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After The Hunt (Country: US, Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Luca Guadagnino; Writer: Nora Garrett; Stars: Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri, Chloë Sevigny, Michael Stuhlbarg)
A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.
Andrea's Island (L'Isola Di Andrea) (Country: Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Antonio Capuano; Writer: Antonio Capuano; Stars: Teresa Saponangelo, Vinicio Marchioni, Andrea Migliucci)
Child custody drama.
Dead Man's Wire (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Gus Van Sant; Writer: Austin Kolodney; Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Al Pacino, Cary Elwes, Colman Domingo, Dacre Montgomery, Myha'la)
On February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis, entered the office of Richard Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun wired with a "dead man's wire" from the trigger to Tony's own neck.
Dog 51 (Chien 51) (Country: France; Year: 2025; Director: Cédric Jimenez; Writer: Olivier Demangel, Laurent Gaudé, Cédric Jimenez; Stars: Mehmet Arikan, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Louis Garrel, Daphné Patakia, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Romain Duris, Gilles Lellouche, Artus)
In a future Paris divided by class, an AI named ALMA oversees society. When its creator is assassinated, a top agent and a jaded cop are forced to work together to solve a murder that may expose the dark secrets of the system they serve.
Ghost Elephants (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Werner Herzog; Writer: Werner Herzog)
A documentary following a mysterious herd of ghost elephants in the jungles of Angola.
The Holy Boy (La Valle Dei Sorrisi) (Country: Italy, Slovenia; Year: 2025; Director: Paolo Strippoli; Writer: Jacopo Del Giudice, Paolo Strippoli, Milo Tissone; Stars: Michele Riondino, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Giulio Feltri, Roberto Citran, Paolo Pierobon)
In Italy's happiest town, a haunted teacher discovers dark secret behind weekly gatherings where locals seek healing from a teenage boy's embrace. His quest to save the youth reveals the sinister nature of a community hiding behind joy.
In The Hand Of Dante (Country: US, Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Julian Schnabel; Writer: Julian Schnabel, Louise Kugelberg; Stars: Oscar Isaac, Gal Gadot, Gerard Butler, Al Pacino, John Malkovich, Martin Scorsese, Jason Momoa, Louis Cancelmi, Franco Nero, Sabrina Impacciatore, Benjamin Clementine)
Time and space collide in parallel lives spanning 700 years when author Nick Tosches is drawn into a violent quest to confirm the origins of a manuscript believed to be Dante’s The Divine Comedy written in the poet’s own hand.
Kabul, Between Prayers (Country: Netherlands, Belgium; Year: 2025; Director: Aboozar Amini)
Documentary about a Taliban part-time soldier and his younger brother.
The Last Viking (Den Sidste Viking) (Country: Denmark, Sweden; Year: 2025; Director: Anders Thomas Jensen; Writer: Anders Thomas Jensen; Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Sofie Gråbøl, Søren Malling, Bodil Jørgensen, Lars Brygmann, Kardo Razzazi, Nicolas Bro, Peter Düring)
Black comedy about a man hunting for the spoils from a heist with his brother... who can't remember where it is buried.
Orfeo (Year: 2025; Director: Virgilio Villoresi; Writer: Alberto Fornari, Virgilio Villoresi; Stars: Luca Vergoni, Giulia Maenza, Aomi Muyock, Vinicio Marchioni)
Contemporary reimagining of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Scarlet (Hateshinaki Scarlet) (Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Mamoru Hosoda; Writer: Mamoru Hosoda; Stars: Mana Ashida, Masaki Okada, Masachika Ichimura)
A character's grief and vengeance disrupt both world and afterlife, blending timeframes.
Sermon To The Void (Boşluğa xütbə) (Country: Azerbaijan; Year: 2025; Director: Hilal Baydarov)
As the world comes to an end, Shah Ismail embarks on a quest for the Water of Life.
The Tale Of Silyan (Country: Macedonia; Year: 2025; Director: Tamara Kotevska)
A farmer's bond with a white stork intertwines with North Macedonian folklore.
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