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BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Kahlil Joseph; Writer: Saidiya Hartman, Irvin Hunt; Stars: Shaunette Renée Wilson, Penny Johnson Jerald, Zora Casebere, Kaneza Schaal, Jermell Deshauan, Peter Hernandez, Hope Giselle)
Preeminent West African curator and scholar Funmilayo Akechukwu’s magnum opus, The Resonance Field, leads her to the heart of the Atlantic Ocean, drawing a journalist into a journey that shatters her understanding of consciousness and time.
Copper (Cobre) (Country: Mexico, Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Nicolás Pereda; Stars: Lázaro Rodríguez, Rosa Estela Juárez)
A long-suffering mine employee’s life takes an unexpected turn after he finds a corpse on the side of the road.
Dry Leaf (Country: Germany, Georgia; Year: 2025; Director: Alexandre Koberidze; Writer: Alexandre Koberidze; Stars: David Koberidze, Irina Chelidze, Giorgi Bochorishvili, Otar Nijaradze, Vakhtang Panchulidze)
A father goes looking for his missing photographer daughter across rural Georgia.
Magellan (Country: Philippines, Spain, Portugal, France; Year: 2025; Director: Lav Diaz; Writer: Lav Diaz; Stars: Gael García Bernal, Amado Arjay Babon, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Ângela Azevedo, Hazel Orencio, Ronnie Lazaro, Rafael Morais, Bong Cabrera, Tomás Alves, Ivo Arroja, Valdemar Santos, Sasa Cabalquinto, Mario Castro, Paulo Calatré, Max Grosse Majench)
Magellan is a navigator rebelling against the power of the King, due to his humanism and belief in justice. But once he is finally in command of the Spice Fleet, in which he will make the first circumnavigation of the Earth, what will his journey unravel about himself?
Mare's Nest (Country: UK, France; Year: 2025; Director: Ben Rivers; Writer: Ben Rivers, based on play The Word for Snow by Don DeLillo; Stars: Aonan Yang, Andreas Mendritzki, Fabrizio Polpettini, François Bonenfant)
A child's adventures in an adult-free world.
With Hasan In Gaza (Country: Palestine, Germany, France, Switzerland; Year: 2025; Director: Kamal Aljafari)
What began as a search for a former prison mate from 1989 - a man lost to time and war - led to an unexpected road trip from the north to the south of Gaza, accompanied by Hasan, a local guide whose fate remains unknown. Documentary made from footage shot by the documentarian 21 years ago.
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