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Josette (80) lives alone in Yaoundé, Cameroon. All her children have left for the West. She encourages them to build houses in Cameroon, a ploy to bring them back to her. But the unexpected bond she forms with Sarah, a young woman from her neighborhood, shatters everything she has built her life on: her family, her responsibilities, and her hopes.
A pregnant Iranian woman and a Serbian man longing for fatherhood, both bisexual and living in Germany, marry. Their families, divided by language yet united by affection, come together to celebrate.
A group of French high-school students travel to Naples on a school trip to discover the ruins of Pompeii and the bodies petrified by Vesuvius. There, they are drawn into a dizzying descent.
Feng Xia lives a life of dutiful servitude to her husband, children and community of Chinese ex-pats. When she finally decides to put herself first, and explore the sexuality that she has long concealed, she meets the free-spirited Camille.
Alien adventure thriller.
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
A high-powered executive's meticulously controlled existence begins to unravel.
Mihai and Lisbet Gheorghiu, a devout Romanian Norwegian couple, move from Romania to Norway with their children to be closer to Lisbet’s family. But tension mounts when one of the children arrives at school with bruises.
The director of a nursing home in Paris has an encounter with a terminally ill Japanese playwright that transforms her life.
The story follows Tsubasa, a quiet boy, and Akitarō, a child prodigy. Jealousy and misunderstanding sever their childhood bond. Years later, as their lives take different directions, each must make a decision when the weight of the past resurfaces.
A young man who witnesses a mysterious plane crash begins to confront his own trauma.
Cheol-jun has become close friends with many people, but he conceals the fact that he is gay from them. Contending with feelings of isolation and longing for deeper connection, he summons up the courage to explore Seoul's vibrant gay community.
Observes a man torn between criminal heritage, familial duty and a search for moral clarity.
Miranda Priestly tries to deal with the decline of print journalism.
Story of a hobby scientist who believed it was possible to find stardust in unlikely places on Earth.
Kyler Prescott and Blake Brockington were just two high-profile examples of approximately 50% of trans boys in the US who did not survive a suicide attempt. This film highlights the importance of combating prejudice and prioritising prevention among trans youth.
In this offbeat comedy, a bi guy in a desert town receives a surprise visit from his con-artist birth mother, with chaos ensuing.
The story of the wildly popular, annual Easter Sunday tradition in San Francisco known as Hunky Jesus.
Documentary shot over a single day in a women's health clinic in Atlanta.
Documentary follows Israeli silent vigil protests over the war in Gaza.
Two poets, one incurable cancer diagnosis. Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley go on an unexpectedly funny and poignant journey through love, life, and mortality.
A journey to Michoacán’s hypermasculine rodeos descends into the subconscious of memory, queer desire, and longing, leading to a reckoning with the wounds and beauty of a home left behind.
An archive-driven exploration of the life, work, and legacy of iconic, pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer.
Paraguay, 1958. The charismatic Narciso returns from Buenos Aires with rock ’n’ roll in his veins. Under the suffocating military regime, he becomes a music sensation and a symbol of freedom. But then, after his final show, he is found dead…
A middle-aged Palestinian Uber driver forms a bond with a young Israeli who becomes a regular passenger.
Drama revolving around a little boy, with a love of football who is living with his increasingly frail gran.
Darkly comic tale of two people bound by an inherited union.
Nine-year-old Milo lives in a remote Argentinian village where he studies the Malambo, a folk dance full of bravura. He is an excellent dancer, but Milo’s only desire is to escape the countryside on a train for the Buenos Aires of his dreams.
Edinburgh, 1810. Two female teachers find themselves at the centre of a scandal.
In a greenhouse in southern Spain, Iván falls in love with his newly hired co-worker, Hadoum. But his long-awaited promotion interferes with their relationship, forcing Iván to decide what kind of person he wants to be.
Life is good for Derya and Aziz, a celebrated artist couple from Turkey, until an incident at their play’s premiere. Suddenly targeted by the state and struggling to balance their ideals with life’s necessities, their marriage is pushed to a breaking point.
Sixteen-year-old Ilay drifts through the summer on the outskirts of Berlin while a palliative nurse accompanies his ailing mother during her last days.
The inner lives of fishermen, young and old, who work the waters in Maine.
Lilia returns to Tunisia for her uncle’s funeral and reunites with a family that knows nothing about her life in Paris, especially not about the woman she loves.
As the military coup unfolds across the country, Captain Jorge Silva – the former head of Air Force Intelligence – is torn between duty and conscience.
When radical science backfires, miners and researchers confront apocalypse.
Retired couple Magdy and Sama just want a quiet life, which unravels when their fridge breaks down.
Migration story seen through the eyes of a young girl.
Revisiting a teenage crush on a teacher, Angelica Ruffier embarks on a delicate journey of memory and desire.
Two friends drift through dreams and memories, searching for tenderness amid unending cycles of violence.
Two half-sisters return to Gran Canaria after their mother's death.
The story of Rojin, a Kurdish-Finnish doctor, who uncovers a family secret that challenges everything she thought she knew.
Haunted by the killing of his Palestinian childhood friend Aseel Asleh by Israeli police in 2000, Roy Cohen revisits their friendship through a cinematic letter addressed to Aseel.
Filmed over 10 years, one girl’s epic journey from Syria to Germany and back again. She and her family navigate war, exile, and heartbreak in a foreign land, illuminating the complexities of the refugee experience.
An investigation into laboratory research on animals exposes a hidden world in which it’s not just the animals getting hurt. The story of Dr. Lisa Jones Engel, a primatologist turned animal welfare advocate, asks whether harming animals and ourselves in science’s name is justified.
In the remote highlands of Montenegro, a shepherd mother and daughter proudly defend their ancestral mountain from the threat of becoming a NATO military training ground, stirring memories of the violence that shattered their family.
After his teenage son goes missing, Daniel scours the depths of the Vistula River, torn between the dread of a fatal leap and the hope that his son may still be alive.
A boy born into a family of gangsgters is taken in by a kabuki theatre actor and finds a talent for the craft.
Drama following a nurse on a late shift at a busy hospital.
After a Palestinian teen confronts Israeli soldiers at a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the series of events that led him to that fateful moment, starting with his grandfather’s forced displacement.
Misfit on the margins Denis Côté and Larissa Corriveau on the themes and challenges of Nobody's Violence
A family affair Ashgan El-Hamus on casting and working with distant relatives on her debut Al Baraneya
End credits for perfectionist who made Cyrano France’s film industry mourns death of Jean-Paul Rappeneau at 94
Outsider in a Mad world Bart Simpson on why Terry Gilliam paid tribute to his 'God'
A little rock n' roll Nick Psinakis and Kevin Ignatius on directing and starring in Valley View Motel
One Battle After Another wins again Paul Thomas Anderson film takes FIPRESCI Grand Prix
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