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The Gravedigger's Wife and The Worst Person In The World
Bantú Mama
(Country: Dominican Republic; Year: 2021; Director: Ivan Herrera; Writer: Clarisse Albrecht, Ivan Herrera; Stars: Clarisse Albrecht, Euris Javiel, Arturo Perez, Scarlet Reyes, Donis Taveras)
A French-Cameroonian woman running from a drug deal gone wrong in the Dominican Republic finds shelter with three young siblings.
Cannon Arm And The Arcade Quest
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2021; Director: Mads Hedegaard; Writer: Mads Hedegaard; Stars: Kim Cannon Arm, Walter Day, Shigeru Miyamoto)
Portrait of friendship between unconventional heroes within the world of arcade gaming.
Compartment No 6 (Hytti Nro 6)
(Country: Finland, Estonia, Germany, Russia; Year: 2021; Director: Juho Kuosmanen; Writer: Andris Feldmanis, Juho Kuosmanen and Livia Ulman, based on the book by Rosa Liksom; Stars: Yuriy Borisov, Dinara Drukarova, Seidi Haarla, Vladimir Lysenko, Dmitriy Belenikhin)
A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk, but is forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a Russian miner.
The Gravedigger's Wife (La Femme du fossoyeur)
(Country: Finland, Germany, France; Year: 2021; Director: Khadar Ahmed; Writer: Khadar Ahmed; Stars: Omar Abdi, Yasmin Warsame, Kadar Abdoul-Aziz Ibrahim, Samaleh Ali Obsieh, Hamdi Ahmed Omar, Awa Ali Nour, Amina Ayanleh)
A gravedigger finds himself up against it as he tries to get the cash together to help his gravely ill wife get medical treatment.
Language Lessons
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Natalie Morales; Writer: Mark Duplass, Natalie Morales; Stars: Natalie Morales, Mark Duplass, Desean Terry, Christine Quesada)
A Spanish teacher and her student develop an unexpected friendship.
What Do We See When We Look At The Sky? and Ride The Wave
Our Men
(Country: Belgium, France; Year: 2021; Director: Rachel Lang; Writer: Rachel Lang; Stars: Louis Garrel, Camille Cottin, Ina Marija Bartaité, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Naidra Ayadi, Léo Lévy, Jean Michelangeli, Vladimir Ignat, Simona Trocan, Mowei-Jeannine Leroux, Alice Coulibaly-Chateaux, Wilfried Ranaivo, Lukas De Wolf, Edwin Gaffney, Paul De Bronde)
They come from all over the world but they have one thing in common: The Foreign Legion, their new family. This film tells their stories.
The Outlaws
(Country: Norway; Year: 2021; Director: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken; Writer: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken; Stars: Filip Berg, Lia Boysen, Samuel Fröler, Benjamin Helstad, Ingar Helge Gimle, Cecilie A. Mosli, Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes, Mattis Herman Nyquist, Kai Kolstad Rødseth, Oskar Sandven Lundevold, Åsmund Høeg, Hadrian Libell, Stein Winge, Geir Kaspersen)
An older drifter and younger man forge a partnership.
Petite Maman
(Country: France; Year: 2021; Director: Céline Sciamma; Writer: Céline Sciamma; Stars: Gabrielle Sanz, Joséphine Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne, Margot Abascal,)
Something magical happens to a young girl after the death of her grandma.
Ride The Wave
(Country: UK; Year: 2021; Director: Martyn Robertson; Writer: Martyn Robertson)
A teenage Scottish surfing champ prepares to ride a dangerous Irish big wave.
A Tale Of Love And Desire (Une histoire d’amour et de désir)
(Country: France, Tunisia; Year: 2021; Director: Leyla Bouzid; Writer: Leyla Bouzid; Stars: Sami Outalbali, Zbeida Belhajamor, Diong-Kéba Tacu, Aurélia Petit, Mahia Zrouki, Bellamine Abdelmalek, Mathilde Lamusse, Samir El Hakim, Khemissa Zarouel, Sofia Lesaffre, Baptiste Carrion-Weiss, Charles Poitevin, Omar Khasb, Zaineb Bouzid, Céline Rotard)
Ahmed’s world is thrown off-balance when he encounters Farah, newly-arrived from Tunis, who challenges everything he thought he knew.
Compartment No 6 and A Tale Of Love And Desire
The Tender Bar
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: George Clooney; Writer: J.R. Moehringer, William Monahan; Stars: Ben Affleck, Christopher Lloyd, Lily Rabe, Tye Sheridan, Max Casella, Max Martini, Sondra James, Rhenzy Feliz, Kimberly Howe, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Caroline Bergwall, Shannon Collis, Michael Braun, Briana Middleton, Daniel Washington)
A young man gets taken under the wing of his bar-owning uncle.
Two Friends (Dostojee)
(Country: India; Year: 2021; Director: Prasun Chatterjee; Writer: Prasun Chatterjee; Stars: Jayati Chakraborty, Asik Shaikh, Swatilekha Kundu, Arif Shaikh, Anujoy Chattopadhyay)
Two eight-year-old boys navigate a growing religious divide.
What Do We See When We Look At The Sky? (Ras vkhedavt, rodesac cas vukurebt?)
(Country: Germany, Georgia; Year: 2021; Director: Aleksandre Koberidze; Stars: Irina Chelidze, Giorgi Bochorishvili, Ani Karseladze, Giorgi Ambroladze)
A couple who fall in love at first sight, wake the next day with different appearances and struggle to find one another.
Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy (Guzen to sozo)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2021; Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi; Writer: Ryusuke Hamaguchi; Stars: Kotone Furukawa, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Fusako Urabe)
An unexpected love triangle, a failed honey trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
When A Farm Goes Aflame
(Country: Germany; Year: 2021; Director: Jide Tom Akinleminu; Writer: Jide Tom Akinleminu)
Documentary about his family's history between Nigeria and Denmark.
The Tender Bar and Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy
The Worst Person In The World (Verdens Verste Menneske)
(Country: Norway, France, Sweden; Year: 2021; Director: Joachim Trier; Writer: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt; Stars: Anders Danielsen Lie, Renate Reinsve, Herbert Nordrum)
Four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
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