father and a grandmother run a business in the form of a travelling puppet show. When the father dies, the remaining family members try to keep his legacy alive.
- DirectorShuai HanStarsBingbing FanLee Joo-youngYeong-ho KimTrapped in a life of oppression under her Korean husband, a Chinese woman sets out on a thrilling adventure with a mysterious green-haired girl, finding her chance to finally break free and claim her independence.
- DirectorEnzo D'AlòStarsCharlotte Infussi D'AmicoBrendan GleesonMia O'ConnorFour generations of women travelling on a midnight car journey.
- DirectorAsaf SabanStarsYoav BavlyNaomi HarariLeib LevinA school trip to Shoah memorials confronts young Israelis with a part of their identity and simultaneously with emotions and dynamics among themselves. A living appropriation of the past anchored in the present.
- DirectorSoda JerkAssembling hundreds of film clips and media images, artist duo Soda Jerk's s narration about the changes undergone by American society since Trump, while relishing in reflecting on contemporary cultural values.
- DirectorRasmus A. SivertsenJean-Luc JulienStarsHennika HuuseTodd Bishop Monrad VistvenJohannes KjærnesYou don't have to be a superhero to be super. Hedvig has shrunk daddy's superhero-costume so now he can no longer be the super-Lion. The gamer Hedvig is clumsy, but when dad chooses cousin Adrian to be the next hero, Hedvig has to react.
- DirectorBas DevosStarsStefan GotaLiyo GongTeodor CorbanSet in Brussels, the film revolves around a potential love story between a Romanian construction worker and a Belgian-Chinese doctorate student of moss, who cross paths just before the former is about to move back home.
- DirectorDavid ZonanaStarsSantiago SandovalFernando CuautleEsteban CaicedoLuis, an 18-year-old boy with Indigenous roots, enters the Heroic Military College in hopes of ensuring a better future. There, he encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to turn him into a perfect soldier
- DirectorMoyra DaveyMoyra Davey's raw confessional situates the filmmaker and her community of friends alongside tributes, homages, and citations, illuminating a collective memory while fostering a constellation of kinship between artists and thinkers.
- DirectorAyse PolatStarsKatja BürkleAhmet VarliÇagla YurgaA German film team is shooting a documentary in northeastern Turkey. In a remote Kurdish village, they witness an elderly woman performing a recurring ritual to keep the memory of her missing son alive. The Kurdish translator of the German crew is also the nanny of Melek, a 7-year-old Turkish girl. Her father, Zafer, works for a sinister organization and is caught between loyalty to them and fear for his family's well-being when his daughter appears to be haunted by a mysterious force. The fateful encounter of these people develops a destructive power. IN THE BLIND SPOT unravels a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia and generational trauma.
- DirectorBrandon CronenbergStarsAlexander SkarsgårdMia GothCleopatra ColemanJames and Em Foster are enjoying an all-inclusive beach vacation in the fictional island of La Tolqa, when a fatal accident exposes the resort's perverse subculture of hedonistic tourism, reckless violence and surreal horrors.
- DirectorMargarethe von TrottaStarsVicky KriepsRonald ZehrfeldTobias ReschThe relationship between writers Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch.
- DirectorVasilis KatsoupisStarsWillem DafoeGene BervoetsEliza StuyckNemo, a high-end art thief, is trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn't go as planned. Locked inside with nothing but priceless works of art, he must use all his cunning and ingenuity to survive.
- DirectorVlad PetriStarsIlinca HarnutVictoria StoiciuTwo women separated by political revolutions find connection through letters, defying distance and turmoil.
- DirectorEmily AtefStarsMarlene BurowFelix KramerCedric EichSet in a warm summer in 1990 in former East Germany, it follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a charismatic farmer who is twice her age.
- DirectorRoman LiubyiStarsAnastasiia AnykevychBridget FiskeSofiya GakhAn investigation into the circumstances surrounding the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014.
- DirectorTatsunari ÔtaStarsTsuchi KanôAn OgawaA woman visits a strange town where she encounters a man skipping stones by the riverside. They occupy their time with mindless play until at last twilight falls.
- DirectorMehran TamadonA prison cell is set up in an empty room on the edge of Paris. Three former political prisoners re-act how they were once interrogated and tortured.
- DirectorMiri NavaskyMaeve O'BoyleKaren O'ConnorStarsJoan BaezGabriel HarrisPauline BaezAt the end of a 60-year career, legendary singer and activist Joan Baez takes an honest look back and a deep look inward as she tries to make sense of her large, history-making life, and the personal struggles she's kept private.
- DirectorUlises de la OrdenStarsJorge Rafael VidelaEmilio MasseraOrlando AgostiArgentina, 1985, at the trial of the last dictatorship's military juntas. On the stand, the six judges; on one side, the prosecution, and on the other, the military personnel accused of genocide.
- DirectorLea NajjarAbove Beirut flies an unexpected bearer of hope: the pigeon game "Kash Hamam".
- DirectorZara DwingerStarsRosa van LeeuwenFrieda BarnhardLidia SadowaOut of the children's home and into the rusty Chevrolet: Lu is whisked away by her eccentric mother - cowboy boots, wigs and sunglasses in tow. On their road trip east, both dream of finally staying together forever.
- DirectorByun Sung-hyunStarsLee Jae-wookJeon Do-yeonHwang Jung-minA single mother who is a renowned hired killer finds it difficult to achieve a balance between her personal and work life.
- DirectorNenad Cicin-SainStarsChristiane AmanpourBill ClintonMuhamed SacirbeyBesieged Sarajevans find hope in underground art and music. U2 supports them amid crisis. Culminates in post-war unification concert.
- DirectorMalika MusayevaStarsKhadizha BataevaMadina AkkievaFatima ElzhurkaevaThe deep rift between tradition and modernity, and between gendered reality and self-determination.
- DirectorFabian StummStarsHaley Louise JonesGodehard GieseAnneke Kim SarnauBoris and Jonathan's relationship is at a turning point. Actor Boris begins to confuse work and reality and writer Jonathan must face his fears.
- DirectorD. SmithStarsDaniella CarterDominique SilverKoko Da DollA raw depiction of the lives of four black trans sex workers as they confront the dichotomy between the black community and themselves.
- DirectorMario MartoneStarsPaolo SorrentinoPierfrancesco FavinoLuisa RanieriThe life of a dying young man at the short age of only forty-one after playing the lead in Il postino. He was a brilliant stage actor before becoming an astonishing film director.
- DirectorIlker ÇatakStarsLeonie BeneschAnne-Kathrin GummichRafael StachowiakWhen one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.
- DirectorIvan SenStarsSimon BakerRob CollinsNatasha Wanganeen'Limbo' follows the investigation of a twenty year-old outback cold case murder by jaded detective Travis Hurley.
- DirectorLuis Alejandro YeroStarsDaryl AcuñaEldis BottaJuan Carlos CalderónA prefabricated estate in Moscow is meant as a transit stop for four young people from Cuba - until Russia's attack on Ukraine radically shifts their outlook.
- DirectorBrooklyn SudanoRoger Ross WilliamsStarsMichael McKeanBarbra StreisandJohnny CarsonFollows the life of iconic singer Donna Summer.
- DirectorAndrea Di StefanoStarsPierfrancesco FavinoLinda CaridiAntonio GerardiA police lieutenant named Franco Amore on the night before his retirement is called to investigate a crime scene where his best friend and long-time partner Dino has been killed during a diamond heist.
- DirectorJoão CanijoStarsAnabela MoreiraRita BlancoMadalena AlmeidaFollows five women who fight for the stability of a hotel they inherited, living an "old and irresolvable conflict," with many conversations that have been postponed and much that remains to be said within a family.
- DirectorSebastian MihailescuStarsIstván TéglásMãlina ManoviciDenisa NicolaeA surreal trip through the crisis of manhood.
- DirectorKazuyoshi KumakiriStarsYûto NakajimaNao HondaKento NagayamaA situational thriller depicting the struggle of a man who fell into a manhole.
- DirectorJohn TrengoveStarsJesse EisenbergAdrien BrodyOdessa YoungConflicted about his girlfriend's pregnancy, Ralphie's life spirals out of control when he meets a mysterious family of men.
- DirectorÁlvaro GagoStarsMaría VázquezSanti PregoTatánA woman in a Galician fishing village is struggling to get by with hard work and rough charm. With her 18-year-old daughter now ready to stand on her own two feet, Ramona begins to question her life up to this point.
- DirectorZhi Wei JowStarsLeon DaiEdward TanJay VictorA middle-aged widower whose relationship with his sensitive teenage son in the densely packed spaces of contemporary Singapore slowly becomes unbearable.
- DirectorMehran TamadonStarsZar Amir EbrahimiMehran TamadonAs an experiment, Mehran Tamadon asks exiled Iranians to interrogate him as if they were an agent of the Islamic Republic. A renowned actor with first-hand knowledge of such mistreatment takes up the challenge.
- DirectorMilad AlamiStarsPayman MaadiAmirali AbanzadAhmed AbdullahiIman and his family flee Iran and end up in a hotel turned into a refugee center in Northern Sweden. Iman maintains his role as family patriarch but he breaks promise to his wife and joins local wrestling club. Rumours spread, Iman's fear and desperation begin to take a hold.
- DirectorKilian Armando FriedrichTizian Stromp ZargariStarsJérome BienmontVincent JouetMarie-Lore WalterFollows the lives of French workers who clean nuclear reactors. They are highly exposed to radiation and travel from one nuclear power plant to another in caravans, risking their health in the name of the future.
- DirectorAlisa KovalenkoStarsAlisa KovalenkoFor five teenagers living in the conflict-ridden Donbas region of Ukraine, a Himalayan expedition provides a brief escape from reality. A portrait of a generation that, in spite of everything, is able to recognize and celebrate the fragile beauty of life.
- DirectorVuk Lungulov-KlotzStarsLio MehielCole DomanMiMi RyderWithin the space of 24 hours, Feña is swept through the extremes of human emotion when people who seemed to disappear when he transitioned are suddenly back in his life.