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Afterlives (Country: Germany, Belgium, France; Year: 2025; Director: Kevin B Lee)
Explores how images of Medusa of Hatra, ISIS propaganda, and digital archives influence reality and memory while examining violence.
Broken English (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard; Writer: Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth, Ian Martin; Stars: Marianne Faithfull, George MacKay, Tilda Swinton)
Portrait of Marianne Faithfull.
Maspalomas (Country: Spain; Year: 2025; Director: Jose Mari Goenaga, Aitor Arregi; Writer: Jose Mari Goenaga, Aitor Arregi; Stars: Jose Ramon Soroiz, Nagore Aranburu, Kandido Uranga)
An accident forces a septugenarian to return to his home town and the daughter he abandoned years before.
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Sholay (Country: India; Year: 1975; Director: Ramesh Sippy; Writer: Salim-Javed; Stars: Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan)
After his family is murdered by a bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws in a bid for revenge.
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