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Bad Apples (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Jonatan Etzler; Writer: Rasmus Lindgren, Jess O'Kane; Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Jacob Anderson, Robert Emms, Sean Gilder, Jack Ashton, Jaye Jacobs, Rakie Ayola, Kerry Howard)
A struggling primary school teacher begins to make some questionable decisions after one of her students is injured.
Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story (Country: UK, US; Year: 2025; Director: Yemi Bamiro; Writer: Otto Burnham, Yemi Bamiro; Stars: Alicia Keys, Gabrielle Union, Jesse Williams)
Documentary about the photographer, freedom fighter and activist.
Black Rabbit, White Rabbit (Country: Tajikistan, UAE; Year: 2025; Director: Shahram Mokri; Writer: Nasim Ahmadpour, Shahram Mokri; Stars: Babak Karimi, Hasti Mohammaï, Kibriyo Dilyobova)
A suspicious film prop, a mysterious acting audition a conspiratorial road incident and multiple rabbits are woven together in this drama.
Hair, Paper, Water... (Tóc, Giây và Nuóc…) (Country: Belgium, France, Vietnam; Year: 2025; Director: Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý; Stars: Cao Thị Hậu, Cao Xuân Doanh, Cao Thị Hiệu)
An ode to an elderly healer and to Rục, her endangered mother tongue.
Hedda (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Nia DaCosta; Writer: Nia DaCosta, based on the play by Henrik Ibsen; Stars: Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, Imogen Poots, Nicholas Pinnock, Tom Bateman, Finbar Lynch)
A woman is trapped in an unwanted marriage and house.
Landmarks (Nuestra Tierra) (Country: Argentina, US, Mexico, France, Netherlands, Denmark; Year: 2025; Director: Lucrecia Martel; Writer: María Alché, Lucrecia Martel; Stars: Comunidad Chuschagasta, Javier Chocobar)
Armed men killed Indigenous leader Javier Chocobar during attempted eviction in Argentina, 2009. After years of protests, a court case opened in 2018. This is a story of community voices and trial footage amid colonial land struggles.
Rose Of Nevada (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Mark Jenkin; Writer: Mark Jenkin; Stars: George MacKay, Callum Turner, Rosalind Eleazar, Francis Magee, Mary Woodvine)
A mysterious boat returns to a village 30 years after vanishing. Two men join its crew hoping for better fortune. After one voyage, they find themselves transported back in time, mistaken for the original crew.
The Testament Of Ann Lee (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Mona Fastvold; Writer: Mona Fastvold, Brady Corbet; Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Stacy Martin, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbott, Matthew Beard, Scott Handy, Jamie Bogyo, Viola Prettejohn, David Cale)
An epic fable inspired by the life of Ann Lee, the founder of the Shakers, a radical religious movement that began in the late 1700s.
The Voice Of Hind Rajab (Country: Tunisia, France; Year: 2025; Director: Kaouther Ben Hania; Writer: Kaouther Ben Hania; Stars: Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Clara Khoury, Amer Hlehel)
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A six-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
The World Of Love (Country: South Korea; Year: 2025; Director: Yoon Ga-eun; Writer: Yoon Ga-eun; Stars: Seo Su-bin, Chang Hyae-jin, Kim Jeong-sik)
A high school student navigates love, friendship and a traumatic past.
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