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32 Meters (Year: 2025; Director: Morteza Atabaki)
In rural Turkey, a group of women sets their sights on entering a local shooting competition, challenging expectations of who belongs on the range.
Black Sunflowers (Year: 2026; Director: James Marcus Haney)
On front lines and urban back streets, 10 young Ukrainians, ages 18 to 26, grapple with the impact of war.
Figaro Up, Figaro Down (Year: 2026; Director: Javid Soriano)
Having graced the world’s grandest stages and once destined for a brilliant career, opera singer Tim Blevins now sings for change on the streets as he battles addiction and family estrangement.
From Gaza with Love (Year: 2026; Director: Charles Villa, Suhail Nassar) , Trailer
Within the war that is ravaging Gaza, a friendship is born.
How to Clean a House in 10 Easy Steps (Year: 2026; Director: Carolina González Valencia)
Beatriz, the mother of filmmaker Carolina Gonzalez Valencia, provided for her children in Colombia by working as a house cleaner in the US.
The Nobles (Year: 2026; Director: Khaula Malik)
The Khawaja Siras of Pakistan have a distinct gender identity and a long cultural presence, having once served as advisors in the courts of Mughal kings.
Not All the Girls (Year: 2026; Director: Carolina Astudillo Muñoz)
How does one remember a dictatorship experienced as a child?
The Sandbox (Year: 2026; Director: Kenya-Jade Pinto)
In this provocatively honest film, Kenya-Jade Pinto examines how surveillance systems and military technology control the global refugee crisis and decide who gets rescued and who’s allowed to die.
The Sickling (Year: 2026; Director: Gabriel Badejo)
Gabriel has spent his life enduring the excruciating pain of sickle cell disease alongside a healthcare system that repeatedly doubts the severity of his suffering.
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