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Inshallah A Boy and Ama Gloria
Ama Gloria
(Country: France; Year: 2023; Director: Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq; Writer: Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq, Pauline Guéna; Stars: Arnaud Rebotini)
Six-year-old Cléo loves her nanny Gloria more than anything. When Gloria must return to Cape Verde to care for her own children, the two must make the most of their last summer together.
Day Of The Tiger
(Country: Romania, France, Greece; Year: 2023; Director: Andrei Tănase; Writer: Andrei Tănase; Stars: Cătălina Moga, Paul Ipate, Alex Velea)
A roaming tiger terrorising a small town becomes the catalyst for exploring the wilds of human desire.
Excursion
(Country: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, France, Norway, Qatar; Year: 2023; Director: Una Gunjak; Stars: Asja Zara Lagumdzija, Maja Izetbegovic, Nadja Spaho, Mediha Musliovic, Izudin Bajrovic, Muhamed Hadzovic, Vedran Tuce)
A teenager seeking validation reveals she had sex for the first time during a game of 'truth or dare' among middle schoolers. Trapped in her own lie, she invents a pregnancy making things worse.
Guest Star
(Country: Greece; Year: 2023; Director: Vasilis Christofilakis; Writer: Vasilis Christofilakis; Stars: Vasilis Christofilakis, Elli Tringou, Natasa Exindaveloni, Kostas Arzoglou)
Living in the shadow of his deceased but famous parents, Loukianos Asvestopoulos accepts an offer from a powerhouse TV Network to become the main late-night talk show host.
Inshallah A Boy (Inshallah Walad)
(Country: Jordan; Year: 2023; Director: Amjad Al Rasheed; Writer: Delphine Agut, Rula Nasser, Amjad Al Rasheed; Stars: Mouna Hawa)
A mother fights for her rights in a partriachal system after her husband's death.
Murderess
(Country: Greece; Year: 2023; Director: Eva Nathena; Writer: Katerina Bei; Stars: Kariofillia Karabeti, Maria Protopappa, Elena Topalidou, Penelope Tsilika, Georgianna Dallara, Christos Stergioglou, Stathis Stamoulakatos, Dimitris Imellos, Christina Maksouri, Olga Damani, Ersi Malikenzou, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Agoritsa Economou, Michalis Economou, Veronika Davaki, Niki Papandreou, Mania Papadimitriou , Maria Skoulas, Yannis Tsortekis, Galini Chatzipashali, Rita Litou, Loxandra Loukas, Ariadni Velli)
Adapation of the Greek classic about an ageing midwife and the patriarchal situation she is trapped in.
Notes On A Summer (Notas Sobre un Verano)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2023; Director: Diego Llorente; Writer: Diego Llorente; Stars: Katia Borlado, Antonio Araque, Álvaro Quintana, Rocío Suárez)
Marta’s life in Madrid balances between her academic career and her relationship with Leo. However, during her summer vacation at her family’s home, she will encounter her old flame again, and things will turn upside down.
Nowhere (Invelle)
(Year: 2023; Director: Simone Massi; Writer: Simone Massi, Anne Paschetta, Alessio Torino, Luca Briasco, Julia Gromskaya, Nello Massi, Assunta Ceccarani; Stars: Voices of, Marco Baliani, Ascanio Celestini, Mimmo Cuticchio, Luigi Lo Cascio, Neri Marcorè, Giovanna Marini, Achille Massi, Gemma Massi, Toni Servillo, Filippo Timi)
Three pivotal moments in the history of contemporary Italy are observed through the viewpoint of an equal number of children.
The Permanent Picture (La imatge permanent)
(Country: Spain, France; Year: 2023; Director: Laura Ferrés; Writer: Laura Ferrés; Stars: María Luengo, Rosario Ortega, Saraida Llamas, Claudia Fimia, Mila Collado, Dolores Martínez)
In rural Southern Spain Antonia, a 15-year-old mother, disappears in the middle of the night. 50 years later and much further North, Carmen, an introverted casting director, is looking for people to share their experiences when arriving in a new city. In her search, she meets Antonia, whose impulsiveness intrudes into Carmen’s solitude. Who said time heals all wounds?
Upon Entry
(Country: Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vázquez; Writer: Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vázquez; Stars: Alberto Ammann, Bruna Cusí, Ben Temple, Laura Gómez)
Two would-be emigres face scrutiny upon arrival in New York.
The Vanishing Soldier
(Country: Israel; Year: 2023; Director: Dani Rosenberg; Writer: Dani Rosenberg, Amir Kliger; Stars: Ido Tako, Mika Reiss, Efrat Ben Zur, Tiki Dayan, Shmulik Cohen)
Shlomi, an eighteen-year-old Israeli soldier, flees the Gaza battlefield and heads to his girlfriend in Tel Aviv only to discover that the IDF elite is convinced he was kidnapped in the fog of war.
We Have Never Been Modern (Úsvit)
(Country: Czech Republic, Slovak Republic; Year: 2023; Director: Matěj Chlupáček; Writer: Miro Šifra; Stars: Eliška Křenková, Miloslav König, Milan Ondrík, Richard Langdon, Martha Issová, Luboš Veselý, Ladislav Hampl, Marián Mitaš)
A pregnant doctor turns detective after the discovery of a dead newborn.
Where The Wind Blows (Il vento soffia dove vuole)
(Country: Italy; Year: 2023; Director: Marco Righi; Writer: Marco Righi; Stars: Jacopo Olmo Antinori, Fiorenzo Mattu, Yile Yara Vianello)
A man decides to teach another a heretical version of Christianity.
Without Air (Total Eclipse)
(Country: Hungary; Year: 2023; Director: Katalin Moldovai; Writer: Katalin Moldovai, Zita Palóczi; Stars: Ágnes Krasznahorkai, Tunde Skovran, Soma Sándor)
A high school teacher is charged with endorsing homosexual ideals among her students.
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