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- DirectorMaryam KeshavarzStarsLayla MohammadiNiousha NoorKamand ShafieisabetWhen a large Iranian-American family gathers, a family secret is uncovered that catapults the estranged mother and daughter into an exploration of the past, and to discover they are more alike than they know.
- DirectorPatricia OrtegaStarsKiti MánverSilvia AcostaÚrsula Díaz ManzanoA religious grandmother learns how to use the internet. When she accidentally comes across pornography, she is faced with a dilemma.
- DirectorAnna HintsStarsKadi KiviloMaria MeresaarElsa SaksIn the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
- DirectorCharlotte ReganStarsLola CampbellAlin UzunCary CranksonGeorgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.
- DirectorRebecca ZlotowskiStarsVirginie EfiraRoschdy ZemChiara MastroianniA childless woman forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter.
- DirectorGlorimar MarreroStarsIsel RodriguezModesto LacenMagali CarrasquilloAs cancer spreads, Noelia's decision to return to her native Puerto Rico, to claim freedom . She reunites with her friends ,family, who are still dealing with the contamination of the U.S. Navy after sixty years of military practices
- DirectorNoora NiasariStarsLeah PurcellZar Amir EbrahimiMojean AriaA young Iranian mother and her six-year-old daughter find refuge in an Australian women's shelter during the two weeks of the Iranian New Year (Nowruz).
- DirectorBabak JalaliStarsAnaita Wali ZadaGregg TurkingtonJeremy Allen WhiteDonya works for a Chinese fortune cookie factory. Formerly a translator for the U.S. military, she struggles to put her life back in order. In a moment of sudden revelation, she decides to send out a special message in a cookie.
- DirectorFelix van GroeningenCharlotte VandermeerschStarsLupo BarbieroCristiano SassellaElena LiettiAn epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breathtaking Italian Alps, The Eight Mountains follows over four decades the profound, complex relationship between Pietro and Bruno.
- DirectorSofia AlaouiStarsOumaima BaridMehdi DehbiFouad OughaouAs she nears the end of her pregnancy, Itto and her in-laws find their lives turned upside down by a supernatural event.
- DirectorLinaStarsMalath AlzoubiRima DaliBassel ShehadehAn aspiring video journalist in her 20s finds herself already facing self-reckoning. Born in Damascus, Syria, Lina starts to report on the events around her until she is compelled to become a war reporter.
- DirectorMarija KavtaradzeStarsGreta GrineviciuteKestutis CicenasPijus GanusauskasDancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet and form a beautiful bond. As they dive into a new relationship, they must navigate how to build their own kind of intimacy.
- DirectorVeerle BaetensStarsSebastien DewaeleCharlotte De BruyneSpencer BogaertMany years after a sweltering summer that spun out of control, Eva returns to the village she grew up in with an ice block in the back of her car. In the dead of winter, she confronts herself with her past and faces up to her tormentors.
- DirectorMahnaz MohammadiStarsRaha KhodayariMahan NasiriReza BehbudiA widow who works tirelessly at a failing factory in sanctions-gripped Iran receives a marriage proposal that could mean financial security, but could also tear her family apart.
- DirectorIda PanahandehStarsElnaz ShakerdoostParsa PirouzfarHootan ShakibaA physicist who's about to prove a thesis about the end of the world, meets a wired surrogate mother who wants to deserve humanity and makes a room of her own.
- DirectorFaezeh AzizkhaniStarsHanieh TavassoliPegah AhangaraniPedram SharifiHanieh is a 40 year old woman who has written a film script based on her own life. Now she is faced with the judgment of the others who call her "bastard".
- DirectorSahar MosayebiStarsTaraneh AlidoostiMahtab KeramatiAyoub AfsharA young Iranian woman, having reached the lowest point in her life, fights back against an abusive spouse and religious and governmental obstacles to set the Guinness world record in endurance swimming with both her hands and feet tied.
- DirectorAnders WalterPipaluk K. JørgensenStarsMila Heilmann KreutzmannNivi LarsenAngunnguaq LarsenIvalu is gone. Her little sister is desperate to find her. Her father does not care. The vast Greenlandic nature holds secrets. The search for Ivalu is on.
- DirectorEirik TveitenStarsSigrid Kandal HusjordOla Hoemsnes SandumAxel Barø AasenA cold night in December. Ebba waits for the tram to go home after a party, but the ride takes an unexpected turn.
- DirectorAlice RohrwacherStarsAlba RohrwacherGreta Zuccheri MontanariCarmen PommellaFollow the rebellious girls of a Catholic boarding school before Christmas, a time of war and scarcity.
- DirectorCyrus NeshvadStarsNawelle EvadSarkaw GoranyAnne KleinLuxembourg Airport. Late in the evening. A veiled 16-year-old Iranian girl is frightened to take her red suitcase on the automatic carpet. She keeps pushing back the moment to go through the arrival gate and seems more and more terrified.
- DirectorTom BerkeleyRoss WhiteStarsSeamus O'HaraJames MartinPaddy JenkinsIn rural Northern Ireland, a pair of estranged brothers reunite following their mother's untimely death.
- DirectorJoão GonzalezEvery day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily.
- DirectorAmanda ForbisWendy TilbyA sailor is sent hurtling into the sky by the Halifax Explosion.
- DirectorLachlan PendragonStarsLachlan PendragonJohn CavanaghMichael RichardA young office worker uncovers the flaws in his stop-motion universe with the help of a mysterious talking ostrich.
- DirectorArcadi Palerm-ArtisStarsAlejandro AreanMónica HuarteJorge ZárateWhen something unexpected happens in 13-year-old Oliver's family, all he wants to do is walk away. He takes up residence in a poolside lounge chair and decides there's no reason to move. Ever.
- DirectorJesse EisenbergStarsJulianne MooreFinn WolfhardBilly BrykEvelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other as Evelyn desperately tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, while Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.
- DirectorNathan PriceStarsJonno RobertsJack BarrySimbarashe MatsheThe film will explore society's obsessions with the pursuit of happiness and will be presented by Mark Manson alongside Disappointment Panda, a character from the book whose superpower is to tell people the harsh truth.
- DirectorEmanuele CrialeseStarsPenélope CruzVincenzo AmatoLuana GiulianiThe story of love between Clara and her children, set in Rome in the '70s.
- DirectorMing Jin WooStarsAsmara AbigailBront PalaraeAmerul AffendiA time-traveling tale of a woman living in the Peninsular Malaysian east coast, who gets entangled with a man in a dangerous dance of duplicity and deception.
- DirectorLuis De FilippisStarsCarmen MadoniaRamona MilanoPaige EvansA writer in her twenties accompanies her parents and younger sister on vacation.
- DirectorLaura Baumeister de MontisStarsVirginia Raquel Sevilla GarciaCarlos GutierrezNoé HernándezAn 11-year-old and her mother are separated as the try to eke out a life on Nicaragua's largest landfill.
- DirectorMark CousinsStarsAlba RohrwacherDonald TrumpMark CousinsDepicts the ascent of fascism in Italy, and its fallout across 1930s Europe.
- DirectorElaine McMillion SheldonThe cultural roots of coal continue to permeate the rituals of daily life in Appalachia even as its economic power wanes. The journey of a coal miner's daughter exploring the region's dreams and myths, untangling the pain and beauty.
- DirectorSelcen ErgunStarsMerve DizdarSaygin SoysalAsiye DinçsoyA young nurse begins a new assignment at a wintry, remote village when a man goes missing.
- DirectorMary HarronStarsBen KingsleyBarbara SukowaEzra MillerIn 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps the aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York.
- DirectorAntonio LukichStarsAmil NasirovRamil NasirovNataliya GnitiyMykola and Vasya go in search of their father, who left them when they were children, after they come to know that he is dying in Luxembourg. Kolya considers him a hero, while Vasya thinks he is a scoundrel.
- DirectorCeline SongStarsGreta LeeTeo YooJohn MagaroNora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
- DirectorMark CousinsStarsJulie AndrewsJames StewartSean ConneryA fictional Alfred Hitchcock narrates an explanation of some of the lesser known cinematic techniques he used in his movies, richly illustrated with clips from his entire 50-year career.
- DirectorLorena PadillaStarsFrancisco ReyesHumberto BustoMartha Claudia MorenoAn embittered Chilean in his sixties who has lived in Mexico for the past 40 years and is being forced to retire from his job. As he struggles with life changes but things change as a neighbor suddenly dies.
- DirectorValentina MaurelStarsDaniela Marín NavarroReinaldo AmienVivian RodriguezEva a 16-year-old girl lives with her mother, her younger sister and their cat, but wants to move in with her estranged father. Clinging onto him, she tries to balance between the tenderness and sensitivity of teenage life.
- DirectorKelly Fremon CraigStarsAbby Ryder FortsonRachel McAdamsKathy BatesWhen her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsJoel EdgertonSigourney WeaverQuintessa SwindellA meticulous horticulturist is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager.
- DirectorManuela MartelliStarsAline KüppenheimNicolás SepúlvedaHugo MedinaChile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsJason SchwartzmanScarlett JohanssonTom HanksFollowing a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.
- DirectorCédric KlapischStarsMarion BarbeauHofesh ShechterDenis PodalydèsElise, a very promising classical dancer, is injured during a performance at 26 years old. Although she's told she will no longer be able to dance, she will try to find a new direction in contemporary dance.
- DirectorVanessa MatsuiStarsAllan HawcoKenneth WelshLiane BalabanA romantic exploration on what makes relationships work. Three couples at different stages of their relationships come to appreciate that any marriage requires equal doses of delusion, forgiveness, laughter, and sexual chemistry.
- DirectorJoanna GleasonStarsLarry SullivanBetsy BrandtSusan SullivanWhen her fiance dies unexpectedly and she loses her job, 40-something music manager Alice Kendall inherits half ownership of The Grotto, a struggling nightclub in the California desert where she discovers eccentric performers and a heartbreaking secret.
- DirectorNicole HolofcenerStarsAmber TamblynDavid CrossTobias MenziesA novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.
- DirectorRan LiStarsCuishan LiangNinghao ZhangBin Ren30-year-old college lecturer Shu Qiao is about to marry her fiancé, successful banker Hu. The future has been written for her. However, during a visiting scholar programme to Prague, Shu encounters theatre director Fan.
- DirectorAnna FahrStarsMaria HassanHala HosniMichel HouraniTwo sisters arrive in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley at the onset of the Syrian war, embarking on a journey into exile that tests their loyalty to their country, their family and each other.
- DirectorPeter SohnStarsLeah LewisMamoudou AthieRonnie Del CarmenFollows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, earth- and air-residents live together.
- DirectorHenrik Martin DahlsbakkenStarsAlfred Ekker StrandeThea Lambrechts VaulenPer FrischRejected by the art establishment, wracked with grief over the loss of his older sister and tortured by addiction, the film captures Edvard Munch's life, one of the world's greatest artists of all time.
- DirectorHadi BabaeifarStarsSamira BakhshinezhadArsalan BakhshizadehEhsan BakhshizadehA little boy has to watch helplessly while his sick brother struggles to remain alive. When his parents take him away to relatives, Ehsan sets off for home again through the snowy night, to defend his brother against the angel of death.
- DirectorKaveh TehraniStarsReza BrojerdiNarges RashidiSarina AshkpourMina and Saeed live a stressful life in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Being a woman in Iran is not particularly easy and Mina sees a future for the family elsewhere. She wants to move abroad, but Saeed then invents a device that places the responsibility for the hijab where it belongs - with the men whose gaze women need protection from.
- DirectorAlex HaugheyStarsTaylor Joree ScorseSpencer Vaughn KellySara ChandlerA successful Youtuber is aging out of the platform in her mid-20s, and struggling to redefine herself in the world outside her social media bubble.
- DirectorGreta GerwigStarsMargot RobbieRyan GoslingIssa RaeBarbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsCillian MurphyEmily BluntMatt DamonThe story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
- DirectorYolanda CruzStarsFrida CruzKaren DaneidaTwo women meet along a traditional pilgrimage in Oaxaca, Mexico. Hope is forced to discover herself after being displaced from her home. Soledad seeks to be free of a past lover, and her distant husband.
- DirectorNeal KelleyJono ShermanStarsBritt BaronJacqueline ToboniYuriy SardarovFour men attend a government retreat to prove that they have what it takes to become fathers.
- DirectorVinko ModerndorferStarsMirjam KorbarPeter MusevskiUros FürstAn encounter of two married couples from two opposite social classes that seem to have nothing in common. An accident and a tragic event bring these people together fatefully in a single night and most likely until the rest of their lives.
- DirectorIan Puleston-DaviesStarsTimothy SpallMark Lewis JonesLeanne BestChildhood friends obsessed with 1970s singer Marc Bolan in Liverpool. A tragic accident changes their lives. Years later, survivor Penny revisits the trauma at Bolan's shrine, exploring childhood tragedy's impact and music's healing power.
- DirectorCarlos Eichelmann KaiserStarsEustacio AscacioNatalia SoliánPhanie MolinaTacho, a farmer, tends to his plot of land as life passes him by. When he receives news of his daughter's death, he travels to the city to bring her body home, and he discovers a world that is alien to him there.
- DirectorKatharina WollStarsAnne Ratte-PolleHassan AkkouchLea DrindaA blisteringly hot summer day. Psychotherapist Ina notices something is wrong with her. But she doesn't have time to worry about it: Ina wants to please everyone. But then everything changes.
- DirectorBeatriz SanchísStarsLuisa AlmaguerSebastián BuitrónAngelica CastroDrowning in debt, JJ, a young woman from the US, escapes from Los Angeles to Baja California, Mexico, looking for an old lover to save her from her tumultuous existence. She is accompanied by Esmeralda, a 14-year-old Mexican teenager who escapes from home and offers her a tempting sum of money if she accepts to take her to see her father. Always with the threat of being discovered, they embark on an adventure through the desert in which JJ's bad decisions will increasingly complicate things; but, along the way, a special relationship will emerge between both of them.
- DirectorMichael A. GoorjianStarsMichael A. GoorjianHovik KeuchkerianNelli UvarovaCharlie escapes the Armenian genocide as a boy by fleeing to the United States, but he returns as an adult and is arrested. He watches an Armenian couple from his prison cell, finally learning about his homeland.
- DirectorMilcho ManchevskiStarsSara KlimoskaKamka TocinovskiAleksandar MikicTwo couples go down the rabbit hole of unconventional erotic relationships, respectable at the beginning, happy at the end.
- DirectorZornitsa SophiaStarsDaria SimeonovaLeon LucevVirginia ClayElena, a theatre director, finds out at the age of 32 that she cannot conceive in a natural way. Trying therapies and failing to convince her husband Leon, to stay with her in Bulgaria, Elena develops a theatre program for orphans.
- DirectorVivian KerrStarsLana ParrillaAnthony RappKhleo ThomasAfter getting laid off, young single-mom Beth finds herself living in her car and struggles to hide her homelessness from her estranged brother Ben.
- DirectorIlinca CalugareanuA filmmaker starts following the story of a man who is fighting a lone, harrowing battle against a Kafkaesque system that refuses to recognize he is alive. As her camera rolls and days turn into weeks, she becomes dangerously enmeshed in his journey. But the story behind the story is much darker and sadder than she could have imagined.
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsMichelle WilliamsHong ChauAndré 3000A sculptor preparing to open a new show tries to work amidst the daily dramas of family and friends.
- DirectorEmmanuel CarrèreStarsJuliette BinocheLouise PocieckaSteve PapagiannisIt is based on French journalist Florence Aubenas's bestselling non-fiction work Le Quai de Ouistreham, investigating rising precarity in French society through her experiences in the northern port city of Caen.
- DirectorSaim SadiqStarsAli JunejoRasti FarooqAlina KhanThe youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show.
- DirectorSissy DenkovaStarsYoanna BoukovskaIvan BarnevJohn Dylan AtkinsA movie about the Bulgarian community in America. It answers the question: Is the "American dream" possible for the Bulgarians here?
- DirectorZia MohajerjasbiStarsJoseph SmithNatnael MebrahtuSelamawit GebresusAmidst the landscape of a transforming city, a young Eritrean-American boy confronts the realities of change and loss.
- DirectorColin WestStarsJim GaffiganRhea SeehornKatelyn NaconWhen the host of a failing children's science show endeavors to achieve his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut by constructing a rocket ship in his garage, a series of bizarre events occur that cause him to question his own reality.
- DirectorDominik MollStarsBastien BouillonBouli LannersThéo CholbiIt is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts him more than the others, without him necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara.
- 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.
- DirectorChloe DomontStarsPhoebe DynevorAlden EhrenreichEddie MarsanAn unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement.
- TV SeriesCatching the Pirate King is a three part documentary series that tells the unlikely tale of a hijacking of a Belgian vessel in front of the Somali coast. The series looks at the hijacking of the ship and the elaborate police undercover operation that will lead to the downfall of a Somali Pirate King.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsNadia TereszkiewiczRebecca MarderIsabelle HuppertParis, France, 1935, and a young actress has just been acquitted of murdering a famous French Producer. However, this is where the story just begins. Is she really innocent?, or has she gotten away with Murder?
- DirectorMarlo McKenzieJonathan ParkerStarsPhilip DerDevanisCarol DodaCharlie FarrugiaA documentary set in San Francisco in 1964 when Carol Doda became the first dancer to go topless and in the process, became a tourist attraction second only to the Golden Gate Bridge.
- DirectorMalik IsasisEsra SaydamStarsEda ÇarikçiIlkin KitapciIman Artwell-FreemanÖte is a Turkish word that means beyond. Lela, a Black woman, backpacking across Turkey connects with locals more deeply than she expected and finds herself drawn to stay.
- DirectorNicole NewnhamStarsDakota JohnsonShere HiteMichael ConradShere Hite's bestselling book The Hite Report liberated female orgasm by revealing the most private experiences of thousands of anonymous surveys. Her findings rocked the American establishment and conversations about gender and sexuality.
- DirectorAli AsgariAlireza KhatamiStarsBahram ArkAli AsgariSadaf AsgariOrdinary people navigate societal constraints in a series of vignettes.
- DirectorImran J. KhanStarsAlicia SilverstoneHasan MinhajRizwan ManjiFollows Ilyas, a 13-year-old boy who navigates the social hierarchy of his new school in California with a mustache his parents won't let him shave.
- DirectorJustine TrietStarsSandra HüllerSwann ArlaudMilo Machado-GranerA woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.
- DirectorAlice RohrwacherStarsJosh O'ConnorCarol DuarteVincenzo NemolatoA group of archaeologists and the black market of historical artifacts.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsKoji YakushoTokio EmotoArisa NakanoHirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
- DirectorAmjad Al RasheedStarsMouna HawaHaitham AlomariYumna MarwanA widow pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan's patriarchal inheritance laws.
- DirectorRyûsuke HamaguchiStarsHitoshi OmikaRyô NishikawaRyûji KosakaTakumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house, offering residents a comfortable escape to nature.
- DirectorJeanne WaltzStarsRita CabaçoMilton LopesMaria FortesAlgarve, late 90s. Following the death of her grandmother, Milene - a strong young woman full of life despite a slight mental handicap - divides her life between her family of notables and a Cape Verdean family that keeps her going, whom she met when her grandmother died. The wind that whistles in the cranes plunges us into the world of two families against the backdrop of Portugal's recent past.
- DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsCailee SpaenyJacob ElordiAri CohenWhen teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.
- DirectorCatherine MasudStarsStephen BinghamThis unveils the gripping true story of Stephen Bingham, a lawyer accused of passing a gun to prisoners' rights leader George Jackson in 1971.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioRobert De NiroLily GladstoneWhen oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one - until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
- 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.
- DirectorKaouther Ben HaniaStarsOlfa HamrouniEya ChikhaouiTayssir ChikhaouiBetween light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses to fill in their absence.
- DirectorFrauke FinsterwalderStarsSandra HüllerAnnette BadlandTom Rhys HarriesCountess Irma finds Empress Sisi in Greece, away from the etiquette of the Austro-Hungarian court. They live in freedom, but no matter how much they resist, in the end they are left with only one fatal path that will bind them forever.
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsThomas SchubertPaula BeerLangston UibelA group of friends are in a holiday home by the Baltic Sea where emotions run high as the parched forest around them catches fire.
- DirectorAnh Hung TranStarsJuliette BinocheBenoît MagimelEmmanuel SalingerThe story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin - the fine gourmet chef she has been working for over the last 20 years.