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Brief History Of A Family (Country: China, Denmark; Year: 2024; Director: Jianjie Lin; Writer: Jianjie Lin; Stars: Ke-Yu Guo, Feng Zu, Xilun Sun, Muran Lin)
A middle-class family’s fate becomes intertwined with their only son’s enigmatic new friend in post one-child policy China, putting unspoken secrets, unmet expectations, and untended emotions under the microscope.
Crickets, It's Your Turn (Country: Kazakhstan, France; Year: 2024; Director: Olga Korotko; Writer: Olga Korotko; Stars: Inzhu Abeu, Ayan Batyrbek, Alexandr Khvan, Arnur Kusaingazin, Nurlybek Maulezaripov, Boris Yugay)
Meat (Kreas) (Country: Greece; Year: 2024; Director: Dimitris Nakos; Writer: Dimitris Nakos; Stars: Kostas Nikouli, Akyllas Karazisis, Pavlos Iordanopoulos, Maria Kallimani, Giorgos Symeonidis)
When a young man commits murder and the only witness is an immigrant whom his father has mentored and cared for, the older man must decide which of them will take the blame.
Mistress Dispeller (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Elizabeth Lo; Writer: Charlotte Munch Bengtsen, Elizabeth Lo)
Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband's affair.
Mr. K (Country: Netherlands, Norway, Belgium; Year: 2024; Director: Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab; Writer: Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab; Stars: Crispin Glover, Sunnyi Melles, Fionnula Flanagan, Bjørn Sundquist, Dearbhla Molloy, Barbara Sarafian, Jan Gunnar Røise, Esmée van Kampen, Sam Louwyck, Josse Colsoul, Dominique Dauwe, Wito Geerts, Joshua Gabriel Liège, Yassine Ouaich, Klaartje Pedersen)
A magician checks into a hotel full of strange occupants... and discovers there is no way to leave.
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Neon Dreaming (Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Marie-Claire Marcotte; Writer: Marie-Claire Marcotte; Stars: Maélya Boyd, Corey Loranger, Genevieve Langlois, Maïna Rose Caméus, Caroline Raynaud, Sheila Isaro, Pierre-André Muila, Hélène Dallaire, Grey Reich, Nicole Prefontaine, Baeyen Hoffman, Jasper Green, Émile Legault, Mike Skakoon)
A young girl, who believes her mum is a ballet icon, is determined to try to find her.
Restless (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Jed Hart; Writer: Jed Hart; Stars: Aston McAuley, Lyndsey Marshal, Barry Ward, Kate Robbins, Ben Crowe, Matt Emery, Denzel Baidoo, Ken Doherty, Kate Webster, Tom Keller, Ciara Ford, Peter Dean, Juliet Guiness, Adam King, Declan Adamson)
The banal life of a middle-aged empty nester is violently shaken in the blink of an eye when hard-partying - and potentially dangerous - new neighbours move in next door.
Silver Star (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Ruben Amar, Lola Bessis; Writer: Ruben Amar, Lola Bessis; Stars: Grace Van Dien, Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson, Johnath Davis, Tamara Fruits, Getchie Argetsinger, Ekaterina Baker, Joey Giambattista, Josh Silverman, Amy Tribbey, Noa Fisher, Odley Jean, Jarvis Tomdio, Albert M. Chan, Brian Coll, Dave Ferrier)
When an ex-con’s bank robbery attempt goes south, she ends up forming an unexpected relationship with the young woman she takes hostage.
Spilt Milk (Country: Ireland; Year: 2024; Director: Brian Durnin; Writer: Cara Loftus; Stars: Danielle Galligan, Laurence O'Fuarain, Pom Boyd, Denise McCormack, Emmet Kirwan, Hilda Fay, Sallay Garnett, John Burke, Jed Murray, Justin Daniels Anene, Charleigh Bailey, Cillian Sullivan, Rory Mullen, Lewis Brophy, Naoise Kelly)
A wannabe detective's hunt for his older brother reveals a dangerous side of Eighties Dublin.
Two To One (Country: Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Natja Brunckhorst; Writer: Natja Brunckhorst; Stars: Sandra Hüller, Max Riemelt, Ronald Zehrfeld)
A family in East Germany finds millions in soon-to-be-worthless East German currency during reunification, and take what they can carry.
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