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On A String On A String
On A String and Sunday Ninth
Admission (Ru Xue Xu Ke) (Country: Taiwan; Year: 2025; Director: Quentin Hsu)
When the truth about a couple instructing their son to cheat in his school admission interview is exposed, their partners in crime join them to uncover the traitor among them.
Backstage Madness (Shermendelik karnavaly) (Country: Kyrgyzstan; Year: 2025; Director: Amanbek Azhymat)
A 70-year-young director still invents various vivid and bizarre characters on an old-fashioned typewriter.… He has heard the word ‘stop’ far too many times while preparing an art house festival gem.
Dump Of Untitled Pieces (İsimsiz Eserler Mezarlığı) (Country: Turkey; Year: 2025; Director: Melik Kuru; Writer: Melik Kuru)
Satire about the absurdity of art.
Easy Girl (Country: Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Hille Norden; Writer: Hille Norden)
Two childhood friends reconnect in their twenties, gradually revealing deeper trauma.
Elena's Shift (Country: Greece; Year: 2025; Director: Stefanos Tsivopoulos)
Elena, a Romanian single mother in Athens, dreams of a better future and becomes determined to seek justice after losing her job.
Hercules Falling (Herkules Falder) (Country: Denmark; Year: 2025; Director: Christian Bonke; Writer: Christian Holten Bonke, Marianne Lentz)
A battle-worn veteran wrestles with mental health challenges and strained family ties.
Interior (Country: Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Pascal Schuh)
Psychological thriller about a burglar who uses a couch with a secret compartment to break into people’s homes and covertly film them.
Juana (Country: Mexico; Year: 2025; Director: Daniel Giménez Cacho)
A relentless investigator risks everything to uncover the truth behind a series of unsolved crimes against women.
Lady (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Samuel Abrahams; Writer: Samuel Abrahams, Miranda Campbell Bowling; Stars: Sian Clifford, Laurie Kynaston, Juliet Cowan)
A narcissistic aristocrat hires a struggling filmmaker to record her every move.
My First Love (Min første kjærlighet) (Country: Norway; Year: 2025; Director: Mari Storstein)
A teenager who uses a wheelchair is forced into an institution, where she experiences her first love.
On A String (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Isabel Hagen; Writer: Isabel Hagen; Stars: Dylan Baker, Eric Bogosian, Frederick Weller, Charlotte Ray Rosenberg, Jamie Lee, Joy Suprano, Peter Reeves, DeLaney Harter Rosenthal, Renée Stork, Isabel Hagen, Jordan Galland, Haven Stashenko, John Kroner, Jon Lonoff, Ling Ling Huang)
Fresh out of Juilliard, a young violist returns home to live with her parents in the heart of New York City. Now it’s time to play gigs in the homes of strangers and make art with friends - nothing can go wrong, right?
Full Review See: On A String director Isabel Hagen on moving from viola player to stand-up and filmmaker
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A Safe Place (Un loc sigur) (Country: Romania; Year: 2025; Director: Cecilia Stefanescu; Writer: Cecilia Stefanescu)
Drama centring on a woman's unrest and desire.
Sunday Ninth (Zondag de Negenste) (Country: Belgium; Year: 2025; Director: Kat Steppe; Writer: Kat Steppe; Stars: Josse De Pauw, Peter Van den Begin, Kristien De Proost, Frank Lammers,)
An Alzheimer's sufferer is reunited with the brother he hasn't seen in 30 years.
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This Is Not Happening (To się nie dzieje) (Country: Poland; Year: 2025; Director: Artur Wyrzykowski; Writer: Artur Wyrzykowski)
Thriller surrounding a father's discovery that his son has shot a classmate.
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