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Agon (Country: Italy, US, France,; Year: 2025; Director: Giulio Bertelli)
Agon tracks three women athletes, specialists in judo, fencing, and shooting, as they prepare for the fictional Ludoj 2024 Games.
Cotton Queen (Country: Germany. France, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan; Year: 2025; Director: Suzannah Mirghani; Writer: Suzannah Mirghani; Stars: Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Bisheer, Hassan Kassala)
In Sudan, Nafisa picks cotton and learns from her grandmother. The arrival of a young businessman, threatens to change their way of life.
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Gorgonà (Country: Greece, France; Year: 2025; Director: Evi Kalogiropoulou)
In a timeless dystopian future, in a patriarchal city-state plagued by violence and environmental pollution, two women rebel and fight for their freedom and identity, transforming themselves into symbols of resistance and transformation.
Ish (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Imran Perretta; Writer: Imran Perretta, Enda Walsh; Stars: Farhan Hasnat, Yahya Kitana, Sudha Bhuchar)
A racially profiled police stop-and-search sets two best friends on a collision course
Roqia (Country: France, Algeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia; Year: 2025; Director: Yanis Koussim)
After a car crash, a man returns home to his family with his face covered in bandages and suffering from amnesia. His youngest son fears him and cannot recognize him any longer, while a voice in his head haunts him, repeating words in an unknown tongue. As mysterious and threatening events accumulate, the man begins to suspect he is possessed.
Straight Circle (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Oscar Hudson; Writer: Oscar Hudson; Stars: Luke Tittensor, Elliott Tittensor, Neil Maskell)
Tensions escalate between two opposing soldiers manning a remote desert outpost.
Waking Hours (Country: Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini)
Drama about Afghan smugglers.
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