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Plan 75 and Decision To Leave
Aftersun
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Charlotte Wells; Writer: Charlotte Wells; Stars: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Kayleigh Coleman, Sally Messham, Harry Perdios, Ethan Smith, Ruby Thompson, Brooklyn Toulson)
Sometime in the Nineties, somewhere in a Turkish coastal resort, a young, divorced father is spending the vacation with his daughter pre-teen daughter Sophie.
Axiom
(Country: Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Jöns Jönsson; Writer: Jöns Jönsson; Stars: Moritz von Treuenfels, Rolf Kanies, Rojan Juan Barani, Deniz Orta, Ben Plunkett-Reynolds, Thomas Schubert, Marita Breuer, Lou Strenger, Ricarda Seifried, Zejhun Demirov, Maximilian Brauer, Max Themak, Ines Marie Westernströer, Jürgen Hartmann, Petra Welteroth)
A well-liked young museum attendant invites his colleagues on a sailing trip on his aristocratic family’s boat, but all is not quite as it seems.
Beautiful Beings
(Country: Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czechia; Year: 2022; Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson; Writer: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson; Stars: Sunna Líf Arnarsdóttir, Viktor Benóný Benediktsson, Birgir Dagur Bjarkason, Anita Briem, Snorri Rafn Frímannsson, Ísgerður Elfa Gunnarsdóttir, Aðalbjörg Emma Hafsteinsdóttir, Blær Hinriksson, Kristín Ísold Jóhannesdóttir, Kamilla Guðrún Lowen, Áskell Einar Pálmason, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson)
A teenage boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, adopts a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits.
The Blue Caftan
(Country: France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark; Year: 2022; Director: Maryam Touzani; Writer: Maryam Touzani, Nabil Ayouch; Stars: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui)
Halim and Mina own a small family tailor shop that specializes in sewing ceremonial caftans. Since traditional hand-crafted work is time-consuming, Halim decides to hire an assistant, Youssef. The presence of the attractive young man arouses long-suppressed feelings in Halim, something that does not go unnoticed by his wife Mina.
The Box (La Caja)
(Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2021; Director: Lorenzo Vigas; Writer: Paula Markovitch, Lorenzo Vigas; Stars: Hernán Mendoza, Cristina Zulueta, Hatzín Navarrete, Hernán Mendoza, Cristina Zulueta, Hatzín Navarrete)
Hatzin, a young teenager from Mexico City, travels to collect the remains of his father, which have been found in a communal grave. But a casual encounter with a man who shares a physical resemblance with his father fills him with doubts and hope about his parent’s true whereabouts.
Harka and A Piece Of Sky
Butterfly Vision (Bachennya metelyka)
(Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2022; Director: Maksym Nakonechnyi; Writer: Maksym Nakonechnyi; Stars: Rita Burkovska, Daria Lorenci, Lyubomyr Valivots, Natalya Vorozhbit), Trailer
Drama about a former prisoner of war, who struggles to resume her life in Ukraine.
Captain Volkonogov Escaped
(Country: Russia, France, Estonia; Year: 2021; Director: Aleksey Chupov, Natasha Merkulova; Writer: Aleksey Chupov, Natasha Merkulova, Mart Taniel; Stars: Yuriy Borisov, Timofey Tribuntsev, Aleksandr Yatsenko, Nikita Kukushkin, Vladimir Epifantsev, Anastasiya Ukolova, Natalya Kudryashova, Dmitriy Podnozov, Viktoriya Tolstoganova)
A Russian captain goes on the run and finds himself being threatened by eternal torments in hell... with the only way to avoid it being to seek forgiveness.
Corsage
(Country: Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg; Year: 2022; Director: Marie Kreutzer; Writer: Marie Kreutzer; Stars: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Finnegan Oldfield, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasun, Manuel Rubey, Colin Morgan, Rosa Hajjaj, Lilly Marie Tschörtner , Aaron Friesz, Ivana Urban, Raphael von Bargen, Alexander Pschill, Regina Fritsch, Raphael Nicholas)
A period drama about Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sisi.
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Marie Kreutzer in conversation on Empress Elisabeth of Austria with King Ludwig II of Bavaria, Luchino Visconti, Finnegan Oldfield’s Louis Le Prince and the biographies of Sisi
, Marie Kreutzer in conversation on Corsage, Vicky Krieps as Sisi, singer/songwriter Camille, and the look of the film
, Vicky Krieps in conversation on Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, Romy Schneider, and Margarethe von Trotta’s Bachmann & Frisch
, Marie Kreutzer in conversation on Corsage, Vicky Krieps as Sisi, singer/songwriter Camille, and the look of the film
, Vicky Krieps in conversation on Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, Romy Schneider, and Margarethe von Trotta’s Bachmann & Frisch
The Dam (Al-Saad)
(Country: Serbia, Germany, Sudan, France; Year: 2022; Director: Ali Cherri; Writer: Bertrand Bonello, Ali Cherri, Geoffroy Grison; Stars: Maher El Khair)
Sudan, near the Merowe dam. Maher works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly builds a mysterious construction made of mud.
Decision To Leave
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Park Chan-wook; Writer: Park Chan-wook, Seo-kyeong Jeong; Stars: Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Go Kyung-Pyo, Lee Jung-Hyun, Park Yong-woo)
A detective investigates a man's death in the mountains.
Joyland and Axiom
The Eight Mountains
(Country: Italy, Belgium, France; Year: 2022; Director: Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch; Writer: Paolo Cognetti, Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix van Groeningen; Stars: Alessandro Borghi, Luca Marinelli, Filippo Timi, Elena Lietti)
The Eight Mountains is the story of a friendship. Of children becoming men who try to erase the footprints of their fathers, but who, through the twists and turns they take, always end up returning home.
EO
(Country: Poland; Year: 2022; Director: Jerzy Skolimowski; Writer: Ewa Piaskowska, Jerzy Skolimowski; Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Sandra Drzymalska, Tomasz Organek)
Tale revolving around an unassuming grey donkey.
Father's Day
(Country: Rwanda; Year: 2022; Director: Kivu Ruhorahoza; Stars: Médiatrice Kayitesi, Aline Amike, Yves Kijyana, Elie Bigirimana, Cedric Ishimwe, André Musagara)
Three stories set in and around the Rwandan city of Kigali.
Fire Of Love
(Country: Canada, US; Year: 2022; Director: Sara Dosa; Writer: Shane Boris, Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput; Stars: Miranda July, Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft)
Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft died in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing the most explosive imagery ever recorded. A doomed love triangle between Katia, Maurice and volcanoes, told through their archival footage.
The Five Devils
(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Léa Mysius; Writer: Paul Guilhaume, Léa Mysius; Stars: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Daphne Patakia, Noée Abita, Patrick Bouchitey, Moustapha Mbengue, Sally Dramé, Swala Emati)
Eight-year-old Vicky possesses a special power: a hyperacute sense of smell. She spends her days exploring this gift, and lives happily with her mother Joanne, a swimming teacher whom she adores exclusively - to the despair of her firefighter father. When her mysterious aunt Julia suddenly reappears in their lives, secrets from their past resurface both violently and magically.
Godland and Utama
Flux Gourmet
(Country: UK, US, Hungary; Year: 2022; Director: Peter Strickland; Writer: Peter Strickland; Stars: Leo Bill, Richard Bremmer, Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Ariane Labed, Fatma Mohamed, Makis Papadimitriou, Parvinder Kaur)
A flatulence-plagued narrator guides us through the closed space of a manor house where an arts patron and director of the Sonic Catering Institute uses various forms of manipulation in order to get a trio of performance artists to provide ever better results.
Gentle
(Country: Hungary; Year: 2022; Director: László Csuja, Anna Nemes; Writer: László Csuja, Anna Nemes; Stars: Eszter Csonka, György Turós, Csaba Krisztik, Éva Kerekes, János Papp, Gábor Ferenczi, Máté Vörös, Ferenc Gerlóczy, Viktória Szorcsik, Balázs Czukor, Csaba Gerner, Katalin Lõrincz, László Valiszka, Anna Nemes, Andrea Waskovics)
Edina, a female bodybuilder, is ready to sacrifice everything for the dream she shares with Adam, her partner and trainer: to win the world championship. The odd love she finds on her way there makes her see the difference between her dreams and her true self.
Godland
(Country: Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden; Year: 2022; Director: Hlynur Pálmason; Writer: Hlynur Pálmason; Stars: Hilmar Guðjónsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Elliott Crosset Hove, Jacob Lohmann, Waage Sandø, Vic Carmen Sonne)
In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, his mission and morality.
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Sophie Hyde; Writer: Katy Brand; Stars: Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack, Isabella Laughland, Charlotte Ware)
Nancy Stokes, a retired school teacher, is yearning for some adventure, and some sex. Good sex. And she has a plan: she hires a young sex worker named Leo Grande.
Harka
(Country: France, Germany, United States, Tunisia; Year: 2022; Director: Lotfy Nathan; Writer: Lotfy Nathan; Stars: Adam Bessa, Hsouna Heni, Jamal Madani, Mohamed Ouni, Elyes Riahi, Mohamed Nsibi, Khaled Barsaoui, Moez Hannachi, Yahya Feidi, Arij Sebai, Monji Ben Said, Boulbeba Hedili, Anoir Nasr, Islem Ben Mlouka, Amine Zaafouri, Sajir Mkacher)
Ali earns a living illegally selling gasoline on the street. He doesn’t have any contact with his family, but when he receives news that his father has died, he is forced to become responsible for his two younger sisters.
Beautiful Beings and A Love Song
Il Buco
(Country: Italy, France, Germany; Year: 2021; Director: Michelangelo Frammartino; Writer: Michelangelo Frammartino, Giovanna Giuliani; Stars: Paolo Cossi, Jacopo Elia, Denise Trombin, Mila Costi, Carlos José Crespo, Leonardo Larocca, Angelo Spadaro, Nicola Lanza, Antonio Lanza, Claudia Candusso)
Drama based on the true adventures of a group of young speleologists who in 1961 descended into a hole in the mountains of Calabria to explore what was then the third-deepest known cave on Earth.
Joyland
(Country: Pakistan; Year: 2022; Director: Saim Sadiq; Writer: Saim Sadiq; Stars: Sana Jafri, Ali Junejo)
As the Ranas, a happily patriarchal joint family, yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theater and falls for an ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story illuminates the entire family's desire for a sexual rebellion.
Klondike
(Country: Ukraine, Turkey; Year: 2022; Director: Maryna Er Gorbach; Writer: Maryna Er Gorbach; Stars: Evgeniy Efremov, Oleg Shcherbina, Oksana Cherkashyna, Oleg Shevchuk, Artur Aramyan)
The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia - Ukraine during the start of war. Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces. Shortly after, they find themselves at the center of an air crash catastrophe on July 17, 2014.
The Last Race (Poslední závod)
(Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2022; Director: Tomás Hodan; Writer: Tomás Hodan; Stars: Krystof Hádek, Judit Bárdos, Simon Kirschner, Claudia Vaseková, Pavla Beretová, Jan Nedbal, Oldrich Kaiser, Marek Adamczyk, Jan Hájek, Bastian Beyer, Vladimír Javorský, Cyril Dobrý, Jan Hofman, Vladimír Pokorný)
The Giant Mountains, 1913. At the start of a skiing competition Bohumil Hanč, the greatest Czech cross-country skier of his day, encounters the talented all-rounder Emmerich Rath, whose German origins have brought him problems his whole life.
A Little Love Package
(Country: Austria, Argentina; Year: 2022; Director: Gastón Solnicki; Stars: Angeliki Papoulia, Carmen Chaplin, Mario Bellatin)
Angeliki Papoulia, a wealthy yet perpetually dissatisfied woman, is looking for an apartment in Vienna at a time when the smoking ban in public places impacts the city’s coffeehouse culture.
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and Corsage
Love According To Dalva
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2022; Director: Emmanuelle Nicot; Writer: Emmanuelle Nicot; Stars: Zelda Samson, Alexis Manenti, Fanta Guirassi, Marie Denarnaud, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Maia Sandoz, Sandrine Blancke, Charlie Drach, Roman Coustère Hachez)
Twelve-year-old Dalva lives with her father, whom she loves to no end. But his love for her is not purely parental, as a police raid reveals one evening. Dalva finds herself in foster care; a trial begins.
A Love Song
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Max Walker-Silverman; Writer: Max Walker-Silverman; Stars: Dale Dickey, Wes Studi, John Way, Michelle Wilson, Benja K. Thomas, Marty Grace Dennis, Felipe Jorge)
Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains. A love story for those who are alone.
Lullaby (Cinco lobitos)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa; Writer: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa; Stars: Laia Costa, Susi Sánchez, Ramón Barea, Mikel Bustamante, José Ramón Soroiz, Asier Valdestilla García, Justi Larrinaga, Isidoro Fernández, Gloria Helguera, Carmen Berbaola, Lorena López, Elena Sáenz, Ana Isabel Martínez, Anuska Pernia Sainz, Nerea Arriola)
Amaia has just given birth to her first daughter. She would prefer not to give up her career as a translator, but it’s not easy to balance it with her family and looking after a young child. When her partner goes away on business for seven weeks, the young woman capitulates and goes to stay with her parents in the countryside.
Mariupolis 2
(Country: Lithuania, France, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Mantas Kvedaravicius, Hanna Bilbrova, Mantas Kvedaravicius)
Documentary about everyday life in the shadow of invasion for the people of Mariupol.
Mr Landsbergis
(Country: Lithuania, Netherlands; Year: 2021; Director: Sergey Loznitsa; Stars: Vytautas Landsbergis)
Documentary about Lithuania in the years 1989 to 1991, when the Baltic country broke away from the Soviet Union.
Flux Gourmet and Aftersun
Mutzenbacher
(Country: Austria; Year: 2022; Director: Ruth Beckermann; Writer: Ruth Beckermann, Claus Philipp)
With an ad in a newspaper, Ruth Beckermann announces a casting call for a film based on a well-known pornographic text. The film, Mutzenbacher, sees a hundred men confronted with excerpts from the novel, Josefine Mutzenbacher or The Story of a Viennese Whore, in an age when sex is more ubiquitous than ever, and yet at same time is met with a highly charged moral environment.
My Love Affair With Marriage
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Signe Baumane; Writer: Signe Baumane; Stars: Dagmara Dominczyk, Michele Pawk, Matthew Modine, Cameron Monaghan, Stephen Lang, Erica Schroeder, Emma Kenney, Anna O'Donoghue, Tanya Franks, Clyde Baldo, Najla Said, Keith Randolph Smith, Dan Domingues, Florencia Lozano, Ruby Modine)
Some people spend their lives wondering why a marriage didn’t last. Signe Baumane set out to get some answers. The result is this animated film, which combines ancient mythology and contemporary neuroscience.
Pamfir
(Country: Ukraine; Year: 2022; Director: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk; Writer: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk; Stars: Oleksandr Yatsentyuk, Stanislav Potyak, Solomiya Kyrylova , Olena Khokhlatkina, Myroslav Makoviychuk, Ivan Sharan)
Pamfir wants to be a decent family man but challenged by the circumstances he is forced to give up honest breadwinning to help his family.
The Passengers Of The Night (Les passagers de la nuit)
(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Mikhaël Hers; Writer: Maud Ameline, Mikhaël Hers; Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Noée Abita, Ophélia Kolb, Thibault Vinçon, Laurent Poitrenaux, Didier Sandre, Quito Rayon Richter, Morgane Portejoie Pinsard)
Paris, 1981. The presidential election heralds the winds of change which find an echo in the life of Elisabeth, whose husband has just abandoned her.
A Piece Of Sky (Drii Winter)
(Country: Switzerland, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Michael Koch; Writer: Michael Koch; Stars: Josef Aschwanden, Daniela Barmettler, Michèle Brand, Simon Wisler, Elin Zgraggen)
A young woman commits to standing by her husband after he is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.
Pamfir and EO
Plan 75
(Country: Japan, France, Philippines; Year: 2022; Director: Chie Hayakawa; Writer: Chie Hayakawa; Stars: Chieko Baishô, Hayato Isomura, Taka Takao, Yumi Kawai)
In a near future Japan, over-75s are offered a payment to encourage them to accept an assisted death.
Rabiye Kurnaz Vs George Bush
(Country: Germany, France; Year: 2022; Director: Andreas Dresen; Writer: Laila Stieler; Stars: Meltem Kaptan, Alexander Scheer, Charly Hübner, Samir Fuchs, Cornell Adams, Harvey Friedman, Nazmi Kirik, Martin Stange, Vince Eisenson, Alexander Hörbe, Tom Zahner, Jonathan Failla, Mike Davies, Stacy Thunes, William G. Tomek)
Her son Murat’s detention in Guantanamo catapults Rabiye Kurnaz from everyday life in her terraced house in Bremen into the heart of world politics.
Reflection
(Country: Ukraine; Year: 2021; Director: Valentyn Vasyanovych; Writer: Valentyn Vasyanovych; Stars: Roman Lutskyi, Dmitriy Sova, Andriy Rymaruk, Vasiliy Kukharskiy, Nika Myslytska, Nadiya Levchenko, Igor Shulha, Andrii Senchuk, Stanislav Aseyev, Oleksandr Danyliuk)
Ukrainian surgeon Serhiy is captured by the Russian military forces and exposed to horrifying scenes of humiliation and violence. On release, he tries to rebuild his life.
Return To Dust
(Country: China; Year: 2022; Director: Li Ruijun; Writer: Li Ruijun; Stars: Wu Renlin, Hai-Qing)
In a rural Chinese village, reticent farmer Ma and a disabled woman named Guiying lead lives that are similarly sheltered and difficult. Their arranged marriage seems destined to make things worse, but instead they discover a shared purpose.
Rodeo
(Year: 2022; Director: Lola Quivoron)
Drama about a young woman in an underground dirt bike community.
Klondike and Under The Fig Trees
The Silent Twins
(Country: Poland, US, UK; Year: 2022; Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska; Writer: Andrea Seigel, Marjorie Wallace; Stars: Letitia Wright, Jodhi May, Jack Bandeira, Treva Etienne, Tamara Lawrance, Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Declan Joyce, Ewa Rodart, Franciszek Przanowski, Jordan J Gallagher, Tony Richardson, Rita Raider, John Hyatt, Martin Hugh Henley, Julian R. Booth)
Drama based on the true story of twins from the only Black family in a small town in Wales in the 1970s who are sent to Broadmoor after a crime spree.
Sonne
(Country: Austria; Year: 2022; Director: Kurdwin Ayub; Writer: Kurdwin Ayub; Stars: Melina Benli, Thomas Momcinovic, Law Wallner, Maya Wopienka)
When three girls don hijabs and sing their own version of the hit song Losing My Religion, they become celebrities among the Kurdish community in Vienna.
Superheroes
(Country: Italy; Year: 2021; Director: Paolo Genovese; Writer: Paolo Genovese, Rolando Ravello, Paolo Costella; Stars: Alessandro Borghi, Jasmine Trinca, Vinicio Marchioni, Greta Scarano, Angelica Leo, Linda Caridi, Gwendolyn Gourvenec, Elena Sofia Ricci, Beppe Severgnini, Flavio Parenti, Giacomo Mattia, Ermanno Casari, Gianluca Gobbi, Maria Rita Pantaleoni, Federica Fracassi)
Comic book illustrator Anna and theoretical physicist Marco are a pair of congenial Superheroes who, like so many other people, have decided to live together. After all, dealing with shared problems sometimes requires truly superhuman strength.
Taurus (Good News)
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Tim Sutton; Writer: Tim Sutton; Stars: Megan Fox, Machine Gun Kelly, Scoot McNairy, Maddie Hasson, Luis Da Silva Jr., Angela Fornero, Robert Jumper, Demetrius 'Lil Meech' Flenory, Philip Smithey, Paul Bartholomew, Avery Tiiu Essex, Siri Miller, Frank Mosley, Joslyn Jensen, Ron G.)
A rising but troubled musician searches for the inspiration to record one last song, pushing himself deep into the void.
That Kind Of Summer
(Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Denis Côté; Writer: Denis Côté; Stars: Larissa Corriveau, Laure Giappiconi, Samir Guesmi, Aude Mathieu, Hinde Rabbaj, Anne Ratte-Polle)
Three women are spending “that kind of summer” in a quiet house by a lake, talking about (their) sexuality – from trauma to non-stop lust. A therapist is on hand to supervise them, a reversal of roles cannot be ruled out. The future is open.
Fire Of Love and Lullaby
Triangle Of Sadness
(Country: Sweden, UK, US, France, Greece; Year: 2022; Director: Ruben Östlund; Writer: Ruben Östlund; Stars: Woody Harrelson, Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Hanna Oldenburg, Zlatko Buric, Oliver Ford Davies, Linda Anborg, Iris Berben, Carolina Gynning, Sunnyi Melles, Malte Gårdinger, Vicki Berlin, Arvin Kananian, Beata Borelius, Shaniaz Hama Ali)
A yacht for the super-rich sinks, leaving its passengers marooned on an island.
Una Femmina - The Code Of Silence
(Country: Italy; Year: 2022; Director: Francesco Costabile; Writer: Lirio Abbate, Lirio Abbate, Edoardo De Angelis; Stars: Lina Siciliano, Fabrizio Ferracane, Anna Maria De Luca, Simona Malato, Luca Massaro, Mario Russo, Vincenzo Di Rosa, Pina Turco, Sara Grillo, Francesca Ritrovato)
Rose was a child when her mother died, and the family had an explanation ready for her: suicide. Except the fragments of memory that come to the young woman as she is growing up in the care of her grandmother and despotic uncle in a remote part of Calabria suggest something else.
Under The Fig Trees
(Country: Tunisia, Switzerland, France, Qatar; Year: 2021; Director: Erige Sehiri; Writer: Peggy Hamann, Ghalya Lacroix, Erige Sehiri; Stars: Fedi Ben Achour, Firas Amri, Ameni Fdhili, Feten Fdhili, Fide Fdhili, Gaith Mendassi, Abdelhak Mrabti, Leila Ouhebi, Hneya Ben Elhedi Sbahi, Samar Sifi)
Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find – and flee – deeper connections.
Utama
(Country: Bolivia, Uruguay, France; Year: 2022; Director: Alejandro Loayza Grisi; Writer: Alejandro Loayza Grisi; Stars: José Calcina, Luisa Quispe, Santos Choque)
In the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily life for years. When an uncommon long drought threatens their entire way of life, Virginio and his wife Sisa face the dilemma of resisting or being defeated by the environment and time itself.
We Met In Virtual Reality
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Joe Hunting; Writer: Joe Hunting)
Filmed entirely inside the world of VR, this vérité documentary captures the excitement and surprising intimacy of a burgeoning cultural movement, demonstrating the power of online connection in an isolated world.
Butterfly Vision and The Eight Mountains
The Woodcutter Story
(Country: Finland, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Mikko Myllylahti; Writer: Mikko Myllylahti; Stars: Jarkko Lahti, Iivo Tuuri, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Ulla Tapaninen, Marc Gassot, Katja Küttner, Armi Toivanen, Matti Onnismaa, Wanda Dubiel, Tomi Alatalo, Omar Abdi, Cris af Enehielm, Lauri Maijala, Ellen Herler, Maini Korkala)
Trouble brews for a woodcutter in a small town after he loses his job.
Working Class Heroes
(Country: Serbia; Year: 2022; Director: Milos Pusic; Writer: Ivan Knezevic, Milos Pusic, Dusan Spasojevic; Stars: Boris Isakovic, Jasna Djuricic, Stefan Beronja, Predrag Momcilovic, Bojana Milanovic, Aleksandar Djurica, Mihajlo Pleskonjic, Ervin Hadzimurtezic, Filip Djuric, Milan Arandjelovic, Jovana Belovic, Danilo Brakocevic, Nikitovic Andrija Brica, Vera Hrcan-Ostojic, Stefan Isakovic)
Lidija works for a shady developer, overseeing construction laborers and covering up poor working conditions. But the men decide to protest.
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