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Cover-Up (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus; Stars: Seymour Hersh)
A documentary about the life and work of the journalist Seymour Hersh.
The Deal (Country: Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium; Year: 2025; Director: Jean-Stéphane Bron; Writer: Jean-Stéphane Bron, Alice Winocour, Eugène Riousse, Julien-Guilhem Lacombe, Stéphane Mitchell, Valentine Monteil; Stars: Veerle Baetens, Juliet Stevenson, Arash Marandi, Anthony Azizi, Fenella Woolgar, Alexander Behrang Keshtkar)
In the wake of a scandal casting a cloud over the start of historic negotiations between the USA and Iran in Geneva, the Swiss diplomat Alexandra Weiss suddenly finds herself at the head of the most important diplomatic mission of the early 21st century.
Island Of The Winds (Country: Taiwan, Japan, France; Year: 2025; Director: Hsu Ya-Ting)
First conceived as a short film in the wake of a year she spent in the sanatorium, the director continued visiting over two decades, nurturing a deep bond with its inhabitants.
John Lilly And The Earth Coincidence Control Office (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Michael Almereyda, Courtney Stephens)
Documentary about utopian neuroscientist John C Lilly.
Kontinental '25 (Country: Romania; Year: 2025; Director: Radu Jude; Writer: Radu Jude; Stars: Serban Pavlu, Eszter Tompa, Gabriel Spahiu, Adonis Tanta, Mardare Oana)
Orsolya is a bailiff in Cluj, the main city in Transylvania. One day she has to evict a homeless man from a cellar, an action with tragic consequences that triggers a moral crisis which Orsolya must weather as best she can.
Love+War (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin; Stars: Lynsey Addario)
A documentary following photographer Lynsey Addario capturing the Ukraine war while reflecting on her Pulitzer-winning career.
Mother (Country: Belgium, North Macedonia; Year: 2025; Director: Teona Strugar Mitevska; Writer: Goce Smilevski, Teona Strugar Mitevska, Elma Tataragić; Stars: Noomi Rapace, Sylvia Hoeks, Nikola Ristanovski)
Mother Teresa biopic.
Orwell: 2+2=5 (Country: France, US; Year: 2025; Director: Raoul Peck)
Delves deep into Orwell’s final months and visionary works to explore the roots of the vital and troubling concepts he revealed to the world in his dystopian masterpiece… Doublethink, Thoughtcrime, Newspeak, the omnipresent spectre of Big Brother… disturbing socio-political truths which resonate ever-more powerfully today.
La Paga (Country: Colombia, Venezuela; Year: 1962; Director: Ciro Durán; Writer: Ciro Durán; Stars: Alberto Alvarez, Maria Escalona, Rafael Briceño)
A Colombian peasant struggles to support his family under conditions of extreme exploitation.
Saipan (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn; Writer: Paul Fraser; Stars: Éanna Hardwicke, Steve Coogan, Alice Lowe)
Recreation of the 2002 pre-World Cup showdown between Republic of Ireland coach Mick McCarthy and volatile captain Roy Keane.
Silent Friend (Country: Greece, France, Hungary; Year: 2025; Director: Ildikó Enyedi; Writer: Ildikó Enyedi, Tina Kaiser; Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Léa Seydoux, Sylvester Groth, Yun Huang)
Tales told from the perspective of a lonely old tree standing in the middle of a botanical garden.
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