Istanbul Film Festival 2024
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- DirectorKyros PapavassiliouStarsMakis PapadimitriouYiannis NiarrosMaria ApostolakeaIn a world where time changes arbitrarily, a couple's relationship is tested as their individual and shared recollections of the past, present and future change unremittingly.
- DirectorPham Ngoc LanStarsMinh-ChâuXuan An NgoHa-PhuongAfter inheriting a pygmy slow loris from her long-estranged husband, a woman clings to dwindling ties to her past while her niece prepares for her wedding and worries about the future.
- DirectorMohamed Ben AttiaStarsMajd MastouraWalid BouchhiouaSamer BisharatA man who violently breaks free from his banal environment, evading society with its principles, codes and institutions.
- DirectorManuel Martín CuencaStarsLupe Mateo BarredoFidel SierraCayetano Rodríguez Anglada15-year-old Andrea wants to recover the love of her father, who disappeared from their lives when he divorced her mother. Andrea remembers a loving father and cannot understand why now he does not want to see his children. Tomás and Fidel, her two little brothers, are her tireless companions in this adventure that speaks of love, family and disappointment.
- DirectorOlmo SchnabelStarsDario Yazbek BernalJack IrvGerry BednobFollows the affair between the impulsive Alejandro and the college-age pet store employee Jack, exploring the underbelly of New York and a romance that sends them down a rabbit hole of vice.
- DirectorBalojiStarsMarc ZingaYves-Marina GnahouaMarcel Otete KabeyaAfter spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.
- DirectorAnna BuryachkovaStarsZachary ShadrinArthur AliievAlina ChebanSet in Kyiv in the late 1990s, "Forever-Forever" is an unsettling portrait of the young and rebellious as they navigate love, explore their sexuality, and play cruel games, which never have a winner.
- DirectorElias BelkeddarStarsReda KatebBenoît MagimelMeriem AmiarOmar, a gangster on the run, tries to lie low for the rest of his life in Algiers to escape his sentence of 20 years in prison by the French authorities.
- DirectorEna SendijarevicStarsHayati AzisRenée SoutendijkFlorian MyjerTumultuous events triggered by the death of a Dutch sugar plantation owner who ends up leaving his Indian Ocean island estate to his young illegitimate son - the child of his Indonesian housemaid.
- DirectorAsli ÖzgeStarsDerya ErkenciGönül GezerFaruk ÖzgeA filmmaker daughter documents the imminent demolition of her father Faruk's apartment building in Istanbul. Faruk, who is over 90, increasingly becomes the protagonist.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsAlicia VikanderEddie MarsanJude LawKatherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.
- DirectorAva DuVernayStarsAunjanue Ellis-TaylorJon BernthalNiecy NashThe unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
- DirectorLevan AkinStarsMzia ArabuliLucas KankavaDeniz DumanliLia, a retired teacher, has promised to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. Her search takes her to Istanbul where she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and Tekla starts to feel closer than ever.
- DirectorFerzan ÖzpetekStarsKubilay AkaEmre DinlerÖzge ErdemA man who moved away from his hometown engages in deep conversations with his friends and family while toasting, eating and celebrating life.
- 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.
- DirectorLone ScherfigStarsBérénice BejoDaniel BrühlAntonio de la TorreMaría Margarita, a gifted movie teller, transforms her family's fortunes and the country. The Movie Teller, featuring performances by Bejo, Brühl, and Torre, celebrates the power of shared human emotion.
- DirectorMatthias GlasnerStarsLars EidingerCorinna HarfouchLilith StangenbergLissy enjoys husband Gerd's deterioration in a home. Her joy is temporary as her health rapidly declines.
- DirectorPatrick DickinsonStarsCiarán HindsThomas CoombesAoife HindsA widower from Japan travels with his estranged son to England in order to fulfill his late wife's dying wish.
- DirectorStéphane BrizéStarsGuillaume CanetAlba RohrwacherSharif AndouraMathieu lives in Paris, Alice in a small balnearic town. They have a short affair, and then each one follows their own path. To wash his melancholy, Mathieu goes to a thalasso, where by chance he finds Alice.
- DirectorDaniela GoggiStarsRodrigo de la SernaJulieta ZylberbergJorge MarraleFollowing the overthrow of the cruel dictatorship that had supplanted the country's long-standing democracy, Julio returns to Argentina with his family. After his brother is abducted he takes the lead in negotiations with the perpetrators.
- DirectorOlivier AssayasStarsVincent MacaigneMicha LescotNine d'UrsoDuring COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, two married couples quarantine together in a country house, leading to rising tensions and revelations about their relationships.
- DirectorBruno DumontStarsLyna KhoudriAnamaria VartolomeiCamille CottinA small village of Northern France is the battleground of undercover extraterrestrial knights.
- DirectorMaryam MoghadamBehtash SanaeehaStarsLili FarhadpourEsmaeel MehrabiMohammad HeidariSeventy-year-old Mahin, solitary until now, chooses to revive her love life. A chance encounter becomes an unforgettable evening.
- DirectorIlya PovolotskyStarsMaria LukyanovaGela ChitavaDaro AkimidzeIn Russia, an introverted father and his teenage daughter live on the road in a van that contains their entire life, including the equipment for a travelling cinema: the source of their meager income.
- DirectorZar Amir EbrahimiGuy NattivStarsArienne MandiZar Amir EbrahimiJaime Ray NewmanIranian female judoka Leila and her coach Maryam, who travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran's first gold medal. Midway through the competition, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose. With her own and her family's freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: feign injury and comply with the Iranian regime as Maryam implores her to do, or defy them both and fight on, for the gold.