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The Noise Of Engines and Mass
Aloners
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2021; Director: Hong Seong-eun; Writer: Hong Seong-eun; Stars: Jeong Da-eun, Seo Hyun-woo, Jeong-hak Park, Gong Seung-Yeon, Jeong Da-eun, Seo Hyun-woo, Jeong-hak Park, Gong Seung-Yeon)
Reflection on loneliness through the life of a solitary woman.
Between Two Dawns (Iki Safak Arasinda)
(Country: Turkey, Romania, France, Spain; Year: 2021; Director: Selman Nacar; Writer: Selman Nacar; Stars: Mucahit Kocak, Nezaket Erden, Ünal Silver, Bedir Bedir, Burcu Gölgedar, Erdem Senocak, Mustafa Sönmez, Cihat Suvarioglu, Ali Seçkiner Alici, Yildirim Simsek, Banu Fotocan, Cemalettin Cekmece, Gulcin Kultur Sahin, Gunes Hanagasi, Buket Gulbeyaz)
After a worker is severely injured in their family business, Kadir is forced into making a moral decision, which will have an impact on his dreams, his family and the life of the injured worker’s wife.
Carajita
(Country: Dominican Republic; Year: 2021; Director: Ulises Porra, Silvina Schnicer; Writer: Ulises Porra, Ulla Prida, Ulla Prida, Silvina Schnicer; Stars: Cecile van Welie, Magnolia Nunez, Richard Douglas, Adelanny Padilla, Mario Cersósimo, Eduardo Martinez Sturla, Clara Luz Lozano, Yuberbi de la Rosa, Javier Hermida, Génesis Buret,)
Sara and her nanny Yarisa have a relationship that seems to transcend their class condition but an accident will test their loyalty.
Hilda's Short Summer
(Country: Uruguay; Year: 2021; Director: Agustín Banchero; Writer: Agustín Banchero; Stars: Carla Moscatelli, Carla Moscatelli)
A lonely woman's life is interrupted when her eldest son announces a visit after several years.
Inventory (Inventura)
(Country: Slovenia; Year: 2021; Director: Darko Sinko; Writer: Darko Sinko; Stars: Dejan Spasic, Mirel Knez, Rados Bolcina, Dejan Spasic, Mirel Knez, Rados Bolcina)
After a regular guy finds himself the target of a shooting, he decides to investigate.
Aloners and Carajita
Josephine (Josefina)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2021; Director: Javier Marco; Writer: Belén Sánchez-Arévalo; Stars: Miguel Bernardeau, Emma Suárez, Olivia Delcán, Roberto Álamo, Simón Andreu, Pedro Casablanc, Manolo Solo, Mabel Rivera, Belén Ponce de León, Maria Algora, Miguel Bernardeau, Emma Suárez, Olivia Delcán, Roberto Álamo, Simón Andreu)
Juan, a prison officer, silently observes the visit every Sunday of Berta, mother of one of the inmates. The day he finally approaches her, he surprises himself by pretending to be the father of a made-up daughter inside the jail: Josefina.
Lost In Summer (Shu Qi Shi Guang)
(Country: China; Year: 2021; Director: Sun Liang; Stars: Yue Xiaoke, Yang Bo)
During summer, after high school, a teenage boy confronting the confusion of his life tries everything he can to find a way out. But he fails, murder included.
Mass
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Fran Kranz; Writer: Fran Kranz; Stars: Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Ann Dowd, Breeda Wool, Reed Birney, Michelle N. Carter, Kagen Albright, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Ann Dowd, Breeda Wool, Reed Birney, Michelle N. Carter, Kagen Albright)
Years after a tragic shooting, the parents of both the victim and the perpetrator meet face-to-face.
Mikado (Marroco)
(Country: Romania, Czech Republic; Year: 2021; Director: Emanuel Parvu)
One day, teenager Magda offers her expensive necklace to a sick child in the hospital she volunteers for. Her father is certain she is lying again, and when Magda proves her innocence, he is ashamed and guilty but also incapable of admitting he was wrong.
The Noise Of Engines (Le bruit de motors)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2021; Director: Philippe Grégoire; Writer: Philippe Grégoire; Stars: Robert Naylor, Tanja Björk, Arnmundur Ernst Björnsson, Huguette Chevalier, Marc Beaupré, Patrice Dussault, Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Maxime Genois, Vial Grégoire, Ingi Hrafn Hilmarsson, Nadia Kessiby, Marc Larrivée, Gabrielle Lessard, Robert Naylor, Virginie Ouellet)
Alexandre, an instructor at the Canadian customs college, finds himself under surveillance by police trying to get to the bottom of the sexually explicit drawings that have been troubling the town.
The Rust (La Roya)
(Country: Colombia, France; Year: 2021; Director: Juan Sebastian Mesa)
Jorge is the only one of his generation who has decided to stay in the countryside. The local festivities are just round the corner, and with them comes the reunion with his ex-girlfriend Andrea, who is back from the city.
That Weekend (Ese Fin De Semana)
(Country: Argentina, Brazil; Year: 2021; Director: Mara Pescio; Writer: Mara Pescio; Stars: Irina Misisco, María Paz Ferreyra)
Julia returns to the neighbourhood she left years ago after being swindled. She’s here to sign a travel permit, but more than anything she’s come back to recover that money which would solve a lot of her problems. The reunion with her past is nothing like she expected it to be.
Unwanted
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Lena Lanskih; Writer: Lamorne Morris, Kyle Shevrin, Dominic Blackwell-Cooper; Stars: Lamorne Morris, Billy Magnussen, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Rose McIver, Flula Borg, Jessica Chaffin, Cheyne Hannegan, Monnie Aleahmad, Anna Camp, De'Markes Dogan, Ron Funches, Jake Johnson, Remington Jones, Louise Lagana, Bunny Levine)
A young teenager has a baby that nobody knows about.
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