Aftersun
Sometime in the Nineties, somewhere in a Turkish coastal resort, a young, divorced father is spending the vacation with his daughter pre-teen daughter Sophie.
Alcarràs
The Solé family spends the summer picking peaches - but this year’s crop may well be their last as new owners plan to replace the peach trees with solar panels and the family’s livelihood is threatened.
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
The story of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty often blamed for the US opioid epidemic.
America
Eli works as a swimming coach in Chicago but news of his father’s death necessitates his return to his native Israel. His decision to contact a friend from his childhood sets in motion a series of events that have a lasting impact on everyone’s lives.
The Bayview
A glimpse into the world of a family who have turned the previously derelict hotel into a place of respite for international fishermen when they come to land.
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic
A blind man with MS encounters trouble on a day trip to visit a friend he has never met.
The Blue Caftan
Halim and Mina own a small family tailor shop that specializes in sewing ceremonial caftans. Since traditional hand-crafted work is time-consuming, Halim decides to hire an assistant, Youssef. The presence of the attractive young man arouses long-suppressed feelings in Halim, something that does not go unnoticed by his wife Mina.
Blue Jean
A schoolteacher is forced to live a double life against the backdrop of Thatcher's Britain.
Broker
Drama following a group of people brought together by "baby post boxes" used to help abandoned babies.
Casque d'Or
In turn of the 20th century France, working girl Marie snubs the affections of the local gangsters for Georges Manda, a reformed hoodlum himself, with unpleasant consequences.
Close
Two best friends find their bond upset by schoolmates.
Confession
A story about a man who has been pointed out as the culprit of a locked-room murder and his lawyer approaching the truth.
Corsage
A period drama about Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sisi.

D

The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra
After a couple splits up, mould left behind on a mattress slowly grows into a creature that steals the vertebrae of humans who inhabit the bed.
Godland
In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, his mission and morality.
Goodbye, Don Glees!
When three boys get lost together in the forest, the adventure they share will change them forever.
The Harbinger
A woman leaves her family quarantine to help a friend who's suffering from terrible nightmares - but she learns too late that the bad dreams are contagious, along with the demon behind them.
Hello, Bookstore
In the shadow of the pandemic, a small town rallies to protect a beloved local bookstore.
Holy Spider
A journalist tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering sex workers.
Huesera
Valeria has long dreamed about becoming a mother. After learning that she’s pregnant, she expects to feel happy, yet something’s off. Nightmarish visions and an unshakeable paranoia have her questioning what she wants, and an ancient evil spirit may be the cause.

I

Incredible But True
A mysterious tunnel in the cellar of a new home turns lives upside down.
I Didn’t See You There
Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent that goes up outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into a meditative journey exploring the history of freakdom, vision, and (in)visibility.
Joyland
As the Ranas, a happily patriarchal joint family, yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theater and falls for an ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story illuminates the entire family's desire for a sexual rebellion.
Loving Highsmith
A documentary portrait of the enigmatic novelist.

M

Medusa Deluxe
A murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing competition.
Metronom
A teenager finds herself grappling with love and the authorities during the rule of Ceaucescu.
My Imaginary Country
Protests that exploded onto the streets of Chile's capital of Santiago in 2019 as the population demanded more democracy and social equality around education, healthcare and job opportunities.
My Small Land
A Kurdish girl in Japan finds her life turned upside down when her family loses its refugee status.
Neptune Frost
The love story between an African intersex runaway and a coltan miner, and the virtual marvel born as a result of their union.
Next Sohee
High school student Sohee starts job training at a call centre, but she faces pressure of greedy company which leads to her death. Detective Oh Yu-jin, who has something in common with Sohee, starts to follow traces to reveal the truth.
No Bears
The director appears as himself, relocated to a rural border town to remotely oversee the making of a new film in Turkey, the story of which comes to sharply parallel disturbing events that begin to occur around him.
A Piece Of Sky
A young woman commits to standing by her husband after he is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.

R

Sick Of Myself
Signe and Thomas are in an unhealthy, competitive relationship that takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist.
Steakhouse
Trouble brews when a woman is late home for her birthday dinner.
Thunder
Summer 1900, Switzerland. The sudden death of her older sister forces Elisabeth to return home. Stiffled by the strict rules of the village, Elisabeth is slowly driven to rebel for her right to live her life.
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