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The Ballad Of Suzanne Césaire (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich; Writer: Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich; Stars: Zita Hanrot, Motell Gyn Foster, Josué Gutierrez, Reese Antoinette, Melisa Lopez)
Biopic about the Martinican writer and activist.
Eephus (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Carson Lund; Writer: Michael Basta, Nate Fisher, Carson Lund; Stars: Frederick Wiseman, Wayne Diamond, Keith William Richards, Conner Marx, Gregory Falatek, Keith Poulson, David Torres Jr., Paul Kandarian, Theodore Bouloukos, Stephen Radochia, John R. Smith Jnr, Jeff Saint-Dic, Annie Tisdale, Chris Goodwin, Cliff Blake)
A pair of New England baseball teams face off for the last time as plans are underway to redevelop their field.
Familiar Touch (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Sarah Friedland; Writer: Sarah Friedland; Stars: H. Jon Benjamin, Katelyn Nacon, Kathleen Chalfant, Andy McQueen, Carolyn Michelle, Alison Martin, London Garcia, Joahn Webb, Sandy Velasco)
Follows an octogenarian woman’s transition to life in assisted living as she contends with her conflicting relationship to herself and her caregivers amidst her shifting memory, age identity, and desires.
Paul And Paulette Take A Bath (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Jethro Massey; Writer: Jethro Massey; Stars: Marie Benati, Jérémie Galiana, Fanny Cottençon, Gilles Graveleau, Laurence Vassiere)
A young American in Paris meets a girl with a morbid curiosity for the darker sides of the city's history.
Second Chance (Country: India; Year: 2024; Director: Subhadra Mahajan; Writer: Subhadra Mahajan; Stars: Thakri Devi, Dheera Johnson, Kanav Thakur)
Desolate after experiencing a traumatic incident, Nia travels to the family's summer retreat where she forges a bond with the caretaker's mother-in-law and her grandson.
To Kill A Mongolian Horse (Country: Malaysia, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, US; Year: 2024; Director: Xiaoxuan Jiang; Writer: Xiaoxuan Jiang; Stars: Saina, Undus, Qilemuge, Tonggalag)
Saina, a herdsman by day and horseback performer by night, is torn between two worlds.
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Universal Language (Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Matthew Rankin; Writer: Ila Firouzabadi, Pirouz Nemati, Matthew Rankin; Stars: Matthew Rankin, Mani Soleymanlou, Danielle Fichaud, Pirouz Nemati, Sobhan Javadi, Saba Vahedyousefi, Rojina Esmaeili)
Multilayered film that interweaves a story about a group of people trying to get frozen money out of the ice, a tale of a tour guide and a man who quits his job to visit his mother.
Windless (Bezvetrije) (Country: Bulgaria, Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Pavel G Vesnakov; Stars: Ognyan Pavlov, Veselin Petrov)
After years away Kaloyan returns to his native Bulgaria in order to sell his late father’s flat leading him to confront the past.
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