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Housekeeping For Beginners and Gasoline Rainbow
Behind The Moutains (Oura El Jbel)
(Country: Tunisia, Belgium, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Qatar; Year: 2023; Director: Mohamed Ben Attia; Writer: Mohamed Ben Attia; Stars: Majd Mastoura, Walid Bouchhioua, Samer Bisharat, Selma Zghidi, Helmi Dridi, Wissem Belgharak, Ayoub Hedhili, Mondher Chouchen, Amel Karray, Ammar Chikha, Rania Agrebi, Mahmoud Said, Walid Bel Haj Ammar, Jasser Oueslati, Yosra Rebai)
After spending four years in jail, Rafik has only one plan, to take his son behind the mountains and show him his amazing discovery.
A Cielo Abierto
(Country: Spain, Mexico; Year: 2023; Director: Mariana Arriaga, Santiago Arriage; Stars: Julio Cesar Cedillo, Cecilia Suárez, Manolo Cardona, Sergio Mayer Mori, Julio Bracho, Máximo Hollander, Federica Garcia, Theo Goldin)
Two brothers go looking for the man who caused their father's death.
City Of Wind (Ser Ser Salhi)
(Country: Qatar, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Mongolia, France; Year: 2023; Director: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir; Writer: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir; Stars: Tergel Bold-Erdene, Nomin-Erdene Ariunbyamba, Bulgan Chuluunbat, Ganzorig Tsetsgee, Tsend-Ayush Nyamsuren)
A teenage shaman finds his life shifting after he meets a girl.
Dormitory (Yurt)
(Country: Turkey; Director: Nehir Tuna; Writer: Nehir Tuna; Stars: Doga Karakas, Can Bartu Aslan, Ozan Çelik, Tansu Biçer, Didem Ellialti, Orhan Güner, Isilti Su Alyanak, Fatih Berk Sahin, Ozan Bilen, Emrullah Erbay, Nazli Benan Özkaya, Erdi Kökerer, Miraç Kaya, Ercan Erdil, Tolga T. Talay)
A boy finds things tough after he is sent to an all-boys religious school.
El Paraíso
(Country: Italy; Year: 2023; Director: Enrico Maria Artale; Writer: Enrico Maria Artale; Stars: Margarita Rosa de Francisco, Edoardo Pesce, Maria del Rosario, Gabriel Montesi, Matea Milinkovic)
Drama about the relationship between a woman and her 40-year-old son.
City Of Wind and For Night Will Come
Explanation For Everything (Magyarazat Mindendre)
(Country: Hungary, Slovakia; Year: 2023; Director: Gábor Reisz; Writer: Gábor Reisz, Éva Schulze; Stars: Adonyi-Walsh Gáspár, István Znamenák, András Rusznák, Rebeka Hatházi, Krisztina Urbanovits, Eliza Sodró, Lilla Kizlinger, Dániel Király, Gergely Kocsis, Tamás Fodor, Péter Tarján, Zsuzanna Szager, Péter Szeiler, Tóth Péter, Tünde Bacskó)
A high school student's graduation exams spark scandal.
The Featherweight
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Robert Kolodny; Writer: Steve Loff; Stars: Stephen Lang, Ron Livingston, Keir Gilchrist, Frank John Hughes, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., James Madio, Michael Siberry, Louis Vanaria, Jeremy Luke, Patrick Murney, Shari Albert, Jay Giannone, Gino Cafarelli, David Gere, Shefik)
A retired boxer plots a return to the ring.
For Night Will Come (En Attendant La Nuit)
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2023; Director: Céline Rouzet; Writer: William Martin, Céline Rouzet; Stars: Mathias Legout Hammond, Élodie Bouchez, Jean-Charles Clichet, Céleste Brunnquell, Laly Mercier, Anne Benoît, Louis Peres, Angèle Metzger, Bakary Diombera, Véronique Frumy, Valérie Lemaitre)
The day they move into a new neighbourhood, the Feral family plans to look as normal and friendly as possible. But their son, Philemon, is no ordinary teenager. When he gets closer to his new neighbor, Camila, his thirst for blood grows and his difference becomes impossible to hide…
Gasoline Rainbow
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Bill Ross, Turner Ross; Writer: Davey Ramsey, Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross; Stars: Tony Acierto, Micah Bunch, Nicole Duke, Nathaly Garcia, Makai Garza)
A group of teenagers go on a road trip.
Heartless (Sem Coracao)
(Country: France, Brazil; Year: 2023; Director: Nara Normande, Tião; Stars: Maeve Jinkings, Erom Cordeiro, Lucas da Silva, Eduarda Samara, Ian Boechat, Kaique Brito, Maya de Vicq, Alaylson Emanuel, Elany Santos)
A teenager finds herself experiencing an increasing attraction for a girl nicknamed 'Heartless'.
Hesitation Wound
(Country: Turkey, France, Romania, Spain; Year: 2023; Director: Selman Nacar; Writer: Selman Nacar; Stars: Tülin Özen, Görkem Ipek)
A criminal lawyer faces a moral choice.
Housekeeping For Beginners (Domakinstvo za Pocetnici)
(Country: North Macedonia, Sweden, Kosovo, Poland, Serbia, Croatia; Year: 2023; Director: Goran Stolevski; Writer: Goran Stolevski; Stars: Rozafa Celaj, Sara Klimoska, Anamaria Marinca, Mia Mustafi, Aleksandra Pesevska, Samson Selim, Alina Serban, Vladimir Tintor, Ajse Useini)
A lesbian suddenly finds herself responsible for her partner’s two daughters.
Invelle
(Country: Italy, Switzerland; Year: 2023; Director: Simone Massi; Writer: Simone Massi; Stars: Filippo Timi)
Paradise Is Burning (Paradiset brinner)
(Country: Italy, Finland, Sweden, Denmark; Director: Mika Gustafson; Writer: Mika Gustafson, Alexander Öhrstrand; Stars: Bianca Delbravo, Marta Oldenburg, Dilvin Asaad, Mitja Siren, Safira Mossberg, Ida Engvoll)
The Red Suitcase
(Country: Nepal, Sri Lanka; Year: 2023; Director: Fidel Devkota; Stars: Bipin Karki, Saugat Malla, Prabin Khatiwada, Shristhi Shrestha)
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Shadow Of Fire (Hokage)
(Country: Japan; Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto; Writer: Shin'ya Tsukamoto; Stars: Mirai Moriyama, Tatsushi Ômori, Shuri, Hiroki Kono, Gô Rijû, Ouga Tsukao)
Tatami
(Country: Georgia, US; Year: 2023; Director: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Guy Nattiv; Writer: Elham Erfani, Guy Nattiv; Stars: Jaime Ray Newman, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Nadine Marshall, Arienne Mandi, Ash Goldeh, Sina Parvaneh, Mehdi Bajestani, Lir Katz, Elham Erfani)
An Iranian judo player is on the path to success at a championship with the Islamic Republic tells her to fake an injury leaving her faced with an impossible choice.
Una Sterminata Domenica
(Country: Ireland, Italy, Germany; Year: 2023; Director: Alain Parroni; Stars: Lars Rudolph, Zackari Delmas, Federico Valentini, Enrico Baccetti)
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