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Cielo and DJ Ahmet
The Botanist (Zhi Wu Xue Jia) (Country: China; Year: 2025; Director: Jing Yi; Writer: Jing Yi; Stars: Nurdaolet Jalen, Eramazan Sarhet, Jomajan Songhat, Jahseleh Yesl, Ren Zihan)
A lonely boy immerses himself in a world of plants.
Cielo (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Alberto Sciamma; Writer: Alberto Sciamma; Stars: Fernando Arze Echalar, Juan Carlos Aduviri, Fernanda Gutiérrez Aranda, Cristian Mercado)
How far would you go to reach heaven? Santa, a young indigenous girl, embarks on a rollercoaster journey to take her mother out of a life of hardship and into eternal paradise.
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DJ Ahmet (Country: North Macedonia, Czechia, Serbia, Croatia; Year: 2025; Director: Georgi M Unkovski; Writer: Georgi M Unkovski; Stars: Arif Jakup, Agush Agushev, Aksel Mehmet, Dora Akan Zlatanova, Selpin Kerim, Atila Klince)
Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote Yuruk village in North Macedonia find refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and first love.
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