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2000 Meters To Andriivka (Country: Ukraine; Year: 2025; Director: Mstyslav Chernov)
Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther they advance through their destroyed homeland, the more they realise that this war may never end.
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Colossal (Country: Dominican Republic; Year: 2025; Director: Nayibe Tavares; Stars: Faisal Abel, Nayibe Abel, Nayibe Chabebe, Froilán Tavares, Nayibe Tavares, José Froilán Tavares-Abel, Poi Tavares-Abel)
When a young filmmaker investigates her grandfather’s work on the 1990 Dominican elections, she uncovers a web of secrets that still ensnares her family.
Gaza Sound Man (Country: Qatar; Year: 2025; Director: Hosam Abu Dan)
Through a series of immersive soundscapes, Mohammad Yaghi captures the realities of life on the ground in Palestine before and after 7 October 2023.
A Simple Soldier (Country: US, Ukraine, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Juan Camilo Cruz, Artem Ryzhykov)
Award-winning Ukrainian filmmaker and cinematographer Artem Ryzhykov transforms into a hardened professional soldier as he navigates the confusion, chaos, heartache and reality of modern warfare.
The Stringer (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Bao Nguyen; Stars: Damien Cole, Gary Knight)
A courageous whistleblower prompts an investigation into the true history behind one of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century.
Sudan, Remember Us (Sudan Y’a Ghali) (Country: France, Tunisia, Qatar; Year: 2024; Director: Hind Meddeb; Writer: Hind Meddeb)
Chronicle of Sudan’s youth revolution shows how hope was ignited though through music, murals and the unyielding power of words.
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