Abiding Nowhere
A solitary monk slowly paces through bustling streets and tranquil parks. Across town, a curious young man explores an abandoned building.
All We Imagine As Light
Triptych explores the lives of three women in Mumbai.
Architecton
A documentary meditation on architecture and how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveals our destruction - and offers hope for survival.
The Beast
In the near future a woman decides to purify her DNA in a machine that takes her into her past lives. Then she meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she had always known him.
Brief History Of A Family
A middle-class family’s fate becomes intertwined with their only son’s enigmatic new friend in post one-child policy China, putting unspoken secrets, unmet expectations, and untended emotions under the microscope.

D

A Different Man
Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical trial to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare.
Dying
Ensemble drama about members of an estranged family.
Fingernails
A woman who is increasingly unsure about her relationship secretly embarks on a new assignment working at a mysterious institute designed to incite and test the presence of romantic love in increasingly desperate couples.
Gasoline Rainbow
A group of teenagers go on a road trip.
Girls Will Be Girls
In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance. But her sexual, rebellious awakening is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself.
The Girl With The Needle
In Copenhagen in the aftermath of World War one, a young woman in desperate circumstances takes on a job which will lead her to still greater depths of despair.
Holy Cow!
After the sudden death of his father an 18-year-old finds himself looking after his sister... and changing his life.
Housekeeping For Beginners
A lesbian suddenly finds herself responsible for her partner’s two daughters.
Hunting Daze
A young, tempestuous woman, is taken in by a group of hunters in a remote cabin. In the midst of this tough, yet endearing, male microsociety, she feels like she finally belongs. A mysterious stranger’s arrival disrupts her newfound haven.

I

The Invasion
Life in Ukraine under the shadow of war.
In The Land Of Brothers
Three members of an extended Afghan family start their lives over in Iran as refugees, unaware they face a decades-long struggle ahead to be "at home".
Julie Keeps Quiet
As the star player at an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the game she loves. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club's players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet…
Kinds Of Kindness
A triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
Kneecap
There are 80,000 native Irish speakers in Ireland. 6,000 live in the North of Ireland. Three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. This anarchic Belfast trio becomes the unlikely figurehead of a civil rights movement to save the mother tongue.
Let's Get Lost
Documentary about the jazz trumpeter.
Love Lies Bleeding
Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.

M

My Favourite Cake
A 70-year-old decides to break her solitary routine and revitalise her love life.
My Summer With Irène
Italy 1997. When 17-year-old Clara and Irene meet they are nothing alike but get on marvelously. They run away together to an island in Sicily to live their summer freely, and to hide from a reality they want to forget.
No Other Land
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli authorities and the unlikely alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
Absurdist drama sees family secrets gradually revealed during the preparations for a funeral.
Paris, Texas
A man with no memory walks out of the desert and tries to reconnect with his family.
Porcelain War
Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.

R

Rumours
World leaders become stranded in the woods during a G7 summit.
Santosh
Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
Souleymane's Story
Two days in the life of a bike delivery guy who is trying to get asylum.
The Substance
A fading television star tries to restore her fame with the help of a suspicious drug.
A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things
Consideration of the painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham.
The Taking
A documentary exploring the use of Monument Valley in film.
Three Days Of Fish
Gerrie returns to The Netherlands for his annual health check-up, reuniting with his adult son, Dick, who longs to make the most of their brief time together.
Twentynine Palms
A pair of lovers fight and fall apart out in the California desert.

V

When The Light Breaks
From one sunset to another, Una, a young art student encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.
Who Do I Belong To
Aïcha longs for the return of her oldest sons, Mehdi and Amine, who abandoned the household in search of war. Upon Mehdi's return, a looming darkness surfaces.
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