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An Eye For An Eye (Country: US, Denmark, Iran; Year: 2025; Director: Tanaz Eshaghian, Farzad Jafari)
Convicted of murdering her husband, Tahereh served her sentence and now faces a ticking clock to negotiate with her in-laws who, under Sharia law, have the legal right to either execute her or forgive her - for a price.
World premiere
Backside (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Raúl O Paz Pastrana)
Follows the lives of immigrant workers who look after and rehabilitate prized racehorses at Churchill Downs barns in Louisville Kentucky over the course of one season.
World premiere
The End Of Quiet (Country: Sweden, Denmark; Year: 2025; Director: Kasper Bisgaard, Mikael Lypinski; Writer: Kasper Bisgaard, Mikael Lypinski)
A meditative documentary that offers a glimpse into one of the few inhabited places on Earth where Wi-Fi and phone signals are not allowed to reach.
World premiere
For Venida, For Kalief (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Sisa Bueno; Writer: Venida Brodnax Browder)
Kalief Browder’s story unfolds in full when his life, and that of his mother, Venida Brodnax Browder, are tragically derailed by years of malintent from the justice system.
World premiere
The Last Dive (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Cody Sheehy; Stars: Dawn Wilson, Dan Fitzgerald, Robert Rubin, Terry Kennedy, Mike McGettigan, Joyce Clinton)
Terry Kennedy has lived several lifetimes- as a Navy Seal, a Hell’s Angel, and, most memorably, as the unlikely friend to a giant manta ray named Willy. Now in his 80s, Terry mounts one last diving expedition to a remote island in search of his long-lost friend.
World premiere
Maintenance Artist (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Toby Perl Freilich; Writer: Anne Alvergue, Toby Perl Freilich; Stars: Mierle Ukeles)
Documentary profile of pioneering public artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles - the first artist-in-residence at NYC’s Department of Sanitation.
World premiere
Natchez (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Suzannah Herbert; Writer: Suzannah Herbert, Pablo Proenza)
A consideration of the American South’s unreconciled history through a Mississippi town that mixes antebellum tourism with a community deeply divided over its past.
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World premiere
Runa Simi (Country: Peru; Year: 2025; Director: Augusto Zegarra; Writer: Augusto Zegarra; Stars: Dylan Valencia, Fernando Valencia)
Follows an indigenous Peruvian man and his young son in their ambitious quest to fully dub Disney’s animated The Lion King in their native Quechua.
World premiere
Sun Ra: Do The Impossible (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Christine Turner)
A biographical, musical journey into the work and vision of Sun Ra, exploring his jazz roots, endless innovations, and ceaseless artistic and social quests.
World premiere
Underland (Country: US, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Rob Petit; Writer: Robert Macfarlane, Rob Petit)
Documentary following explorers into places rarely glimpsed by human eyes: caves, flooded drains and underground laboratories.
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World premiere
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