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The Fox King (Country: Malaysia, Indonesia; Year: 2025; Director: Woo Ming Jin; Writer: Woo Ming Jin; Stars: Dian Sastrowardoyo, Idan Aedan, Hadi Putra)
Amir and Ali are twins reeling from their mother’s death in childbirth. Plus, their deadbeat dad won’t let the boys stay with him, so they work for the owner of a fishing business who gives them rudimentary shelter. Amir speaks rarely, only using the names of animals to communicate, but his passion for reading creates a connection with new English teacher, Lara, who has past traumas of her own.
Inside Amir (Country: Iran; Year: 2025; Director: Amir Azizi; Writer: Amir Azizi; Stars: Amirhossein Hosseini, Nader Pourmahin, Hadis Nazari, Nariman Farrokhi, Pirouz Nemati, Sohrab Mahdavi)
Drama revolving around the life of a young man on the verge of emigrating from Tehran to southern Italy.
Memory Of Princess Mumbi (Country: Kenya, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia; Year: 2026; Director: Damien Hauser; Writer: Damien Hauser; Stars: Shandra Apondi, Ibrahim Joseph, Samson Waithaka, Michael Garama)
In 2093, an aspiring filmmaker travels to the African nation of Umata to make a documentary about the lingering effects of the war against AI, and meets aspiring actress Mumbi.
Risa And The Wind Phone (Country: Argentina; Year: 2026; Director: Juan Cabral; Writer: Juan Cabral, Pablo Minces; Stars: Diego Peretti, Elena Romero)
After a tragic fire devastates their small town, residents take to calling the dead on an out-of-order telephone high atop a hill, but only ten-year-old Risa can hear the voices from the other side.
Salvation (Kurtulus) (Country: Turkey, France, Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, Saudi Arabia; Year: 2006; Director: Emin Alper; Stars: Caner Cindoruk, Berkay Ateş, Feyyaz Duman, Naz Göktan, Özlem Taş, Eren Demirbaş, Mehmet Selim Akgul, Hichi Demi)
In a remote village, an exiled clan returns, reviving a decades-old land feud. Seized by divine visions, Mesut challenges his brother’s leadership to save his people. Will this new path bring salvation or tragedy?
Those Who Whistle After Dark (Country: Turkey, Bulgaria, Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Pınar Yorgancıoğlu; Writer: Pinar Yorgancioglu, Emre Gulcan; Stars: Mufit Kayacan, Hulya Gulsen, Inci Sefa Cingoz)
Struggling to adjust to retirement, a man starts seeing ghosts and conducting strange scientific experiments.
Ungrateful Beings (Country: Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, France; Year: 2025; Director: Olmo Omerzu; Writer: Olmo Omerzu; Stars: Barry Ward, Barbora Bobulova, Dexter Franc , Antonín Chmela, Timon Sturbej)
David takes his two children on holiday to the Adriatic Sea, hoping to hold their fractured bilingual family together... but an accusation sees things go from bad to worse.
The World Of Love (Country: South Korea; Year: 2025; Director: Yoon Ga-eun; Writer: Yoon Ga-eun; Stars: Seo Su-bin, Chang Hyae-jin, Kim Jeong-sik)
A high school student navigates love, friendship and a traumatic past.
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