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Baby (Country: Brazil, France, Netherlands; Year: 2024; Director: Marcelo Caetano; Writer: Marcelo Caetano, Gabriel Domingues; Stars: João Pedro Mariano, Ricardo Teodoro, Ana Flavia Cavalcanti, Bruna Linzmeyer, Luiz Bertazzo)
After being released from a juvenile detention center, Wellington finds himself alone and adrift on the streets of São Paulo. During a visit to a porn theater, he encounters Ronaldo, a mature man, who teaches him new ways of surviving.
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Dreamers (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor; Writer: Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor; Stars: Aiysha Hart, Kerry Howard, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Harriet Webb, Ann Akinjirin, Ronke Adekoluejo, Jamie Bacon, Lucy Ware, Damola Adelaja, Diana Yekinni, Laurence Saunders, Cain Aiden, Ola Labib, Kemi Adekoya, Dolapo Oni)
A Nigerian migrant sent to a removal centre discovers a kindred spirit.
Little Trouble Girls (Kaj ti je deklica) (Country: Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia; Year: 2025; Director: Urska Djukic; Writer: Urska Djukic, Marina Gumzi; Stars: Jara Sofija Ostan, Mina Svajger, Sasa Tabakovic, Natasa Burger, Marko Mandic, Lotos Sparovec, Sasa Pavcek, Branko Zavrsan, Casson Matia, Popovic Stasa, Frlic Spela, Tomazin Irena, Strle Mateja)
During a weekend of rehearsals with the school choir at a convent, an introverted teenager begins to view the world from a new perspective.
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Pillion (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Harry Lighton; Writer: Harry Lighton, Adam Mars-Jones; Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Harry Melling, Georgina Hellier, Brian Martin, Zamir Mesiti)
A man is taken on as a motorbike club's leader's submissive but begins to question that role.
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