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Delicious and Peter Hujar’s Day
1001 Frames
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Mehrnoush Alia; Writer: Mehrnoush Alia; Stars: Mohammad Aghebati, Shayesteh Sajadi)
In the studio of a well-known director, female actors audition for the role of Scheherazade in A Thousand and One Nights. But the women gradually realise that the director has more in mind than just casting the leading role.
Bedrock
(Country: Poland; Year: 2025; Director: Kinga Michalska)
Documentary about Polish people whose homes are on Holocaust sites.
Beginnings
(Begyndelser)
(Country: Denmark, Sweden; Year: 2025; Director: Jeanette Nordahl; Writer: Rasmus Birch, Jeanette Nordahl; Stars: Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik, Johanne Louise Schmidt, Steffen Lino, Mads Bjørn, Silja Ellemann Kiehne, Karina Anov Chapman, Luna Fuglsang Svelmøe, Bjørk Storm Engelshardt Kirkegaard)
Ane and Thomas are on the verge of being divorced, but they have not told their children yet. When one is hit by a life-changing incident, they must both face a new reality.
Cicadas
(Zikaden)
(Country: France, Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Ina Weisse; Stars: Nina Hoss, Saskia Rosendahl, Vincent Macaigne)
A woman whose marriage is crumbling and is struggling to care for her ageing parents has an encounter with a single mother that leads to an unexpected bond.
Confidente
(Country: Luxembourg, France, Turkey; Year: 2025; Director: Guillaume Giovanetti, Çagla Zencirci; Stars: Saadet Aksoy, Elit Andaç Çam, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Ilber Uygar Kaboglu, Kivanç Kilinç, Muhammet Uzuner, Osman Alkas, Nilgün Türksever)
Sabiha works in a erotic call centre after an earthquake a teenager who rang shortly beforehand calls back saying his is buried under rubble and begging for help.
The Incredible Snow Woman and Cicadas
Deaf
(Sorda)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2025; Director: Eva Libertad; Writer: Eva Libertad; Stars: Álvaro Cervantes, Elena Irureta, Miriam Garlo, Joaquín Notario)
The arrival of a baby to a Deaf woman and her hearing partner causes a crisis in their relationship.
Delicious
(Country: German; Year: 2025; Director: Nele Mueller-Stöfen; Writer: Nele Mueller-Stöfen; Stars: Fahri Yardim, Valerie Pachner, Carla Díaz, Naila Schuberth, Caspar Hoffmann, Julien De Saint Jean, Melodie Casta, Johann von Bülow, Sina Martens, Joep Paddenburg, Nina Zem, Miveck Packa)
A family's apparently perfect façade starts to crumble when an accident leads them to hire a maid.
Dreamers
(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor; Writer: Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor; Stars: Aiysha Hart, Kerry Howard, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Harriet Webb, Ann Akinjirin, Ronke Adekoluejo, Jamie Bacon, Lucy Ware, Damola Adelaja, Diana Yekinni, Laurence Saunders, Cain Aiden, Ola Labib, Kemi Adekoya, Dolapo Oni)
A Nigerian migrant sent to a removal centre discovers a kindred spirit.
Dreams In Nightmares
(Country: US, Taiwan, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Shatara Michelle Ford; Writer: Shatara Michelle Ford; Stars: Denée Benton, Mars Rucker, Dezi Bing, Sasha Compère, Charlie Barnett, Molly Bernard, Alfie Fuller, Malek Mouzon, Joss Barton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Regina Taylor, Robert Wisdom, Zoe Himmel, Lindsey Hailes, Zahalea Anderson)
Three friends go on a road trip looking for a fourth who has disappeared off the grid.
The Good Sister
(Schwesterherz)
(Country: Germany, Spain; Year: 2025; Director: Sarah Miro Fischer; Writer: Sarah Miro Fischer, Agnes Maagaard Petersen; Stars: Marie Bloching, Anton Weil, Proschat Madani, Jane Chirwa, Laura Balzer, Aram Tafreshian)
A woman is called to testify against her older brother when he is accused of rape.
1001 Frames and Yalla Parkour
The Heart Is A Muscle
(Country: South Africa; Year: 2025; Director: Imran Hamdulay; Writer: Imran Hamdulay; Stars: Keenan Arrison, Loren Loubser, Danny Ross, Ayden Croy, Melissa de Vries, Abduragman Adams, Robyn Rossouw, Dean Marais, Ridaa Adams, Luna Louw, Eb Inglis, Danielle Rhoda, Lincoln Van Wyk, Troy Paulse)
When a man's son briefly goes missing his reaction triggers a sequence of events that unearths past secrets.
Home Sweet Home
(Hjem kaere hjem)
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2025; Director: Frelle Petersen; Stars: Jette Søndergaard, Mette Munk Plum, Karen Tygesen, Thomas Clausen, Miriam Niemann, Mimi Bræmer Dueholm, Christa Paulsen, Ina Radik Mamsen, Lasse Lorenzen, Finn Nissen, Søren Tuxen, Nanette Romero Mijares, Esther Muthoni Njogu, Henry Sørensen, Kirsten Hansen)
As a woman begins a job as a carer she is quickly confronted by the challenges of the job.
Hysteria
(Country: Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay; Writer: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay; Stars: Devrim Lingnau, Mehdi Meskar, Serkan Kaya, Nicolette Krebitz, Aziz Çapkurt, Nazmi Kirik, Tony Attaallah, Lola Klamroth, Zeynel Abidin Cal, Moaid Forani, Ferhat Keskin, Helin Sezen Korkmaz, Zejhun Demirov, Aykut Jançat Sahin, Till Bortloff)
A film shoot turns dark when the burning of the Quran throws the crew into turmoil.
The Incredible Snow Woman
(L’Incroyable femme des neiges)
(Country: France, Greenland; Year: 2025; Director: Sébastien Betbeder; Writer: Sébastien Betbeder; Stars: Blanche Gardin, Philippe Katerine, Bastien Bouillon, Laurent Papot, Ole Eliassen, Martin Jensen, Clémentine Baert, Ferdinand Redouloux, Aymeric Lompret)
A woman for whom an Arctic expedition holds no fear finds her personal life spiralling out of control.
I Want It All
(Ich will alles. Hildegard Knef)
(Country: Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Luzia Schmid)
Portrait of Ich will alles. Hildegard Knef.
Hysteria and Lesbian Space Princess
Khartoum
(Country: Germany, UK, Sudan, Qatar; Year: 2025; Director: Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed, Rawia Alhag, Phil Cox, Philip Cox, Anas Saeed; Writer: Phil Cox)
Forced to leave Sudan for East Africa following the outbreak of war, five citizens of Khartoum - a civil servant, a tea lady, a resistance committee volunteer, and two young bottle collectors - reenact their stories of survival and freedom through dreams, revolution, and civil war.
Lesbian Space Princess
(Country: Australia; Year: 2025; Director: Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese; Writer: Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese; Stars: Shabana Azeez, Richard Roxburgh, Madeleine Sami, Mark Samual Bonanno, Gemma Chua-Tran, Jordan Raskopoulos, Aunty Donna, Bernie Van Tiel, Demi Lardner, Kween Kong, Reuben Kaye)
An introverted space princess is forced to leave her planet to rescue her ex.
Letters From Wolf Street
(Listy z Wilczej)
(Country: Poland, Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Arjun Talwar)
A street in Warsaw offers a portrait of the city captured by an Indian migrant.
The Longing
(Mikusu Modan)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Toshizo Fujiwara; Stars: Toshizo Fujiwara, Tomoko Fujita, Daiki Ido, Sasha, Rino Tsuneishi)
Drama set in a restaurant where a couple hire young people released from juvenile detention.
Looking For Langston
(Country: UK; Year: 1989; Director: Isaac Julien; Writer: Isaac Julien; Stars: Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji, John Wilson, Dencil Williams, Guy Burgess, James Dublin, Harry Donaldson, Jimmy Somerville, Stuart Hall, Langston Hughes)
a lyrical exploration – and recreation – of the private world of the poet, novelist, playwright, columnist and social activist Langston Hughes.
Paul and Khartoum
Magic Farm
(Country: US, Argentina; Year: 2025; Director: Amalia Ulman; Writer: Amalia Ulman; Stars: Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff, Simon Rex, Joe Apollonio, Amalia Ulman, Valeria Lois, Camila del Campo, Guillermo Jacubowicz)
A film crew working for an edgy media company travels to Argentina to profile a local musician, but their ineptitude leads them into the wrong country. As the crew collaborates with locals to fabricate a trend, unexpected connections blossom while a pervasive health crisis looms unacknowledged in the background.
The Moelln Letters
(Die Möllner Briefe)
(Country: Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Martina Priessner; Stars: Havva Arslan, Ibrahim Arslan, Namik Arslan, Yeliz Burhan)
Thirty years after a racist arson attack in Mölln shattered the lives of İbrahim Arslan and his family, Ibrahim finds hundreds of letters of solidarity.
Monk In Pieces
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: David C Roberts, Billy Shebar; Writer: Billy Shebar, David C Roberts, Melissa Hacker, Trish Dalton; Stars: Björk, David Byrne, Meredith Monk)
Documentary about composer and performer Meredith Monk.
Night Stage
(Ato Noturno)
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2025; Director: Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon; Writer: Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon; Stars: Henrique Barreira, Gabriel Faryas, Cirillo Luna, Ivo Müller, Kaya Rodrigues, Larissa Sanguiné)
An actor and a politician start an affair and discover a fetish for having sex in public places. The closer they get to their dreams, the more risk taking they become.
Olmo
(Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2025; Director: Fernando Eimbcke; Writer: Fernando Eimbcke, Vanesa Garnica; Stars: Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Valentin Mexico, Melanie Frometa, Humberto Castro, Aivan Uttapa, Andrea Suarez Paz, Denielle Fisher Johnson, Rosa Armendariz, Justin Peach, Marc A. Moffett)
When a teenage carer gets invited to a party, he will do anything he can to get out of his duties.
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Isaac Julien; Stars: Danny Huston, André Holland, Devon Terrell, Sharlene Whyte, Alex Part)
Examining cultural critic Alain Locke's contribution to the arts.
Other People's Money
(Die Affäre Cum-Ex)
(Country: Germany, Denmark; Year: 2025; Director: Dustin Loose; Writer: Jan Schomburg; Stars: David Dencik, Justus von Dohnányi, Karen-Lise Mynster, Nils Strunk, Lisa Wagner, Fabian Hinrichs, David Masterson, Susi Ramberger, Michel Komzak, David Gojkovic)
TV series about a global fraud.
Paul
(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Denis Côté)
Subject to depression and social anxiety, Paul has found refuge in serving women who invite him to clean their homes. By sharing his gently eccentric routines on social media, he combats loneliness and takes it one day at a time.
Peter Hujar’s Day
(Country: US, Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Ira Sachs; Writer: Ira Sachs; Stars: Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall)
A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s downtown art scene and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.
Queerpanorama
(Country: Hong Kong, China, US; Year: 2025; Director: Jun Li; Writer: Jun Li; Stars: Arm Anatphikorn, Jayden Cheung, Zenni Corbin, Sebastian Mahito, Erfan Shekarriz, Phillip Smith, Ko-Yuan Wang)
A gay man impersonates men he has sex with and brings his new persona to his next hook up.
Satanic Sow
(Satanische Sau)
(Country: Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Rosa von Praunheim; Writer: Rosa von Praunheim; Stars: Emilio De Marchi, Katy Karrenbauer, Nico Ehrenteit, Armin Dallapiccola, Edie Samland, Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg, Justus Hermann)
Rosa von Praunheim is the satanic sow, incarnated by the wanton actor Armin Dallapiccola. A poetic compendium of life and death with pushy fans, the Good Lord, lovers and Rosa's horrified mother. Rosa von Praunheim shot this low-budget-movie within six days.
Silent Sparks
(Country: Taiwan; Year: 2024; Director: Ping Chu; Writer: Ping Chu; Stars: Huang Guan-Zhi, Shih Ming-Shuai , Cheng Chih-Wei, Ray Fan, Hu Wei-Jie)
A man and his former cellmate face difficult choices after leaving jail.
The Ugly Stepsister
(Country: Norway, Denmark, Romania, Poland; Year: 2025; Director: Emilie Blichfeldt; Writer: Emilie Blichfeldt; Stars: Lea Myren, Flo Fagerli, Isac Calmroth, Malte Gårdinger, Ralph Carlsson, Isac Aspberg, Albin Weidenbladh, Oksana Czerkasyna, Katarzyna Herman, Adam Lundgren, Willy Ramnek Petri, Cecilia Forss, Kyrre Hellum, Richard Forsgren, Agnieszka Zulewska)
In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister, and she will go to any length to catch the prince’s eye.
Under The Flags, The Sun
(Bajo las banderas, el sol)
(Country: Paraguay, Argentina, Germany, United States, France; Year: 2025; Director: Juanjo Pereira)
Consideration of Alfredo Stroessner’s regime in Paraguay.
Welcome Home Baby
(Country: Germany, Austria; Year: 2025; Director: Andreas Prochaska; Stars: Julia Franz Richter, Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Maria Hofstätter, Gerhard Liebmann, Gerti Drassl)
A doctor has inherited a house which she did not even know existed from the family that gave her away as a child. Her quest to solve the mystery surrounding her background turns into a nightmarish journey.
Yalla Parkour
(Country: Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Palestine; Year: 2025; Director: Areeb Zuaiter; Writer: Areeb Zuaiter, Phil Jandaly, Johan Simonsson, Nino Kirtadze, Salwa Nakkara, Alex Szalat; Stars: Areeb Zuaiter, Ahmad Matar)
A documentarian revisits Gaza where she encounters a young athlete leading her to embark on a journey through Gaza's devastated landscape.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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